What better to drizzle over pumpkin pancakes, carrot cake pancakes or even red velvet pancakes with than a syrup that tastes like cheesecake! This easy recipe has few ingredients and is ready in 15 minutes!
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Tastes like Cheesecake!!! Like a sweet treat for your breakfast or brunch recipes!
- Delicious on those fluffy golden brown pancakes and waffles too!
- Ready in 15 minutes!
- This syrup recipe contains no corn syrup!
Ingredient Notes
- Butter - both salted butter and unsalted butter work!
- Vanilla Extract - No need to use clear vanilla, regular vanilla doesn't change the color of the syrup noticeably.
- Cream Cheese - You can use regular or reduced fat cream cheese.
How to Make Step by Step Instructions
- It's very helpful for the cream cheese to be at room temperature for this recipe.
- Over medium-high heat melt the butter in a medium saucepan (a small saucepan may boil over)
- Add the sugar and buttermilk.
- Bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute.
- Place the cream cheese in a deep medium bowl or 4 cup measuring cup.
- Beat the hot syrup into the cream cheese with an electric mixer or hand beaters at a medium speed until completely smooth.
- Pour back into the pot.
- Whisk in the vanilla and the baking soda.
- The syrup will foam up quite a bit and be very fluffy!
- Serve over your favorite pancakes.
Recipe FAQs and Expert Tips
Store in the fridge for up to a week.
Reheat little bits at a time in a microwave-safe bowl in the microwave stirring in between to redistribute the ingredients. Reheated syrup won't be fluffy again but tastes just as amazing.
Yes, this syrup will naturally separate in the fridge as it will also become quite solid and thick. Just stir it back together when you reheat it.
Pancake Recipes to go with this Syrup!
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Cream Cheese Syrup Recipe
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2 Cups Syrup 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: American
Description
What better to drizzle over pumpkin pancakes or red velvet pancakes with than a syrup that tastes like cheesecake! This easy recipe has few ingredients and is ready in 15 minutes!
Ingredients
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1 cup Butter
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- 8 oz Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Vanilla
Instructions
- In a deep pot over medium high heat, melt the butter.
- Add the sugar and buttermilk.
- Bring to a boil and boil for 1 minutes.
- In a deep bowl or 4 cup measuring cup, beat the hot syrup into the cream cheese until completely smooth.
- Pour back into the pot.
- Whisk in the vanilla and baking soda.
- The syrup will foam up a lot and become very fluffy.
- Serve!
Notes
- Store this syrup in the fridge for up to a week.
- This syrup will separate in the fridge. Heat bits at a time in the microwave and stir to redistribute the syrup.
- Reheated syrup won't be fluffy again but tastes just as amazing!
Keywords: cream cheese syrup, cream cheese sauce, cheesecake
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Susan
Can’t wait to serve this Christmas morning with my overnight French toast!
★★★★★
JP
Delicious
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Seri
Wondering if this would be good in coffee. Trying to find a good recipe for cheesecake flavored syrup for drinks.
Mindee
Honestly, I don't drink coffee so I really don't know. I'd love to hear if you try it though!
Patricia
"Tastes like cheesecake" is pretty much what I needed! This is so creative and perfect for a special, special breakfast! Love it!
Jess
Umm what?! Where has this syrup been my whole life?!?
★★★★★
Alisa Infanti
This recipe is fantastic and such an upgrade from regular pancake syrup.
★★★★★
Toni
I love how easy this is to make! Thanks for sharing!
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Katherine
What a wonderful alternative to maple syrup! Super special and exciting!
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Jeff
This on pumpkin spice pancakes is very good
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