Can Cream Cheese be Frozen?

My supermarket has a special this week on 8 oz pkgs of cream cheese.  If you buy 10 pkgs you can get them for $.49 each.  I use quite a bit of cream cheese during the holidays but I'm not sure I'll use 10 pkgs.  My question is, can I freeze blocks of cream cheese?  Thanx.

Aubergine

I freeze it all the time.  When you thaw it sometimes the texture is more crumbly but I just whip it up really good with an electric mixer. You don't notice it in the finished product.   Wow 49 cents.  I just paid 3.99 for an 8 oz package!

Running_Diva44:

Wow 49 cents.

No kidding! lol I would buy 30 at that price!!!!

Why does it have to cost so much more in Canada??????

WOW That's quite a sale!  I'm jealous!

Running_Diva44:

I just paid 3.99 for an 8 oz package!

That seems so pricey It is usually 99 cents to 1.59 here.

I agree with R.Diva about the freezing - she described it perfectly.

~A

 The Canadian dollar is not worth as much as the American dollar.  So it didn't cost $3.99 in U.S. money, if that is any help.  But it sure cost her more than we pay here in the states for it.

PalmSpringsGirl:

The Canadian dollar is not worth as much as the American dollar.

The difference in the dollar at this point is one US  dollar is  $1.071 Canadian  .

Sure should not account for such a huge difference in price for the Canadian posters.

Good site to check Money exchange values - I use this site a lot as we travel back and forth across the border.~A

I freeze it also.  Cindy

Thank you everyone.  I have my coupon in hand and am now on my way to Stater Bros. (southern california supermarket) to load up on cream cheese!

Aubergine

 I freeze it all the time too - and here's another thought - - even if you had to toss a pkg or 2, you would still be saving big time - and you shouldn 't have to do that either.  Last week I paid 1.59 here in the midwest, but this week there was a special for.88, so I got 3. 

Actually Kaly I think it just depends where you are.  I live in the DC area. When I moved to the states from Canada I had real sticker shock at the grocery store. Almost everything was more expensive. I remember I used to buy avacodos in Canada for 79 cents. When I moved down here they were a dollar twenty nine, and that was about 10 years ago when the Canadian dollar was low.

I also really miss my Presidents Choice products.[:'(] I have found great grocery stores down here though. I love Trader Joes and Wegmans. Unfortunatley I have to drive quite a distance to get to Wegmans, so it's now a destination trip I take with a neighbor.

cookguy:

Actually Kaly I think it just depends where you are. 

I agree, I live in northern Alberta, and I know just 5 hours away in Edmonton, things are much cheaper. I must note though, all cheese in Canada is expensive!!!!!!!!!!!  lol

I have never paid less then $3.00 for a package of cream cheese.... 

I hear of some of the store in the US and wish we had them here.

The dollar is up this morning.

kaly_ab:

[quote user="cookguy"I live in northern Alberta, and I know just 5 hours away in Edmonton, things are much cheaper. I must note though, all cheese in Canada is expensive!!!!!!

 Some how I don't think it would be worth your while to drive 5 hours for groceries. lol

I don't get whats up with the cheese prices either. It's been that way for years.Cheese is like buying filet mignon these days.