This Sugar Cookie Dip tastes like frosted sugar cookie dough and takes just 5 pantry ingredients and 10 minutes. It’s fluffy, sweet, and loaded with Christmas sprinkles, and since it doesn’t use cookie mix, there’s nothing to bake or heat-treat. The whole batch costs about $6.83, or just $0.28 per serving.
I’ve been bringing this dip to holiday parties for years. Unlike most sugar cookie dips, it doesn’t use a pouch of cookie mix, so there’s no flour to heat-treat — just cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and whipped topping beaten until fluffy, with plenty of Christmas sprinkles stirred in. If you love sugar cookies, this is the easiest way to get that flavor in about 10 minutes.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe!
- No cookie mix needed – Made with pantry staples, so there’s no extra pouch to buy and no raw flour to heat-treat.
- 10 minutes of hands-on time – Mix, chill, and serve.
- Make-ahead friendly – Make it the night before a party.
After 14 years of developing dessert recipes, I know the secret to a great party dip is getting the texture just right. The cream cheese and whipped topping create a smooth, creamy dip that everyone will want to scoop up.
We also love Yellow Cake Mix Cookies and Sugar Cookie Cake.
Why We Skip the Cookie Mix
A lot of sugar cookie dips call for a pouch of cookie mix. That means one more thing to buy and an extra step to heat-treat the flour so it’s safe to eat raw. Our version gets its sugar cookie flavor from powdered sugar and vanilla, so it’s made entirely from pantry staples and costs about $6.83 for 28 servings, or just $0.26 per serving. No microwave required!
Ingredients
- Cream Cheese – Use a softened block, not a tub. Tub cream cheese is softer and makes a runnier dip.
- Whipped Topping – You’ll only use 1 cup of an 8-oz tub. Save the rest for hot cocoa or pie.
- Vanilla Extract – Clear vanilla keeps the dip bright white. For even more sugar cookie flavor, add ¼ teaspoon almond extract.
- Powdered Sugar – Sweetens without any gritty texture.
- Christmas Jimmies – Jimmies (the long sprinkles) hold their color better than nonpareils.
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How To Make Sugar Cookie Dip Recipe
Step 1. Get out a mixing bowl and beat the cream cheese until fluffy. I used a hand mixer but you can also use a stand mixer.
Step 2. Add in the vanilla extract and powdered sugar. Mix until combined and smooth.
Step 3. Use a spatula to gently fold in the whipped topping by hand. A mixer would knock the air out and make the dip dense.
Step 4. Gently fold in most of the sprinkles, saving some for the top. Stir as little as possible so the colors don’t streak. Cover and chill for 2–3 hours so the dip firms up.
Pro Tips
- Use jimmies, not nonpareils. Nonpareils (the tiny round balls) bleed color into the dip quickly. Jimmies hold their color much better.
- Thaw the cool whip. Thaw the whipped topping in the fridge overnight.
- Clear Vanilla Extract. Use clear vanilla if you can. This will produce the prettiest dip.
Variations
- Any holiday. Swap the Christmas jimmies for Valentine’s, Halloween, or rainbow jimmies to make this year-round.
- Topping. Top the sugar cookie dough dip with crushed cookies, graham crackers or chocolate chips.
Serving Suggestions
- Fresh Fruit. Apples, Strawberries, pears and bananas. My kids love apple slices the best!
- Cookies. Animal Crackers, Graham Crackers, nilla wafers, gingerbread men, frosted sugar cookies.
- Other. Pretzels and pound cake cubes are also good to serve with sugar cookie dip.
Want a second dip for your holiday party? Our no-bake Grinch dip costs about $4 a batch.
Want the real cookie? Make a batch of easy chocolate dipped sugar cookies.
FAQ’s
I do not recommend freezing the dip as the texture will change. This recipe is so easy to just make the night before you need this.
Place in the refrigerator until ready to serve using an airtight container up to 5 days.
Yes, make it up to 1 day ahead and keep it covered in the fridge. Add the topping sprinkles right before serving so they stay bright.
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Sugar Cookie Dip
Ingredients
- 8 ounces Cream Cheese softened
- 1 cup Whipped Topping thawed
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract clear works best
- 2 cups Powdered Sugar
- 1/2 cup Christmas Jimmie Sprinkles
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Instructions
- Beat the cream cheese with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add in the vanilla extract and powdered sugar. Mix until combined and smooth.
- Gently stir in the whipped topping.
- Then gently hand stir in most of the sprinkles (reserve some for topping). Stir slowly so that the colors on the sprinkles do not bleed into the dip.
- Cover and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
- Then serve topped with the reserve sprinkles with your favorite dippers and enjoy!
