Can You Eat Moldy Cream Cheese? You’re about to spread cream cheese on a bagel when you spot green fuzz. Tempted to scrape it off? Don’t. Why Soft Cheese Is Risky Unlike hard cheeses, soft cheeses such as cream cheese, ricotta, and sour cream are moist and porous. Mold doesn’t stay on the surface—it spreads invisibly beneath. Scraping the top...