Peppermint Dip with Candy Canes
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Peppermint dip, otherwise known as Christmas fluff, uses delicious Marshmallow Fluff with crushed candy canes for peppermint perfection this holiday season.
This fluffy candy cane peppermint dip is a light and sugary cream cheese dip that spreads easily on your plate full of dippables. Try this dip with graham crackers, pretzels, and even apples; peppermint flavoring is the scent and taste of the holiday season!
Peppermint Dip Ingredients
- 7 oz. Marshmallow Fluff
- 8 oz. Cream Cheese – Softened
- 1 tsp. Peppermint Extract
- 1/3 cup Crushed Candy Canes or Peppermint Rounds
- Red/Pink food coloring for color
How to make Peppermint Dip
Prepare the candy canes: If you are starting with full size or miniature candy canes, add them into a Ziploc bag and crush them into small pieces with a rolling pin.
If its off season, you can often find peppermint pieces in the candy aisle or baking aisle for these types of recipes.
In a medium-sized bowl, add the marshmallow fluff, softened cream cheese, Peppermint flavored extract, and a few drops of red food coloring.
Mix all of the dip ingredients until well combined, and the food coloring is even.
Toss in tiny bite sized crushed candy canes and mix until combined into the dip, this will leave some chunks in your dip and how fine you grind them prior is what decides how much crunch you get.
Scoop dip into a serving bowl and top with some extra crushed candy canes for presentation.
Add this Christmas dip to an appetizer table with other holiday goodies like 2 ingredient marshmallow fruit dip and Christmas Cookie dough dip.
Want to change up the holiday flavors?
Candy canes come in a variety of amazing flavor ideas this season, and this peppermint dip can be mixed up just by altering the available flavors in the candy aisle.
Peppermint Dip
Ingredients
- 7 oz. Marshmallow Fluff
- 8 oz. Cream Cheese – Softened
- 1 tsp. Peppermint Extract
- 1/3 cup Crushed Candy Canes or Peppermints
- Red/Pink food coloring for color
Instructions
- If you are starting with full size candy canes, add them into a Ziploc bag and crush them into small pieces with a rolling pin. You can often find pre-crushed candy canes in a baking aisle if you are off season.1/3 cup Crushed Candy Canes or Peppermints
- In a medium sized bowl, add the marshmallow fluff, cream cheese, peppermint extract and a few drops of red food coloring. Mix all your creamy ingredients until well combined and your coloring is even and bright.7 oz. Marshmallow Fluff, 8 oz. Cream Cheese – Softened, 1 tsp. Peppermint Extract, Red/Pink food coloring for color
- Toss in crushed candy canes and mix until combined into the dip, this will leave some chunks in your dip and how fine you grind them prior is what decides how much crunch you get.
- Scoop dip into a serving bowl and top with some extra crushed candy canes for presentation. Serve with vanilla wafters, graham crackers, or other cookie-based dippers.
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This peppermint dip was really good!
Mary, so happy you enjoyed this peppermint dip recipe!! My neighbor said her kids ate the whole bowl after we made it.
Hi! Can I refrigerate it overnight or should I leave it out if I prep it the night before?
It has cream cheese so you do not want to leave it out on the counter at all. It should be fine to make overnight and then give it a good mix before serving. My only concern is to make the candy canes really fine because putting those in the fridge in too big of chunks may prove to be a hard bite on your teeth!
Trisha
What type of chocolate crackers do you use? Graham?
Yes, we like to use chocolate graham crackers! But you could use any sweet cracker or cookie really.