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Mardi Gras Cheesecake Squares

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A wonderful Mardi Gras cheesecake made using crescent rolls and sprinkled with cinnamon and festive sugar would be so fun to help celebrate the season. 
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It’s Mardi Gras time everybody!  Yes, it kicks off big time down here in January.  We like to stretch the season as long as we can.  This year, Mardi Gras is in February, which means it’s somewhat early.  King cakes have been in the stores since right after the new year.  We don’t waste time!

It’s always a treat when someone brings a king cake to lunch or to school to share with everyone.  And who’s going to get the baby and have to bring the next one is always fun too!  Everyone has their favorite flavor too whether it be strawberries and cream cheese, Bavarian, apple, or just plain.  I tend to lean towards anything with cream cheese.

Mardi Gras Cheesecake Squares - Diary of a Recipe Collector

Well these Mardi Gras Cheesecake Squares are a fun change to the usual king cake.  They are so good.  They were so good that I had to QUICKLY get these suckers out of my house!  I dropped some off at my husband’s office so I wouldn’t eat like twelve of them…seriously!

And they are so easy to make!!  The filling is super simple with only a few ingredients.  It is sandwiched between two sheets of canned crescent rolls and topped with butter, cinnamon, and sugar.   Plus, you can make this the night before you need it.  It makes the perfect treat to bring to your co-workers or friends!

Mardi Gras Cheesecake Squares - Diary of a Recipe Collector

Mardi Gras Cheesecake Squares - Diary of a Recipe Collector

Mardi Gras Cheesecake Squares

Ingredients

  • 2 cans crescent rolls
  • Filling: 3 8 oz. blocks of cream cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups of sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • Topping: 1 stick butter, melted
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp purple sprinkling sugar
  • 1 tbsp green sprinkling sugar
  • 1 tsp yellow sprinkling sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Filling: In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese with sugar. Add vanilla and continue beating until smooth.
  3. Spray a 9 x 13 with cooking spray.
  4. Carefully unroll crescent roll dough. Lay into the bottom of pan. Starting in the center and working outward, press to seal seams and spread dough to edges.
  5. Pour filling onto crescent roll dough.
  6. Carefully unroll second can of crescent rolls and place on top of filling. Press to seal seems the best you can and gently stretch dough to edges.
  7. Pour melted butter onto top of dough. Spread all over the dough.
  8. Mix cinnamon and 1/3 cup of sugar together. Sprinkle all over the top of the butter.
  9. Sprinkle with remaining colored sugars.
  10. Bake for 27-30 minutes or until golden brown.
  11. Let cool and refrigerate. Slice when chilled.
  12. Serve chilled.

Notes

* Make ahead to allow chill time in fridge.

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I am a wife to an awesome husband, mother of four great kids, and a middle school math teacher. I love collecting recipes and cookbooks! Being able to share the things I make with others is so much fun for me. I have gotten so many cookbooks and torn so many recipes out of magazines! This is my way to really make use of them. I am starting this blog as a way to chronicle the recipes I’ve tried and pass them along. I hope everyone enjoys!!!
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Comments

  1. Amy @ A Healthy Life For Me says

    January 22, 2015 at 8:08 am

    Great recipe! Heading to New Orleans in March right before Mardi Gras.

    Reply
  2. Kacey @ The Cookie Writer says

    January 22, 2015 at 11:04 am

    These are really cute and creative! I keep seeing football recipes everywhere (not a bad thing!) but this is a refreshing change!

    Reply
  3. Lauren | From Everyday To Gourmet says

    January 22, 2015 at 11:24 am

    If only I could be eating while *IN* NOLA, I’d be the happiest girl ever! Love. That. Town. These look so sinfully yummy – saving!

    Reply
  4. Andi @ The Weary Chef says

    January 22, 2015 at 6:45 pm

    Oh how I miss cream cheese filled king cakes out here in California! These are such a clever shortcut to get that flavor, Jaren. Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
  5. amanda @ fake ginger says

    January 22, 2015 at 11:13 pm

    Ahhh, so fun! Mardi Gras is my fave holiday and I’m totally adding this to my party plan!

    Reply
  6. Meg @ The Housewife in Training Files says

    January 23, 2015 at 6:25 am

    I would be ready to party with these delicious cheesecakes!

    Reply

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