Easy cherry cheesecake dip is a colorful dessert recipe for Valentine's day, a baby shower or any party. Fresh cherries make a lovely addition to this sweet dip. Pairs perfectly with graham crackers.
Course Appetizer, Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cherry cheesecake dip, no bake cherry dessert
Prep Time 15minutes
Cook Time 5minutes
Total Time 20minutes
Servings 10
Calories 246kcal
Author Darlene Kratz
Ingredients
Cherry Sauce
3cupsfresh cherries,pitted
1/4cupwater
1tsplemon juice
4 1/2tbspsugar
Dip
18 ozblock of cream cheese,softened
1cupheavy cream
1tspvanilla
1cuppowdered sugar
2tbspcherry liquid from cherry sauce
Instructions
Cherry Sauce
Add cherries, water, sugar and lemon juice to a sauce pan.
Bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook for about 5 minutes or until the cherries are soft.
Remove from heat and strain through a fine mesh strainer. Use a spoon to push the cherries to get more of the juice out.
Reserve 2 tbsp of the liquid for the dip.
Add the cherries to a food processor or blender and puree (leaving small chunks of cherries).
Dip
Whip heavy cream and the 2 tbsp reserved cherry sauce liquid until soft peaks form. Set aside.
Add cream cheese to a bowl and using a mixer, beat until creamy.
Add vanilla.
Add in the powdered sugar a little at a time and mix until incorporated.
Gently fold in whipped cream and roughly 3/4 of the cherry puree.
Chill dip and reserved cherry puree at least an hour or until ready to serve.