Recipes for leftover cream cheese

Half a block of cream cheese goes into warm dips, frosting and brownie swirls.

Keeping it: Wrap an opened block tightly and keep it cold. Frozen cream cheese turns crumbly, so use it only in cooked dips and baking.

Recipes that use it

New York-Style Cheesecake · uses 4 packages cream cheese · 9 hr 55 min
Baked Buffalo Chicken Dip · uses 8 oz cream cheese · 30 min
Cream Cheese Swirl Brownies · uses 8 oz cream cheese · 4 hr
Hot Baked Spinach Artichoke Dip · uses 8 oz cream cheese · 40 min
Rainbow Veggie Cream Cheese Pinwheels · uses 8 oz cream cheese · 1 hr 20 min
Turkey and Cheese Pinwheels · uses 8 oz cream cheese · 1 hr 15 min
Two-Layer Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting · uses 8 oz cream cheese · 3 hr 30 min
Classic Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting · uses 4 oz cream cheese · 3 hr 5 min
Creamy Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas · uses 4 oz cream cheese · 50 min
Creamy White Chicken Chili · uses 4 oz cream cheese · 55 min
Lemon Cream Cheese Bundt Pound Cake · uses 4 oz cream cheese · 3 hr 45 min