Cookie Dough Dip

Cookie Dough Dip (from Add a Pinch, Total Time: 10 minutes, Servings: 24)

Ingredients

·         1 8 oz. package cream cheese

·         ½ cup butter (I used margarine with no issues)

·         1 cup powdered sugar

·         2 Tbsp. brown sugar

·         1 ½ tsp. vanilla

·         2 cups chocolate chips

Instructions

1.      Cream together cream cheese and butter.

2.      Add all remaining ingredients and mix until well-combined.

3.      Serve with graham crackers.

Another easy recipe that I made for the neighborhood Progressive Dinner.  Since this uses cream cheese, I didn’t think that I would like it all that much, but it was so much better than I expected.  The dip does not have an overwhelming cream cheese taste – in fact, when I eat it, I taste more of the chocolate chips than anything.  It is very sweet!  I used 2 cups of chocolate chips instead of the 1/1 chocolate/toffee combo recommended in the recipe.   I think that I could have downsized that to about 1.5 cups – 2 is a bit too much and overwhelms the dip.  I don’t think that it  tastes like cookie dough, but that’s OK.   I received a lot of compliments on this one and somebody asked for the recipe!  My husband is a cream cheese fan, but he did not like it.  He didn’t tell me if it was taste or texture, but I expect it is the texture of the chips paired with the creaminess of the cream cheese dip.  I was surprised that he didn’t like it, but oh well.  I plan to make it again for my mother and step-father – I know that they’ll love it!