Description
Make this no-bake King Cake Dessert Dip for a festive, shareable treat. Serve it with colorful, candy-coated pretzels for dipping.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup purple candy melts
- ½ cup yellow candy melts
- ½ cup green candy melts
- sanding sugar, in purple, yellow, and green
- 21 pretzels
- 8 ounces Cool Whip, softened
- ⅔ cup white cake mix
- 3.4 ounces instant cheesecake pudding mix
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon, optional
- ½ cup milk
- 1 small plastic baby, for tradition (optional)
- caramel sauce, for topping
- chopped pecans, for topping
Instructions
- Prepare your work area for coating pretzels one color at a time. Place purple, yellow, and green candy melts in separate microwave-safe bowls. Place purple, yellow, and green sanding sugar in separate smaller bowls. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Heat the first color of candy melt in the microwave for 30 seconds on 50% power, then stir. Continue heating for 15 second intervals, mixing between, until the candy is smooth.
- Dip a pretzel in the melted candy. Use a fork to scoop the pretzel out, tapping the fork on the side of the bowl to remove excess candy.
- Drop the coated pretzel into the corresponding color of sanding sugar, then flip to coat. Lift the coated pretzel and gently shake to remove excess sprinkles. Place the finished pretzel on the prepared baking sheet to dry. Repeat this step until you have coated the desired number of pretzels in a single color.
- Repeat the previous two steps for the remaining two colors.
- Allow pretzels to dry completely, about 30 minutes.
- Preheat your oven to 350°F. Spread the white cake mix out on a baking sheet and bake for 5 minutes. Allow the cake mix to cool completely before using.
- Using a stand mixer or hand mixer and a large bowl, add the Cool Whip, cooled baked white cake mix, cheesecake pudding mix, and ground cinnamon. Beat on medium-low speed until smooth and the dry mixes are incorporated, about 3-5 minutes.
- Keeping the speed on medium-low, add the milk to the bowl and continue to whip until the milk is fully incorporated and the dip is thick and creamy. If the dip seems too thin, add 1 tablespoon to ⅓ cup more white cake mix to adjust consistency.
- Scoop the dip into a serving bowl. If you are keeping with King Cake tradition, bury a small plastic baby within the dip. Garnish the top of the dip with chopped pecans and drizzle with caramel sauce.
- Serve the dip with the coated candy pretzels for dipping.
Notes
- You can substitute cookies or fruit for dipping instead of the candy pretzels.
- This recipe is easy to double for larger parties.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 5 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 35
- Sodium: 250
- Fat: 20
- Saturated Fat: 10
- Unsaturated Fat: 10
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 40
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 15
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