With all the talk about mermaids these days, we came up with this Shiny Mermaid Under the Sea Dessert Dip. Perfect for all those mermaid birthday parties.
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Shiny Mermaid Under the Sea Dessert Dip
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This easy to make mermaid under the sea dessert dip if the perfect addition to a mermaid birthday party dessert table. I love that you can alter the colors for this dip to go with your party theme.
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We made our dip purple, blue and yellow and green with the addition of sprinkles and gold flecks.
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I love that this dessert is so easy to make and can be made a day ahead of time. My daughter loved this with vanilla wafers but you can easily serve this with pretzels or fruit too.
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Shiny Mermaid Under the Sea Dessert Dip
Ingredients
8 oz cream cheese
1.5 oz vanilla pudding mix
16 oz marshmallow fluff
1 Tbsp cream
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
Food coloring – 1 drop each: blue, yellow, purple
sprinkles
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Directions
Place cream cheese in an electric mixer with marshmallow fluff, salt, vanilla, pudding mix and mix well.
Once the ingredients are completely combined you can add a TBSP of cream to loosen it up a little bit.
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Divide the mixture into 3 or 4 separate bowls and add the food coloring to each bowl.(depending on what colors you want to use)
Mix well.
Pour the colored mixtures in to one bowl- directly on top of each other so it makes a bullseye type pattern.
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Using a toothpick, mix the colors to make swirls.
Add sprinkles and unicorn pieces.
Serve with cookies, pretzels and fruit.
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This mermaid dip is so easy to make and can keep in the fridge for 2 days. I would wait to combine the colors until the day of the party so that the colors don’t bleed.
If you liked this recipe, have a look at these other cute ideas for mermaid parties too.
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Happy Baking!
Mermaid Under the Sea Dessert Dip
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1.5 oz vanilla pudding mix
- 16 oz marshmallow fluff
- 1 Tbsp cream
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Food coloring – 1 drop each: blue yellow, purple
- sprinkles
Instructions
- Place cream cheese in an electric mixer with marshmallow fluff, salt, vanilla, pudding mix and mix well.
- Once the ingredients are completely combined you can add a TBSP of cream to loosen it up a little bit.
- Divide the mixture into 4 separate bowls and add the food coloring to each bowl.
- Mix well.
- Pour the colored mixtures in to one bowl- directly on top of each other so it makes a bullseye type pattern.
- Using a toothpick, mix the colors to make swirls.
- Add sprinkles and unicorn pieces.
- Serve with cookies, pretzels and fruit.