Easy Creamy Watermelon Dip – Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

This high-protein creamy watermelon dip is made with Greek yogurt and fresh limes. It is refreshing and delicious with any variety of melon!

This delectable concoction comes together in a matter of minutes, and the cool, creamy flavors are perfect for juicy, crisp fruit. This recipe is not complicated at all, so let’s get right to it!

5-Ingredient Fruit Dip

The ingredients for this fruit dip are definitely more than the sum of their parts. Combined all together, they make one of the yummiest fruit dips ever!

Greek yogurt: it’s important to use thick Greek yogurt for this dip or else it will be too runny. Several flavors of Greek yogurt will work here – coconut, vanilla or lime.

Fresh lime juice and zest: one lime will suffice for this recipe – go easy on both the juice (so it doesn’t thin out the dip) and the zest (too much or zesting the lime too deeply can lend a bitter flavor). You can always add more to taste at the end.

Vanilla extract: you don’t need much, but the small amount helps enrich the flavor.

Brown sugar: just like the vanilla, you don’t need much, but it adds depth of flavor (and helps with sweetness if your yogurt is lightly sweetened or unsweetened). You can sub in coconut sugar or palm sugar for the brown sugar.

That’s it! Mix everything up. Add additional lime juice, lime zest, or brown sugar to taste, if needed.

How to Cut a Watermelon Into Sticks

Certainly you can cut the watermelon any which way you please, but cutting it into sticks makes for easy dipping! And it’s so easy and less messy than cutting it into cubes.

Cut the watermelon in half width-wise as shown below (like a hamburger bun).

Take one half and place it cut-side down on a cutting board.

Trim off four rounded sides leaving a cube shape.

Slice the watermelon into thick strips, about 1-inch in width.

Turn the cutting board 90-degrees and cut strips perpendicular to the slices already made.

Depending on the girth and overall size of the watermelon you are using, you’ll probably get about 20 to 25 sticks per watermelon half.

What to Serve This Fruit Dip With

While watermelon is our top choice for this creamy fruit dip, it is also excellent served with:

cantaloupe

honeydew

golden melons

And since the flavors are cool and creamy and fruity, it will likely be delicious with other non-melon fruits, like strawberries, grapes, and more.

This creamy watermelon dip is the perfect fun snack to whip up during the summer months. And it would be fabulous for your next potluck or BBQ cookout. It is so yummy and is bound to be met with rave reviews!

Easy Creamy Watermelon Dip

Yield: 4 to 6 servings (about 1 1/4 cups dip)

Prep Time: 10 minutes mins

Total Time: 10 minutes mins

2 5- to 6-ounce containers coconut, lime or vanilla flavored Greek yogurt2 to 3 teaspoons fresh lime juice (see note)1 teaspoon fresh lime zest (from about 1 medium lime)1 teaspoon brown sugar, palm sugar, or coconut sugar (see note)½ teaspoon vanilla extract Watermelon, cut into pieces or sticks (see visual in post for how to cut into sticks) – see note

In a small bowl, stir together the yogurt, lime juice, lime zest, brown sugar, and vanilla.

Add additional lime juice, lime zest, or brown sugar to taste, if needed.

Refrigerate until ready to serve (up to a week).

Serve the chilled dip with watermelon (it is delicious on any variety of melon: honeydew, cantaloupe, etc).

Yogurt: it’s important to use thick, Greek yogurt or the dip will be too runny. 
Lime Juice: you can add more lime juice, to taste – just keep in mind that the more juice you add, the thinner the dip will be. 
Sugar: the exact amount of sugar will depend on the sweetness of the yogurt you use. You can omit the sugar entirely if the yogurt is already sweet enough – I like adding just a touch of brown sugar for depth of flavor.
 

Course: Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine: American

Method: No-Bake

Serving: 1 serving (about 1/3 cup of dip), Calories: 67kcal, Carbohydrates: 5g, Protein: 10g, Fat: 0.4g, Saturated Fat: 0.1g, Cholesterol: 5mg, Sodium: 36mg, Fiber: 0.01g, Sugar: 4g

Recipe Source: adapted a bit from a recipe sent to me by my cousin, Merianne J. – looks like it might originally be from this website (the recipe above has more yogurt, less sugar, doesn’t use seasoning on the watermelon, among a few other changes)

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