Peanut Butter Dip

Name: Peanut Butter Dip
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 125 min
Ingredients: 8 ounces cream cheese (room temperature); ⅓ cup powdered sugar; 1 cup creamy peanut butter; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 7 ounces marshmallow creme; 1 heaping cup thawed Cool Whip or Truwhip

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Creamy peanut butter dip is the perfect accompaniment to fresh fruit, graham crackers, pretzels, and more. Serve this easy dip at your next party and watch it disappear in a snap!

White bowl of peanut butter dip with half a strawberry in it.

What is peanut butter dip?
How to make my peanut butter dip
Serving suggestions
FAQs
Peanut Butter Dip Recipe

Sweet dips are one of my favorite party desserts. Whether it’s a cookout, movie night, game night, or book club, I’m yet to see a group that can say no to a bowl of fruit dip and a spread of fun dippers.

This peanut butter fruit dip is my latest sweet dip and it might be one of my favorites. It’s got the rich flavor of peanut butter with a light, creamy texture that pairs great with everything from fruit to pretzels and cookies.

And a bonus? It’s super fast and easy to make, so you can prep it ahead of time and grab it on your way out the door.

Overhead view of a bowl of peanut butter dip on a platter of assorted fresh fruit.

What is peanut butter dip?

If you love my cream cheese fruit dip and you also love recipes like peanut butter oatmeal cookies or peanut butter pie, you’re gonna FLIP for this peanut butter dip.

Peanut butter dip is a smooth, creamy dessert dip made with creamy peanut butter, cream cheese, and marshmallow creme. It’s great with fruit or with cookies, pretzels, and other dippables.

Dips like this one, snickers dip, cookie dough dip, and nutella fruit dip are a great option for parties because they only take about 5 minutes to make, are great to make ahead, and are fun for kids and adults.

Honestly, this is a dip that will make you feel young at heart, and those are some of the best recipes.

Hand holding up half a strawberry dipped in peanut butter dip.

How to make my peanut butter dip

I promised you that this recipe is easy to make, so let me show you just how simple it really is!

Ingredients you’ll need

To make my peanut butter dip, you will need:

8 ounces (1 block) room-temperature cream cheese
⅓ cup powdered sugar
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
7 ounces (1 jar) marshmallow creme
1 heaping cup thawed whipped topping

Ingredients for peanut butter dip arranged on a gray countertop.

The hardest part about this recipe is remembering to set your cream cheese out to soften ahead of time. But if you forget, I’ve got some tips for softening cream cheese.

If you are out of powdered sugar, save yourself a trip to the store and whip up a simple powdered sugar substitute to use in this recipe instead.

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Making this recipe

Start by using an electric mixer to beat the softened cream cheese for about 3 minutes.

Cream cheese, peanut butter, and sugar mixed in a bowl.

After 3 minutes, add the powdered sugar, peanut butter, and vanilla; mix for another minute, until well combined.

Switch to a spatula and fold in the marshmallow creme, followed by the whipped topping until no streaks remain. Cover and refrigerate the dip for at least 2 hours before serving.

Marshmallow creme folded into peanut butter dip in a white bowl.

Cool whip being added to peanut butter dip in a white bowl.

Store the dip in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Serving suggestions

As with most of my sweet dip recipes, one of my go-to ways to serve this peanut butter dip is with fresh fruit.

It’s amazing with sliced apples but also pairs well with any of your favorite fresh fruits: grapes, berries, peaches, and nectarines are just a few options.

It is also great with graham crackers, Nilla wafers, mini chocolate chip cookies, and pretzels for a little bit of a sweet and salty bite.

Try making a whole dessert board with this dip, fresh fruit, pieces of cream cheese pound cake or whipping cream cake, and some s’mores bark and peanut butter pretzel bites. It’s a deceptively easy way to impress all of your friends at your next party!

Hand dipping a slice of white peach into a bowl of peanut butter dip.

FAQs

Can you freeze this peanut butter dip?

While you can freeze this dip, keep in mind that the texture of the dip is likely to change after thawing.

You may be able to get it back to a similar texture by bringing the thawed dip to room temperature and beating it with an electric mixer, but it’s hard to get it back to the same perfectly smooth consistency as before freezing.

Is there a substitute for whipped topping that I can use in this recipe?

If you don’t want to use Cool Whip (whipped topping) in this dip, you can use my stabilized whipped cream instead.

What kind of peanut butter do you recommend?

I typically use traditional JIF when I make this dip, but I have also used no-stir natural peanut butter and it worked just fine.

I do not recommend using the natural peanut butter that is often made in the grocery store with just ground peanuts. The texture isn’t as smooth, so it’s not as good for recipes like this one.