Velveeta Rotel Dip

Sunday nights around here are for leftovers or frozen pizza. Since I'm not really cooking I've been making some kind of dip to eat with the pizza or the leftovers. I first had this dip at a friend's party and it's easy and yummy. I also got some of the new Hint of Jalepeno Scoops chips to eat with the dip this time.

VELVEETA ROTEL DIP
1 lb. ground beef (I usually omit this - it's good with or without meat)
2 lb. box of Velveeta cheese
1 med. onion (omit)
1 can Rotel tomatoes

Cook ground beef and drain off grease. Add chopped onion and let cook until onion is tender. Add Rotel tomatoes (break up tomatoes with your hand). Slice up Velveeta and add to other ingredients. After cheese is melted, remove from heat and let stand until thickened. Then serve with plain Doritos or Tostitos.
I usually heat the velveeta on the stove then add it to the crock pot to keep it warm.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip

This dip is so yummy and easy to make! It's vey rich and does taste like cookie dough. Daniel is not much for sweets and he even dug into it. I tried it with graham crackers and vanilla wafers and liked it better with the graham crackers. Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip (adapted from Recipezaar)
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 (8-oz) pkg cream cheese
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
3/4 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips

1. In a small saucepan, melt the butter with the brown sugar over medium heat. Stir continuously, until the brown sugar dissolves. (You can also do this in the microwave but watch it closely. The butter/sugar mixture will boil over fast. Stir every 30 seconds or so.)

2. Remove from heat, whisk in vanilla extract and set aside to cool.
3. Beat the cream cheese and confectioner's sugar for 1 minute.
4. Slowly beat in the cooled butter mixture and beat again for another minute.
5. Stir in the chocolate chips.
6. Pour into a serving bowl and refrigerate.
7. Garnish with additional chips, if you choose.
Serve with Nilla wafers or graham crackers.
**Note: after refrigerating the dip it will be pretty solid and un-dippable so make sure to remove it from the refrigerator about 15-30 minutes before you plan on serving it, so it has time to soften up.