Easy Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip

If you need an easy appetizer for the holidays, this Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip will do the trick! Just three ingredients including cream cheese, cranberry sauce and sugar. 

I’m going to keep this post light and fluffy, kind of like this easy Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip! This time of year, I love cranberry everything. I typically make this easy dip as an appetizer for Thanksgiving, and serve on a platter with sliced apple and sweet crackers. It gets rave reviews and as an added bonus, it uses leftover cranberry sauce.

“Made this for Thanksgiving this year and was asked to make it again at Christmas time! :-)”-Leah, Pinterest User

Last year, I decided that we needed something sweet on the appetizer bar, and I threw together this Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip! It was a total gamble, but I love sweet cream cheese dips, and I figured that the ingredients were so inexpensive that it was worth a shot.

There are just FOUR ingredients in this easy dip; softened cream cheese, sugar, whipped cream and cranberry sauce!

I used whole canned cranberry sauce, but YES, please use your leftover or excess homemade cranberry sauce. It will be great!

If you need another way to use up your leftover cranberry sauce, I really love my Turkey Cranberry Sliders and this Banana Cranberry Bread!

If you have Cool Whip on hand, throw a few spoonful’s in. It will add some extra airiness to the block of cream cheese.

If not, no sweat, you will still have a deliciously sweet and creamy dip on your hands. You can also add a diced jalapeño to make a little spicy!

Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip Serving Suggestions

I serve this dip with cut fruit, ginger snaps, and graham crackers. There are some graham cracker dipping sticks available that are PERFECT because they won’t break like your traditional, thin grahams. You could also serve this dip with cubed bites of this Cream Cheese Pound Cake recipe.

If you’d like to add another sweet dip to the mix, I recommend this Peanut Butter Dip or my Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip.

I hope you all have a relaxing Thanksgiving with your family and friends! If you do make this Easy Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip, let me know what you think. My family LOVES it! 

If you love this sweet cream cheese dip, I think you’ll also enjoy:

• Cream Cheese Peppermint Brownies
• Cajun Crab Dip
• Cranberry Barbecue Meatballs
• Turkey Cranberry Sliders

Easy Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip

Yield: 12

Prep Time: 3 minutes mins

Cook Time: 20 minutes mins

Total Time: 23 minutes mins

Author: Michelle Goth

Have leftover cranberry sauce? Make this Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip!

It's light, sweet and fluffy! Perfect with graham crackers or fresh fruit.

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Ingredients

 

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• ▢ 2 8- ounce packages of cream cheese, softened
• ▢ 1/2 cup sugar
• ▢ 7 ounces whole berry cranberry sauce
• ▢ 1/2 cup whipped cream

Instructions

 

• Add all ingredients into a medium-sized mixing bowl. Mix for 2-3 minutes until well blended and creamy.
• Cover and allow to chill in the refrigerator for a minimum of 20 minutes.
• Serve with fruit or sweet crackers and cookies.

Notes

• For the sugar, you can start with 1/3 cup, taste, and add more if needed.

Serving: 1, Calories: 216kcal, Carbohydrates: 22g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 14g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 40mg, Sodium: 120mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 18g

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