Here at Sugar-Free Sprinkles, we always have blocks and blocks of cream cheese on hand for recipe development. It’s one of our staple ingredients, and for a good reason. Cream cheese makes our desserts creamy and dense, and we use it in everything from cheesecakes, to squares, to pies, and everything in between. In addition, it’s an incredibly low carbohydrate ingredient, making it a perfect match for keto diet recipes. And we have a list of our best keto desserts with cream cheese that we think you have to try.
Can you eat cream cheese on the keto diet?
Soft cheeses like cream cheese are low-carb and keto diet-friendly foods.
1 oz of cream cheese contains 2 g of protein, 9g of fat, and just 1g of net carbs; a GREAT keto nutritional profile.
What cream cheese has the lowest carbs?
One of the lowest carb cream cheeses you can use is original Philadelphia cream cheese. If you watch your carbs, avoid low-fat cream cheeses because fillers increase the carbohydrate profile.
Cream cheese is one of those low-carb keto ingredients that gets added quite a bit to desserts. It's creamy, decadent, and very low in carbohydrates so you can have that piece of cheesecake and not feel guilty. This list of 14 keto desserts with cream cheese will have you drooling!
The Perfect Keto Strawberry Cheesecake
If you want to wow at a BBQ this summer, this is the dessert to make. Keto dieters will love it and folks who would never eat a sugar-free dessert will want it. The crust is flakey and buttery and tastes like a shortbread cookie. The vanilla filling is thick and creamy and oh so decadent. The whole dessert is topped with fresh ripe berries and strawberry drizzle. It's as good as it looks! This recipe does take a bit of time to pull together and will require refrigeration for 12 hours, but it is worth it!
Easy Low Carb Key Lime Pie Recipe - Sugar Free, Gluten Free, and Keto!
Like all desserts on this list, this low-carb lime pie is creamy! Sweet and tart with bursts of fresh lime. This keto dessert takes no time at all to whip up! The crust is quick and easy, and the filling doesn't require baking. Mix up the filling, pour it into the tart, and cool. An excellent dessert to have after a low-carb Mexican meal or after anything spicy. You can also use the sweeter of your choice in this recipe.
Gooey Keto Cheesecake Brownies (Low Carb & Gluten-Free)
The best of both worlds. A dark chocolate fudgy brownie swirled with vanilla cheesecake. I dare you to not eat two! This wonderful low-carb recipe is quick and easy and in under an hour you can munch on cheesecake brownies with a cup of ice-cold almond milk. We have all the tips, tricks, and advice to make sure this recipe turns out perfect for you every single time. Save these in an airtight container in the fridge for the best texture.
Creamy Keto Cheesecake Bites Covered in Milk Chocolate
I am not going to lie, this recipe takes a bit of prep work and patience. It's not a dessert you can whip in an hour, but it is a dessert you will want to make again and again. Squares of creamy vanilla cheesecake get frozen and drenched with melted milk chocolate. The chocolate sets and forms a hard shell over the cheesecake! You can eat this cool out of the fridge, or frozen out of the freezer like an ice cream sandwich, only it's better than an ice cream sandwich because it's cheesecake! This is a great dessert to make if you have a few blocks of cream cheese about to expire and you need to figure out what to do with them. Make the cheesecake and freeze the squares for coating another day.
Thick & Creamy Low Carb Blueberry Cheesecake (Gluten-Free)
We had a strawberry cheesecake on this list, so it only makes sense that we have a blueberry cheesecake too! This cream cheese base is bursting with blueberry flavor. It's thick, rich, and super creamy, topped with fresh blueberries and blueberry drizzle. It's best saved for special occasions since it is a bit higher in carbohydrates than our strawberry or raspberry cheesecake. But if you love blueberries, this is the cream cheese dessert for you.
Low Carb Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream (Keto Friendly)
Of all the desserts we have on this list, our strawberry cheesecake ice cream is our absolute favorite dessert. The creamy vanilla ice cream base is ribboned with strawberry ripple. But that's not the best part, the best part is the cream cheese bites. Real chunks of cheesecake are dappled through the entire ice cream making each bite a cream cheese lovers delight. If you are only going to make one recipe on this list, we highly recommend this one.
Low Carb Peanut Butter Pie With A Chocolate Fudge Crust
This recipe is a peanut butter lover's dream, and the peanut butter cream cheese filling is incredibly decadent. This low-carb peanut butter pie has a no-bake filling that you can whip together in a few minutes. Add cream cheese to heavy whipping cream, and something magical happens - add in the creamy peanut butter, and you end up with a peanut butter mousse filling that will make your toes curl. A wonderful summer dessert served ice cold from the fridge! Mind your serving size with this cream cheese dessert; the calories are real.
