Carrot Cake Cream Cheese Dip
A sweet treat for spring or Easter, this carrot cake cream cheese dip won’t last long! It’s easy to make and delicious.
Jump to RecipeWhether you are looking for a simple dessert tip for Easter or for your spring celebrations, this carrot cake dip will be a hit.
Carrot cake is probably one of my favorite flavors. We love enjoying a good piece of carrot cake in the spring and in the fall. While it’s usually served in cake form, having something besides carrot cake brings a little more fun to the table.
Bring in a tasty dessert dip that tastes just like cake!
One of the best things about this dip with cream cheese is that you only need 3 ingredients. Cake mix, cream cheese, and cool whip. With only three ingredients, it’s an easy and quick dip dessert that can be whipped up in no time.
Store Bought Cake Mix: Carrot cake flavored to give the dip the carrot cake flavor. We use premade cake mix as much as we can because it’s affordable and easy. Since you can often find cake mixes on sale, we stock up on them when we can making them a pantry staple for our family.
In fact, we love store-bought cake mix so much, that we use it in a variety of different recipes:
- Easy Carrot Cake Zucchini Bars
- Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies
- Cookies Made From Cake Mix
- Raccoon Cupcakes
- Peach Cobbler
Cream Cheese and Cool Whip bring the cake mix together to form a dip that makes it easy to dip cookies and treats in. It also makes the carrot cake cream cheese dip fluffy and easy to dip your vanilla wafers or animal crackers into.
More Easter Treats:
- This Lil Piggy Yogurt Snack
- Chick Scrambled Egg Toast for Breakfast
- Easter Bunny Pudding Cups
- Carrot Cake Recipes
How to Make Carrot Cake Cream Cheese Dip
This 3 ingredient carrot cake dip is easy to make. This recipes serves 8 people and only takes 15 minutes to make.
Ingredients:
- Box of carrot cake mix
- 8 oz. container cool whip
- 8 oz. cream cheese package
Optional: Easter sprinkles for the topping. If you are making the dip for Spring or another occasion, you can get sprinkles to match your theme.
How to Put Together the Carrot Cake Dip
- In a large bowl, add the cream cheese, carrot cake mix, and cool whip.
- Mix everything together well.
- Place the dip into a serving bowl and top with candy sprinkles (optional).
How to Store the Carrot Cake Dip:
Keep the carrot cake with cream cheese dip covered in the fridge until you are ready to serve. You can make this ahead of time, it seems to keep well for 2-3 days in the fridge.
What To Serve with the Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Dip
You can serve the carrot cake dip with animal crackers or fruit. You can also serve with Vanilla wafers or other cookies. Even cinnamon chips would make a great addition to the carrot cake dip!
How Do I Make The Carrot Cake Cream Cheese Dip for Other Holidays
Carrot cake usually makes its appearance each year around Easter. However, Easter isn’t the only time of the year you can enjoy the carrot cake flavor.
For instance, the fall is probably the 2nd most popular time to enjoy carrot cake where we are. Since carrot cake has such a rich flavor, it’s often served at Thanksgiving dinners. If you are serving it during the fall season, or for Thanksgiving, you can top the carrot cake cream cheese dip with fall-themed sprinkles. Leaves and other autumn-colored sprinkles along with the animal crackers or vanilla wafers will be a great treat for kids and adults.
Carrot Cake Cream Cheese Dip
Ingredients
- Box of carrot cake mix
- 8 oz container cool whip
- 8 oz cream cheese
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the cream cheese, carrot cake mix, and cool whip.
- Mix everything together well.
- Place the dip into a serving bowl and top with candy sprinkles (optional).