Pistachio Cheesecake Dip Recipe posted by Something Swanky Pin Share Tweet Email Jump to Recipe SomethingSwanky is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. I don’t know if you’ve picked up on it yet, but I L-O-V-E me some good cream cheese dip!!! Of course, after we make it all sweet and fluffy and stuff, I like to call it “cheesecake” dip. Anyway. Sweet cream cheese dip — it’s the very best. All creamy and dreamy and so easy to switch up and change around in so many different ways! I’m not great with the cutesy holiday treats. So I tend to rely heavily on color palettes to get me through mad holiday crazes. Red Velvet for Valentine’s Day, Peppermint (red and white) for Christmas, Pumpkin (orange) for Fall, and Lemon (pastel yellow) for springtime! The obvious choices for St. Patrick’s Day are, of course, the greens: mint, lime, and today’s flavor– pistachio! I big, puffy heart pistachio flavored everything. Especially ice cream!!! And I think this dip tastes just like pistachio cake, which made it a home run in my book. And it’s green! Which makes it perfect for a little St. Patty’s day fun. So that’s cool. But if you’re not being a stickler on the whole green thing, there’s actually a better way to eat this dip. Wanna see? Add a few cherries and chocolate chips to make a spumoni dip!! Have you ever eaten spumoni? I’m always shocked at how many people I meet who aren’t familiar with spumoni. Spumoni is an Italian version of Neapolitan, but using the flavors pistachio, cherry, and chocolate instead of strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate. And, honestly, it’s about a million times better than Neapolitan. Not trying to be a Neapolitan hater or anything, just speaking the truth. Spumoni is seriously AMAZING. And turning this pistachio dip into a spumoni dip pretty much knocked my socks off. So…. just sayin’. You should probably do it too. (Just had to squeeze this picture in somewhere. She knocks my socks off too 😉 Psssst! Want to make this instantly healthier? Check out this awesome substitution tip I discovered while developing this recipe! Continue to Content Pistachio Cheesecake Dip Print Ingredients 8 oz cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup butter, softened 3.4 oz pistachio pudding mix 1/4 cup milk 8 oz Cool Whip 1 tsp vanilla extract optional: additional pistachios or almonds for mixing in or garnishing optional: chocolate chips and/or cherries for mixing in or garnishing Instructions Use a mixer to beat together the cream cheese and the butter until smooth. If using a stand mixer, be sure to regularly scrape the bowl throughout mixing process. Mix in the pudding mix and the milk until smooth. Mix in the Cool Whip and vanilla extract. Stir in any additional mix-ins (pistachios, chocolate chips, cherries, almonds, etc). Serve immediately with pretzels, shortbread, graham crackers, etc... Or store in an airtight container, chilled, for up to 2 weeks. Don’t miss a bite! Connect with Something Swanky: Be sure to pin these delicious dips too! Cake Batter Oreo Cheesecake Dip More great dips from my friends: Pecan Pie Dip Cherry Chocolate Chip Dip Oreo Peanut Butter Dip
Goodness! I love Spumoni ice cream and haven’t had it since I was in high school and ate at The Spaghetti Factory in SLC. Yum! Reply
YUM, I love all things pistachio too! This cheesecake dip looks delicious and it will be perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! Thanks for sharing, pinned! 🙂 Reply
Can you believe I’ve never had pistachio anything? Wait, don’t answer. I think you CAN believe that. I need to remedy that, stat. This is amazing, and I love that sub tip! Reply
Oh how pretty. Love catching up on Bloglovin, and find that you posted this last week (and I posted something similar today)! Great minds think alike. I love pistachio treats. ANd I love the cool whip in this dip!! Reply
