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Rainbow Cheesecake Dip – this easy skinny cheesecake dip is tinted rainbow for St. Patrick’s Day. Serve it with gold coin cookie dippers!

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As a dessert blogger, I often get caught off-guard at the grocery store. I have a list and I’m on my way to the milk section when some new product catches my eye. It could be anything: a new flavor M&M, a new flavor Oreo or pudding mix. Even a new flavor coffee creamer or cake mix. It never fails – something NEW! and COOL! derails my whole shopping expedition. I spend the rest of the time wandering aimlessly creating the NEWEST! COOL! pie or brownie or magic bar.

My local grocery store has begun selling bulk sprinkles and colored sugars. They even have naked sugar cookies, tarts, and piping bags full of icing. But the sprinkles call to me the second I enter the store.

“Doooooorooooothhhhyyyyy,” they call. “Come get uuuuuusssss.”

How can I resist a talking sprinkle?

Last week I stopping in for a few vegetables and milk, and got waylaid by these talking bulk sprinkles in the bakery section.

In particular, the gold sanding sugar caught my eye. I mean, St. Patrick’s Day and Rainbows scream gold.

I stood in front of the cake case, holding a very large (and super cheap) container of gold sanding sugar, for quite awhile. In my head, I was running through all that I could do with it. It was like fast-forwarding a movie in my brain.

I guess I stood there for a really long time. Long enough that one of the workers came up to me and asked if I “was okay” or “needed any help.”

I was okay…but it’s open to discussion if I “need help.”

rainbow dip with cookies around on cake plate

Sr. Patrick’s Day is coming up quick. My favorite thing about St. Patrick’s Day is rainbows. I love all things rainbow. I’ve made cupcakes and cookies. If I had my choice I’d do nothing but rainbow all month long.

I was trying to come up with something new to make this year, and I know how much you all love dips. I mean, this dip is my most viewed recipe and probably will be for a looooong time.

You also love skinny recipes, since this breakfast cookie is also in the top viewed. So, I combined skinny and dip and rainbow and I got something super pretty – and delish.

Sweet dips are so easy to make. This one uses low-fat cream cheese, a box of cheesecake pudding mix (sugar-free, but regular is fine), and fat-free whipped topping. It’s totally skinny, but doesn’t taste that way!

And what about that gold sanding sugar? I used it to make dippers: sugar cookie gold coins. I used a roll of sugar cookie dough (feel free to use your favorite recipe) and rolled it in the gold sugar before baking. I baked them a little longer than I would have if I was making plain cookies, so they are crunchy and hold up to dipping. The combination of the sweet cookie and sweet cheesecake flavored dip was amazing.

Although I must admit: I ate most of this dip with a spoon. It was that good!

rainbow dip with cookies around on cake plate

And, it’s a rainbow. It’ll make you smile after the people at the grocery store think you’re crazy.

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Rainbow Cheesecake Dip

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Rainbow Cheesecake Dip - this easy skinny cheesecake dip is tinted rainbow for St. Patrick's Day. Serve it with gold coin cookie dippers!
Total Time 1 hour
Yield 16 servings
Serving Size 1 serving

Ingredients
 

For the Dip:

  • 8 ounces room temperature light cream cheese
  • 1 small box cheesecake pudding mix I used sugar/fat-free, about 0.9 ounces, but you can use a regular 3.4 ounce box if you prefer
  • 1/2 cup non-fat milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract optional
  • 8 ounces 1 container plus an additional 2-4 ounces whipped topping (I used fat-free), or you can use real whipped cream if you prefer
  • Food Coloring

For the Gold Coin Dippers:

  • 1 tube sugar cookie dough
  • Gold sanding/colored sugar or yellow if you don’t have gold
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Instructions

  • Beat cream cheese until fluffy. You can use a hand mixer (what I used) but a stand mixer is better because it helps get out all the lumps. Add pudding mix and milk. Beat for 2 minutes on medium. There will still be some lumps.
  • Stir in extracts. Fold in whipped topping.
  • Separate dip into 6 small bowls. Dye each bowl a different color of the rainbow. I prefer to use gel food colorings because the colors are more vibrant, but you can use regular too. (You can buy Wilton Gel Food coloring at most craft stores.)
  • Using a clear serving dish, layer the colors of dip starting with purple on the bottom and working your way up the rainbow to red. When adding a new color, spoon it gently onto the top of the layers and spread gently with an offset spatula or the back of a spoon. Don’t push too hard or you’ll end up with tie-dye!
  • Top with additional whipped topping and sprinkles. Cover and chill until ready to serve.
  • To make the gold coin dippers: cut the log of cookie dough into 1/2” sections and quarter each section. Roll into balls and roll in sanding sugar. Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 350 degrees for about 9-11 minutes (they need to be on the crunchier side so they hold up when dipping). Cool completely and serve with dip!

Recipe Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 96kcal
Nutritional information not guaranteed to be accurate
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

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Sweets from friends:
Rainbow Cakes by Wine and Glue
Rainbow Madeleines by Sugar Swings
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Rainbow Cupcakes by Something Swanky

Last Updated on May 12, 2020



Dorothy Kern

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  1. I AM HAVING A DESSERT THEMED RAINBOW BABY SHOWER FOR 15 PPL AND WILL BE MAKING YOURS PLUS 2 OR 3 OTHER CHEESECAKE DIPS. AND I WAS WONDERING FOR ABOUT HOW MANY SERVINGS DO YOU GET OUT OF ONE BATCH. trying TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH TO MAKE OF EACH RECIPE

    1. This makes about 3-4 cups of dip. I would say probably 8 servings, if people were only eat this. 🙂

  2. Thanks for sharing these Dorothy! I really love rainbow parties and this is a cute rainbow snack I haven’t seen before. Can’t wait to try it!

  3. The sprinkles totally get me too! And do they have to be strategically located by the produce? My Harris Teeter has been carrying the sprinkles, icing and undecorated cookie cakes for a while now, surprisingly I’ve only given in to the urge a few times. This dip looks great and if I can find the cheesecake flavored pudding which has become quite the challenge around here I will definitely give it a try. I have a pie I used to love making with the pudding and haven’t made it in ages because I can never find that flavor anymore..so sad!

  4. I’m going to need a class in how you get your layers that perfect! seriously I love this SO much

  5. Your layers are so perfect … very impressive!!! Bulk sprinkles and icing in bags … wow … what store do you shop at?