When you set out to create a vegan version of cream cheese, you better be sure that you’re getting the “cream” part right. Luckily, with Trader Joe’s Vegan Cream Cheese Alternative, that’s exactly what we’ve done. Made from an ingeniously balanced base of coconut oil mixed with potato starch and chickpea protein, this Vegan Cream Cheese has all the smooth spreadability and silky mouth feel of a standard, dairy-based cream cheese, but non of the dairy — or any other animal-based products, for that matter. Since this Cream Cheese Alternative so perfectly sticks the landing, creaminess-wise, it opens up all kinds of avenues for use: from the simple pleasure of a breakfast bagel, lovingly smeared with Vegan Cream Cheese and topped with sliced red onion and capers, to vegan stuffed manicotti or jalapeño poppers, the sky’s the limit. And that’s before we get to its boundless baking opportunities: the creamy center of a vegan danish, the swirl in a pan of vegan brownies, or the frosting of a vegan red velvet or carrot cake aren’t just possible, they’re now all as simple as grabbing a tub of Trader Joe’s Vegan Cream Cheese Alternative from your neighborhood Trader Joe’s cheese section.