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Easter Indulgence: Creamy Desserts and Savory Starters

As Easter dawns, it brings with it a celebration of renewal and abundance, a perfect time to savor the richness of creamy desserts and savory starters featuring cream cheese.
Easter Indulgence: Creamy Desserts and Savory Starters
Easter Indulgence: Creamy Desserts and Savory Starters
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Hey, Kat here! I’m a content writer fueling a travel-filled lifestyle with food from around the world. Always on the lookout for innovative vegan eats, the best cup of black coffee, and anything that features tempeh as its main ingredient.
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This season calls for indulgence, and what better way to indulge than with luscious treats that embody the essence of spring? Cream cheese lends its velvety texture and tangy flavor to a plethora of delightful dishes, promising to elevate your Easter gathering to new heights of culinary delight.

So, get ready for a feast filled with laughs, good vibes, and of course, the delicious taste of cream cheese.

PEANUT-FREETREE NUT-FREE

Classic Cream Cheese Cutouts

Alexandra's Kitchen

These cookies hold their shape when baked, they’re sweet, tender, and tasty, and most important, the children love them.

PEANUT-FREETREE NUT-FREE

Peppermint Shortbread Cream Cheese Cookie Sandwiches

Olive and Artisan

Peppermint Shortbread would be amazing on its own - but when you add some sweet and tangy cream cheese filling to the party, you have a new creature entirely. Perfect for the holidays or a when a peppermint (or shortbread) craving strikes!

EASYPEANUT-FREE

The Very Best Cream Cheese Frosting

Buy This Cook That

This is the VERY Best Cream Cheese Frosting. Perfectly smooth, never stiff. Creamy and cream-cheesy, and excellent for piping and decorating. And it won’t melt and droop at room temperature!

EASYLOW-FAT

Maple Glazed Bacon and Cream Cheese Danish

A Fork's Tale

This Maple Glazed Bacon Cream Cheese Danish Recipe is a sweet and salty twist on the traditional danish recipes. The salty, crunchy bacon balances the sweet maple glaze and cream cheese filling; and tops a golden, flaky puff pastry.

LOW-FATPEANUT-FREE

Snowman Macarons with Cream Cheese Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Sumopocky

The cream cheese filling in these Snowman Macarons is light and fluffy like snow, perfect for the winter holidays and is also very good with red velvet cakes.

EASYLOW-FAT

Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish

Milk & Cardamom

Flaky puff pastry dotted with lightly sweetened cream cheese and a dollop of homemade blueberry fennel jam and fresh blueberries. The perfect tea party dessert!

And now, for a savory indulgence: explore our selection of four tantalizing recipes featuring Philadelphia cream cheese.

LOW-FATPEANUT-FREE

Crab + Cream Cheese Jalapeño Poppers

Pups with Chopsticks

Oven-roasted cream cheese stuffed jalapeño poppers filled with cheesy crab and Chinese sausage filling with a crispy sesame onion topping. East meets West kinda snack with flavors that will tickle your taste buds.

EASYPEANUT-FREE

Tobiko Caviar Cream Cheese & Salmon Bagel Sandwich

Spread The Bagel

Discover all the tastiest horseradish dill cream cheese 1 bagel recipes, hand-picked by home chefs and other food lovers like you.

LOW-FATPEANUT-FREE

Crab and Cheese Spring Rolls

Pups with Chopsticks

These homemade cheese spring rolls are loaded with crab and cream cheese and deep fried for extra crispiness. A great bite-sized party snack or appetizer. I used my deep fryer for this, but you can also fry them using a pot of oil on the stove.

EASYLOW-FAT

Pimento Cheese Dip

SideChef Everyday

This delicious pimento cheese dip recipe is a great appetizer to share at your next game-day party or potluck! It only takes 10 minutes to make, so it’s perfect even for last-minute gatherings. Plus, it’s a guaranteed hit with family and friends – who can resist the combination of sharp cheddar cheese, cream cheese, peppers, and mayonnaise?

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