Mermaid Dip
A sweet and delicious cheesecake marshmallow dip with festive colors! This Mermaid Dip is the perfect dessert dip to dunk vanilla wafers, butter cookies, shortbread cookies and so much more. The fun Mermaid themed colors make it the perfect addition to birthday parties and more!
Sweet cheesecake dips are so easy to make and perfect sweet ending to dip your cookies and wafers in! We took the classic crowd pleasing marshmallow dip and turned it into this fun and festive Mermaid Dip that any kid would love at a mermaid or Under the Sea themed birthday.
This is the ultimate mermaid party snack idea! The colors and sprinkles make it a showstopper and the creamy, decadent texture take the mermaid dip out of this world. Buy some special sprinkles to go with your theme and change up the food coloring to make it your own.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Mermaid cheesecake dip is made with ingredients that are easy to find.
- This sweet mermaid party food comes together in less than 15 minutes, so you can enjoy it any time.
- You can make this dip ahead of time if you want to be ahead of the game for your party prep.
Ingredients For Mermaid Dip
- Cream cheese – Make sure it’s at room temperature so it’s easy to mix.
- Powdered sugar – This adds sweetness plus it dissolves easily so the dessert dip won’t be grainy.
- Marshmallow cream – This is the secret ingredient in this creamy dip. It will enhance the flavor and smooth, fluffy texture of the mermaid dip.
- Vanilla extract – Adds a delicious vanilla flavor and balances some of the sweetness.
- Frozen whipped topping – Allow this to thaw in the refrigerator overnight for easy mixing.
- Food coloring – We used pink, green, red, and blue (mix blue and red to make purple). Gel food coloring makes it the most vibrant with the least amount of food coloring.
- Sprinkles – We used Coated Chocolate Pearls and Ice Cream Sprinkles.
Ideas For Dippers
- Shortbread cookies
- Pretzels
- Vanilla wafers
- Fruit
- Butter cookies
- Graham crackers
- Animal crackers
- Oreos
- Cubed pieces of cake
- Gingersnaps
How To Make Mermaid Cream Cheese Dip
Beat the cream cheese until smooth and creamy. Add the powdered sugar to the bowl and beat until combined and light and fluffy
Add the marshmallow cream and vanilla extract to the bowl and stir to combine.
Fold a large spoonful of the thawed whipped topping into the dip mixture. Fold the remaining whipped topping into the dip until completely combined.
Divide the dip into small bowls and add the food coloring as desired. Carefully mix until the colors are incorporated.
Add dollops of the differently colored dip to a bowl. Run a knife or bamboo skewer around in the dip to create swirls.
Top the dip with assorted sprinkles.
Serve with your choice of cookies or fruit.
Pro Tips
- Do not overmix the dip when you are coloring it or the mixture will deflate.
- Be careful not to overmix when you are swirling the colors together or the dip will turn grey.
Colorful, creamy mermaid dip is exactly what you need to whip up for your next party. The kids will go crazy for this fun treat, watch it disappear in no time at all.
Mermaid Dip
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese room temperature (1 package)
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 7 ounces marshmallow cream (1 container)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 ounces frozen whipped topping thawed (1 container)
- food coloring
- sprinkles
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the powdered sugar to the bowl and beat until combined and light and fluffy.
- Add the marshmallow cream and vanilla extract to the bowl and stir to combine.
- Fold a large spoonful of the thawed whipped topping into the dip mixture. Then fold the remaining whipped topping into the dip until completely combined.
- Divide the dip into bowls (the amount of different colors you want) and add the food coloring as desired. Carefully mix just until the colors are incorporated.
- Add dollops of the differently colored dip to a bowl. Run a knife or bamboo skewer around in the dip to create swirls.
- Top the dip with assorted sprinkles.
- Serve with your choice of dippers.
Nutrition
Storage
Fridge: Store any leftover mermaid dip in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Freezer: I do not recommend freezing this dessert dip as the texture will change as it thaws.
More Fun Recipes and Activities for Kids
- Did you know you can make Rock Candy at home? Not only does it get the kids in the kitchen, it doubles as a science experiment!
- Have you made Oobleck before? It’s only an affordable 2 ingredient activity. Sometimes it’s liquid and sometimes it’s solid, but it’s always fun to play with!
- Kids love playdough and this Homemade Playdough is so easy to make with basic pantry staples. Plus, it’s soft and fun to play with!
- Get the kids started on preparing their own after school snacks with easy English Muffin Pizzas. This is such an easy lunch box item plus they can customize them with their favorite toppings.
Love it …will try for an upcoming unicorn birthday
Enjoy Diane!
can I refrigerate for the upcoming party or will that make it hard?
That should be fine! You could take it out a bit before to let it come to a warmer temp.