This is such an easy 3-ingredient snack, back to school lunch, or game-day appetizer! It’s a slab of cream cheese and some pepperoni rolled up in a crescent and baked. I made this for my kids for lunch but they only got one each because I ate the rest.
“Camping is the best! I sure love being outside and having no soap and sleeping on the ground in bear country!”
-said no 7-months-pregnant woman ever.
We just got back from a 3 day camping trip in Sequoia National Park. It really was super fun, despite my grumblings about carrying around the chuck roast all day. (I read in my pregnancy book last month that my baby is about the size and weight of a 2-pound chuck roast, which is a firm departure from the adorable comparisons to fruit. (“You’re baby is the size of a plum this week!”) Now chuck roast is all I can think of when I feel huge and heavy, except mine’s got to be 3 pounds by now at least.)
Toward the end of our weekend I noticed this sign posted at the campground:
“Number of bear incidents in camp in the last 7 days: 5.” Nothing inspires confidence quite like knowing you’re safe 2 nights a week. So comforting.
The best part about camping is camping with friends. Less work, more fun. We went with our good friends Sarah and Brian. I used to be roommates with Sarah, and Eric used to be roommates with Brian. (Awww)
We decided to split meals among us, and last week I got this text from Sarah:
“Here’s what I’m thinking: German apple pancake and bacon; lunch, pepperoni rolls + marinara sauce, fresh fruit; dinner 1, enchiladas and fresh guac; dinner 2, spinach artichoke lasagna and herbed skillet bread. Let me know if you approve and if that interferes with any of your cooking plans!”
Uuuh yeah we’re making HOT DOGS for our dinner. In a campfire. Because I’m a Food Charlatan and don’t do cooking in the wilderness, period. So I don’t think there will be any interference going on.
I lied earlier, you know; the best part about camping is camping with friends who are obsessed with Dutch oven cooking. Talk about fancy. Do you guys like Dutch oven cooking?
When Eric heard what they were making he actually got excited and decided to try some Dutch oven meals himself.
A few weeks ago my sister Laura told me that she was busy in her kitchen prepping school lunches for her kids. Intrigued, I asked her what she made for them in advance and she sent me a huge list. I’ll be doing a long post this Thursday with everything she suggested, but after trying these Pepperoni Cream Cheese Crescents I knew I needed to give it it’s own post. They are just WAY too good.
And suuuper easy. Just slap some cream cheese on a crescent triangle, top with pepperoni and you’re done. You would think that the cream cheese would melt all over the place if you didn’t seal the dough, but it doesn’t, so you don’t even have to worry about wrapping carefully. These are good on their own, but to up the pizza factor even more I made this Easy No Cook Pizza Sauce to dip it in. Heaven! You can make these ahead and freeze them for school lunches (they thaw by lunchtime) or throw them together for a game day appetizer. Everybody loves pizza flavors!
Pepperoni Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls
Ingredients
- 1 8-oz cab crescent rolls
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 32 slices pepperoni
- melted butter, for brushing (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat.
- Pop open the can of crescent rolls and separate them out on a lightly floured surface.
- Use a knife to slice off a strip of cream cheese from the short end of the block. How thick your slices are is totally up to you. Mine were less than 1/4 inch.
- Lay the cream cheese slice down on the fat end of the crescent roll.
- Top with about 4 pepperoni slices, and gently press them into the cream cheese.
- Roll up the crescents, starting at the fat end. It doesn't need to be perfect; if there is some cheese or pepperoni peeking out, that's okay.
- Arrange on the baking sheet. Bake at 375 for about 11-12 minutes, or until light golden brown.
- I like to dip these in some Easy No-Cook Pizza Sauce!
Nutrition
You will love these of easy crescent roll recipe ideas!
Bacon and Pepper Jack Stuffed Crescent Rolls:
Nutella and Banana Stuffed Crescent Rolls: << this is a reader favorite!!
Reuben-Stuffed Crescent Rolls << all the joy of a reuben sandwich, but way easier.
More crescent roll recipes from friends!
Chili Cheese Crescent Dogs from Diary of a Recipe Collector
Caprese Crescent Rolls from Lemon Tree Dwelling
Chicken Taco Crescent Ring from Five Heart Home
LOL! We thought it would be SO FUN to take a 3-week babymoon camping trip when I was 5 months pregnant. Not fun: getting up and trekking to the outhouse a thousand times a night. These look so tasty!! I would probably polish off the whole batch myself ;)
“babymoon camping trip” there are just so many things wrong with this idea. Trekking to the outhouse in the middle of the night is NUMBER ONE. hahaha! we are crazy. oh the things we do for our children. :)
These sound so good! I’m gonna keep refreshing your page until you post that school lunch list, because it’s only the first week of school and I’m already over packing lunches every day. :) I can’t wait to surprise my son with these one day!
It’s up Elizabeth did you see it? Hopefully it gives you some inspiration!
My kids would love these babies! You are a saint for going camping 7 months pregnant. Wow, best mom ever!
Ha! I don’t know about best mom ever, but I definitely kept muttering “just think of all the memories Karen” over and over again the whole weekend. THEY BETTER REMEMBER THIS. :) :)
haha oh gosh yeah I don’t think I’d do too well with a sign about the 5 out of 7 days for the incidents!! Bears freak me out! But these rolls! What a perfect appetizer!
Thanks Ashley! Yeah I swear they just put that up to scare everyone into not leaving food in their tents or whatever other crazy stuff people do. At least that’s what I tell myself so I can get to sleep… :)