My Special Egg Salad
Egg Salad with Cream Cheese is a creamy, flavorful twist on the classic egg salad we all know and love. The cream cheese gives it a richer texture, while the touch of sugar balances out the savory spices for a sandwich spread that’s downright addictive. Whether you’re looking for an easy lunch idea or a make-ahead snack, this recipe delivers every time.
We’ve been making this egg salad for years, and it always feels like the perfect combination of comforting and just a little extra fancy. The cream cheese really makes it special, and we love how versatile it is—you can pile it onto toast, spoon it into lettuce wraps, or even just eat it right from the bowl (no judgment here).
If you’re a fan of easy egg recipes, you might also love our No Peel Egg Salad, Deviled Egg Pasta Salad, or Deviled Egg Potato Salad. They’re all simple, satisfying, and perfect for busy days.
Table of contents
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Extra creamy texture: The cream cheese makes this egg salad richer and smoother than the classic version.
- Perfectly balanced flavor: A touch of sugar softens the savory spices for a well-rounded taste.
- Quick and easy: You can whip this up in under 30 minutes, plus chilling time.
- Versatile serving options: Serve it on bread, in lettuce wraps, or with crisp veggies for dipping.
Ingredients
We’ve made this list to help you save time on your next trip to the grocery store. You can find the full amounts needed in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.
The beauty of this recipe is how simple the ingredient list is—you’ll probably have most of it already. The cream cheese is the star, giving the salad a luxurious creaminess, while mayonnaise adds that classic egg salad flavor. A touch of sugar rounds out the seasoning, and onion and garlic powders provide a subtle savory depth without overpowering the eggs.
Variations
- Add fresh herbs: Stir in chopped dill, parsley, or chives for brightness.
- Spicy kick: Mix in a pinch of cayenne or a dash of hot sauce.
- Low-carb option: Serve in lettuce cups or on cucumber slices instead of bread.
- Crunch factor: Fold in diced celery, bell peppers, or pickles.
Instructions
This is a quick overview of the steps needed to make this recipe. You can find the full instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- In a bowl beat cream cheese until smooth.
- Add mayo, sugar, onion, powder, garlic, powder, salt and pepper.
- Chop and fold in eggs. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Serve on your favorite bread, lettuce cups, celery or off the spoon!
Expert Tips
- For easier peeling, use slightly older eggs instead of very fresh ones.
- Make sure cream cheese is at room temperature so it blends smoothly.
- Chop eggs into larger chunks if you like a more textured salad.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Yes! This egg salad keeps well in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Absolutely, though the texture will be slightly less rich.
We love it on toasted bread, in lettuce wraps, or with crackers for a quick snack.
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📖Recipe
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Egg Salad With Cream Cheese
Equipment
- large mixing bowl
- Electric mixer
Ingredients
- 3 ounces cream cheese
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- ½ teaspoon sugar or sweetner
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon pepper
- 6 hard-boiled eggs
Instructions
- Place eggs in a large saucepan. Cover them with cool water by 1 inch
- Slowly bring water to a boil over medium heat. When the water has reached a boil, cover and remove from heat.
- Let sit 12 minutes. Rinse with cold water and peel eggs.
- In a bowl beat cream cheese until smooth.
- Add mayo, sugar, onion, powder, garlic, powder, salt and pepper.
- chop and fold in eggs.
- Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Serve on your favorite bread, lettuce cups, celery or off the spoon!
Disclaimer
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
where’s the egg & onion?
The eggs are there. I don’t use onion you can add it
Duh, if you want onion, ADD IT! Stupid questions get stupid answers!
WOW!! Not a very nice person, are you?! You didn’t have to reply to that query in such a vitriolic manner. Try being nicer—or better yet, just don’t make any comments at all!
I’ll have to agree with you. Tam was a TAD harsh to say the least..!
The best egg salad recipe I’ve made. I’ve used many different variations but this one hit the target. The family loves it. Thanks!
Your so welcome and so glad you loved it!
Love this recipe! I’ve made it with grated onions and finely diced celery. So delicious!
That sounds delicious! this recipe is so adaptable
I have been making this recipe for a year now. My guy says I have the right recipe. Always really good. The only I add is thyme.
My mom used to add a couple of sweet pickles that had been finely diced to her egg salad. Maybe a German thing??? Either way, it gave her egg salad a little something extra that made it absolutely delicious. I will try this recipe and throw in the diced pickles and see how it is. Thank you for what looks like a great egg salad recipe!
That sounds like a great addition. My family isn’t crazy for sweet pickles so we make this simple and they add dill pickles to their sandwich if they want them.
It must be, my mom used to do the same thing & she was German
It’s a delicious recipe for egg salad!
Hhmm this is way different than mine with vinegar and mayo and mustard…I’m going to give this a try t u
I hope you enjoy it Gail. 🙂
That’s how I make mine. I think I’ll try this way too, sounds good and I love cream cheese in things.
The cream cheese really adds a great flavor!
I want to try this. I love egg salad and this sounds delish.
I hope you love it as much as we do!
Egg salad very tasty. But like others I do like celery and onion very finely diced. I do prefer my eggs mashedrather than hopped though. Just usedto it that way. But needless to say I made yours your way and it was good thx. Diana
Thank you Diana! You can mash the eggs if you like and add onion and celery also to this egg salad. It is very versatile.
Just made it. Haven’t tried it yet.
