A sweet and creamy dip perfect for graham crackers and fruit that tastes just like the classic pie made with lime juice, cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk!
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If you're anything like me, the heat of summer will have you looking for ways to cool down, which means you'll likely end up at the beach, the lake or the pool at some point.
And that means you'll be packing up a cooler to feed friends and family or making your vacation grocery list.
Let me stop right here a minute because I just got smacked hard with a memory. I can't look at a ham sandwich without thinking about summer vacations at the beach as a child. For some reason, that was our go-to lunch and, to this day, I crave ham sandwiches anytime I've been swimming. Ha!
I lean more toward dips and salads when meal prepping for days on the water. I love to make chicken salad, ham salad and egg salad for lunches (recipes below) and like to whip up sweet dips like this one for dessert!
It's pretty hard to store and serve a cream pie at the beach (lake or pool), but it's easy to whip out a Tupperware container of this dip and a box of graham crackers or sliced fruit and dig in!
Kids and adults alike love this recipe and everyone always asks for the recipe!
NOTES ON MAKING KEY LIME PIE DIP
- Make sure the cream cheese is fully softened at room temperature to ensure the dip is silky smooth.
- Key lime juice is best but regular limes work just fine.
- Definitely use fresh lime juice. That bottled stuff just isn't the same.
- You can absolutely use this recipe to make pie filling! Just reduce the lime juice to 1/3 cup so everything sets up firm enough to slice.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
- Graham crackers are definitely my favorite but lemon cookies, ginger snaps and coconut cookies are great too.
- Teddy Graham cookies are fun for the kiddos!
- Fruit kebabs on wooden or bamboo skewers are beautiful with this (strawberries, grapes, melon, pineapple, etc.).
- Make a charcuterie board with fresh fruit, fruity pastel marshmallows (make into mini kebabs on toothpicks!), and a variety of cookies!
DIPS & SALADS PERFECT FOR SUMMER VACATION
Southern Shrimp Dip - A party pleasing appetizer recipe with shrimp, cream cheese, Cajun seasoning and tons of flavor perfect on crackers.
Classic Egg Salad - A classic Egg Salad recipe with tips for easy-peel eggs. The secret to this recipe is the three spices you add just a dash of.
Ham Salad - Also called Deviled Ham Salad, this sandwich spread recipe is made with ground or chopped leftover ham, sweet pickle relish and mayo.
Old-Fashioned Pimento Cheese - A simple recipe for classic Southern pimento cheese spread made with cheddar cheese, pimentos, mayo, a little seasoning (and no cream cheese).
Chicken Salad 3 Ways - Cranberry Pecan, Classic and Avocado Ranch chicken salad recipes and the BEST way to cook chicken breasts for chicken salad!
Seafood Salad - A quick and easy seafood salad recipe made with imitation crab that's perfect for sandwiches, rolls or crackers and always a hit!
Recipe for Key Lime Pie Dip
Key Lime Pie Dip
A sweet and creamy dip perfect for graham crackers and fruit that tastes just like the classic pie made with lime juice, cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk!
Ingredients
- 1 14-oz. can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 8-oz. block cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon lime zest
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 8-oz. tub cool whip, thawed
- Graham crackers for dipping
Instructions
- Combine sweetened condensed milk and cream cheese then beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
- Add lime juice, zest and powdered sugar then mix until blended.
- Fold in cool whip then mix until just combined.
- Add mixture to a serving bowl then refrigerate 6 hours or overnight.
- Serve with graham crackers.
Notes
- Make sure the cream cheese is fully softened at room temperature to ensure the dip is silky smooth.
- Key lime juice is best but regular limes work just fine.
- Definitely use fresh lime juice. That bottled stuff just isn't the same.
- You can absolutely use this recipe to make pie filling! Just reduce the lime juice to 1/3 cup so everything sets up firm enough to slice.
I am just gonna have to try this one. I love Key Lime anything. We need to think up a drink with tequila or rum also. Hmmm...
ReplyDeleteHope the onions settle in.
I can't wait to try this, key lime is my favorite flavor. P.S. please don't have your stroke until you let us know about your other dip ideas :)
ReplyDeleteI'm going to do this, but I'll swap out Cool Whip for whipped cream. This is just brilliant, Mandy. Thanks!!
ReplyDeletethe whip cream may not hold up as well as Cool Whip. Sadly, the artificial ingredients in Cool whip are what makes it more stable for recipes like this one.
DeleteThank you for mentioning that, I was thinking the same as Meg.
DeleteThis is almost the recipe I use for my key lime pie, but I do not add any extra sugar and I use extra creamy cool whip when I am too lazy to whip cream...I could see making this as margarita key lime pie dip, just add the booze...
ReplyDeleteThis will be great with different kinds of fruits to dip in it..apples pears,pineapple etc. yum.....
ReplyDeleteI LOVE LOVE LOVE this post and cannot wait to try the recipe...... LOL
ReplyDeleteHusband walked by, and said WOW that looks good!, Guess I will be making this one,too.
ReplyDeleteCan anyone tell me what I can use to replace the cool whip! Thanks....
ReplyDeletehttp://www.somethingswanky.com/homemade-cool-whip/ it's basically whipped cream plus cream of tartar & gelatin...
DeleteKey Lime anything is probably the best flavor on Earth! I am definitely going to be making this! Thanks for the idea!
ReplyDeleteA bit of unflavored gelatin will stabilize whipped cream, I frequently do that when I need my whipped cream to keep its shape
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so good. Forget about the dip. I am just going to eat it with aspoon
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