Cucumber Cream Cheese Spread
Cucumber Cream Cheese Spread is perfect for bagels or crackers. Fresh cucumbers, green onions, Worcestershire sauce and cream cheese.
Cucumber “Crack”
Cucumber Cream Cheese Spread is perfect for bagels or crackers. Fresh cucumbers, green onions, Worcestershire sauce and cream cheese. If you are a fan of bagels and cream cheese or if you like to snack on crackers with some creamy goodness smeared on top then you will really enjoy this spread. It’s very similar to Benedictine spread (just not as thin.) My friend Patti calls it “Cucumber Crack.” Ha!
Is It Low Carb or Keto Friendly?
I make this quite often for myself and my girlfriends. It is great to snack on or you can make a meal with it by spreading it on a lightly toasted bagel and having it for lunch. It’s also a refreshing appetizer. And yes, it is low carb! My low carb friends enjoy eating it on low carb tortillas or even on zucchini slices.
Ingredients Needed: (See Recipe Card Below For The Full Recipe)
- cucumber – if you want to keep the skin on, try using Persian or English cucumbers.
- green onions
- cream cheese – see my post on How to Soften Cream Cheese Quickly
- Worcestershire sauce
- salt
How To Make Cucumber Cream Cheese Spread
To make in the food processor: trim away roots from base of green onion, place in food processor. Add cucumber to food processor bowl.
Cover and process until coarsely chopped (DON’T OVERPROCESS!)
Add cream cheese, Worcestershire sauce and salt. Cover and process until smooth.
Transfer to a medium bowl. Cover and refrigerate overnight for flavors to blend.
Note: If you don’t have a food processor, finely chop the cucumber and the green onions. In a medium bowl combine cucumber, green onions, softened cream cheese, Worcestershire sauce and salt. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Cover and refrigerate overnight for flavors to blend (for best flavor.)
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Cucumber Cream Cheese Spread
Ingredients
- ½ cucumber, peeled and cut into chunks
- 3 green onions
- 8 ounce block cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Add 1/2 cucumber, peeled and cut into chunks to food processor bowl. Trim away roots from base of 3 green onions and cut into slices and place in food processor.
- Cover and process until coarsely chopped (DON'T OVER PROCESS!)
- Add 8 ounce block cream cheese, softened to room temperature, 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce and 1/8 teaspoon salt.
- Cover and process again until combined. Again, try not to over process so you have some chunks of cucumber in there. Transfer to a bowl.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight for flavors to blend. Please don’t skip this step and try to eat it right away – trust me, it makes a big difference in flavor when you let it hang out overnight.
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Notes
- Finely chop the cucumber and the green onions.
- In a medium bowl combine cucumber, green onions, cream cheese, Worcestershire sauce and salt. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight for flavors to blend.
- Use as little or as much cucumber that you like. Make it to your taste! Serve on a toasted bagel or crackers.
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
Originally published: March 2011
Updated and republished: March 2019
Absolutely delicious!
I’m on sodium restricted diet so I just leave out the salt & Worcestershire sauce I use dried dill. Just for fun I’ve used Whipped chive cream cheese instead of a block of reg cream cheese it made it nice & spreadable a bit of lemon juice brightens the flavor & is a nice sub for the salt
I am allergic to onions. Could I use fresh dill or something else in place of the green onions?
Thanks!
I’m using garlic powder to taste instead of onions.
Delicious
Use this in a BLT. Go all out and use candied bacon. I’ve been known to lick the drips on my arms it’s so good.
Made this for a party and used crackers and it was a hit! I would spread this on a bagel or make sandwiches too!
I have made this twice. The last time I made it was for girls movie night. They really liked it and asked for the recipe. Really good! I served it with Captains Wafers crackers. Will definitely make again.
i loved it…but since my family is watching salt intake i substituted the salt for dill and it was amazing. i loved it and passed the end result along with the original and my additions on to a neighbor who came back for more of a sampling. so i think this is a big hit. thanks for a wonderful recipe now im off to buy a food processor.
Made it for a light snack for a gathering at our subdivision lake/beach huge hit! I did add some crumbled bacon and black pepper.
I’m from Kentucky and this is very similar to a spread we call “Benedictine”. It’s DELISHHH!!!
Yum! So great!
All my friends at book club loved this!
