Description
Bite-sized desserts capturing classic King Cake flavors in an easy-to-serve format, perfect for celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 (8oz) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 (8-oz) cans refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
- 1 cup powdered sugar (for glaze)
- 2 Tbsp milk
- yellow, green, purple sugar (for topping)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Beat cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, and lemon juice with a mixer until well blended.
- Separate dough into 8 rectangles; seal the seams.
- Sprinkle each rectangle with approximately ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon.
- Spread cream cheese mixture down the middle of each rectangle.
- Fold each rectangle lengthwise into thirds to enclose the filling (bring long edges up to cover cream cheese).
- Cut each folded rectangle into 4 squares.
- Place the squares, seam-sides down, on a baking sheet.
- Bake 13 to 15 min. or until golden brown.
- Cool the bites slightly.
- Mix the remaining 1 cup powdered sugar and milk together for the glaze.
- Spread the glaze on top of the King Cake Bites and sprinkle with colored sugars.
Notes
- These treats are simple to serve at parties compared to a full King Cake.
- Use the colored sugars to represent the traditional Mardi Gras colors: purple for justice, green for faith, and gold for power.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bite
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 15
- Sodium: 100
- Fat: 8
- Saturated Fat: 5
- Unsaturated Fat: 3
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 18
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 25
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