Walmart is 100% out of cream cheese?

thecharon

I now live in a small/rural city. I think someone bought it all just to mess with the "locals". Cream cheese is only used for mashed potatoes, right? And not everyone uses it.. What other things can be made with cream cheese that are served at Thanksgiving. Maybe there was something on tv to make mashed potatoes with cream cheese and this is the "thing" to do this year? The Rachel Ray effect? I can't have a bagel with cream cheese for breakfast.

cmriverside

Heh. I have two - I accidentally bought one when I had one. I'll share...

ljmorgi

...cheesecake?

deannalfisher

i eat it on baked potatos as a topping or mix it into rice

lorrpb

Cheeseballs/logs, jello salad

pogiguy05

ask manager when the next shipment is in. Where I live we have way to many walmarts within a 10 mile radius

leggup

I would never think to put cream cheese in potatoes, haha. I use cream cheese for bagels, truffles, cheesecake, frosting, cheeselogs,

deannalfisher

leggup wrote: »

I would never think to put cream cheese in potatoes, haha. I use cream cheese for bagels, truffles, cheesecake, frosting, cheeselogs,

i'm kind of weird but it works for me

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mamadon

I have to add, that for some reason all three Walmart's in my area have been out of all frozen hash browns for about 3 weeks. I love my hash browns and ended up going elsewhere lol.

Lizakabibbis

cheesecake, cheeseballs, dips, and other appetizers that we usually have at the table. Oh, and my favorite - coca cola salad. So yeah, there's lots!

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

Spread thickly on a cheese cracker and topped with prawns. Heaven

aliciaaw

Pumpkin Rolls

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lporter229

I would guess that about half of the cream cheese sales in the US happen from October to December. Appetizer dips for tailgates and parties and holiday desserts like cheesecake, pumpkin roll, carrot cake, etc. etc.

It never occurred to me to put cream cheese in my regular mashed potatoes, but I put it in my mashed potatoes for shepherd's pie because the recipe tells me to, so I guess it makes sense. I also like to put a small amount of cream cheese in some of my pasta sauces to make them a little creamy and decadent without a huge calorie hit. Particularly things like Cajun pasta or fajita pasta.

MrsVerge

The best is no bake cheesecake.

2 blocks of light philly
2 tubs low fat cool whip
graham crackers
butter
salt

You mix just enough melted butter with graham crackers and a dash of salt to make them moist then pack it into a 13/9 pan. Cream the cream cheese until smooth and soft, I like to use an electric hand mixer. Fold 1 1/2 tubs of cool whip and mix with a spatula until well blended and smooth. Taste! Add more cool whip if you want it less cream cheesy and more sweet. (My mom likes to use 1:1 ratio of CS to CW but I like 2:1.5) When it's at its yummiest, spread over the graham cracker and refrigerate for at least two hours.

You can leave it like this and have random toppings on the table for people to choose their own - Smucker's ice cream sundae toppings work great - or use pie filling on top (blueberry is especially tasty). The best, though, is to take a bottle of Smucker's seedless strawberry jam and nuke it until it's bubbly, stir it a bit, then pour gently over the top. The heat will melt the cheesecake in random places and make channels of strawberry goodness, plus a sticky smooth yummy top.

peaceout_aly

First thing I thought of was cheesecake. Crazy that they're completely out though

mitch16

I'm making pumpkin cheesecake with mine.

On a related note, my Whole Foods was all out of pecans already yesterday.

Alatariel75

Maybe someone left the shipment on the loading dock and it went funky. I use it for cheesecake, mash, on crackers and sandwiches, inside pockets cut into chicken breasts cooked in salsa...

malibu927

Mashed potatoes with cream cheese? Don't know if want.

Cheesecake, cheese balls, beef rolls (my mom makes these for Christmas). And maybe with today/tomorrow being people's last day of work for the week, businesses are buying for bagels at breakfast.

Also there could be an issue getting it into the distribution center or store by Philadelphia or whatever brand you're looking for. I know at my (not Walmart) store they sent us an announcement about another popular Thanksgiving item we may run out of due to manufacturing issues.

Francl27

I bought 8 packages for the 2 cheesecakes I'm planning to make, lol.

Lounmoun

Some dip or appetizer recipes use cream cheese.

dwilliamca

I use low fat cream cheese for lots of things including cheese sauce for vegetables and love it on celery, although I use the 1/3 less fat for that because it is creamier. I have some frozen and think I will try the protein cheese cake maybe with pumpkin, but need to buy protein powder. Seems like a waste though if I don't like it. I never use supplements normally.

vegmebuff

dwilliamca wrote: »

I use low fat cream cheese for lots of things including cheese sauce for vegetables and love it on celery, although I use the 1/3 less fat for that because it is creamier. I have some frozen and think I will try the protein cheese cake maybe with pumpkin, but need to buy protein powder. Seems like a waste though if I don't like it. I never use supplements normally.

I have purchased individually portioned protein powder at my local health food store - much better trying it out this way instead of buying a huge tub of powder that you hate. Mind you, I purchased one from GNC a few years ago, and returned telling them I didn't like it and they accepted it.

diannethegeek

I used to live in a small town and yes I've purchased every cream cheese in stock to make cheesecake before. I'm surprised mashed potatoes were the only thing you could think of. Cream cheese goes into a ton of different dips, desserts, and casseroles. Plus, we always stock up on breakfast foods like bagels and cream cheese when family are in town.

I'm just going to leave this here since it's a cream cheese thread: http://www.franksredhot.com/recipes/franks-redhot-buffalo-chicken-dip-RE1242-1

sugaraddict4321

leggup wrote: »

I would never think to put cream cheese in potatoes, haha. I use cream cheese for bagels, truffles, cheesecake, frosting, cheeselogs,

If you like sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving, you really have to try making your sweet potatoes as mashed potatoes with cream cheese and brown sugar. Not exactly low cal but omg delicious and it's a huge hit at our Thanksgiving table. No need for marshmallows either.

canadjineh

A nice little slice of full fat cream cheese to tuck inside your Genoa salami slice before you roll it up and eat it like a little cheese & meat burrito.

KANGOOJUMPS

odd

PAV8888

Is there something special about cream cheese? Our Walmart(s) are often out of random items you would think they would never run out off. Various kinds of yogurts (yoplait 0% flavoured, Oikos 0% greek plain), 1L carton of egg whites, refrigerated jello puddings, Silk unsweetened vanilla cashew flavoured, and on one occasion any kind of Häagen-Dazs ice cream are all items that I've tried to buy at various times and couldn't due to lack of stock.

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WinoGelato

My husbands family uses cream cheese in mashed potatoes, along with a ton of butter and sour cream and bakes them in a Pyrex baking dish. They are actually quite delicious, but certainly not what most people would assume a shortage of cream cheese would be used for.

Bagel topping, cheesecakes and dips, both sweet and savory, are probably far more common uses.