I absolutely love this recipe and so does my family! I started making this many many years ago from a local farmers we get our produce from. He and his wife have been making this since their own kids were small but I’ve never added the worcherscire. It does make a difference!! I also add tiny bites of red peppers. It adds some color and slight sweetness. Not a lot. Just enough! Thank you for bringing it back to us! I had forgotten about it because my kids are now grown up and I haven’t fixed it in quite some time. You brought a smile to my face
This makes me so happy Suzy! Is there anything better than a really great food memory?!?! Thank you so, so much!!
This is delicious. My mom adds 1/2 – 1 cup of chopped pecans and a little lemon juice. I am serving for a ladies happy hour this afternoon.
Hi, I used this recipe for breakfast . Added grated cucumber bit more after removing the juice of cucumber.aded less cheese but more of hung curd. Served like sandwich. It was really very tasty. Great receipes????
Looks like a simple appetizer for parties and really just any time!! A wonderful pre-dinner snack. Thanks for sharing!!! Will definitely make it soon!!
Hope you enjoy it as much as we do Alecia!
Easy & So YUMMY!!! Perfect for a go to last minute Lady’s Light Luncheon! ????????
Yay! Thanks so much Melissa!!
I have everything but the onions. Could dried onion flakes or fresh minced yellow onion be used instead?
It depends. The onion can really overwhelm the other flavors if you’re not careful. The green onion adds just the right amount of flavor and color without making it too onion-y.
We call this Benedictine in Kentucky! Haven’t tried your recipe but know it’s yummy stuff.
I added a tsp of fresh dill— yummy!
Great addition! Thanks so much Julie!
Is there a timeframe of how long it should last refrigerated? Was thinking of making a couple days ahead of a lake trip.
Hi Angie, I would only make it a day ahead if possible. Make sure you salt your cucumbers to draw the water out (in a colander.) Rinse them well and then chop. This will keep your spread from turning water-y as it sits in the fridge. 🙂
This would make FANTASTIC cucumber sandwiches! Pinned. Trying soon.
It totally would!! Thanks Mary!
Really good and refreshing
Yummm….!.always looking for more ways to use cucs in the summertime. Great and will share with a co-worker who loves cucs too
This is banging. I was worried bout adding Worcestershire sauce but did. Then added a bit more cucumber and onion. I love it. Can’t wait to share it tommorow.
The recipe looks great but the macros seem WAY off. I follow KETO so I calculated myself. For 1/8th of the mixture, a little over 1 ounce, I came up with Cal=100.2, Fat=9.6g, NET Carbs=1.8 and Protien=1.9. I bring this to your attention because many KETO people would have looked at the 6g carbs and not tried the recipe. It really is VERY KETO friendly and should appear so.
HI Mary Jane! This is exactly why I have a disclosure on my site that tells folks to use their own trusted nutritional calculators. My recipe card automatically fills it out for me so it’s important that everyone calculate their own numbers if they need it for site purposes. Thanks so much for your feedback!
Braindie: “GREAT REPLY COMMENT”!!!!
Thank you for breaking it down. After looking the macros I was going to skip it, but will now try it out’
I have had and served this recipe at every baby and bridal shower as long as I can remember. Always a winner! It was a hit at my daughters debutant open season party. Truly a southern tradition. The addition of dill makes the spread extra special. It is great as a snack following summer sporting events because it’s cool and refreshing. Even our local baseball/soccers kids love it. Great with a light vegetable platter or sea salt chips. Thank you for sharing a great spread.
Totally agree with all of that Lori! Yes! It’s not heavy like you’d think with it being made from cream cheese. 🙂
This would also be delicious with salmon (smoked or not) atop the cracker/baguette and cuke spread.
We love our salmon here in the Pacific Northwest.
Yes! That sounds fantastic Cyndee. Great suggestion!!
Taste is great but mine came out as a liquid. Maybe the cucumbers were too wet? Or what if I process the onion and cucumber into small bits and then fold into cream cheese… I feel like I over processed it and everything became a slightly lumpy liquid. Maybe it will tighten up over night in the fridge. Anyone else have and solve this problem?
How long would this stay fresh in the fridge?
Hi Amber – just a couple of days.
Used this as spread on ham sandwiches. Awesome!
Oooooh – that sounds so good Betsy!! Thank you!
This looks delicious. I grow cucumbers in my garden so I will definitely make this.
Hope you love it Greg!
Have made this forever…couple minor differences.. but we eat it as a dip… have to use Frito Scoops!
I was disappointed in the texture of this. The photo looks like it would be spreadable but it turned out more like a dip. The flavor was good.
