Churro Cheesecake Bombs

It's easy to wake up on Monday morning and think to yourself "wow, I really could have used my free time this past weekend a lot better."  Or feel like you didn't get enough rest in, or that you didn't get enough free-time or me-time. This past weekend was a perfect weekend for me, one full of relaxing, spending time together as a family and watching some sports games that didn't end at all how we had hoped. Oh well.

The hardest part about the weekend for me is trying to keep my almost-2-year-old from destroying the house so we can actually enjoy lounging, instead of sitting there, surrounded by billions of little toys, feeling like we live in a dump... a toy dump. I love my son, I do, but right now he's at the stage where his idea of "playing with toys" is actually just to take a toy, place it in a random spot in the house, then get another toy and place it in the trash, then get another toy and throw it at his sister, and so on. If I find one more puzzle piece in the sink I'm probably going to break.

On Sunday we had planned to watch the Packers vs. Seahawks game, followed by the UFC fight and it was going to be my job to make all the snacks (of course!) I made my Crispy BBQ Wings, Jalapeño Popper dip (coming later this week!) and these amazing Churro Cheesecake Bombs that I'm going to share with you right now!

The first step in making a truly delicious Cheesecake Bomb is by making a truly delicious cheesecake mixture! Then, you take that truly delicious cheesecake mixture and stuff it inside of a triangle of crescent roll dough. Easy peasy, right?

The next step is baking them until they're golden brown...

Like this! Then you roll them in some cinnamon sugar...

And Voilà! You now have yourself a plate of delicious Churro Cheesecake Bombs to serve to your sports-watching crew! How easy was that? Try not to eat them all before you serve them... I know it will be a challenge!

These bombs taste great slightly warm or at room temperature, it just depends on your preference! I haven't tried refrigerating them yet because they never stick around for very long. If you have any that do make it into the fridge, leave me a comment below and tell me how they taste ;)

Churro Cheesecake Bombs:

{Print Recipe}

Ingredients:

• 2 cans crescent roll dough
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 1 egg
• 1 cup granulated sugar, divided
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 heaping tablespoon cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Place cream cheese, egg, 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla and lemon juice in a stand mixer and beat on medium speed until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes), making sure to scrape the bowl at least twice (gotta get those cream cheese clumps incorporated!)

Unroll crescent dough and divide into triangles. Place a rounded tablespoon full of the cream cheese mixture on the wide part of the crescent roll, fold over, seal all edges, forming a "ball" shape, then fold the thin end of the crescent dough over the top of your bomb. Place on your baking sheet and repeat with remaining crescent rolls.

Allow bombs to cool slightly, then combine cinnamon and remaining sugar in a shallow dish and roll each bomb in the cinnamon sugar to coat.

Bake in preheated oven for 14-16 minutes, or until golden brown.

Makes 16 Bombs.

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Snickers Bites Cheesecake Dessert Pizza Recipe #GameDayBites

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It's Football season, so you know what that means... Everyone's looking for the best Tailgating food out there. On Game Day, it is crucial that there be endless amounts of delicious food -- especially dessert. Am I right, or am I right? 

In our house we pretty much like to find any excuse to make a bunch of yummy snacks and desserts. So, simply because it was a day that ended in "Y" and also because I was craving something sweet, chocolaty and in-your-face fabulous, I decided to create a magical recipe that people could devour while watching the big game!

So, what did I do first? Well, first I had to make my list -- of course! I'm a girl who needs a list. If I go to the store without one I end up forgetting 3/4 of the things I went for and coming home with bags full of junk that I picked while wandering around trying to remember what to buy. 

Once the list was finished and I was at Walmart, which is one of my favorite spots to buy snacks and candy (mmm...candy), I picked up some adorable little Snickers Bites. They're tiny little snickers that are not only adorable and sweet, but incredibly delicious and packed with all the yumminess of a regular sized snickers. (I just love mini, bite-sized versions of snacks!) I also picked up some sugar cookie dough, cream cheese, caramel syrup and peanuts. Are you excited yet? Do you know what could possibly happening here?

Well... First I spread the cookie dough out into a large circle on a baking sheet and baked it. After it came out it was golden brown and smelled delicious.

Then, I made a mouth-wateringly-good mixture of cream cheese, brown sugar and vanilla (hello, delicious cheesecake-y goodness!) and spread it all over the cookie.

And finally, I covered it in sweet little baby Snickers Bites, drizzled caramel over the top and threw on a bunch of peanuts for a lovely added crunch. Are you drooling yet?

Sound awesome? Well, it was. It was actually better than awesome, if that's even possible. This is our new favorite dessert around here and I know it will be made often. I will warn you, though, it's incredibly sweet, but very, very addictive. You won't be able to stop once you've started eating it... Okay, you've been warned. Now, go make it! 

Oh, and before you head to Walmart to get your Snickers Bites (or Milky Way Bites!) make sure to click on the image below or click here and download a high-value coupon for these delicious little morsels!  

Snickers Bites Cheesecake Dessert Pizza Recipe: {Print Recipe}

Ingredients:

• 1 roll (16.5 ounces) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 1/2 cup brown sugar (not packed)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (8 ounce) package Snickers Bites
• 2 tablespoons caramel syrup
• 3 tablespoons salted peanuts

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a large baking sheet or 12" pizza pan with cooking spray. Press cookie dough into a 12" circle on baking sheet or pizza pan.

Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until golden brown. Allow cookie to cool.

In a medium bowl or stand mixer, whip together cream cheese, vanilla extract and brown sugar. Once it's nice and creamy, spread it on the cooled cookie.

Top with Snickers Bites (it should take the whole bag, minus maybe 1 or 2 that made their way into your mouth). Drizzle caramel syrup over the top and sprinkle with peanuts. 

Slice into wedges and serve. 

Makes 12 servings.