Pull-Apart Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Christmas Tree

32 standard portions

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Ingredients

• 2 x 8-ounce cans Pillsbury Original Crescent Rolls
• 8 ounce block cream cheese (softened at room temperature)
• ½ cup powdered sugar (plus more for sprinkling)
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ⅓ cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips
• ⅓ cup caramel baking chips (chopped down)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 375°F/180°C, and line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat silicone mat.
2. Open both cans of crescent rolls, separating the triangles and laying them on a flat surface. Using a pizza or pastry cutter, cut each triangle in half, cutting from the shortest side up to the smallest angle. This will create 32 total triangles.
3. In a medium mixing bowl, cream together the cream cheese and powdered sugar, and salt until smooth. Do not overbeat the mixture as it can become runny.
4. Fold in chocolate chips and caramel pieces.
5. Add about 1 tablespoon of mixture to the thick end of each crescent triangle before rolling the dough towards the smallest point. This will create a crescent shape.
6. Add each crescent to the baking sheet in the shape of a Christmas tree. Start with 1 crescent placed long ways at the very top and continue by an additional 1 down below until you have reached a bottom row of 8. Add 4 crescents in the middle of your tree, at the very bottom in a 2x2 formation to create the tree stump/tree trunk shape.
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
8. Remove from the oven, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve immediately.