90 cream cheese filling recipes

Patty Ann's cheese cake tarts: bite-size cream cheese pastry shells with two fillings, pecan and coconut. Muffin-tin desserts for holiday cookie trays.

Spinach and mushroom quiche with sour cream filling and a thick layer of melted Swiss cheese on top. No traditional custard, just rich, creamy vegetable filling.

Mini chess cake tarts in cream cheese pastry shells with a choice of pecan brown sugar filling or coconut filling. Bite-sized Southern tea-tray classics.

Pecan tossies with cream cheese pastry cups filled with a brown sugar, butter, and pecan filling. Miniature pecan pies baked in muffin tins for bite-sized holiday treats.

Salmon crunch pie with a cheddar-walnut press-in crust and a creamy Swiss cheese and sour cream filling. A savory main dish pie with a nutty, crispy topping.

Pecan tassies with cream cheese pastry shells filled with brown sugar, pecans, and egg. Bite-size pecan pies baked in mini muffin tins until golden and set.

Cream cheese pinwheel cookies filled with cinnamon, sugar, and chopped pecans. A tender, flaky dough rolled jelly-roll style and sliced into swirled rounds.

Peanut butter filled fudge cupcakes hide a cream cheese and peanut butter core inside rich cocoa cupcakes. Bake reveals a fudgy exterior with a soft, cheesecake-like peanut butter center.

Mini pumpkin pies that bake crustless in a muffin tin with Bisquick standing in for pastry. Cream cheese gives the pumpkin filling a cheesecake-like richness. Twelve individual pies in 30 minutes.

Kolachkies are flaky Polish cream cheese cookies with thumbprint centers filled with apricot jam. A buttery holiday tradition that melts in your mouth.

El Paso chicken rolls pounded breasts around a cream cheese and salsa filling, then bakes them seam-side down over rice in enchilada sauce. A Tex-Mex one-dish dinner with a creamy surprise inside.

Spotted chocolate cheesecake with lychee sauce features cream cheese and mascarpone filling, piped white "spots," and a fragrant lychee-lemon puree. A showstopper dessert.

Mini pumpkin pie cookie cups with a cream cheese pastry shell, spiced pumpkin filling with rum and vanilla, and a crunchy pecan-brown sugar topping.

Fresh pear halves filled with Roquefort cream blended with white wine and cayenne. An elegant no-cook appetizer or cheese course ready in 15 minutes.

Layered chocolate torte with a dried sour cherry and Marsala filling, coffee-soaked cake layers, and a cream cheese whipped cream. A multi-component holiday showpiece that tastes like Black Forest cake's sophisticated Italian cousin.

Fresh pear halves filled with raspberry liqueur cream cheese, topped with crushed pistachios and mint. An elegant no-cook appetizer or light dessert ready in 15 minutes.