Wondering what to make with cream cheese? These easy recipes include comforting pasta, chicken dinners, appetizers and more – perfect for any occasion.
One thing you need to know about me is that I’ll find any excuse to incorporate cream cheese into a recipe. Over the years, I’ve found myself with quite the collection of recipes that use cream cheese, and I can’t gatekeep any longer.
Whether you want the cream cheese to be the main event and build a recipe around it, or if you just want to use up some you’ve got lurking in the fridge, I’ve got you covered.
I’ve split the recipes into sections for you, just so you can navigate with ease:
Table of Contents
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Creamy Pasta Recipes (5 recipes)
If you’ve never made a pasta sauce from cream cheese before, you haven’t quite lived. It melts into the most irresistible sauce that takes on so many different flavours. Below are my 5 most delicious cream cheese pasta recipes – all of which are incredibly quick and easy to make!
1. Classic Cream Cheese Pasta
This is the OG cream cheese pasta recipe on the blog, and boy has it stood the test of time. It’s so quick and easy to make, it’s almost too good to believe.
2. Mushroom Tagliatelle
If you thought cream cheese couldn’t be sophisticated, think again. With just a handful of basic ingredients, you can whip up a dinner that rivals any restaurant!
3. Smoked Salmon Pasta
Again, this pasta tastes way more ‘fancy’ than it should based on the simple selection of ingredients.
4. Creamy Mac and Cheese
My secret to making the creamiest mac and cheese is using cream cheese! The best part? This recipe is all made in one pot too.
5. Salmon and Gnocchi
One of the heartiest ways to serve salmon for dinner. The Tuscan-inspired sauce is so creamy and delicious, it’s essentially drinkable.
Chicken Recipes (4 recipes)
Chicken and cream cheese are a match made in heaven, and I won’t hear otherwise. These recipes are proof that dinner can be made exciting with the simple addition of cream cheese!
1. Cream Cheese Chicken
Juicy chicken, a 4-ingredient sauce and a whole lot of deliciousness. It’s hard to believe this recipe comes together in just 20 minutes!
2. Chipotle Chicken Taquitos
Cream cheese taquitos are an absolute classic – here I’ve spiced them up with the introduction of chipotle!
3. Spinach Artichoke Stuffed Chicken
This recipe truly has it all going on – ultra juicy chicken, a classic spinach and artichoke filling and all wrapped in bacon.
4. Chicken Jalapeño Popper Tacos
When I tell you these tacos are some of the most moreish tacos you’ll ever eat, I promise you I’m not exaggerating.
Potato Recipes (4 recipes)
Another underrated combination is potatoes and cream cheese. Below you’ll find my all-time favourite ways to combine cream cheese and potato in the most delicious way possible!
1. Steak Loaded Potatoes
Fluffy and crisp baked potatoes topped with juicy steak, then drizzled with a cream cheese sauce. Yes, it’s truly as good as it sounds!
2. Jalapeño Popper Loaded Potatoes
This is just pure comfort food through and through. One of these and you’ll be in a (happy) food coma for hours!
3. Extra Creamy Mashed Potato
My secret ingredient to making the creamiest mashed potatoes imaginable? Yep, our good friend cream cheese.
4. Smoked Salmon Twice Baked Potatoes
There’s no occasion that isn’t appropraite to devour a batch of these beauties. They’re beyond delicious and so simple to make!
Dips, Spreads & Party Food (5 recipes)
Cream cheese lends itself so beautifully to gatherings and parties. Serve it hot or cold in a delicious appetizer and watch the room fill with happy faces. Below are my 5 most delicious cream cheese crowd pleasers!
1. Cranberry and Pecan Cheese Log
This 5 ingredient appetizer has racked up millions and millions of views and a ton of glowing reviews!
2. Baked Jalapeño Poppers
An absolute classic – here I’ll show you a neat little trick for making them even more delicious.
3. Baked Spinach and Artichoke Dip
This is the kind of dip that you could dive right into and not come back up for air. It’s beyond easy to make too!
4. Cream Cheese Ball
A classic cheese ball is great, but one stuffed with caramelized onions and coated in crispy fried onions is even better.
5. Baked Jalapeño Popper Dip
Yes, that is crumbled Ritz crackers that have been fried in bacon grease scattered across the top of a bubbly, baked jalapeño popper dip, and no, I’m not sharing.
Breakfast & Brunch Recipes (4 recipes)
And of course, how could we forget the meals that get us up in the morning? If you thought plain cream cheese spread on toast or a bagel was good, then your mornings are about to get a whole lot more delicious.
1. Cream Cheese Avocado Toast
The surprising duo that goes together SO deliciously! Don’t knock it until you try it.
2. Cheese & Bacon Stuffed Bagels
There’s no way you’ll be able to resist eating the entire batch!
3. Cheesy Scrambled Egg
This is possibly one of my more ‘out there’ creations, but I rarely make scrambled eggs any other way now. Don’t knock it until you try it!
4. Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Bagel
And how could we not finish on the absolute classic that is a smoked salmon cream cheese bagel?! Here I’ll show you the most delicious way to make it!
And there we have it! A collection of the most delicious cream cheese recipes. If you loved this Roundup be sure to Pin it for later! Made any of the recipes? Let me know how you got on in the comments.
