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Crescent Carrot Appetizers

Crescent Carrot Appetizers
  • Prep 30 min
  • Total 60 min
  • Servings 8
Festively decorated crescent rolls shaped like carrots and stuffed with a simple two-ingredient filling make a fun Easter treat!
By Hungry Happenings
Updated March 21, 2017
Make With
Make With
Pillsbury Crescents

Ingredients

  • 1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury™ Place 'n Bake™ refrigerated crescent rounds
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon water
  • Orange liquid food coloring (or yellow and red coloring mixed together)

Carrot Greens:

  • 5 oz green confectionery coating (candy melts)

Cream Filling:

  • 4 oz Betty Crocker™ Whipped Frosting Fluffy White (1/3 of a tub)
  • 4 oz frozen whipped topping, thawed (1/2 of a tub)

Steps

  • 1
    Crescent Carrots: Unroll the 8 crescent rounds. Then roll each strip into an 18-inch long log.
  • 2
    Whisk together the egg and water. Brush the egg wash over one dough log.
  • 3
    Wrap the dough log around a metal cream horn form. Repeat, wrapping a total of 8 forms.
  • 4
    Brush orange liquid food coloring all over dough.
  • 5
    Set carrots on a non-stick aluminum foil or parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
  • 6
    Preheat oven to 400°F. Bake the crescent roll carrots for 8 minutes, then remove from oven and carefully remove the cream horn form using metal tongs.
  • 7
    Return the carrots to the oven for 3-4 minutes until baked though. Allow the crescent roll carrots to cool completely.
  • 8
    Carrot Greens: Pour the green confectionery coating wafers into a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 30-second increments, stirring after each, until melted.
  • 9
    Pour the melted candy coating into a small squeeze bottle or a zip top bag. Pipe carrot greens onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
  • 10
    Freeze for 5 minutes, until the candy coating is set. Make 2 or 3 stems of greens per cream horn carrot.
  • 11
    Cream filling: Whip together the frosting and whipped topping. Spoon into a pastry bag and refrigerate until needed.
  • 12
    To assemble the crescent carrots: Just before serving, pipe cream filling into the crescent carrots, insert a few candy greens into the filling of each carrot, and serve.

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
320
Calories from Fat
170
Total Fat
19g
28%
Saturated Fat
12g
59%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
25mg
8%
Sodium
270mg
11%
Potassium
15mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
37g
12%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
12g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

  • These Easter carrots are fun to make and eat! Easter is such a fun holiday to get creative with your food – you can transform savory and sweet treats into bunnies, chicks, lambs, flowers, eggs, and even carrots. Years ago I created a bunch of Crescent Roll Carrots which I filled with egg salad and ham salad to serve for an Easter brunch. I shared the recipe on my blog, and it continues to be one of my most popular ideas! I thought it would be fun this Easter to make some more crescent roll carrots and fill them with something sweet instead. Since the carrots are shaped on cream horn forms, it was logical to actually turn the carrots into cream horns. The cream filling I created is super easy; it's simply a combination of Betty Crocker™ Whipped White Frosting and whipped topping. The filling on its own is quite sweet, but when stuffed inside a crescent roll carrot, it's just sweet enough to make a nice dessert or breakfast treat for Easter. You'll need a set of 8 metal cream horn forms. They're inexpensive and can be found at kitchenware stores. In a pinch, you can wrap sugar cones (ice cream cones) with non-stick tin foil. I like the metal forms better because the heat is more evenly distributed, but either will work. You'll also need orange liquid food coloring or a combination of yellow and red. You can use the grocery store variety or all-natural food coloring. These carrots are really fun to make and will make your Easter table festive and sweet.
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