Pull-Apart Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Crescent Christmas Tree
Updated Aug 22, 2024
It’s not Christmas without a tree or sweet treats, so here’s a recipe that has both. This crescent roll Christmas tree looks stunning, but it’s actually super easy to make. Simply roll sweetened cream cheese and chocolate chips inside pieces of Pillsbury™ crescent dough, and then shape the whole thing into a pull apart Christmas tree to bake. Sprinkle with a little powdered sugar for the finishing touch, and watch this Christmas tree dessert disappear as guests come back for "one more piece" again and again.
More About This Recipe
- Craving a savory version of this tasty tree? Try our Pull-Apart Crescent Christmas Tree, filled with soft garlic and herb cheese, for a delicious and easy appetizer.
Pull-Apart Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Crescent Christmas Tree
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 40 min
- Ingredients 4
- Servings 32
Ingredients
- 2 cans (8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original Crescent Rolls (8 Count)
- 6 oz (from 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Line large cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper. Separate dough into 16 triangles. Use pizza cutter or sharp knife to cut each triangle in half lengthwise to get 32 triangles.
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Step2In medium bowl, mix cream cheese and powdered sugar with spoon until well blended. Spoon a generous teaspoon of the cheese mixture on shortest side of each triangle; add a rounded 1/2 teaspoon chocolate chips.
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Step3Roll up each crescent, starting at shortest side of triangle and rolling to opposite point. Using photo as a guide, place crescents next to each other in tree-shaped pattern on cookie sheet, starting with top and working way to bottom trunk.
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Step4Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until deep golden brown. Sprinkle with additional powdered sugar, if desired.
Nutrition
90
Calories
5g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
10g
Total Carbohydrate
5g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 90
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 13%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 5mg
- 2%
- Sodium
- 120mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 15mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 10g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 5g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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