Recipes with cream cheese
15 verified Mexican recipes with cream cheese.
Cream cheese is the ally of Mexican baking and creamy antojitos: lime pie, cajeta cheesecake, stuffed jalapeños, chipotle dips, culichi-style sushi and cajeta crêpes. In the north it's even spread on freshly made flour tortillas.
This page gathers 15 verified Mexican recipes with cream cheese, ordered A to Z — including Birria Burrito, Cheese-Stuffed Chipotle Chillies, Chocoflan (Impossible Cake). Total times range from 35 to 225 minutes, so there are weeknight options as well as weekend pot-cooking projects. The quickest is Pay de Cajeta (35 minutes in total). Indicative UK price: £2.49 per 300g (researched for our cost estimates).
Birria Burrito
Tex-Mex beef birria burrito with dipping consommé.
225 mindificil6 servings
Cheese-Stuffed Chipotle Chillies
Adobo chipotles stuffed with cheese, egg-battered and fried.
45 minmedia4 servings
Chocoflan (Impossible Cake)
Chocolate cake and vanilla flan that swap places on their own when baked.
120 minmedia10 servings
Mexican Street Corn Mac and Cheese
Macaroni in cheese sauce with roasted sweetcorn, cotija, chilli and lime in Mexican style.
40 minfacil4 servings
Tricolour Enchiladas (Enchiladas Banderas)
Tricolour enchiladas with red, white and green sauces representing the Mexican flag.
60 minmedia4 servings
Neapolitan Flan
Silky-smooth baked custard with cream cheese, bathed in golden caramel.
80 minmedia8 servings
Jalapeño Poppers
Jalapeños filled with cream cheese and chorizo, breaded and fried.
45 minmedia4 servings
Mexican Mac and Cheese
Macaroni with cheese sauce, roasted poblano chilli and chorizo.
55 minmedia6 servings
Puebla-Style Chocoflan Cake
The classic impossible cake in its Puebla version, with artisan rompope flan instead of cajeta.
90 minmedia8 servings
Pay de Cajeta (Mexican Goat Milk Caramel Pie)
Mexican goat milk caramel tart in a biscuit base with chopped walnuts.
35 minfacil8 servings
Japanese-Style Cheesecake (Mexican Version)
Ultra-light Japanese-style cheesecake, fluffy and delicate.
90 minmedia8 servings
Chicken in Walnut Sauce
Chicken in creamy white walnut sauce with poblano chilli and soured cream.
65 minmedia6 servings
Barbacoa and Oaxaca Cheese Quesadilla
Barbacoa beef quesadilla with melted Oaxaca cheese and green salsa.
210 minmedia4 servings
Queso Napolitano Yucateco (Yucatecan Cheese Flan)
Creamy Yucatecan flan of cream cheese and Edam baked in a bain-marie.
80 minmedia8 servings
Sushi Burrito (Mexican-Japanese Fusion Roll)
Giant fusion sushi roll with Mexican flavours like avocado and chipotle.
60 minmedia4 servings
Frequently asked questions
How many recipes with cream cheese are there on Recetas Mexas?
We have 15 published Mexican recipes using cream cheese, all with verified ingredients, steps and timings. A few examples: Birria Burrito, Cheese-Stuffed Chipotle Chillies, Chocoflan (Impossible Cake).
What's the quickest recipe with cream cheese?
Pay de Cajeta, ready in 35 minutes in total. The rest of the recipes on this page range from 35 to 225 minutes.
How much does cream cheese cost in the UK?
The indicative price we use in our cost estimates is £2.49 per 300g, researched across UK supermarkets and Mexican grocers. Each recipe page shows its calculated cost.
I've got cream cheese and not much else — what can I cook?
Use our "What can I cook?" tool: tick cream cheese plus whatever else you have at home and it tells you which recipes you can make in full and which are only one ingredient away.
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Recipes curated by Edmond Bojalil. Last updated: 2026-06-16.
Founder, Recetas Mexas
Mexican from Puebla, IT professional and foodie. Author of 1000+ authentic Mexican recipes adapted for home kitchens worldwide. Based in Madrid since 2018.
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