Have you ever had to go to a party or “bring a dish to pass” event and brought chips and dip? Or something from the deli and just put it in your own bowl hoping no one would notice the telltale taste of preservatives or whatever it is they put in the potato salad that has that chemically sweet aftertaste?
There is an alternative that is almost as fast and is a bit more impressive: Homemade Dips like the Pumpkin Dip recipe from Simply in Season.
This is one of those recipes where a Kitchen Aid comes in handy.
Ingredients
- 12 ounces of softened cream cheese
- 1 C brown sugar
- 1 C of pumpkin (cooked and pureed)
- 4 tsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- dash of nutmeg
- gingersnaps or apples.
Instructions
- Beat together cream cheese and brown sugar.
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
- When it's all blended up it will be nice and fluffy. Serve with gingersnaps or apples.
The verdict: I loved the extra dash of nutmeg. DH said it was very good, although the gingersnaps were hard. Well, they were store bought, what do you expect? Had I not had a busy week I would have made some homemade, but hey–at least I made *something* homemade for this party and didn’t just bring a bag of Doritos.
This post linked to: Monday Munchies hosted by The Krazy Kitchen, Food on Fridays, Fight Back Fridays, Frugal Friday, Potluck Friday
WOW, something I never would of thought of but I’m sure I would love every bite of it! Great blog!!!
I’ve actually never had pumpkin dip… and rarely even see it being sold! I’m a HUGE fan of homemade pumpkin pie however… so I figure if this is as good as it looks, I may have to try it!
WOW!!! what a GREAT!!! dip for gingersnaps or better yet apples.
THANKS!!! for the recipe.
Geri
Thanks so much for linking this up for Monday Munchies – half homemade is better than store bought any day! I’m sorry to hear about your loss *hugs*
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This is a great dip to have for the entertaining season. Thank you for sharing your recipe and you have a nice week end.
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Thank you, I hope you have a great weekend too!
Yum, thanks!
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What a great idea! I love the idea of a pumpkin dip (I’m a sucker for pumpkin anything, really). Thanks for bringing to Friday Potluck this week.
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This looks great! I wonder how good this would be with sour cream instead. I’m not keen on cream cheese.
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I’m so excited to have a new and unique dip recipe to try!!! I’m sharing a link on my FB fan page too…
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Thanks for posting this. My family would love this. mmmmm
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