Caramel Toffee Fruit Dip

Whew! It's been quite a week; all this virtual party-throwing has made me tired. Luckily, I have a whole lot of food and a DVR with The Office, Lost, 30 Rock, and Grey's Anatomy on it. I'd better hurry and eat it all before my husband comes home from his business trip.

So the last thing on our menu is the fruit dip! It's just another variation of the ubiquitous cream cheese fruit dip. And, like everything else on our baby shower menu, it's easy. See, that's the trick when you have a party where you're serving a lot of food; make easy, delicious food where a lot of it can be made ahead of time and then you can actually enjoy yourself! Sometime within the next day or two, I'm going to post a schedule of what to do ahead of time so your party can go smoothly and you can have fun, too.

Caramel Fruit Dip

1 8-oz. package cream cheese (you can use light cream cheese)

3/4 c. brown sugar

1/2 Tbsp. vanilla (you can add more to taste)

Toffee bits (look by the chocolate chips and try and find the chocolate covered ones if you can! Your dip won't be pretty, but it will sure taste good!)

You'll also need:

• Assorted fruit (I just buy a fruit tray at some place like Costco and a carton of strawberries if they're on sale; you could also cut up some Granny Smith apples)


• Bamboo skewers (if you want to kebab your fruit)

Allow cream cheese to reach room temperature. With an electric mixer, combine cream cheese, brown sugar, and vanilla. When ready to serve, stir in about 1/2 a bag of toffee bits. Serve with fruit (or not...that's totally up to you...I just caught my husband finger-dipping.)




Thanks for coming to Sara's baby shower! We hope we've given you some ideas that you can use, whether it's for your family, a party with friends, or if you end up throwing an actual bridal or baby shower.