I usually chop up green olives and add a tiny amount of mustard.
I’ll leave those out and see how I like this recipe.
Delicious! So creamy – I just put out onions and pickles if someone wants to add but perfect as is ☺️
Thanks Irene so glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
What is the yield for the recipe? I’m making small tea sandwiches.
It is made with 6 eggs. It really depends on how thick you make your sandwiches. We posted the servings as 6 but that depends on serving size. this egg salad stays well in the fridge for days if you gave leftovers
I’m excited to try this recipe! Maybe I’ll add some sliced black olives as well? 😛
I hope you love it as much as we do. We never added olives but we love them. I’m sure they would be delicious!
I love egg salad but never knew there was a better way to make it. I just added a little mayonnaise to the eggs and it is always runny. I would take a bite out of my sandwich and a bunch of egg would fall out onto the plate. There’s a restaurant I like to go to for lunch sometimes because they have this wonderful egg salad sandwich, and that egg doesn’t fall out of the bread. I tried your recipe and lo and behold. The egg doesn’t fall out of the bread. And it taste wonderful. just like the wonderful sandwiches at the restaurant. I will be making it at home more often now that I know how to do it properly. I made it plain like you suggested. But as others have said onions, celery, pickles and olives would also be good in this recipe.
Thanks Debbie! We are so happy you enjoyed this recipe. We have tried many and this is our favorite way to make egg salad.. It comes out perfect every time
No mustard?? Interesting. I always thought it had to have mustard. I’m gonna try this though.
Nope it doesn’t have to have mustard. We have family members that don’t like mustard so we don’t use it
I’ll have to try this. I’ve always used my mother’s recipe of eggs, mayo, mustard, salt and pepper.
We love so many versions of egg salad but this is our favorite. I hope you love it as much as we do.
I am going to try this recipe. I usually add some relish to mine.
Hi Linda I hope you enjoy. Relish is a great ingredient. We make it as written since that’s how everyone seems to like it best. but relish sure does work!
Watermelon pickle is also wonderful in egg salad!
Oh that sounds delicious! I’ll give it a try
I watched the video and it stated at the end to freeze it
You can freeze for a few minutes before you make sandwiches or refrigerate for an hour
I made this today but omitted the sweetener because yuck! I made this for my better half and she has particular tastes. So I would’ve added diced dill pickles myself but this still tastes great.
Delicious! The cream cheese really makes it pop. I did change things up a little bit for my family’s taste; I added olive brim & pickle juice instead of sugar & salt. Thanks so much for the new recipe.!!!
So glad you liked it! Your additions sound great!
The cream cheese makes this egg salad so smooth and yummy I made it in my food processor and just used the pulse button. Worked great. So delicious 😋
So glad you enjoyed this recipe Sandi. It’s our favorite egg salad recipe!
This is the best egg salad I’ve ever made! I did change things up a bit to my family’s liking. I added sweet pickle juice instead of sugar & olive brine instead is salt. Thank you for the wonderful recipe!!
So glad you enjoyed. Your additions sound wonderful!
This was so good to me! Easy and creamy! I used celery salt instead of regular salt since I like celery in my egg salad. I was using Jumbo eggs so I was probably a little gracious (rounded but not heaping) with the measurements of the dry ingredients.
So glad you liked this egg salad! We love it.
If you wanted to make deviled eggs, would you still just use the ingredients and yolks and spoon that in the egg whites? Or add mustard?
We have a deviled egg recipe that uses cream cheese you might like https://mariasmixingbowl.com/best-deviled-eggs-recipe/.
This is soooooo delicious!!!!!!! Thank you for the recipe!
Thank you Nancy! So happy you liked it. It’s our favorite!
Never heard of it with cream cheese. Definitely gonna have to give a try
We hope you enjoy it! It’s a favorite for us!
Can’t do without celery, onion & drained relish! Thank you!
Yes add whatever you like!
I’m going to the store to buy the stuff to make this egg salad
I hope you love it as much as we do! Enjoy
Can you use whipped cream cheese instead of plain?
Yes that would work fine
Hello!
I must say I was a little hesitant to use cream cheese in this recipe….. I LOVE egg salad! I’m always open to try new recipes. I just used 2 oz of cream cheese instead of three. I was very pleasantly surprised that this turned out so delicious a creamy as you described !! Thank you so much for sharing. I’m sure it will be even better once it’s chilled .
Gretchen D.
So glad you liked it! We were not sure about the cream cheese too but we love it!
Perfection in my book.
I love egg salad and in most of my 66 years you finally gave me that one I’ve been looking for, thank you.
Don’t change a thing except I add dill pickles on mine at the table.
Prefer them on croissants.
Very happy you liked this recipe. We love this on a croissants too
I made this for lunch today and it was delicious! The only changes I made were to omit the sweetener and add real bacon bits. I’ll definitely make it that way again. Thank you!
So glad you enjoyed it! The bacon sounds delicious!
If you live at high altitude (we’re a mile high), use a high altitude recipe for cooking the eggs. My first attempt at the eggs went to the dogs.
I doubled the recipe and there weren’t quite enough wet ingredients.
The flavor was good.
very good. i made the recipe as written. i only used 3 eggs though. i would definitely make this again.
So happy you liked it. It is always a favorite for the family
This is THE best Egg Salad!! I’ll be making this again!! Wonderful
Thank you! We really love it also 🙂