Spinach Dip Crescent Bites

The deliciousness of everybody's favorite dip is baked between flaky layers of crescent rolls to create easy to serve, easy to eat Spinach Dip Crescent Bites. They're just perfect for game day or any party menu!
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One of the most popular recipes here on The Kitchen is My Playground is our 3-Ingredient Crescent Sausage Bites.  A simple combination of sausage and cream cheese baked between layers of crescent rolls, they just seem to be adored by all who try them. They're certainly a staple of my entertaining menu, and often grace our table as a quick dinner, too.

Given they're so loved, I decided it would be fun to create other versions of these tasty little bites, too. My first new flavor, turkey crescent bites, leveraged Thanksgiving turkey leftovers to create a tasty little filling. Then bacon crescent bites and crab crescent bites became crowd-pleasing favorite versions, as well.

And then? -- Then I decided to see what I could do with everyone's party-favorite spinach dip to create a spinach dip-stuffed version. Spinach Dip Crescent Bites pack all the yummy makings of everybody's favorite dip baked up between flaky layers of crescent rolls. And they're oh-sooooo good.

Well, let me take a step back. -- Spinach Dip Crescent Bites don't pack all the makings of everyone's favorite spinach dip, actually. There is one thing missing -- The usual spinach dip prepared vegetable soup mix.

The deliciousness of everybody's favorite dip is baked between flaky layers of crescent rolls to create easy to serve, easy to eat Spinach Dip Crescent Bites.

When the idea for these little bites came to me, I figured it would be super easy to just whip up the usual spinach dip -- made with the usual dry vegetable soup mix as the seasoning base -- spread it between crescent roll layers, and bake it up. And there'd you have it ~ delicious Spinach Dip Crescent Bites!

Well, ... not so much.

For some reason, the combination of the crescent roll crust and the usual soup mix-based spinach dip just didn't taste quite right. And believe me, I tried it several times with different little tweaks here and there. Much to my surprise, it just plain didn't work.

So I abandoned my original approach and turned to making a from-scratch version of spinach dip for the crescent bites' filling instead of using the usual soup mix base. Score!! ... It worked! And turned out quite delicious, indeed, I must say.

Spinach Dip Crescent Bite Ingredients:

Lots of chopped green onion, red bell pepper, a little garlic, paprika, and Parmesan give fabulous flavor to the scratch-made spinach dip filling in these tasty bites. And the crescent roll crust makes these an easy little bite to whip up and to eat. -- Without even having to worry about dipping!

To whip up a batch of Spinach Dip Crescent Bites, you'll need:

• Crescent Rolls - Serve as the top and bottom crust, as well as provide the "crescent" namesake. for the bites. You can use either 2 tubes of regular perforated crescent rolls, or the unperforated crescent dough sheets.

• Cream cheese - Creates the creamy base of the scratch-made spinach dip filling. Either regular full-fat cream cheese or lower-fat Neufchatel work, though we prefer to use regular cream cheese for the creamier texture it creates.

• Mayonnaise - Combines with the cream cheese to bring additional creaminess to the filling.

• Frozen chopped spinach - The spinach element of the spinach dip filling. Be sure the spinach is thawed & well drained before mixing it into the dip to prevent the filling from becoming watery.

• Red bell pepper - Brings a nice pop of color, as well as a nice pop of flavor, to the spinach dip filling.

• Green onion - About 1 bunch of green onions (both the white & green parts) creates a tasty flavor base in the filling.

• Fresh garlic - Minced fresh garlic also adds to the filling's tasty flavor base.

• Seasonings - Salt, black pepper, paprika, and crushed red pepper beautifully season the spinach dip filling and bring just a small bit of background heat.

• Fresh lemon juice - Brighten and enhance the filling's flavors. Fresh lemon juice is preferred, but bottled can be used if you don't have a fresh lemon on hand.

• Shredded Parmesan cheese - You can't go wrong with adding a little Parmesan to spinach dip! Shredded Parmesan adds a subtle nutty flavor to the dip.

