Easy Cheesy Jelly Bites

Easy Cheesy Jelly Bites

These crescent roll appetizers feed a crowd in no time, and with very little effort!

Easy Cheesy Jelly Bites are super fast and easy to put together – and they don’t even have to be spicy if you don’t want. We used Hot Pepper Jelly (which is only moderately spicy at best!) but any berry jelly or jam would work as well here.

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Crescent Rolls are the epitome of versatile too. I decree that every refrigerator should contain a tube! Of course, we had to buy this one, but you get the idea. I don’t even buy the expensive ones – our store brand is fine at half the price, thank you very much. If you aren’t feeding a crowd, roll the extras up to serve with dinner like we did.

Ingredients for Jelly Bites: cream cheese, crescent rolls, red pepper jam, sour cream

I didn’t include the honey – I didn’t think I’d need it until I tasted the dipping sauce.

Preheat the oven, and prep a cooking sheet.

Separate the crescent rolls, and cut each roll in thirds, trying to keep them in triangle shapes. Hopefully you’ll have better luck than I did.

Crescent rolls cut in thirds, with cream cheese on wide end, with a dollop of red pepper jelly
Yep. Totally even-steven.

Add about a teaspoon of cream cheese and a little dollop of jelly, then roll them up.

Cheesy Jelly Bites rolled up on baking sheet ready to cook

Spray them with a little more cooking spray, and pop them in the oven. Cook until they are puffy and golden brown, about 8 to 10 minutes.

The dipping sauce makes the Cheesy Jelly Bites.

Sour cream and hot pepper jelly in a serving bowl before mixing

Taste for flavoring – our jelly wasn’t all that “liquidy”, so it needed a squeeze of honey and a dash of salt. Mix it up well.

Serve the cooked Cheesy Jelly Bites with the dipping sauce. Have fun with serving. This Black and White Serving Platter (affiliate link) looks super cool with the bites!

Cooked Cheesy Jelly Botes on black and white checker board pattern platter
Top view of Easy Cheesy Jelly Bites on black and white platter

Cheesy Jelly Bites

Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cheesy Jelly Bites
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 24 pieces
Easy Cheesy Jelly Bites are a FIVE ingredient appetizer recipe that is perfect party food. With cream cheese and crescent rolls as the base, the slight bite from the jelly is a fun surprise!
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Ingredients

  • Cooking Spray
  • 1 package Crescent Rolls
  • 1/2 brick Cream Cheese (at room temperature)
  • 1/2 cup Red Pepper Jelly
  • 1/2 cup Sour Cream
  • Honey as necessary
  • Kosher Salt

Instructions

  • Preheat Oven to 450 degrees F. Spray baking sheet well with cooking spray.
  • Open crescent rolls and separate. Cut each triangle into thirds. (Try to make them even.)
  • Smear about 1 teaspoon of cream cheese on wide end of dough. Add 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of pepper jelly. Beginning at wide end, roll each bite towards pointed end.
  • Place bites on baking sheet. Spray top of each with a little more cooking spray to facilitate browning.
  • Cook until puffy and golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, prepare dipping sauce. Combine Sour cream and a few tablespoons of the pepper jelly in a small bowl. Stir well to combine, and taste for seasoning. Add kosher salt and honey to even out flavor if necessary.
  • Serve!

Hot and fast. It really is that easy.




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