Freezing cream cheese?

brooklyngirl · Oct 13, 2014

Is this a thing? I feel a little crazy right now, because I've frozen all kinds of dairy before, and I feel like my mom used to freeze cream cheese when they were on sale and she would stock up to make a cheesecake or something in the future. So when I saw the giant block in Costco I grabbed it, cut it into 8 ounce squares and threw them in the freezer to take out one at a time as needed. Well, it turned out very badly. It's more like really thick ricotta now, totally grainy. Does anyone have a secret to fixing this or am I doomed to another 3 pounds of weird grainy cream cheese?

Spiky Bugger · Oct 13, 2014

This seems to be the consensus response:

http://frugalliving.about.com/od/freezingfoods/f/Can-You-Freeze-Cream-Cheese.htm

newanatomy · Oct 13, 2014

Same with American cheese. I buy a big block when I make Broccoli cheese soup. I freeze 2/3 of the block but only use the frozen stuff for more soup.

brooklyngirl · Oct 13, 2014

Spiky Bugger said:
This seems to be the consensus response:

http://frugalliving.about.com/od/freezingfoods/f/Can-You-Freeze-Cream-Cheese.htm

Thanks ladies, I supposed I should've asked google first

Jo777 · Oct 13, 2014

Yeah, soup, casseroles.. I buy the big multipacks of Philly from Sam's (so long as the use-by date is far enough out). I go through a lot of cream cheese so it's cost-effective. I do freeze some cheeses- feta, cheddar (will get crumbly, but no biggie), mozz..