Epic Low Carb Raspberry Cheesecake (Keto & Gluten Free)
This keto raspberry cheesecake is a bit different. The cream cheese filling is flavored with dehydrated raspberries that add a wallop of fresh berry flavor to the dessert. Unlike our super sweet cheesecakes, like our white chocolate caramel, this one has a more natural sweetness about it; it tastes fresh and creamy like a bowl of freshly picked raspberries doused in cream. This dessert is also effortless to decorate (we use fresh raspberries) but looks smashing. Make this keto raspberry cheesecake for best results when raspberries are in season.
A Perfectly Spiced Low Carb Pumpkin Bread (Stuffed With Cheesecake!)
Pumpkin desserts are a fall staple. I never get sick of the relentless pumpkin spice everything that happens right around the end of August. Bring it on! This moist and delicious pumpkin spice loaf is filled with a surprise cream cheese filling and topped with a wonderfully fluffy and sweet cream cheese frosting. The entire dessert is gluten-free and keto-friendly and is one of our favorite fall desserts. You can also make this dessert unfrosted and freeze it up to a month in advance. A great way to use up some of those garden pumpkins!
A Low Carb Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe Worthy of Your Holiday Table
And if cream cheese stuffed pumpkin loaf wasn't enough pumpkin or cream cheese for you, we present our pumpkin spice cheesecake. This lovely fall and winter dessert is packed with warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg and tastes like a pumpkin spice latte. This pumpkin cheesecake is very low in carbohydrates but high in flavor. If you want a fall dessert that makes you feel like you're wearing a knitted sweater next to a fire on a cool fall evening, this is the one.
Salted Caramel Sugar-Free Cheesecake Recipe (Gluten-Free & Keto Too!)
Of course, if you want a cream cheese dessert for a special occasion or to impress the pants off friends and relatives, this might be the one you want to try. This salted caramel, white chocolate cheesecake is keto-friendly (honestly!). No one will believe it is low carb. This recipe takes some time to make due to the homemade sugar-free caramel but I promise that it is entirely worth the effort. If any dessert was worthy of your blocks of cream cheese this is the one!
Keto Cheesecake Bars with Blueberry Swirl (Gluten-Free & Sugar-Free)
These wonderfully easy blueberry swirl cream cheese squares make a great snack with a cup of coffee mid-day. The squares pull together quickly and take no time at all to bake. A great way to use up a single block of cream cheese and make something extraordinary. The recipe can be adapted easily to replace the blueberries with raspberries, blackberries, or even strawberries.
Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream with Real Bits of Cheesecake! (Low Carb & Sugar-Free)
A close second to our strawberry cheesecake ice cream is our blueberry cheesecake ice cream. This incredible ice cream is ribboned with swirls of blueberry ripple and dotted with chunks of real cheesecake. Who needs Ben and Jerry's when you can create an ice cream like this at home. And yes, it is keto-friendly, low carb, and sugar-free! Make a batch to have on hand during the summer so you can partake in a little sweet treat all your own without ruining your diet.
Chocolate Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Filling - Low Carb & Gluten Free
This super moist chocolate bundt cake with cheesecake swirl and dark chocolate ganache is a favorite among our readers. This is the dessert you bring to a party and don’t tell anyone it’s sugar-free. With a wonderfully dense chocolate cakey texture, secret cream cheese filling, chocolate ganache and chocolate drizzle, your guests will think you spent weeks making this. The addition of cream cheese filling is what really takes this cake to the next level, with a wonderful creaminess that perfectly balances the chocolate.
Cream cheese keto desserts – So satisifying
We don’t eat low carb dessert every day, not even every week, but our readers seem to think that it’s an everyday occurrence for us; it’s not! We believe in moderation and using desserts as a treat to keep you on track when your sweet tooth kicks in, and you can’t kick your craving. Desserts are also wonderful to celebrate memorable events like birthdays and holidays.
But if you are going to spend time and money making a low-carb dessert, it should be delicious. Our list of 14 keto desserts with cream cheese hits that nail right on the head.
More Keto Cream Cheese Desserts You Might Want to Try
And we added even more recipes to this list, check out our keto cream cheese cookie recipes (it’s all about the frosting!).
- Soft Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting
- White Vanilla Birthday Cake with Perfect Cream Cheese Frosting
- Easy Keto Chocolate Mousse
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