By Mayo Clinic Staff

Dietitian's tip:

Using fat-free instead of full-fat cream cheese cuts about 50 calories and 4 grams of mostly saturated fat from each serving.

Number of servings

Serves 8
  1. DASH diet
  2. Heart-healthy
  3. Weight management
  4. Low-fat
  5. Meatless
  6. Healthy-carb
  7. Diabetes meal plan
  8. Gluten-free

Ingredients

  1. 8 ounces fat-free cream cheese
  2. 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  3. 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
  4. 2 tablespoons chopped unsalted peanuts
  5. 4 medium or 8 small apples, cored and sliced
  6. 1/2 cup orange juice

Directions

Remove the cream cheese from the refrigerator to allow it to soften, about 5 minutes.

In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, vanilla and cream cheese. Mix until smooth. Stir in chopped peanuts.

Place sliced apples in another bowl. Drizzle orange juice over the apples to prevent browning. Drain the sliced apples and serve with the dip.

Nutritional analysis per serving

Serving size: 1/2 medium apple and 2 tablespoons of dip

  • Total carbohydrate 19 g
  • Dietary fiber 2.5 g
  • Sodium 202 mg
  • Saturated fat 0.5 g
  • Trans fat 0 g
  • Total fat 2 g
  • Cholesterol 3 mg
  • Protein 6 g
  • Monounsaturated fat 1 g
  • Calories 118
  • Added sugars 3 g
  • Total sugars 15 g
May 18, 2019

Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/recipes/apples-with-dip/rcp-20049632