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.
- 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.
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This was the tastiest baby shower I have ever been too!!! Thanks for the great ideas!
This looks so good! I love any kind of fruit dip, but this one looks extra yummy!
So I just did a baby shower last night and while it was good, I wish that I would have done this full menu! I’ll have to do this for the next shower I host! Even better, I’m just going to make it all for me!
I am so going to try all of these recipes. Especially the ones involving chocolate! Hee hee!
mmm, I love this stuff! Especially with tart green apples (while watching The Biggest Loser- right Tricia?? lol)
I want to host a babyshower just so I have an excuse to make this! My husband’s birthday is in 3 weeks, and I think I’m going to try this out on him. Birthday party, baby shower, caramel craving…this looks worthy of any occasion!
I can not wait to make this. I love fruit and always looking for a new fruit dip!
I’ve used many variations of this dip for showers/church activities and called it an “apple bar”. Put out lots of kinds of apples and then the different dips.
Here are some ideas for possible additions besides toffee pieces:
cinnamon, nutmeg and pecans
frozen raspberries
peanut butter (i use less cream cheese in this instance)
caramel (good by itself too)
marshmallows
Enjoy!
I made this dip this past weekend, for a summer get-together with friends, and it was a huge hit! And you're right, no fruit needed – my friends were ready with a spoon, and I have already had three requests for the recipe.
I thought I had brown sugar, but didn't, so I substituted white sugar instead, and it still worked!
If I prepared this caramel tofee dip before party I would have to remake it and remake it before all guests arrived since I would empty bowls of this dip one after another. I couldn't resist even a second.
I have my children's birthday parties coming up and I am so going to do this. We will have lovely fresh fruit available then. Next to the pool, it will be a hit!!!!
what about using splenda brown sugar and low-fat cream cheese?
Would this work?
Sure, give it a shot Jen. Low-fat cream cheese is just fine (that's actually what I usually use) and the splenda will work, it just has a little bit different of a flavor (as you probably know)
So I opted to go for the reduced fat cream cheese and just used light brown sugar.
Now, what about fat free cream cheese? Would it lose too much of the taste/texture?
I'm still going to try it with the splenda mix….. because it'd be so much more diet-friendly! :)
Jenn–Personally, I'm not a fan of fat free cream cheese–I think it has a weird, chemical taste and texture and honestly, if I had a bagel and it was between using fat free cream cheese and no cream cheese, I'd pick no cream cheese. That said, if you're okay with fat free cream cheese's texture and flavor, there's no reason you COULDN'T use it–like it should hold together just fine. :)
I made this for a party and it was a big hit! I served with fresh granny smith apples and I used the toffee with chocolate.
I totally ate this for breakfast with an apple this morning…then ate the rest of it with my finger at lunch….SOOOO tasty
Jenn and Kate- in reference to the fat free cream cheese – IT DOES NOT work!!!!!!!!! toooooooo runny!!! Was making a double batch and had to throw it out! Thank goodness I had not put the toffee bits in yet! Just the sugar, cream cheese and vanilla!! I was using the "great value" brand, not name brand so don't know if that made a difference!
This was a llovely dip for our Easter brunch! (even without adding the toffee bits.) Thank you for sharing!
It was a bit too thick for me so I added 2 tablespoons of sour cream and then another splash of vanilla. It turned out great!