Whipped Cottage Cheese Is The New Wave, Even For Curd Haters

If you've been paying attention to cheese trends on social media, you've probably noticed that it's hip to whip. It started with feta, ricotta, and goat cheese, and recently some rule breakers even veered a little controversially into brie. But now there's a new spread on the scene: cottage cheese.

Softer than brie and mellower in flavor than feta, the often-overlooked cottage cheese has always been right there in the dairy aisle waiting to be whipped. It just took a curious TikTok'er or two to give it a whirl in a food processor, and suddenly there was spread. These days TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube are all about whipped cottage cheese, because not only is it super easy to make, but even people who normally hate the soft curds begrudgingly admit that it's pretty tasty. It's great on toast, it pumps up the protein in smoothies, and it can even make a healthy ice cream treat. All you need to do to get in on the trend is to try whipping a few spoonfuls into the blender to see how you feel about the results. Since cottage cheese is fairly inexpensive, especially compared to some of the other cheeses getting whipped these days, it's a low-stakes experiment that really pays off.

Cottage cheese isn't the sexiest product in the grocery store, so it might seem like an unlikely social media star. Kids of the '80s and '90s probably only remember cottage cheese as something congealed at the end of a salad bar. But you only need to take a quick glance around to notice that nostalgia is everywhere in popular culture at the moment, from television and movie reboots to interpolation in pop songs (that is, using a melody or a hook from an old song to make a new one) to the return of "mom jeans." What's old is new again, but there's a catch — it's got to be a little bit remixed and rebooted ... or in this case, whipped.

Basic whipped cottage cheese doesn't require a recipe — you just have to put it in a food processor or blender and let it rip. For the cottage cheese haters, this is key because often the aversion to the curds is the texture. In fact, a lot of cottage cheese haters tend to be okay with ricotta because it has no curds. Ricotta's flavor is a little sweet, however, while cottage cheese tends to be a little saltier. If you like fresh mozzarella and burrata, you're probably going to love whipped cottage cheese. By whipping it, you break down all those little curds and leave behind something that's sort of like the texture of pudding.

Plain whipped cottage cheese is amazing on a cheese board, served with a platter of crudités, or spread on a cracker or slice of toast with some toppings. However, once you start whipping you're not going to want to stop because the flavor is a bit of a blank slate, and you can add all kinds of extras.

If you're looking for something sweet but low carb, whip your cheese in the blender with some cocoa or cacao powder and some low calorie sweetener, and it will come out like a chocolate pudding. You could also make it fruity by blending in some fresh fruit just like you would do with a smoothie. 

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If you want to go savory, blend in a little regular honey and mustard for a honey mustard dip for pretzels that can also double as a sandwich spread. You could also blend in some chili powder, cumin, and cayenne for a taco-flavored dip for corn chips, or use some Italian seasoning for a low-fat bagel schmear. Really any flavor that goes with dairy is probably going to taste good with whipped cottage cheese — all you have to do is give it a try!