Neufchatel Cheese instead of Cream Cheese? - Sweets & Treats

snowhite634 · 06-02-2009, 03:26 PM

Has anyone ever used Neufchatel Cheese instead of Cream Cheese when making cheesecake? I found this recipe online http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes...rry-90794.aspx and at the bottomof the page in Healthy Living it says I am subsitute the cheeses to save calories. Anyone ever tried that? Thanks!

His Mermaid · 06-02-2009, 03:29 PM

I never used it for Cheesecake, but I have used it for other recipes that call for cream cheese and it works fine. Tastes the same but has about 1/3 of the fat.

snowhite634 · 06-02-2009, 03:34 PM

Awesome! Thanks! I may give it a go for my strawberry cheesecake!

Kt-did · 06-02-2009, 04:02 PM

Whenever I use it, it usually ends up making my cream cheese pie a little runny instead of firm like with regular cream cheese. But Cream Cheese pie isn't the same as cheesecake.

I'd imagine the consistency wouldn't be quite the same as regular cheesecake though...

littlebird · 06-02-2009, 04:23 PM

Actually used it last week for a lemon ricotta cheescake, and it worked great! Good luck!

thejibstah · 06-02-2009, 06:11 PM

Maybe in a recipe it will taste ok, but on it's own I find it to taste horrible and nothing like cream cheese.

snowhite634 · 06-02-2009, 08:16 PM

Hmm..Some say it tastes the same but some say it's different! I don't know what to do now!

kimly · 06-02-2009, 10:16 PM

I thought they where the same thing.

Ash029 · 06-02-2009, 10:26 PM

I thought it was the same... I just made a cheescake this morning and it said Neufchatel Cheese on the wrapper. I've tried to make things with fat free cream cheese and it does NOT turn out good. It doesn't melt or soften well and it turns out weird. Use the 1/3 fat. It's still 6g per 1/8 of the bar but it helps a little though not much

I used that today to make a cheese cake and it turned out deee-lish

EDIT: if you are looking at cutting fat the one I just made has less fat for some reason, a little less. http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes...ke-105199.aspx If you got fat free cool whip that would take a lot off too. The regular kind has 2g per 2 tsp and you use 2 cups in the recipe

06-02-2009, 03:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
snowhite634 He's the only other half that makes me whole ♥ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Just moved to Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 3,317 Classifieds: (1) Activity: 13% Longevity: 24%	Neufchatel Cheese instead of Cream Cheese? Has anyone ever used Neufchatel Cheese instead of Cream Cheese when making cheesecake? I found this recipe online http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes...rry-90794.aspx and at the bottomof the page in Healthy Living it says I am subsitute the cheeses to save calories. Anyone ever tried that? Thanks! __________________ You can't just say I love you. You have to live I love you.

06-02-2009, 03:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
His Mermaid Official COOTER KICKER!!!~ Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seal Beach, CA Posts: 2,949 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 11% Longevity: 20%	I never used it for Cheesecake, but I have used it for other recipes that call for cream cheese and it works fine. Tastes the same but has about 1/3 of the fat. __________________

06-02-2009, 03:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
snowhite634 He's the only other half that makes me whole ♥ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Just moved to Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 3,317 Classifieds: (1) Activity: 13% Longevity: 24%	Awesome! Thanks! I may give it a go for my strawberry cheesecake! __________________ You can't just say I love you. You have to live I love you.

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Kt-did I'm someone's baby Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 2,820 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 17% Longevity: 34%	Whenever I use it, it usually ends up making my cream cheese pie a little runny instead of firm like with regular cream cheese. But Cream Cheese pie isn't the same as cheesecake. I'd imagine the consistency wouldn't be quite the same as regular cheesecake though... __________________ ~Katie ~LIVE~LAUGH~LOVE~LEARN~ HE'S HOME!!! And he PROPOSED!

06-02-2009, 08:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
snowhite634 He's the only other half that makes me whole ♥ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Just moved to Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 3,317 Classifieds: (1) Activity: 13% Longevity: 24%	Hmm..Some say it tastes the same but some say it's different! I don't know what to do now! __________________ You can't just say I love you. You have to live I love you.

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06-02-2009, 04:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
littlebird this bird can't sing when you've tied her wings Join Date: May 2009 Location: Me: Wyoming Posts: 2,600 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 57% Longevity: 9%	Actually used it last week for a lemon ricotta cheescake, and it worked great! Good luck!

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thejibstah Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Posts: 3,356 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 38% Longevity: 55%	Maybe in a recipe it will taste ok, but on it's own I find it to taste horrible and nothing like cream cheese.

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kimly Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Great Lakes Posts: 11,206 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 19%	I thought they where the same thing. __________________ Part of Team Amazing

06-02-2009, 10:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ash029 no rain, no rainbows Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: get me out of okinawa!!!!!!!!! Posts: 1,669 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 38% Longevity: 20%	I thought it was the same... I just made a cheescake this morning and it said Neufchatel Cheese on the wrapper. I've tried to make things with fat free cream cheese and it does NOT turn out good. It doesn't melt or soften well and it turns out weird. Use the 1/3 fat. It's still 6g per 1/8 of the bar but it helps a little though not much I used that today to make a cheese cake and it turned out deee-lish EDIT: if you are looking at cutting fat the one I just made has less fat for some reason, a little less. http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes...ke-105199.aspx If you got fat free cool whip that would take a lot off too. The regular kind has 2g per 2 tsp and you use 2 cups in the recipe __________________ Wifey to armymommy, AmandaR910 & ~KittyKat~ Last edited by Ash029; 06-02-2009 at 10:28 PM. Reason: adding