Buckeye Dip (Easy No-Bake Peanut Butter Dessert Dip)
This buckeye dip combines cream cheese, peanut butter, Cool Whip, powdered sugar, and mini chocolate chips into a creamy no-bake dessert dip that tastes exactly like a buckeye candy served with pretzels, apples, or graham crackers.
Servings 12
Ingredients
- 8 oz Cool Whip refrigerated and softened
- 16 oz creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 8 oz plain cream cheese softened
- 1 to 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
For Serving
- Apple slices
- Pretzels
- Vanilla wafers
- Honey graham crackers
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl combine the Cool Whip, peanut butter, powdered sugar, softened cream cheese, and vanilla extract.
- Mix until completely smooth and well combined with no cream cheese lumps remaining.
- Fold in the mini chocolate chips until evenly distributed throughout.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve cold with apple slices, pretzels, vanilla wafers, or honey graham crackers alongside.
Notes
- The cream cheese must be fully softened to room temperature before mixing. Cold cream cheese will not blend smoothly and you will end up with lumps throughout the dip no matter how long you mix it.
- Make sure the Cool Whip is refrigerated and softened — not frozen. Frozen Cool Whip does not fold into the peanut butter and cream cheese evenly and produces a lumpy, uneven dip.
- Mini chocolate chips are specifically better than standard size here. They distribute more evenly throughout the dip and you get chocolate in every single scoop rather than concentrated in certain spots.
- This dip gets better after sitting in the refrigerator for a few hours. Make it the morning of or even the night before for the most developed flavor.
