14 Amazing Spring Desserts All Made with One Secret Ingredient

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Each one of these delicious desserts has one thing in common – cream cheese! Cream cheese is one of the best baking ingredients ever. It adds a rich, creamy taste and texture to any dessert and will have everyone wondering what your baking secret is. Give a few of these cream cheese dessert recipes a try, and you will quickly see why all the pros swear by this one, simple ingredient.

Cream Cheese Bars

These Cream Cheese Bars are made with yellow cake mix for a quick and easy dessert. With a crisp crust and soft center, they’re perfectly sweet and deliciously decadent!

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Cream Cheese Brownies

These Cream Cheese Brownies are and made using a brownie mix and a homemade cheesecake-like topping! Delicious fudgy goodness in every bite! These will be your new favorite brownie.

Go to the recipe: Cream Cheese Brownies With Box Cake Mix

Lemon Blueberry Delight

Lemon blueberry delight is a no-bake treat perfect for summer, with a graham cracker crust, fluffy lemon cheesecake and jammy blueberries!

Go to the recipe: Lemon Blueberry Delight

Cream Cheese Mints

It is amazing how easy it is to make these little cream cheese mints. I guarantee that you won’t be able to eat just one of these little melt-in-your mouth sweets!

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Cream Cheese Pound Cake

My Cream Cheese Pound Cake recipe is rich, decadent, and packed with sour cream and cream cheese to create a perfectly dense, moist crumb. Top it with berries or whipped cream for the perfect dessert.

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Cranberry Cream Cheese Dessert

Rich, sweet cream cheese goes perfectly with the tangy, tart cranberries. The white and red color contrast is also almost too pretty to eat! I am in love with these cranberry cream cheese bars. They are the perfect blend of sweet and tart, creamy and rich. You will want to bake these all year long!

Go to the recipe: Cranberry Cream Cheese Dessert

No Bake Lemon Cream Cheese Pie

This no-bake Lemon Cream Cheese Pie is one of my favorites! It’s creamy, brightened up with a squeeze of lemon juice, and a cinch to make.

Go to the recipe: Lemon Cream Cheese Pie

Carrot Cake Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting

These Carrot Cake Muffins with Cream Cheese Glaze are super fluffy and moist and feature all the sweet, cinnamon flavor you love in classic carrot cake!

Go to the recipe: Carrot Cake Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting

Oreo Truffles

These easy Oreo Truffles With Cream Cheese are a decadent treat, but oh-so-simple to make! Cookies-and-creme crumbs and cream cheese are rolled into truffles, then dipped in melted chocolate to create this crowd-pleasing homemade candy.

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Crescent Roll Cheesecake

Crescent roll cheesecake is one of the easiest types of cheesecake to make. The sweet cream cheese filling is delicious with flaky, buttery crescent rolls. I also love that they are easy to slice and serve.

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Cheesecake Dip

Whether you serve it as a snack or dessert, this easy Cheesecake Dip is destined to be a hit! It has all the sweet-and-tangy flavor of cheesecake in the form of an irresistible dip.

Go to the recipe: Cheesecake Dip

No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake

No-bake chocolate cheesecake is going to be a cream cheese dessert you make all the time. It is effortless to make but tastes incredibly rich and decadent.

Go to the recipe: No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake

Banana Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is perfect for a party, celebration, or just because! The tangy, rich frosting is oh-so-perfect with the sweet banana cake.

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Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars

Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars are one of the most popular Mexican pastry desserts as it combines crescent rolls, cream cheese, vanilla, egg, and sugar that is then topped with cinnamon sugar topping to create one of the most delicious desserts you will ever eat.

Go to the recipe: Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars

Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies

Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies are soft and pillowy with fresh strawberry flavor and an irresistible cream cheese filling. They’re so pretty and even more delicious!

Go to the recipe: Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies