Pumpkin Dip

Quick to throw together and super flavorful, this Pumpkin Dip is a tasty fall recipe that you will want to make over and over again.

Well if you don’t know already I’m a pumpkin person. I love allll the pumpkin recipes, always have always will. It’s just one of my favorite flavors ever.

This Pumpkin Dip is one of them. It is so simple to whip up and even easier to make disappear! It is just that good, and I have many people to vouch for that!

I love simple recipes, as you all know if you have been reading my site for any length of time, and this Pumpkin Dip is no exception to that at all.

With on hand ingredients (especially fall) you will have no issue putting together this finger licking Pumpkin Dip.

This is great as an appetizer, or a dessert. It’s a dessert appetizer if I were to classify it as anything.

If you’ve been looking for that pumpkin recipe that is super easy just to satisfy your sweet tooth, you cannot go wrong with this Pumpkin Dip Recipe.

Some of our favorite pumpkin recipes that we have on our site include: Pumpkin Cupcakes, Pumpkin Banana Bread and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

• With only 5 ingredients this recipe whips up fast.
• You can easily double this to make for larger crowds.
• The dipping possibilities are endless!

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST):

Cream cheese
Pure pumpkin puree
Powdered sugar
Pumpkin pie spice
Vanilla extract

HOW TO MAKE PUMPKIN DIP, STEP BY STEP:

1. In a large mixing bowl, add all the ingredients.
2. Using an electric mixer on medium speed. blend everything together until smooth.
3. Taste the dip and add more powdered sugar or pumpkin pie spice if desired.
4. Cover and refrigerate at least one hour before serving.
5. Remove to a serving bowl and garnish with more pumpkin pie spice, if desired.

HOW TO PREVENT LUMPS:

There is nothing worse than a lumpy dip and preventing it so easy. When it comes to this Pumpkin Dip, there are two main culprits for lumps.

1. Cream Cheese – Make sure your cream cheese is completely softened to room temperature. When I make this dip, I like to make sure it sits out for a few hours before I make it to ensure the cream cheese will blend effortlessly into the pumpkin. Using cream cheese that is still cold in spots will make it hard to blend.
2. Powdered Sugar – For an extra smooth pumpkin dip, sift your powdered sugar into the bowl to remove lumps.

I hate lumpy dip. Jus like I hate lumpy cheesecake, these are some tips I give with my cheesecake recipes as well, we always make sure our cream cheese is softened.

And we like to always beat our cream cheese until smooth first, this recipe we don’t beat our cream cheese first, but you can and then add in the remaining ingredients to ensure there are no lumps.

This will not change anything about the recipe at all, it will just make it smoother, the way that we really want our Pumpkin Dip to be anyways.

WHAT CAN I USE TO DIP IN MY PUMPKIN DIP?

There is a lot of stuff that you can serve with this Pumpkin Dip, some of our favorites include:

1. Apples
2. Pears
3. Gingersnaps
4. Nilla Wafers
5. Graham Crackers
6. Animal crackers
7. Wafer cookies
8. Pretzels

WHY DO I NEED TO REFRIGERATE THIS BEFORE SERVING?

Refrigerating the Pumpkin Dip Recipe before serving will give it the best texture. You want it to thicken up a little bit.

If you were to serve it straight from making it would be a warmer dip that would be slightly loose.

Refrigerating it will give time for the flavors to marry together and come to a nice dipping temperature/texture.

CAN I ADD ANY ADD-INS TO THE DIP?

If you want to add some additional additions to your dip to give it some texture you can absolutely do that.

Some of our favorite additions that we add include: toffee, mini chocolate chips, graham cracker chunks, chopped nuts, etc.

HOW TO STORE:

You can store this Pumpkin Dip in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. Be sure to store it an an airtight container to maintain freshness. 

This I do not recommend that you freeze, this will not defrost well and we usually don’t freeze sweet dips like this as you are not reheating them.

Also do not leave out on the counter for more than 2 hours as it contains cream cheese and bacteria will grow at a certain point, so make sure when not eating, place in the refrigerator.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

• Make sure your cream cheese is very soft, see my tips on preventing lumps above.
• You can easily double this recipe to serve more people.
• You can doctor this up by adding some add-ins, see above for ideas.
• This needs to be refrigerated.
• We do not recommend freezing.
• Use any of your favorite dippers for this recipe, see above for ideas.

Want a fun, delicious and absolutely easy fall dessert? Then you need to whip up this Pumpkin Dip – you won’t regret it!

If you like this recipe you might also like:

• Pumpkin Bars
• Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cupcakes
• Pumpkin Truffles
• Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Blondies

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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 2020