Cherry Cheesecake Dip delivers all the delicious flavor of cheesecake in an easy dip. Serve it as a snack or dessert with plenty of cookies and pretzels for dipping!
Top Tip – Let the dip chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving to allow the flavors to combine and texture to thicken.
This recipe for cheesecake dip was originally published in December 2015. The photos were updated and the recipe notes improved in February 2025.
Aimee’s Recipe Notes
- Taste – Creamy, tangy cheesecake base topped with sweet, juicy cherries for the perfect balance of flavors.
- Ease – Quick and simple; no baking required, making it ideal for last-minute gatherings.
- Serving Suggestions – Pair with graham crackers, pretzels, fresh fruit, or broken waffle cone pieces for dipping.
- Storage – Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator and enjoy within 3 days.
Dessert dips are the ideal sweet treat for any party or get-together. Today’s recipe is based off my viral cheesecake dip.
- Easy finger food dessert!
- No dealing with slicing and serving.
- Enjoy with all kinds of cookies, pretzels or crackers.
- It’s everything you love about cheesecake but quicker and easier to make.
Only 6 Ingredients
Scroll down to the recipe card to see full ingredient list with measurements! Here are some highlights.
- Brown sugar is dissolved in melted butter to give the dip a richer flavor and caramel notes that elevate the sweetness of the cherries.
- Powdered sugar adds additional sweetness while thickening the dip to a smooth, creamy consistency.
- Cream cheese provides the base for the dip. Let it soften at room temperature first for best results.
- Cherry pie filling is poured over the cream cheese filling to complete this dip. Canned pie filling works beautifully.
Tips and Tricks
- Dipper suggestions For an extra fun dipping experience, break up a few ice cream wafer cones to serve on the side (like I do with my cannoli dip). You could use my homemade cinnamon sugar tortilla chips too.
- Make ahead: This Cherry Cheesecake Dip can be made up to a day ahead of time. Store it in the fridge and serve cold!
- Substitutions: swap out the cherry pie flling for another flavor. Blueberry, peach, and apple are all delicious choices.
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- Need more sweet dip ideas? This Cherry Chocolate Chip Cheeseball can be served as a dip OR shaped into a cheeseball! The perfect party food.
- This Reese’s Peanut Butter Dip is one of my most popular recipes, because it’s amazing!
- Jalapeno Corn Dip is an easy, savory dip for your salty pleasure!
- True story, I’ve made this Pepperoni Pizza Dip as dinner.
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Cherry Cheesecake Dip Recipe
Cherry Cheesecake Dip delivers all the delicious flavor of cheesecake in an easy dip. Serve it as a snack or dessert with plenty of cookies and pretzels for dipping!
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 package cream cheese, softened 8 ounce
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 can cherry pie filling 21 ounce
- cookies, graham crackers, pretzels, for dipping
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add brown sugar and whisk until dissolved. When mixture begins to bubble, remove from heat and cool. (about 15 minutes)
- In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese with powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth (about 3-5 minutes). Add in cooled butter mixture and beat an additional 3 minutes.
- Spread into the bottom of a pie plate. Pour cherry pie filling over the top. Refrigerate until ready to enjoy (may be made a day in advance). Serve with cookies and pretzels as dippers.
Notes
- Dipper suggestions For an extra fun dipping experience, break up a few ice cream wafer cones to serve on the side. The crunchy cones taste delicious dipping in cheesecake dip! You could use our homemade cinnamon sugar tortilla chips too.
- Make ahead: This Cherry Cheesecake Dip can be made up to a day ahead of time. Store it in the fridge and serve cold!
- Storage: keep this dip in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 233kcal, Carbohydrates: 30g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 13g, Saturated Fat: 7g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g, Cholesterol: 27mg, Sodium: 99mg, Sugar: 23g
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Brown sugar did not dissolve be for the mixture started bubbling. Odd color from the brown sugar and much too sweet. A miss in my household
Hmmm, sounds like the heat was turned up to high on stove. Or maybe the brown sugar wasn’t fresh?
We were looking for something quick and easy to make and found this! We loved this no bake dessert!
don’t pack the brown sugar, i did and it tastes like toffee -_-
This is perfect for a Christmas Eve snack!
This Cherry Cheesecake Dip looks fantastic Aimee! Thanks for linking to our Chili Dip!
So glad I found this recipe! My brother reeeeally loves no-bake cherry cheesecake, and this is exactly that – but even easier! I am definitely making this for our Christmas Eve snack night 🙂 Thank you!
This reminds me of that classic cherry cheesecake that EVERYBODY loves. It looks fantastic, Aimee. Making it into a dip is just being super smart!