How much cream cheese would you add? Interesting...

Oh we use cheese in our potatoes it is soooo good!

If you want some awsome mashed garlic potatoes roast your garlic in the oven in tinfoil still in the skins, drizzle the garlic with olive oil and bake for about 1 hour. Boil your potatoes, drain, mash with butter and cream, and squeeze the roasted garlic into the mash, it is just marvelous

Bacon bits - now that is something I am going to try in mine. We love mashed potatoes around here.

I've never heard of using Miracle Whip. That's different.

Here's a tip on keeping your mashed potatoes from being watery. Make sure they are sufficiently cooled prior to puting them back into your pot for mashing. Let them "steam off" first.