After failing to find a fruit dip that satisfied me, I resolved to create my own from scratch. I used a few simple ingredients to create a delicious creamy dip to complement the apples without being too heavy. But being the Peanut Butter Boy isn’t easy. My brain is continuously concocting peanut butter recipes and generating new uses for the tan-colored gold. I was content with my fruit dip for apples sweetened by strawberry jelly and headed towards the fridge when my right-brain gently shouted 2 words to the left half: peanut butter.

Ingredients:Print

8oz cream cheese, whipped
1 (6oz) container yogurt (plain or flavored)
1/4 – 1/3 cup reduced-sugar strawberry preserves, to taste (Trader Joe’s)
1/4 cup creamy natural peanut butter w/ salt

2 green apples, sliced thin
2 crisp red apples, sliced thin (pink lady or honeycrisp)

Instructions:

1. Combine the first 3 ingredients into a medium bowl and stir until mixed. If there are a lot of chunks from the preserves, puree in a blender until smooth, if desired.

2. Sit down, close your eyes and meditate. Picture a bowl of dip in front of you and a juicy apple slice in your hand. “See” your hand dipping the apple slice into the dip, twisting your wrist to scoop it up and transporting the apple to your mouth. “Taste” the sweet crisp apple crunching between your teeth, a strawberry flavor and creamy texture simultaneously hitting your taste buds. Do you now desire a salty peanut presence upon each bite? If yes, proceed to step 3. Do you desire the peanut butter essence half the time? If so, split the dip in two and proceed to step 3, using only 2 Tbsp peanut butter. If you find yourself not craving the peanut butter at all then what are you doing here?

3. You’ve made the right choice. Stir in the peanut butter until well combined. Refrigerate dip(s) and apples until chilled.

Additional Info:

In the end, the peanut butter flavor was victorious. As my buddy put it (in reference to the peanut butter dip): “I want a whole tub of this stuff!”

Filed in Appetizer, Dessert, Gluten Free, Peanut Butter, Snack, Vegetarian

6 Responses / Leave a comment »

  1. mom says:

    I think you might be nuts!!! But I’ll try it.

  2. Simply...Gluten-free says:

    OK, I gotta try this!

  3. Nick says:

    So easy to make, you can’t go wrong. I wasn’t too creative with pictures at this point so they may not look too incredible here, but these dips don’t disappoint!

  4. I mind-blower how this otnesetsya acknowledged …

  5. Lu says:

    Awesome idea. Even this dairy free gal is going to try. Substitute with soy yogurt, though. Oh, wait, I just found cashew based cream cheese. That should work. You are wicked creative.

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