A SUPER EASY vegan cream cheese recipe you can make at home!

The Best Vegan Cream Cheese Recipe

Oil Free

Paleo

4 Ingredients

Keto Option

Soy Free – NO Tofu!

Spread it over bagels, muffins, or this Healthy Banana Bread.

While regular dairy cream cheese contains close to 30% of the RDA for saturated fat in just 2 tbsp, this version has less than half that amount (plus more protein!), so it’s a great option for both vegans and omnivores who want to lower the amount of saturated fat they consume in general.

How To Use Cashew Cream Cheese

I’ve also been using it in recipes that call for regular cream cheese, and so far it’s worked in everything I’ve tried – including this Vegan Cheesecake Recipe!

And while it definitely doesn’t taste exactly like Philadelphia cream cheese (and isn’t supposed to), you can use it in many of the same ways as you would regular cream cheese.

Try it plain, or I’ve also listed three variations of the basic recipe below… because why eat plain cream cheese when you can have strawberry!?

If you’re short on time or would prefer a dairy free cream cheese without cashews, the following brands make vegan cream cheese you can buy in stores (some of which are nut free): Trader Joes, Tofutti, Daiya, Kite Hill, Follow Your Heart, Heidi Ho, Violife, Go Veggie, and Miyoko’s.

You can find some of these at health food stores and Whole Foods, but they’re also becoming increasingly available at places like Target, Walmart, Publix, Kroger, and other regular grocery stores.

Vegan Cream Cheese Flavors

Strawberry Cream Cheese: Blend in 1/2 cup strawberries, and optional 1/8 tsp vanilla extract and sweetener of choice to taste. If desired, stir in extra diced strawberries after blending.

Everything Bagel Cream Cheese: After blending, stir in 2 tbsp Everything Bagel seasoning.

Chive & Onion Cream Cheese: Blend in 1 tsp onion powder. After blending, stir in 3-4 tbsp chopped chives.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese: Omit the water from the base recipe. Blend in 2 tsp cinnamon, 3/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice, 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract, sweetener of choice to taste, and 1 can pumpkin puree.

Also Try This Coconut Whipped Cream

Ways To Use This Cream Cheese:

Pumpkin Cupcakes – with Cream Cheese Frosting

Brownie Cheesecake Recipe

Rainbow Unicorn Dip

Spice Cake – With Cream Cheese Frosting

Healthy Cheesecake Recipe

Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal

Pumpkin Swirl Cake Bread – from the Hello Breakfast ebook

Skinny Cheesecake Bars

Carrot Cake Banana Bread