Hi Mary! Hmmm…it shouldn’t have been like a dip. It really should’ve been more like a spread. I am thinking perhaps your cucumber released a lot of liquid. Some cucumbers are just super juicy and hold a lot of water. There’s a couple of things you can to do to prevent it in the future. You can dice your cucumber and then sprinkle a little bit of salt on them and place in a colander in your sink. Give it about an hour or two and the salt will help the cucumber to release the liquid. Then rinse and place on a paper towel and dry them off. Then proceed with the recipe. Hope that helps!
Thanks for the tip. I love cucumber sandwiches, but I have to work pretty hard to keep them from being watery. This dip sounds absolutely wonderful! Can’t wait to try it!
I totally understand. This helps solve that dilemma. Just spread it right on your sandwich. Hope you love it!
I just tried this too. It’s still In the fridge to bring to a party tomorrow but mine too, looks like a dip rather than the picture. Your thoughts on the cucumber may be true with mine too. The whole recipe sounds great, but I think I may have messed it up and will have to try it again. Lol! I guess I should never try a recipe for the first when I’m planning on bringing it somewhere. Can’t wait to try it as a spread too. Thanks for the recipe!
Hi Terri,
Some cucumbers hold a lot of water. I think the English cucumbers hold up the best. You can leave the skin on those. But the bigger and thicker a cucumber is, the more water it is going to hold. Even smaller pickling cucumbers work well. It may help to slice the cucumber and shake a little salt on it and let it sit for a while to draw some of that water out. Then rinse. 🙂
Thanks for sharing! Does it keep long?
This looks so good! What a refreshing appetizer to bring with a party!
This is so delicious. The green onion really adds something that my other cream cheese spreads needed. Thank you so much!
That’s awesome Billy – yay!!
I used lowfat cream cheese and added 1tsp prepared horseradish and 1tsp chopped fresh dill, super yummy recipe, and I serve with fresh veggies for weight watchers friendly appetizer. Perfect to bring to a party or cookout! ????
This looks like a must try recipe! It’s cucumbers and cream cheese, there’s no way this dip can be anything but delicious. Thanks for another yummy recipe 😉
I see it makes 4 servings. How much is in a serving?
Easy! Divide the ingredients by 4.
It is springtime here in Texas and this sounds like just the ticket for the season! I love Shepherd’s salad on my falafels and this would rock a pita and falafel sandwich.
Spring is in the air down here in Texas and this sounds just right for the season. I love shepherds salad with my falafels and I am tempted to try this on my pitas, too!
This recipe is so yummy, and I will try it.
Should you remove the seeds from the cucumbers?
I like to use English cucumbers so no need to remove the seeds. But generally, I don’t remove the seeds as they don’t bother us. But if it bothers you with teeth concerns, etc., then you can certainly remove them. 🙂
In Kentucky we call that spread Benedictine! Not sure where the name came from but its a staple around here. Some people put green food coloring in it but I don’t. Best sandwich ever is benedictine, bacon and alfalfa sprouts on whole wheat. Yum!
WOW!, GREEN food coloring! St. Patrick’s Day here I come! LOL!!!
Here in the Deep South , we make cucumber sandwiches for all our showers and ladies get togethers. I personally like to make up the base you have posted and then slice my peeled cucumbers thin and place on paper towels, salt them and let them sit for a few minutes. Then blot them with another paper towel and place them on top of the wonderful base mixture and top with dill weed or parsley flakes. I cut my bread to fit the size of the cucumber.
They are wonderful. Another favorite is open face tomato sandwiches with this base, top with sliced Roma tomatoes
Sprinkle with bacon bits and dill weed. Enjoy your blog very much.
this sounds amazing, my grandmother use to make little finger sandwiches that sound like these I’m gonna have to try them. I was a kid when she made them so naturally I stuck my nose up at them. Lol
Ha! That’s what we do as kids, right? 🙂
Could you use this on mini croissants for a different twist?
I make mine with Croissants always even the larger ones
As anonymous from Ky. said, we grate the onions and cucumbers before adding them to the cream cheese. Then add paprika and a little green food coloring to make our Benedictine spread. It was developed in the 1920s, I think by a Miss Jenny Benedict who served it in her tea room in Louisville, Ky.
Amen!
I am not a cuke lover in the least, but this recipe is a favorite! I love the ease of the recipe…the wonderful flavor combo…and that this lasts several days (only if I forget it's in the fridge). Thanks for sharing such great recipes!!!