BeerBorg

I'm a little embarrassed. I have roughly 10 batches under my belt and I finally made my first big mistake last night. I was brewing an extract kit from northern brewer. (cream ale) I finished the 1 hour boil and placed my pot into an ice bath. Then I looked down on the counter and saw my package of hops still sitting there unopened.

Unsure of what to do I immediately put the pot back on the stove and added some water. I brought it back up to a boil, added the hops and boiled it all for another hour. Everything looks and smells fine. It's only been in the fermenter for 8 hours so I'm not sure what to expect. Did I do the right thing?

I'd say you did the right thing. It may turn out a little darker due to the extended boil, but if you hadn't boiled the hops, it would have been way too sweet.

It will be fine.
Another option would have been to make a small very hoppy wort, or a strong hop tea and add it to the fermenter.

I agree with bp and John. It will be darker and fine.

What hops were they? With a Cream Ale you probably could have just boiled for 20 minutes and been fine.

Whoops!

It will be fine, gotta do what you gotta do.