Crab Crescent Bites

October 16, 2019
Crab Crescent Bites are loaded with a creamy and delicious imitation crab meat and cream cheese filling.  They're super easy to make and just perfect for enjoying as a party pick-up or game day snack.  Seriously, if you can chop, stir, and turn on an oven, you can whip up a batch of these crowd-pleasing tasty little bites!
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When it comes to party and game day food, one of our favorite things to do is whip up some form of creamy, cheesy filling and bake it up between two layers of crescent roll dough.  I mean, it's hard for something not to be tasty when it's made with buttery, flaky crescent rolls!  Right?

It all started with our always-popular 3-Ingredient Crescent Sausage Bites.  They were the first version of crescent bites we shared here at The Kitchen is My Playground, and are one of the top most popular recipes we have on the site.  And whenever we bring them anywhere (or make them for ourselves at home), they're gobbled up in no time flat, I tell you.

Since that first sausage crescent bites post, we've experimented with and shared some other variations on the crescent bite theme -- with our favorites being Spinach Dip Crescent Bites and creamy Bacon Crescent Bites.

These creamy little beauties are just perfect for enjoying as a party pick-up or game day snack.  Or hey, cut the squares a little bigger for a quick and easy dinner or brunch.

Now today we've got a new flavor to share with you!  Our newest addition to the crescent bites line-up are these creamy and delicious Crab Crescent Bites.  And we love them just as much as their tasty predecessors.

With their creamy filling that's a mixture of imitation crab meat and cream cheese, these Crab Crescent Bites are reminiscent of those super-tasty fried crab rangoon bites you get at Chinese restaurants.  Oh, how I love me some crab rangoon!

The filling flavor of these bites is similar to crab rangoon, it's just more crab-filled and baked up in crescent rolls instead of fried inside won ton wrappers.

And these creamy little beauties are just perfect for enjoying as a party pick-up or game day snack.  Or hey, cut the squares a little bigger and pair them with a some fresh fruit for a quick and easy dinner or brunch.

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Now just like the crescent bites we've shared before them, these Crab Crescent Bites are truly super easy to make.  If you can chop, stir, and turn on an oven, you can make a batch of these crowd-pleasing tasty little bites.

Start by finely chopping about 3 or 4 cups of imitation crab meat.

Imitation crab can be found in the refrigerated fish/shellfish section of the grocery store, and typically comes in a sealed plastic pouch-type package.  You'll need about 14 to 16 ounces for this recipe.

If you can chop, stir, and turn on an oven, you can make a batch of these crowd-pleasing tasty little bites.

When chopping it, get that crab meat chopped pretty small -- we tried this recipe with just coarsely chopping the imitation crab, and the chunks are pretty prone to just falling out of the crescent bites when you eat them.  It was kind of annoying.

When chopped small, the crab meat better mixes in with the other filling ingredients and stays put within the crescent bites when you bite into them.

I mince mine up pretty small, about like this:

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Then mix the finely chopped imitation crab with a block of softened cream cheese, a bit of mayonnaise, and some chopped green onion.

Unroll a tube of crescent roll dough on a baking sheet, and spread the crab mixture on top of the dough. 

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Top the crab mixture with another roll of crescent dough and gently press the edges together to adhere them.

Pop the pan in the oven and bake it all up until the crescent rolls are golden brown.

Then cut the whole thing into small squares and serve up the creamy crabby deliciousness!

I use a pizza cutter to cut my squares - it  makes really quick and easy work of the cutting.

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So whether you're planning your next party menu, making some game day snacks, or want to prepare a quick and easy family dinner or brunch, keep these tasty little Crab Crescent Bites in mind.  They're a great recipe choice for so many occasions.

Because these are one crowd-pleasing creamy little bite, for sure!

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Yield: about 20 bites
Crab Crescent Bites

Crab Crescent Bites

Crab Crescent Bites are loaded with a creamy and delicious imitation crab meat and cream cheese filling. They're super easy to make and just perfect for enjoying as a party pick-up or game day snack. Seriously, if you can chop, stir, and turn on an oven, you can whip up a batch of these crowd-pleasing tasty little bites!
prep time: 10 Mcook time: 18 Mtotal time: 28 M

ingredients:

  • 3 - 4 c. (about 14 - 16 oz.) finely chopped imitation crab meat
  • 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
  • 3 T. mayonnaise
  • 3 green onions, chopped
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/8 tsp. pepper
  • 2 packages crescent rolls

instructions:

How to make Crab Crescent Bites

  1. In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, mayonnaise, green onion, salt, and pepper. Stir together until well mixed.
  2. Add imitation crab; fold into cream cheese mixture until well combined.
  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 crab 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 crab mixture. Press the edges together to seal. Gently press the seams together.
  5. Bake at 375℉ for about 18-20 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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You might also like these other tasty perfect-for-a-party little bites:

Cream Cheese Sausage Balls

Cucumber Tea Sandwiches ~ 3 Spreads, 3 Ways

Sweet-&-Spicy Bacon Crackers

Dill Pickle Bites

Spinach Balls


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15 comments

  1. Oh my gosh - I just LOVE your recipes. They are always delicious! Thanks for linking up to Thinking Out Loud Thursday.

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  2. Your Crab Crescent Bites look amazing! Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday.
    Miz Helen

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  3. Ohh - I want a bite!! Thanks for sharing at the What's for Dinner party! Hope to see you this Sunday too!

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  4. Just, fyi......the ingredient list doesn's list the crescent rolls. Gonna try this.

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    1. Susan, thank you so much for notifying us of the omission. We just updated the list of ingredients.

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  5. going to try the Crab Crescent Bites today - are the cresent rolls easier to work with if they are room temperature?

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  7. Love these, we use sweet chili sauce on the side for dipping!

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    1. We are glad you enjoyed and we like the idea of having a chili sauce to use as a dip. It sounds delicious.

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  8. Do you think these would freeze ok?

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  9. Hello, wondering if puff pastry would work instead of crescent rolls?

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    1. We have never tried it but we think it would work. The puff pastry would change the texture.

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  10. I made the crabmeat crescent roll bites for Christmas Eve day and my family and I thought they were very delicious. They couldn’t get enough of them. No leftovers to be had. Thank you so very much for sharing the recipes. Happiest and Joyous of New Years!

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