This quick and easy pumpkin fluff dip (with cream cheese) tastes like a fluffy, creamy pumpkin pie or pumpkin cheesecake mousse. It's bursting with fall flavors like cinnamon, ginger and cloves and is made with homemade whipped cream and cream cheese.
There is NO Cool Whip or Jello pudding mix in this pumpkin dip recipe! It's easy to make ahead, and we LOVE to bring pumpkin dip to holiday parties, girls nights, or fun family gatherings. It uses ¾ cup of pumpkin so it's easy to use the rest of the can for pumpkin spice bread with cream cheese frosting or pumpkin spice mug cake.
Everything pumpkin spice is my jam as soon as September hits. We love to make delicious fall pumpkin desserts like Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls, but sometimes you need a quick and easy no bake fall treat to share like pumpkin pie dip or Halloween Pudding Cups to bring to a party!
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What To Expect
- Taste: Pumpkin spice, fluffy whipped cream, cream cheese, and of course pumpkin! It tastes just like a fluffy pumpkin pie or pumpkin cheesecake.
- Ease: This is a fairly easy no bake fall treat, just make sure the ingredients are cold and that the instructions are followed in order.
- Time: Pumpkin cheesecake dip only takes 5-10 minutes to whip up!
🛒 Key Ingredients
Here's a simple list of ingredients to make pumpkin pie dip, with no pudding mix or cool whip to be seen.
- Pumpkin Puree - make sure it is 100% pure pumpkin, NOT pumpkin pie filling!
- Cream Cheese - the base for the dip, gives a nice tart flavor and helps to stabilize the dip.
- Powdered Sugar - sweetens the dip without making it heavy, the cornstarch in the powdered sugar also helps to keep the dip firm.
- Heavy Cream - is the fluff in the pumpkin fluff dip.
- Spices- cinnamon, ginger, and cloves are used.
- Vanilla - an absolute MUST in the pumpkin cream cheese mixture. It is lovely.
✏️ Substitutions & Variations
- Cream Cheese- half of the cream cheese may be substituted with plain greek yogurt, or fat free or ⅓ cream cheese may be used.
- Spices - You can use 2 teaspoons of pumpkin spice mix in place of the cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. Cloves can be swapped out with nutmeg or allspice.
- Cool Whip - a 16 oz container can be used, You may only need about ¾ of it, about 3 cups.
- The vanilla extract could be switched out with maple extract (½ teaspoon) for a lovely maple pumpkin dip!
- Add chopped nuts or toffee bits on top for added crunch!
🧑🍳 Instructions
- Step 1. In a mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to combine cream cheese and powdered sugar until combined, then turn the speed up to high and mix well for 1-2 minutes until it is smooth and creamy, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Step 2. Add vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves to the mixture and mix until combined.
- Step 3. Pour in ½ cup of the whipping cream, and mix with the whisk attachment on low speed until combined. Add another ½ cup and repeat.
- Step 4. Add the last ½ cup of whipping cream and then turn the speed up to high, and whip for 1-2 minutes until the mixture is fluffy.
- Step 5. Gently stir in the pumpkin puree with a rubber spatula by hand until it it's mixed in completely.
- Step 6. Carefully transfer the dip to a serving bowl and place on a serving tray with graham crackers, apples, cookies, or pretzels to serve.
📌 Top Tips & Hacks
- Make sure the whipped cream is COLD when you begin to mix it in. It has to be chilled to whip, if it's warm or room temp you'll have runny dip indeed.
- Chill overnight for the dip to be a little firmer.
- Drizzle a little Instant Pot Caramel Sauce on top for a pumpkin caramel dip!
- Some individuals like the pumpkin fluff dip MORE sweet, if this is you, please add another ¼ cup of powdered sugar to the recipe.
❓Frequently Asked Questions
Up to 3 days refrigerated, freezing is not recommended for whipped cream.
- Sliced apples, grapes, or bananas
- Graham crackers
- Ginger snaps
- Pretzels
- Shortbread cookies
- Lotus biscoff cookies (Speculoos)
- If the cream cheese or heavy cream is too warm, it will not whip into a fluffy dip. Make sure your ingredients are cold!
- Homemade pumpkin puree or some store brands can be watery. If you're worried it may make your dip runny, start with half the amount listed in the recipe.
More Recipes To Share
If you need another dip recipe, another pumpkin recipe, or an easy fall snack to share, I have a few ideas for you!
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📝 Printable Recipe
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Dip
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese 225 g
- 1 cup powdered sugar 120 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ⅛ teaspoon cloves
- 1½ cups heavy cream 355 mL
- ¾ cup 100% pure pumpkin puree 175 g
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to combine cream cheese and powdered sugar until combined, then turn the speed up to high and mix well for 1-2 minutes until it is smooth and creamy, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Add vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves to the mixture and mix until combined.
- Pour in ½ cup of the whipping cream, and mix with the whisk attachment on low speed until combined. Add another ½ cup and repeat.
- Add the last ½ cup of whipping cream and then turn the speed up to high, and whip for 1-2 minutes until the mixture is fluffy.
- Gently stir in the pumpkin puree with a rubber spatula by hand until it it's mixed in completely.
- Carefully transfer the dip to a serving bowl and place on a serving tray with graham crackers, apples, cookies, or pretzels to serve.
Stephanie says
Um, I just made this for a family function and it might not make it to the party! This is really yummy and has a pumpkin pie type taste. I made the double batch and it was nice that this blog had a 2X function to make it a little easier to do.
Fantastic recipe
Sara says
Makes my heart happy to hear that! ❤️ I love the 2X function too.
Sara says
I like that the cloves aren't too strong in this dip. It's easy to spread it out with a little more whipping cream too. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do! Please leave a comment here and share your feedback with a star rating. I really enjoyed creating this recipe and post for you!