I followed the recipe 100% and couldn't really taste the cream cheese. Somehow, by combining butter, cream cheese, sugar, eggs, and flour, you end up with a light, delicate, and yet somehow filling … Use a small spoon to fill the cookie cups with the cream cheese … Mix the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until smooth and then slowly add the powdered sugar and mix well. To make the cream cheese filling you will need 8 oz of softened cream cheese, 4 tablespoons of softened butter, 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar, and 1 tsp of vanilla extract. I think these might be better off called "cream cheese chocolate chip … They are EXTREMELY cakey. They don't spread either so I ended up with many little mountains! Cake like in the middle and crunchy on the outer rims. Cream cheese cookies are one of those things that are infinitely greater than the sum of its parts. Cream Cheese Cookies Old Fashioned Cream Cheese Cookies. These cookies are okay. https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/chocolate-chip-cheese-bars