Butter Pecan Cream Cheese Dip with Harvest Pumpkin Tortilla Chips is like eating a creamy Pumpkin Pecan Pie, only better, because this sweet treat is super easy to make!
If I had to pick a favorite pie, I would choose Pecan Pie. Pecan Pie is total comfort food goodness and a must have during the holiday season! Don's favorite pie is a homemade, creamy pumpkin piled high with fresh whipped topping. It's not Thanksgiving without these two pies!
Madison is the pie maker in our house, so when she's not around I have to improvise when we get a pie craving and that is how my Butter Pecan Cream Cheese Dip was born! This creamy dip, dripping in salted caramel, is rich, buttery, and chock-full of toasted pecan goodness! It's like pecan pie in a bowl!
Pairing my Butter Pecan Cream Cheese Dip with Food Should Taste Good's Harvest Pumpkin Tortilla Chips is like getting two pies in one! Madison calls it 'Pie squared'!!
Food Should Taste Good's Harvest Pumpkin Tortilla Chips, made with real pumpkin, cinnamon, and nutmeg, tastes just like pumpkin pie! As soon as we opened the bag, that familiar fall aroma of freshly baked pumpkin pie filled the air, and brought about those comforting feelings you only get when you catch a whiff of something delicious baking in the oven on a fall day! We smiled at the same time and then raced each other to grab the first chip! I won <smile>
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Butter Pecan Cream Cheese Dip
Published 11/05/2015
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of salt to taste
- Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce (or your favorite store brand)
- Food Should Taste Good™ Harvest Pumpkin Tortilla Chips
Instructions
- Melt a tablespoon of unsalted butter in skillet over medium heat. Add chopped pecans and cook, stirring, until lightly toasted and fragrant, about 5 minutes.
- Cream together 8 ounces of cream cheese, 1/2 cup light brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt until smooth. Mix in toasted pecans and stir to combine. Give it a taste and adjust flavors as needed to suit your taste.
- Transfer to a serving dish, drizzle with Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce, and serve with Food Should Taste Good's Harvest Pumpkin Tortilla Chips. Enjoy!
Prep Time: 5 mins.
Total time: 10 mins.
Tags: Butter Pecan Cream Cheese Dip, Harvest Pumpkin Tortilla Chips, Food Should Taste Good, Pumpkin Pecan Pie, Dessert, Appetizer, Thanksgiving, Fall, Caramel
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Made this as a spread for cinnamon-raisin bagels for a weekly luncheon group. Lots of people LOVED it, but a few thought it was just too sweet. Our family made another batch for waffles - OH MY!! Talk about awesomeness! My kids have been having the leftovers on english muffins with rave reviews as well. I did substitute neufchatel cheese in one batch and loved how much better it spread. Next time I might try an experiment and cut the brown sugar by half for our group. You can't please everyone all the time though (& I personally liked it just as written!) Thanks so much. I was actually searching for a pecan- cream cheese spread and this was PERFECT!
ReplyDeleteYes, it is definitely a sweet dessert type recipe for sure! So glad you enjoyed it, and I'd love to hear what you think of it with 1/2 the sugar if you give it a try. Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a super week, Pam! ~Marion
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