Fruit Dip needed

[Peggy]

I'm having a dinner party Friday night and would love to have a fruit platter and some dip on my list of appetizers. Can anyone suggest a good dip and what winter fruits would be good to use? Thanks!

[Linda]

You bet...here is what always gets rave reviews at my parties....

Lemon Fruit Dip

1 8-oz. Container of sour cream
¼ cup of Amaretto
1 small pkg. INSTANT lemon pudding
1 container Cool Whip topping

Use apples, pears, cantaloupe

Whisk together, sour cream and Amaretto. Add puddiing and the fold in Cool Whip.
Chill to blend flavors. I used light sour cream and lite Cool Whip.

[Peggy]

hey thanks! that sounds delicious.

[Peggy]

can this dip be made the night before or is it better the day of? Thanks.

[Peggy]

I made this for my guests and it was a huge hit. Thanks SO much for recommending it.

[Mrs.W]

I've got a few standbys:

Caramel Dip - 8 oz cream cheese, softened, scant 1 cup brown sugar (lt or dark), 1 tsp vanilla extract. Blend together and refrigerate until ready to use. Can top with nuts if desired. Great with fruit and pretzels.

Peanut Butter Dip - equal measure peanut butter and melted vanilla ice cream. You can make this as sugar-full or sugar-less as you like (natural peanut butter plus no-sugar-added ice cream is nice), and change the ice cream flavors for variety. Great for PB lovers.

But my favorite is mascarpone cheese blended with agave nectar. Superb with fruit. I could lick it out of the bowl. Honey would also work. Could also work in some chevre for more delicious goodness, but I prefer that less sweet and either blended with or served alongside fruit.

[Peggy]

oh thank you. . those all sound great!

[MaryBeth]

I have a wonderful Pumpkin Dip on my blog that goes great with apples and pears. Please stop by and take a look at it. Let me know what you think of it.