YOU GUYS. I love how you get me.
So, I got to thinking what else I could take from a pie to a dip and, since I have a (somewhat irrational, possibly unhealthy, maybe obsessive) love of coconut, I decided to test out a recipe for Coconut Cream Pie Dip.
And. It. Was. Amazeballs.
Once I hash out my next “pie dip” I think it will be so cool to serve three choices at a party with an assortment of graham crackers and shortbread cookies! I’m thinking a Peanut Butter Cream Pie Dip served with chocolate graham crackers would be insane!!! DIBS! I said it first! You heard it!!! That’s my next project! UPDATE: Here's the recipe for Peanut Butter Cream Pie Dip.
Coconut Cream Pie Dip
1 15-oz. can cream of coconut
1/4 cup milk
1 large (5.1 oz) box instant vanilla pudding mix
1 14-oz. can sweetened condensed milk
2 cups sweetened flaked coconut, toasted and divided
1 8-oz tub cool whip, thawed
Graham crackers or shortbread cookies for dipping
Add cream of coconut and milk to a stand mixer or large bowl (using a hand-held mixer) and mix on medium speed until smooth. Add pudding mix and sweetened condensed milk and mix until thoroughly combined. Fold in a heaping cup of toasted coconut and cool whip and mix until just combined.
Add mixture to a serving bowl and refrigerate for four hours. Garnish with remaining toasted coconut.
Serve with graham crackers or shortbread cookies.
You can absolutely use the dip as pie filling. This recipe will easily fill two prepared pie crusts.
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Yum! Will have to try this! LOVE coconut! What about a Cheesecake dip!?!?
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Deletecould this be made with regular pudding mix? I am allergic to something in the instant pudding. thanks
ReplyDeleteI don't think so as traditional pudding requires heat to thicken. Maybe you can google substitutions for instant pudding??
DeleteForget the cookies and just give me a spoon. This looks so good!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI just KNOW I am going to love this..can't wait to make it....and then see what else you come up with :-)
ReplyDeleteWhere do you get cream of coconut?
ReplyDeleteWe can get it in the grocery store around here. It's usually where the cocktail mixers are as it's used to make Pina Coladas.
Deletei'm in Canada, could you show me a picture of it so I can look for something like it here. Thank you so much. Do you think coconut milk would work?
DeleteNo, coconut milk and cream of coconut aren't the same thing. Here's the brand I use if that helps! http://www.cocolopez.com/creamofcoconut.html
DeleteInstant pudding is hard to find. :(
ReplyDeleteWhere is it hard to find? It's the predominate one sold in my area stores. I can always send you some ;-)
DeleteThis sounds crazy good!!!!! Can't wait to try it :)
ReplyDeleteI think you might be my new best friend!
ReplyDeleteLOL!!!
DeleteShut the front door. You are now my BFF. I love everything coconut. Can't wait to try this. Heck, I'll probably sit and eat it with a spoon.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly how I finished off the leftovers!!
DeleteThis looks like it would be good with Ginger Snaps or Vanilla Wafers
ReplyDeleteThose sound great!
Deletethe recipe says 'heaping cup of coconut and cool whip - is that a heaping cup of cool whip or do you mean and cool whip as in the entire tub?
ReplyDeleteA heaping cup of coconut and then also add the entire tub of cool whip.
DeleteThis sounds incredible!! I too am a coconut addict. If I wanted to go overboard, I would use the Trader Joe's Crispy Thin cookies in Coconut. They are stupid good. Meyer Lemon ones are good too. Or mix in some toasted almond slivers and use the really thin chocolate cookies (around for years - can't think of their name). My thighs are currently cursing you. :) Going to look at key lime recipe right now.
ReplyDeleteOMG!!!! O___o I am sooooo making this for a birthday I have to go to this weekend :) Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteused single bite chocolate animal crackers and alphabet cookies with lemon snaps for variety. All single bite size to discourage double dipping
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!
DeleteOh my goodness! You are amazing! Planning a couple of your dips for the 4th of July gathering! Hopefully I can lose a few extra pounds on my 8 mo. Goal to squeeze this treat in! Yummmmm
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely fabulous recipe!!! I can't wait to try it. WOWZERS for sure! So glad you shared at Weekend Potluck.
ReplyDeleteYour wonderfully delicious dip recipe is being featured at Weekend Potluck! Please stop by and snag your Featured Button. Can't wait to see what you bring next time. Enjoy a wonderful weekend. Thanks again for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI am a coconut lover, but we need a chocolate cream pie dip to go with this! Please, please, please! These are going to be a big hit at my holiday open house. Thanks for sharing; looking forward to more great ideas.
ReplyDeleteLawd hab muhcy! I just came across your site. Literally last night I found it and currently have the chicken perlo simmering on the stove AND the fried ice cream cake chillin in the freezer. I was looking for a perlo recipe like my mama makes and found that plus soooo much more! I love coconut and will be making this dip for my next tailgate. I am a SC girl too! Go Gamecocks!
ReplyDeleteHave you tried it with fruit? It sounds like it would be good as a fruit dip too!
ReplyDeleteI just have to say that this is one of the best recipes I've gotten in a long time. I made it for a family gathering over the summer and my nieces loved it. One of them couldn't get enough of it and referred to it as coconut crack. We joked about having to do an intervention. LOL So now ever time we get together I have to make it. Thanks so much for the recipe.
ReplyDeleteHi - you indicated that this would fill 2 pie crusts. Does it set up enough to slice?
ReplyDeletecan you freeze this?
ReplyDeleteI made this yesterday and my friends loved it! I’m not a lover but their expressions were very reassuring that it was an excellent pie!
ReplyDeleteThis recipe will officially make me my daddy's favorite for life!!! Can't wait to spring it on them !! Heehee
ReplyDeleteI made this for a family gathering, It is now referred to as coconut crack. So when the what can I bring starts, I don't have a choose I have to bring the crack. LOL I also serve it with pineapple spears and strawberries. With the pineapple it taste like a pina colada.
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