I have to share my aunts home with you all!
She decorates for Christmas in Turquoise and Red,
and their finished basement is St. Louis Cardinals themed.
Don’t you just love all the little touches, the ornament balls on top the votive candle holders? The Santa hats lined up on a shelf, the baseballs mixed with ornaments! That white tree changes colors, well the lights change colors, she also has these adorable red feather wreaths that I didn’t get a good picture of to show you, but they are adorable with a turquoise bow and turquoise ornament hanging in the middle!
We snacked, we drank, we played a White Elephant Ornament Exchange, this year all 17 people played!
and we laughed…..
Everyone brought an appetizer.
I brought something I had at my nieces house a few months ago, so I called her for the recipe.
Garlic Chicken Puffs!
These are a rich creamy garlic chicken mixture inside a croissant and baked to form yummy puffs. A big crowd pleaser and great for gatherings!
They are a little messy to make, and I think I filled mine a little too much, so some of the chicken mixture oozed out, but still tasted DELICIOUS!
Ingredients
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 cup cooked shredded chicken*
- 2 cans refrigerator crescent rolls
Instructions
- Mix cream cheese, garlic and chicken until well blended.
- Unroll crescent rolls and cut each triangle into 2 triangles (when you unroll the crescent rolls, 2 triangles are attached making a big square, I just cut from there following the perforation for one cut and made another cut from the other corners = giving you 4 little triangles)
- Place 1 tsp of chicken mixture on the center of each triangle and fold the corners in over the creamy mixture.
- Place on cookie sheet, lined with aluminum foil and sprayed with no stick spray. Bake at 375 for 12-14 mins.
- I used 2 cookie sheets at a time, and had to bake 3 batches to get all of mine baked (so allow for that time if you’re making a lot)
- Also, mine were ready in about 11 mins, so watch for how your oven cooks.
Notes
*For cooked chicken, I buy those big bags of frozen chicken tenderloins, I just threw 6 of them on a cookie sheet and baked for about 25 mins.
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Anyone served these at room temperature? I’ll be trying these out for a potluck and won’t be able to reheat before they’re served.
They are delish hot, warm, room temp and even out of the fridge Jessica. Try them as the recipe is or add a tsp of curry powder, or with herb & garlic cream cheese or with a large clove of fresh minced garlic in place of the garlic powder! You can’t loose with this recipe! Fabulous served with sweet chili sauce too!
These were absolutely wonderful and super easy to make. Served them at my book club Christmas party last night and they were a hit…a definite keeper! THANKS!
These were our wedding colors so I just LOVE the idea of the Tree!
I love garlic, but this was TOO MUCH! I’ll make it again using half the garlic, which I think will be just perfect.
Barb are you sure you used 1 tsp of garlic powder? not garlic salt or a tablespoon?
It’s never been overly garlicy to us or anyone I’ve served them too.
yes, I double-checked the measuring spoon after tasting them, so I know it was the right amount… and I only have garlic powder – don’t use garlic salt at all, so I don’t keep it in my cupboard. Either way, it’s a great recipe and I look forward to trying it again. Thank you for the recipe… and for following up on my comment.
My mom makes these only with Mrs. Dash instead of garlic and uses chive cream cheese. Very delicious!!
I make something similar. Instead of regular cream cheese I use onion and chive cream cheese. Adds some amazing flavor. I also throw in chopped celery and sometimes pecans. Once they are rolled up, I dunk them in butter then roll in crushed Pepperidge Farm herb stuffing.
DELISH! A huge hit with my family all the time. We do this for dinner, serve with rice, a veggie and cover with gravy
we made these this evening after finding them on pinterest and they were delicious! We are thinking about making them again tomorrow but with a little twist……instead of garlic powder we are going to use the dry ranch seasoning! sounds yummy:)
i am looking for appetizrs for a big family event,,,,these look like they can hold overnight…
Excellent, according to my husband and daughter!! Okay, me too!! I used chive and onion cream cheese and leftover chicken. This is definitely a keeper. Thank you!
Not sure if someone said this already but it’s easier to just use Boursin instead of doing the cream cheese & garlic. That way the flavor is pre-measured if you will. Delicious idea, thanks for sharing your recipe!
Has anybody tried these with canned chicken? If so how did they turn out?