Easy Fluffy Cheese Foam

Cheese foam is a popular topping for boba teas, milk tea, and other cold beverages in Asian countries. But if you can’t find cheese foam in your area, you’ll be happy to hear it’s easy to make from home.

In this easy cheese foam recipe, you’ll learn how to make cheese foam from scratch with a few simple ingredients. I’ll be sharing a recipe with whipping cream, one without whipping cream, and also an option to make it vegan. 

If you’ve never tried cheese foam, think of cheesecake but it’s lighter and drinkable. Just like salted caramel or cheese with jam or honey, the sweet and salty combo is a guaranteed flavorgasm.

Why You’ll Love This Easy Fluffy Cheese Foam Recipe

Fluffy cheese foam is a delectable creamy topping that is both sweet and salty. It takes boba tea, milk tea, or any cold beverage to new levels. If you love cream cheese and anything sweet and salty, you’re going to love this recipe.

It’s so easy to follow that anyone can make it. You can get a good arm workout or you can use a hand mixer to make whipping the cream a breeze. 

This simple cheese foam recipe shows precise measurements to deliver the best result. I do recommend using a digital scale to get the amounts just right. Making fluffy cheese foam is an exact science. 

It tastes like cheesecake, but lighter and drinkable! It pairs wonderfully with berry and fruit-flavored teas, as well as milkshakes, smoothies, and sweetened green and black teas with any syrup you like.

What Is Cheese Foam Made Out Of?

There are many ways to make cheese foam and I’ll be sharing some variations below. Cheese foam can be made with condensed milk and evaporated milk, it can be made with fresh cream cheese or cheese powder, and it can even be made vegan. 

But this simple cheese foam recipe calls for:

• 100 g cream cheese
• 50 grams sugar
• 50 ml milk
• 100 ml whipping cream 
• Pinch of salt

There are also a few pieces of equipment you should have at hand: 

• A digital scale
• Whisk or hand mixer
• Milk frother (optional)

How To Make Fluffy Cheese Foam?

Step 1: Make the cheese mixture

In a medium bowl, whisk the cream cheese, sugar, and a pinch of salt until creamy. Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed.

Add half of the milk and whisk until combined. Then add the other half and whisk it thoroughly. Place the cream cheese mixture in the fridge to set.

Step 2: Whisk the whipped cream

In a separate bowl, use a milk frother or clean, dried hand mixer to beat the whipped cream until you reach soft peaks.

Don’t over-whip it since we will later beat it into thicker peaks together with the cream cheese mixture.

Step 3: Combine and whisk to perfection

Once you’ve achieved soft peaks, pour the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture and whisk together until you reach a thick consistency. 

This takes quite a bit of wrist power so I recommend using an electric hand mixer to speed up the job and provide your wrist with some relief.

Use cheese foam on top of iced boba tea, milk tea, jasmine tea, coffee, or any cold drink of your choice. Check out the Serving Suggestions section for more ideas. Enjoy!

How Do You Drink Cheese Foam Tea?

Traditionally, you drink boba tea through a large straw to slurp up all the boba. But cheese tea is better enjoyed straight from the cup so that you can get a bit of cheese foam along with every sip. 

You can also use a straw and simply slide it higher up to get a good slurp of cheese foam. This way you’ll avoid that cheese mustache that often accompanies the enjoyment of cheese tea. 

Serving Suggestions

You may be wondering, what is cheese foam best with? I love how it tastes on top of jasmine tea with a generous amount of mango or strawberry nectar, some tapioca boba, and egg custard pieces. But that’s just one combo from a bubble tea place I fell in love with.

Generally, I recommend serving cheese foam on top of cold beverages, rather than hot ones. This will prevent the cheese foam from melting and if you add ice, it’ll also keep it floating at the top.

A classic combination is brown sugar milk tea with tapioca boba and cheese foam on top. You can even make tapioca boba at home or order some from Amazon.

Any loose-leaf tea will be elevated with cheese foam on top. Just make sure you use the right temperature water and steep the tea to your liking. Each type of tea requires a different temperature and steeping time to get the perfect flavor bouquet. 

Cheese foam is also amazing on top of smoothies. I find it’s especially delicious with light berry smoothies like our Healthy Berry Blast Smoothie or a chocolatey one like this Potato Milk Smoothie.

For an absolutely decadent experience, try adding it to our Homemade Taro Iced Tea, this Easy Ube Shake, or any milkshake of your preference. But don’t be surprised if all the boys come to your yard.

It’s also delicious with iced coffee, especially with a drizzle of salted caramel syrup on top. This Sweet & Creamy Thai Iced Coffee is the perfect match. You might not want to have your coffee any other way after trying this combo.

Some other fun ideas are to use cheese foam as a topping for Succulent Papaya Juice, or a Durian Milkshake. You can even use it as a dipping sauce for sweets like these Korean Twisted Donuts. The options are endless. 

How To Make Cheese Foam Without Whipping Cream

If you don’t like the flavor of whipped cream, you can make cheese foam using evaporated milk or condensed milk instead. Don’t add sugar if you’re using condensed milk since it’s already sweetened.

The cheese foam may not turn out as fluffy, but you’ll still get a creamy luscious result. You can also use sour cream instead of cream cheese, but the flavor won’t be the same.

Street food vendors in Asia usually use powdered cheese instead of fresh cream cheese to make the foam since it’s cheaper. You can find cheese foam powder or cheese tea powder online. 

How To Make Vegan Cheese Foam

Although most of the ingredients in fluffy cheese foam are made from dairy, you can easily tweak it to fit your dietary needs. 

For the cream cheese, use silken tofu instead. Or make vegan cream cheese at home using cashew nuts. It’s pretty simple.

For the whipping cream, you can use a non-dairy creamer or coconut milk. Just make sure to use the fatty part at the top of the can and save the coconut water for smoothies.

As for the milk, you can use any plant-based milk instead. Unsweetened varieties are best since they won’t alter the flavor of the foam too much. And voila, you have vegan cheese foam ready to go!

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