King Cake Bites
These easy King Cake Bites are made with crescent roll dough, filled with rich cream cheese, and kissed with cinnamon. Topped with a sweet glaze and festive purple, green, and gold sprinkles, they’re the perfect bite-sized Mardi Gras treat!
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In Louisiana we have very distinct seasons and they usually revolve around foo. We have crawfish season , Gumbo weather , and of course King Cake Season. Traditionally most bakeries won’t start selling King Cakes until after The Epiphany(12th Night ) , but now days they will start making them the week after Christmas . If you don’t live where King Cakes are easily accessible, No problem these King Cake Bites are the next best thing . If you like this recipe check out my Easy Beignets that are made with crescent rolls as well .
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What you will need to make King Cake Bites :
- Crescent Rolls- The sheets work great for this but if they are not available you will need to crimp the seams
- Cream Cheese- Room temperature works best for this recipe
- Powdered Sugar
- Cinnamon- I love Saigon Cinnamon for this recipe
- Lemon juice – Fresh or bottled lemon juice will work for this recipe
- Pure Vanilla extract
- Sanding sugar -Purple , green and gold click here to see on amazon
- Parchment paper
- baking sheet
- kitchen knife or Pizza Cutter
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Let’s make King Cake Bites !
- 1-Start by creaming together the cream cheese , powdered sugar , lemon juice and vanilla with a hand mixer . Mix until smooth and creamy and set aside .
- 2-Take one can of crescent dough and divide it in 4 rectangles. You will have a total of 8 rectangles with both cans of dough. If the sheets are not available to your then make sure you press the perforations together
- 3-Sprinkle about 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon per rectangle and gently spread it around with the back of a spoon.
- 4-Spread a small amount of the cream cheese mixture down the center of each rectangle
- 5-Take the edge closet to you lengthwise and bring the edge to the center
- 6– Then take the edge lengthwise furthest away from you and bring it to the center and pinch the seam together
- 7-Cut each rectangle into 4 pieces
- 8-Pinch the ends together to prevent the filling from leaking out during the baking process
- 9 -Bake in a 350 degree oven for 13-15 minutes or until golden brown
- 10 -Once the bites have baked and are completely cool mix together the frosting
- 11-Dip each bite into the glaze and drip excess off
- 12– Immediately sprinkle the colored sanding sugar on each bite after dipping
The frosting usually dries pretty quickly , once dried store them in an airtight container .
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King Cake Bites
Ingredients
- 2 8 oz Crescent Rolls The original or the sheet
- 1 8 oz cream cheese room temp
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
Icing
- 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 3-4 Teaspoons milk
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- Sanding sugar Purple , green and Gold
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Mix the 8oz Cream cheese with a 1/2 cup of powdered sugar , lemon juice and vanilla . Mix until smooth and creamy . Set aside1 8 oz cream cheese, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Unroll crescent rolls . Divide the dough into 4 rectangles. If you are not using the sheets press the perforations together . You will have 8 total with both cans2 8 oz Crescent Rolls
- Sprinkle each rectangle with about 1/4 a teaspoon of cinnamon and spread it around with the back of a spoon2 teaspoons cinnamon
- Spread cream cheese filling evening down the center of each
- Folding lengthwise take the edge closet you and bring it to the center
- Then the edge furthest from you and bring it to the center . Pinch the seam together
- Cut each rectangle into 4 pieces
- Pinch the cut ends to prevent the filling from escaping during the baking process. and place on a parchment lined baking sheet
- Bake 13-15 minutes or until golden brown
- Remove and allow to cool compeltely on a cooling rack
- While in a small bowl combine 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar , 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla and 3 Tablespoons of milk. Stir and add milk until the consistency is thick but thin enough to drizzle .1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, 3-4 Teaspoons milk
- Once the bites are cool dip each one in the glaze
- Immediately sprinkle the purple green and gold sand sugar on top .Sanding sugar
Notes
Nutrition
If you don’t like cream cheese filling that’s ok. I recommend spreading a little butter on each rectangle and then topping it with a cinnamon sugar mixture .
The fillings are endless . You can add a pie filling like apple pie or lemon pie filling . You can even add a jam along with the cream cheese . Just be careful not to over fill it .
You can make extra frosting and you food coloring to make it purple , green and gold. Then drizzle it on the king cake bites
Yes just make half of the amount of filling and icing , then one can of crescent dough
