Loaded Carrot Cake Dip
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My husband does not have a huge sweet tooth. Â (Oh, the irony that he is married to a food blogger!) Â But there is one thing that will always tempt him: Â carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Â His favorite cake was actually the inspiration for this unbelievably delicious twist on fruit dip. Â Loaded Carrot Cake Dip!
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This dip is not overly carrot cake-y.  Just the right amount of carrot cake flavor, tangy cream cheese, a bit of sweet pineapple here and there, coconut and a pecan crunch every now and again.
Now, after my own highly scientific recipe testing (read, dip pretzels, repeat, repeat, repeat), I gave this dip a trial run at my Spring Fling Pinterest party. Â A few times a year, my mom and I decide on 8-10 crafts (some inspired by Pinterest finds) and host 15-20 ladies in a whirlwind crafting day. Â You may have seen a glimpse at some of the prep work on Instagram. Â Here is our group shot (minus one) with some of their favorite projects from the day:
Do you see a few of my fellow fantastic bloggers? Â Lauren from The Thinking Closet and Kelly from Simply Kelly Designs were there – I absolutely love getting to craft in real life with them!!
Anyway, this loaded carrot cake dip got rave reviews. Â And I have to say, it is darn good. Â I mean, filling styrofoam cups to tuck in your purse to take home good. Â (At my urging so I didn’t have to pull over in the car wash parking lot to polish off the leftovers. Â I’m sure licking the bowl clean while driving is probably frowned upon.)
PrintLoaded Carrot Cake Dip
Ingredients
- One 8 oz. block of cream cheese (softened)
- 8 oz. marshmallow fluff
- 2–3 tablespoons of crushed pineapple (drained)
- 2–3 tablespoons of sweetened coconut flakes
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 4 tablespoons carrot cake cake mix (dry)
Instructions
- Using a hand or stand mixer, blend together the softened cream cheese and marshmallow fluff.
- Mix in pineapple, coconut, chopped pecans and carrot cake cake mix.
- Allow to chill at least one hour.
- Serve with your favorite dippers: apple slices, pretzels, vanilla wafers, graham crackers.
Notes
Get creative! Add anything else you enjoy in carrot cake: raisins, walnuts, shredded carrots!
Loaded carrot cake dip is like eating a slice carrot cake with cream cheese icing without the annoying business of a plate and fork!  And you can add any of your favorite carrot cake add ins: shredded carrots or apples, walnuts (we are a pecan family) or even raisins.  We are most definitely NOT a raisin family.  Blech.
And yep. Â Those little bunny pretzels are front and center again. Â They first made their debut when they became chocolate filled bunny pretzels and made an encore appearance in my Easter bunny snack mix. Â But the salty pretzels are the absolute perfect dippers for this sweet, dessert dip. Â (The bunny pretzels are from Target – I grabbed them in the Easter/seasonal section of my store.) Â You can also dip apple slices, carrot sticks and graham crackers in it. Â Spoons also work well. Â You know, to cut calories.
Oh my gosh… this dip looks divine! I wish I could hop right into that picture! xo
I have tasted and seen that the carrot cake dip is good…REAL good! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe, Keri. I cannot WAIT to make this (possibly for a work picnic this weekend!). Also, it made me smile to see our Pinterest Party throng in this post – – such a sweet time of crafting together. Thanks again to you and your Mom for being such fabulous hostesses.
This dip looks amazing! I can’t wait to try it out!!
love carrot cake – this looks delicious
Drooling over this! Thanks for the recipe!!
I’ve already decided that I’m trying this for our next women’s group meeting! Thanks for sharing.
Oh YUM! Sounds awesome – I will have to try it!
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Just stumbled upon your blog and am enjoying browsing. I’m putting this delectable looking carrot cake dip on my must try list!
When I make Carrot Cake, I add raisins and peanut butter chips. May I add those to this Carrot Cake dip? I want to make the dip for a deserving group of “First Responders”. Please let me know….I am looking forward to making this for those tremendous people. Thank you,Boyd