Honey Pistachio Cream Cheese

Whether you're putting it on a bagel or using it as a dip, this honey pistachio cream cheese has an indulgent sweet and tangy flavor you're going to love. It's an easy-to-make spread with a handful of ingredients that's great for taking to parties or snacking on at home.

This cream cheese goes really well with whole wheat sourdough crackers, honey pistachio sourdough bread (for pistachio lovers!) and is great for dipping sweet cinnamon sourdough crackers into.

Why You'll Love This Recipe!

Easy but Feels Gourmet - this spread has 5 ingredients and only takes 5 minutes to make, but it looks and tastes like something you would find at a gourmet cafe or in the deli section of your favorite upmarket grocery store.

Versatile Spread - great for dipping crackers into, for holiday appetizers, and for spreading on sourdough bagels for breakfast.

Sweet and Savory Flavor - it's super creamy with a balance of sweetness from the honey and savory from the pistachios and cream cheese, which makes it great for using in so many different ways.

Ingredients

• Cream Cheese - don't use the whipped cream cheese. You want the block. Let it soften at room temperature.
• Honey - honey adds the right sweetness and flavor to the cream cheese. If you're serving at a party, be sure to drizzle a bit on top of the dip too.
• Salt - I like to add salt to the mixture and use a flakey sea salt for topping.
• Pistachios - you want roughly chopped pistachios. If you only have whole ones, you can put them in a Ziploc bag and roll over them with a rolling pin to easily chop them (my kids love doing this ... there's no rolling when they do it though lol).

How to Make Honey Pistachio Cream Cheese

Add the softened cream cheese block, honey and salt to the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment fitted. You really want to make sure the cream cheese block is soft or it will break your whisk (don't ask me how I know this).

Whisk on speed 6 to 8 for around 2 minutes or until the mixture is well combined and light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.

Once the mixture is sufficient whipped, add the pistachios and fold gently through the mixture.

Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with extra pistachios and honey. Sprinkle with flakey sea salt to serve.

How to Store + Freeze

Store this cream cheese in the refrigerator for up to a week in an airtight container. I usually just pop it in a mason jar or a bowl covered in press n seal or aluminum foil.

I don't recommend freezing as the texture can get a bit strange when it thaws.

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