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Home » Dessert » Chocolate » Chocolate Cake Fruit Dip

Chocolate Cake Fruit Dip

Created: January 28, 2019 Updated: April 20, 2021 by lyuba 3 Comments

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This Fruit Dip is so easy to prepare and you will have an amazing dessert in just a few minutes. It’s light, silky, and full of amazing chocolate flavor. Within 5 minutes, you will have a heavenly dip that tasted just like chocolate cake. There are many different fruit and crackers you can serve with this dip but you will truly just want to grab a spoon and eat it straight from the bowl. 

If you want to include another dip on the fruit tray, try my Skinny Caramel Fruit Dip or Turtle Chocolate Fruit Dip. Hot Chocolate Cheesecake Dip is especially wonderful because it’s served warm and the creamy chocolate texture is unbeatable.

Fruit Dip in a bowl with chocolate chips on top. On a cutting board with strawberries, apples, and bananas

FRUIT DIP

This chocolate cake fruit dip is pure heaven, it’s so smooth and silky that every bite is a delight.

If you’re deciding what to serve at your next party or bring to a potluck, this is it. Look no further because this is a perfect dip for any occasion. It might be a Super Bowl party, a baby shower, or a casual family gathering and this dip will be the talk of the party.

There are only a few simple ingredients that go into this dip. It’s made with cream cheese, COOL whip topping, chocolate cake mix, hot fudge topping, and heavy whipping cream. To add a little crunch to the dip, you can mix in some mini chocolate chips.

Fruit dip only takes a few minutes to whip up but it can easily be made ahead of time of stored in the refrigerator until needed. Just make sure to store it in an air-tight container to wrap the bowl with saran wrap before refrigerating.

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Chocolate Cake Fruit Dip in a bowl

WHAT TO SERVE WITH FRUIT DIP

The best fruit for this chocolate cake fruit dip is apples and strawberries. Both apple slices and strawberries are solid and big enough to be dipped without breaking.

Bananas is another good fruit that will complement the flavors of the dip. Although, bananas can be soft do make sure to cut them into larger pieces.

Try unsalted or lightly salted plain crackers.

Graham crackers and sugar cookies are always good with any flavor fruit dip.

HOW TO HEAT TREAT FLOUR AND CAKE MIX

You may have heard that FDA does not recommend consumption of raw cake batter or cookie dough. I’ve always assumed it was due to raw eggs but that is not the only culprit. Raw flour can also make you sick and should be cooked first, or brought to a safe consumption temperature. 

So what you can do is heat-treat the flour or cake mix in a microwave. Place the mix into a microwave-safe bowl but add some extra in case some gets overheated. Heat it in a microwave on high power in 30 second increments and stir well in between each interval. Use an instant read thermometer to make sure the flour mix reaches 165°. 

Discard any parts that may have gotten singed. Cool flour mix down first, before using it in the recipe! 

WHAT TO DO WITH LEFTOVER CHOCOLATE CAKE MIX?

I definitely anticipate this question to be one of the first ones asked. This dip requires only 1 cup of cake mix so there will be a little more than half leftover.

Save remaining cake mix by closing the bag it came in air-tight and placing it in another zip-lock bag. This will help keep any moisture out of the cake mix.

Leftover cake mix can be used in milkshakes, cookies, or other fruit dips.

This chocolate cake fruit dip recipe can easily be double. If you will make extra dip, you may not need to worry about it because you will use up almost all of the mix.

Fruit Dip collage of how to make it. fist 3 pictures blending dip, last picture dipping apple in

HOW CAN I SUBSTITUTE COOL WHIP

This is another question that I get quite a bit. COOL Whip is not as easily available in other countries as it is in the US so sometimes it has to be substituted.

First, it’s important to remember that a whipped topping like COOL Whip is not just whipped cream. It’s a denser, thicker, and more stabilized than whipped cream. Therefore, substituting whipped topping for whipped cream may not work in every recipe.

In many recipes, much like this one, whipped cream will be too thin to substitute equally. Whipped cream would need to be stabilized to be thicker.