• Water chestnuts - Chopped water chestnuts lend a nice textural crunch to the finished baked bites. Typically you can find canned water chestnuts in the "international foods" section of the grocery store, often with the Asian products.

How to Make Spinach Dip Crescent Bites:

The first step in making Spinach Dip Crescent Bites is to prepare the scratch-made spinach dip filling. To get the filling started, melt some butter in a pan over medium heat and saute some chopped green onion, red bell pepper, and fresh garlic until they're softened, about 3 to 4 minutes. This creates the aromatic flavor base for the homemade spinach dip.

Add some thawed and well-drained frozen spinach and a block of cream cheese to the pan. Stir this mixture until the cream cheese is melted and everything is well combined. Then stir in some salt, pepper, paprika, crushed red pepper, mayonnaise, lemon juice, chopped water chestnuts, and shredded Parmesan cheese to finish the dip.

Next, unroll one package of crescent rolls and place them in one piece on a baking sheet. With your fingers, gently press the seams together to seal them. Then spread the spinach dip filling evenly over the crescent roll dough, leaving about a 1/2-inch border along the edges. Unroll a second package of crescent rolls and place them in one piece on top of the spinach mixture. Press the edges together to seal and gently press the seams together.

Pop the pan in the oven and bake the bites for about 15 to 20 minutes until crescent roll dough is golden brown.

Once baked, give the sheet of Spinach Dip Crescent Bites a little roll-through with a pizza cutter to create easy-to-serve, easy-to-eat finger food bites. Then you're ready to enjoy the spinach dip-stuffed crescent bite deliciousness!

So if you're working on your game day spread, or working on any party menu for that matter, go ahead and jot these easy and scrumptious little Spinach Dip Crescent Bites down.

They'll make a delicious addition to your party menu, for sure!

Check out these other super tasty crescent roll bites:

• 3-Ingredient Crescent Sausage Bites
• Crescent Roll Tomato-Basil Squares
• Crab Crescent Bites
• Bacon Crescent Bites
• Turkey Crescent Bites
• Spinach and Artichoke Dip Party Squares
• Pigs In a Blanket with The Works
• Glazed Pigs In a Blanket
• Buffalo Pigs In a Blanket
• Crescent Cinnamon Roll Bites
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Yield: About 20 bites

Author: Tracey | The Kitchen is My Playground

Spinach Dip Crescent Bites

The deliciousness of everybody's favorite dip is baked between flaky layers of crescent rolls to create easy to serve, easy to eat Spinach Dip Crescent Bites. They're just perfect for game day or any party menu!

prep time: 15 Mcook time: 20 Mtotal time: 35 M

ingredients:

• 2 T. butter
• 1 c. chopped green onion (about 1 bunch, white & green parts)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 c. chopped red bell pepper (about 1 large pepper)
• 10 oz. frozen chopped spinach, thawed & well drained
• 8 oz. cream cheese
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. black pepper
• 1/2 tsp. paprika
• 1/8 tsp. crushed red pepper
• 1/3 c. mayonnaise
• 1 T. fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 c. chopped water chestnuts
• 1/2 c. shredded Parmesan cheese
• 2 packages Crescent Rolls

instructions:

How to cook Spinach Dip Crescent Bites

1. Melt butter in a saute pan over medium heat. Add green onion, bell pepper, and garlic; saute until limp, about 3 to 4 minutes.
2. Add spinach and cream cheese. Stir mixture and blend in cream cheese until the cream cheese is melted. Stir in salt, pepper, paprika, crushed red pepper, mayonnaise, lemon juice, water chestnuts, and Parmesan. Remove from heat.
3. Unroll one package of crescent rolls and place on a baking sheet. With your fingers, gently press the seams together to seal them. Spread the spinach mixture evenly over the crescent roll dough, leaving about a 1/2-inch border along the edges.
4. Unroll the remaining package of crescent rolls and place on top of the spinach mixture. Press the edges together to seal. Gently press the seams together.
5. Bake at 375℉ for about 15 to 20 minutes, or until crescent roll dough is golden brown.
6. Cut into small squares and serve. (A pizza cutter makes really quick and easy work of the cutting!)

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