The Gangs all Here Jalapeno Cream Cheese Crescent Poppers
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So easy. Super good pop-in-your-mouth-I-want-more kind of appetizer. Great with an ice cold beer or margaritas (a must actually).
Sweet, Hot, Creamy, Flaky Yum-a-licious.
And last but not least, pretty darn cute.
05To your bowl with your cream cheese and jalapenos, add your Tablespoon of sugar. To me, this sugar addition is important. I like the sweet, spicy taste. The sugar is not overwhelming, it’s just the perfect accent. I mean really, anyone can add cream cheese and jalapenos to a crescent roll, but not everyone adds sugar. It’s our little secret.
06Take your fork and mash it all up really well. Be sure to incorporate all that sugar in really well.
07This is where I like to do a little taste test. I prefer a bit more spicy poppers, so I added just a bit more jalapenos.
08Set your bowl of cream cheese jalapenos aside for now.
09Open up your tube of crescent rolls and place on your cutting board.
10Separate them into two rectangles. Now pinch together the perforations to create two nice rectangles. Sometimes I like to use my little mini rolling pin afterwards, to make it a nice and smooth rectangle.
11With the back of your spoon, spread half of the cream cheese mixture onto one of the rectangles. Save the other half of the mixture for the other rectangle. (You will have TWO rectangles per tube of crescent rolls.)
12Get to spreading.
13Once you’ve spread your half portion of cream cheese on one of your rectangles, start with the LONG end of the roll, and get to rolling.
14Once it’s all rolled up, you will need to cut your log into 16 pinwheels.
15Don’t be nervous, I’m not very good at math, but I’ve found a really easy way to do this so it all comes out evenly.
16Get a sharp knife. Really sharp if you have one.
17Cut your log right in half. Now you should have two logs. Then cut those two logs in half, and now you should have four logs.
18Get the idea? I’m so smart, I amaze myself sometimes.
19So now you should have four logs.
20Now, cut these dolls in half and now you have eight smaller logs.
21I bet you didn’t think you were gonna get a math lesson did ya?
22Now of course, last but not least, cut these little sweet-ums in half.
23You now have 16 pinwheel poppers.
24Note: This is where you could refrigerate these little guys if you wanted to make them ahead of time. Then just bake them right when the gang is getting antsy.
25Place your 16 poppers, laying face up, on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with Pam. Don’t forget this step cause you sure don’t want to be prying off your stuck-on poppers in front of your guests now do ya?
26Make sure you face them up, with the cream cheese facing upward.
27Pop these into the oven for about 13 minutes until they are golden brown. Keep an eye on them, as each oven varies.
28Once your first batch is in the oven, get to spreading and rollin and cutting and cooking the other rectangle. Man I’m bossy.
29Once they are done, immediately slide them off the cookie sheet, onto a plate, walk that plate into your crowd of hungry guests, and hear the oohhs and ahhs.
30Then watch these poppers, pop, one by one, into the mouths of your ever thankful house guests.
31Thank you my little “company’s-coming-headache-free” appetizers.