Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes – The absolute best, easy to make, mashed potatoes! Â These cream cheese mashed potatoes are perfectly creamy, buttery, and full of cream cheese flavor with a hint of garlic!
Ok, so, disclaimer: this is NOT health food.
We’re not talking about “light” mashed potatoes made with skim milk here.
These potatoes are rich, decadent, and sinful in all the right ways!
I like to refer to these as “holiday” or “company” mashed potatoes, because they’re sure to impress your guest.
But, they’re really easy to make for any old weeknight if your craving some comfort food.
If you don’t mind peeling a few taters that is.
I never mind doing the peeling, the prize at the end is totally worth it!
I had a friend introduce me to mashed potatoes with cream cheese in them a few years ago.
I’ve never gone back to plain ol’ butter/milk mashed potatoes after that day.
Actually, I’m pretty sure everyone in my house would complain if I even considered leaving the cream cheese out.
These potatoes take an entire stick of butter, a good 8 ounce chunk of cream cheese, plenty of garlic, salt and pepper, and some milk (I use whole milk to keep them nice and rich, you can use what you like!).
And, I promise you this simple ingredient list will give you the most satisfying “special occasion” mashed potatoes that you’ve ever had the pleasure of putting in your mouth!
Speaking of special occasions, let chat about how to always have mashed potato success AND how to make these ahead and keep warm for company!
Ok, a few tips here:
- Â Always place your potato cubes into an empty pot. Â Cover them with COLD water, then place on the stove and turn on the heat. Â Potatoes added to hot/boiling water cook unevenly.
- Simmer, don’t boil! Â If you boil your potatoes on very high temperature, they are likely to fall apart, and be watery – yuck.
- Make them ahead! Â If you want to make mashed potatoes ahead of time, simply cook them as directed. Â Then, add them into the crockpot and stir in an additional 1/4 -1/3 Cup of milk to keep them from drying out. Â You can keep them on warm this way for 3-4 hours.
Enjoy!
These ultra decadent mashed potatoes are an amazing side with these Crispy Chicken Thighs and with my Slow Cooker Meatballs & Gravy!
~Nichole
Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients
- 5 Pounds Russet Potatoes
- 8 Ounces Cream Cheese
- 1 Stick Butter
- 1/2 - 1 Cup Milk
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- 1 Teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon Pepper
- Chives for serving, Optional
Instructions
- Wash and peel potatoes, then cut into 1 inch cubes. Place the potatoes into a large stockpot and cover with cold water. Bring the potatoes to a gentle boil and cook for 15-20 minutes until tender. Drain the potatoes and return to the warm pot, or to a mixing bowl.
- Add the cream cheese, butter, milk, and seasonings to the potatoes. Mash slightly to break the large potatoes up. Beat the potatoes with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and fluffy.
- Serve immediately garnished with chives if desired.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This recipe was shared at The Weekend Potluck!
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Hey!
So just wondering.. in the paragraph before the recipe it says to use 3 oz of cream cheese, but then the actual recipe calls for 8.. can’t wait to try these!
Hi, Shay! 8 ounces of cream cheese is correct. Hope you love them! 🙂
Tried this recipe tonight and now I can’t see myself ever having mashed potatoes without cream cheese! Thanks for the recipe !
I can’t imagine either, I LOVE my mashed potatoes this way! Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed the recipe!
Ooh mashed potatoes are my weakness and this sounds AMAZING!
Oh my! I have never heard of adding cream cheese into mashed potatoes before and now I’m dying to make these! They sound incredible!
Mashed potatoes are the perfect comfort food for fall. When I saw your beautiful recipe I started thinking about Thanksgiving and all the happiness and joy of the season!
This must add that mildly tart and creamy flavor to mashed potatoes. Nicely subtle.
This is wonderful comfort food! I’ve never added cream cheese to mashed potatoes and I’m wondering why. I have to try this next time I make it!
This is such a great comfort food isn’t it!! Cream cheese makes it especially rich and swoon-worthy.
What’s not to love about these mashed potatoes? I’d sooner have mash less often so I can enjoy it to the full, like in your recipe here, when I do..
Same here! If I’m going to have mashed potatoes, I’m going to have the decadent ones! 🙂
OMG cream cheese AND mashed potatoes. It’s a mystery why we haven’t done this before! It looks so creamy and delicious! This should make it to one of our holiday spreads (or to this weekend’s menu 🙂
They’re always my favorite thing on our holiday dinner table! 🙂
How many cups does this recipe make ? Thanks !