Recipes With Cream Cheese
Got cream cheese on hand? Here are 25 recipes you can make with it, ranked by how few extra ingredients they need — the simplest matches come first.
Pairs well with
Butter Eggs Flour Sugar Vanilla Cinnamon Milk Powdered Sugar
Storing & using Cream Cheese
Keep refrigerated and check the use-by date — eggs are best used within a few weeks, most dairy within a week of opening. Out of Cream Cheese? mascarpone is a common swap (1:1).
Nutrition facts: Cream Cheese
321 kcal · 7.14 g protein · 32.1 g fat · 7.14 g carbs per 100 g, as published for “CREAM CHEESE” (FDC 2433848, branded). Nutrition data: USDA FoodData Central, fetched 2026-09-11. These are reference values for the ingredient as listed — not a per-serving count for any recipe on this page.
Cream Cheese recipe FAQs
What can I make with just cream cheese?
Start with the simplest recipes above — most lean on butter or a few everyday staples alongside it.
What goes well with cream cheese?
Butter, Eggs, Flour, Sugar, Vanilla are the most common pairings in our recipes.
How do I find recipes for cream cheese plus what else I have?
Use Cook with what you have (/pantry/) — add cream cheese plus anything else in your kitchen, and recipes rank by how many you already own.