Luckily, this is a cake batter fruit dip so you can easily stabilize homemade whipped cream with extra chocolate cake mix. Use 1 1/2 cups of heavy whipping cream, 2 tablespoons of white granulated sugar, and 2-3 tablespoons of chocolate cake mix to make whipped topping for this fruit dip.

Another way to go is to add cornstarch when making the whipped cream. Add 1 tablespoon of cornstarch for every cup of heavy whipping cream.

NOTE: if you will be substituting stabilized homemade whipped cream in this dip, the process will be different. Beat cream cheese and whipped cream separately. Once cream cheese is smooth and soft after beating it for a couple of minutes, add hot fudge topping and beat until mixed. Beat in the 1/4 cup of heavy whipping cream and cake mix into the cream cheese mixture. FOLD in stabilized whipped cream last.

Fruit Dip in a serving bowl with chocolate chips on top

SOME MORE SWEET DIP RECIPES

Marshmallow Fluff

White Chocolate Peppermint Dip

Apple Pie Dip

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Chocolate Cake Fruit Dip in a bowl

HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CAKE FRUIT DIP

Chocolate Cake Fruit Dip

Smooth and silky fruit dip that tastes just like chocolate cake. 
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate dip, dessert dip, dip, fruit dip, sweet dip
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 520kcal

Ingredients

  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 8 oz whipped topping (like COOL Whip)
  • 1 cup chocolate cake mix
  • 1/2 cup hot fudge topping
  • 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips* optional
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Instructions

  • To soften cream cheese, simply let it sit on the counter in the original foil package for 30 minutes before using it. 
  • Beat cream cheese, whipped topping, and cake mix on medium-high speed for about 2 minutes, until smooth and fluffy. (Note: start beating on low speed until cake mix is incorporated so it doesn't poof in your face.)
  • Add hot fudge topping and heavy whipping cream and beat for another minute or so until all smooth.
  • Fold in mini chocolate chips if using.
  • Serve right away or refrigerate in an air-tight container. 

To Heat-Treat Cake Mix:

  • Place the mix into a microwave-safe bowl but add some extra in case some parts get overheated. Heat it in a microwave on high power in 30 second increments and stir well in between each interval. Use an instant read thermometer to make sure the flour mix reaches 165°. 
    Discard any parts that may have gotten singed. Cool flour mix down first, before using it in the recipe! 

Notes

All images and text ©Lyubov Brooke for ©Will Cook For Smiles. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If using my posts in collections and features, please link back to this post for the recipe. Disclaimer: Nutrition information shown is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as most ingredients and brands have a slight variation.

Nutrition

Calories: 520kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 408mg | Potassium: 169mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 43g | Vitamin A: 715IU | Calcium: 117mg | Iron: 1.9mg
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Chocolate Cake Fruit Dip collage

LYUBA

ABOUT LYUBA

I’m Lyuba Brooke, mother of 2, the cook, recipe developer, photographer, and author behind willcookforsmiles.com. I share many classic and original recipes, cooking tips, and tutorials. My passion is sharing delicious meals for everyone to try. Read more...

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Filed Under: Chocolate, Dessert, Dips, Father's Day, Gluten Free, Mother's Day, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day

All images and text ©Lyubov Brooke for ©Will Cook For Smiles. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If using my posts in collections and features, please link back to this post for the recipe. Disclaimer: Nutrition information shown is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate as most ingredients and brands have variations.

Comments

  1. CATHERINE LEE says

    June 21, 2020 at 10:26 am

    This looks so yummy! Wondering how I can get by with out the cake mix though since the health warnings not to eat raw flour or cake mix due to e.coli and salmonella? Something else I can substitute? I know my hubby would love this.

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  2. lyuba says

    June 22, 2020 at 2:30 pm

    Hi Catherine! Yes, that is a good point about the health warning for eating uncooked cake mix. There is something you can do though and I will edit this recipe to include this option. You can heat treat the cake mix in the oven or in the microwave.
    Here is a pretty good article how to do it using both methods: https://www.today.com/food/how-heat-treat-flour-make-edible-cookie-dough-t164613
    I really hope it helps!!

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