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Buttery Garlic Cheese Bombs

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By: The Chunky Chefpublished: 08/02/2017

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Soon to be a family favorite, these cheesy garlic crescent rolls are made in just 20 minutes and use everyday ingredients!

Soft, buttery crescent rolls are brushed with an insanely flavorful garlic and herb butter, baked with gooey mozzarella cheese, and topped off with another brush of the garlic butter!  Simply put, you NEED these crescent rolls in your life!

Soft, buttery crescent rolls are bursting with gooey mozzarella cheese, and brushed with an insanely flavorful garlic and herb butter!  Ready in less than 20 minutes! #garlic #cheese #crescent #rolls #cheesebombs #sidedish #bread #garlicbread

This crescent rolls recipe isn’t actually new… back in 2014 when I started this little blog, it was part of one of the first few posts.  

Of course, everyone has different tastes, but my kids DEVOUR these crescent rolls.  I mean, for our family of 4, I have to use 2 cans of rolls, and the kids are still asking for more!  Sometimes I add some mini pepperoni and serve some marinara on the side and they transform into a perfect little 2-bite pizza!

Cheesy Garlic Crescent Rolls | Soft, buttery crescent rolls are baked with gooey mozzarella cheese, and brushed with an insanely flavorful garlic and herb butter!  Ready in less than 20 minutes! | http://thechunkychef.com

 WHAT IF I DON’T LIKE SO MUCH GARLIC?

That’s the best part about this recipe (or most cooking recipes actually)… you can totally adjust it to your tastes!  We’re garlic fanatics here, so I make ours pretty garlicky.

To make the garlic pieces small enough (so you’re not biting down on a big chunk), I either grate the garlic with my microplane grater, use my garlic press, and sometimes I buy the tubes of garlic paste from my store’s produce department.  You could also mince away with your knife if you’d like, but the other options are faster 🙂

Cheesy Garlic Crescent Rolls | Soft, buttery crescent rolls are baked with gooey mozzarella cheese, and brushed with an insanely flavorful garlic and herb butter!  Ready in less than 20 minutes! | http://thechunkychef.com

WHAT OTHER INGREDIENTS CAN I ADD INSIDE THE ROLLS?

Whatever you’d like!!  I mentioned above that sometimes I add some mini pepperonis and make them pizza flavored, but you could really add just about anything you’d like.  Here are a few of my favorites:

  • Pepperoni (mini or regular size work best)
  • Browned Italian sausage
  • Sauteed onions and peppers
  • Different types of cheese (any kind you like – although soft cheeses like blue cheese probably wouldn’t work too well)
  • Chopped cooked meatballs
  • Cooked and crumbled bacon

Cheesy Garlic Crescent Rolls | Soft, buttery crescent rolls are baked with gooey mozzarella cheese, and brushed with an insanely flavorful garlic and herb butter!  Ready in less than 20 minutes! | http://thechunkychef.com

CAN I USE FRESH HERBS INSTEAD OF DRIED?

Absolutely!!  I like to use dried here because that’s what most people have on hand.  To swap in fresh herbs for dried, you’ll want to use about double the amounts (since dried herbs are more potent).

As with most things, I like to garnish these crescent rolls with a little sprinkle of fresh parsley, but that’s optional.

Cheesy Garlic Crescent Rolls | Soft, buttery crescent rolls are baked with gooey mozzarella cheese, and brushed with an insanely flavorful garlic and herb butter!  Ready in less than 20 minutes! | http://thechunkychef.com

We love to serve these alongside this soup, but they’re great served with a fresh salad for a light meatless dinner too!

I hope you guys give these a try, they’re so rich, buttery and FULL of flavor, I know you’ll love them!!

LOOKING FOR OTHER GARLICKY RECIPES?

  • Homemade Garlic Bread
  • Garlic Parmesan Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
  • Roasted Garlic Cream Sauce

TOOLS USED FOR THIS RECIPE:

  • Microplane – this is not only for zesting citrus, it’s great for getting super small pieces of garlic!
  • Parchment paper – never have to cut a piece down to size again!
  • Gloves – between the melted butter and crescent rolls themselves, things can get a bit greasy… I love to use these to prep!

Cheesy Garlic Crescent Rolls | Soft, buttery crescent rolls are baked with gooey mozzarella cheese, and brushed with an insanely flavorful garlic and herb butter!  Ready in less than 20 minutes! | http://thechunkychef.com

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Cheesy Garlic Crescent Rolls | Soft, buttery crescent rolls are baked with gooey mozzarella cheese, and brushed with an insanely flavorful garlic and herb butter!  Ready in less than 20 minutes! | http://thechunkychef.com

Cheesy Garlic Crescent Rolls

5 from 18 votes
Author: The Chunky Chef
Prep Time: 6 minutes
Cook Time: 11 minutes
Total Time: 17 minutes
Calories: 238
Servings: 8 servings
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Soon to be a family favorite, these cheesy garlic crescent rolls are made in just 20 minutes and use everyday ingredients!

Ingredients

  • 2 - 8 oz cans refrigerated crescent rolls
  • 8 pieces mozzarella string cheese, halved across to make 2 short sticks
  • 6 Tbsp salted butter, melted
  • 4-5 cloves garlic, grated or finely minced
  • 1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1 tsp dried parsley
  • 1/2 tsp dried basil

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.  Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  • In a small bowl, combine melted butter with Italian seasoning, garlic, parsley and basil.
  • Unroll crescent rolls and separate into triangles. Brush with garlic butter mixture, reserving some to brush on tops of assembled rolls. Place halved string cheese at widest end, and roll up (tucking in the edges to seal).
  • Brush tops with more garlic butter.  Bake for 10-12 minutes, until lightly golden brown.

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The Chunky Chef is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

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  1. Roni says

    Posted on 11/21 at 11:33 am

    Can these be made smaller to serve as appetizer bites?

    Reply
    • The Chunky Chef says

      Posted on 11/21 at 9:39 pm

      Yes, you can slice each crescent roll triangle lengthwise so you have 2 thinner triangles and make them that way. I’m not sure how the cook time would be affected though, as I haven’t specifically tested it.

      Reply
  2. Tanya says

    Posted on 11/8 at 7:31 pm

    We made these for my daughter’s pot luck they had at work and everybody loved them

    Reply
  3. christine cravens says

    Posted on 9/9 at 4:39 pm

    I haven’t tried this (YET)…. but can I just say I love Amanda and ALL of her recipes

    Reply
  4. Aimee Engen says

    Posted on 2/19 at 12:29 am

    Great recipe and concept, ended up making a batch of these and a batch with marshmallow and nutella using the same method🤗

    Reply
  5. Kris W. says

    Posted on 2/16 at 5:18 pm

    Quick, easy, and just as Delilah they look!!

    Reply
  6. Nicole Petersen says

    Posted on 11/2 at 2:15 pm

    Question…..can I substitute the mozzarella string cheese for shredded mozzarella cheese and if so how much would you use?

    Reply
    • The Chunky Chef says

      Posted on 11/2 at 10:32 pm

      This recipe actually uses mozzarella string cheese 🙂

      Reply
      • Emma says

        Posted on 11/19 at 4:42 pm

        I think this person may have been asking to use shredded instead! Hehe
        Great recipe 🙂 thanks

        Reply
        • The Chunky Chef says

          Posted on 11/22 at 8:26 pm

          Ahhh, I completely read that comment the other way around 🙂 Glad you enjoyed the recipe!

          Reply
  7. Sherrie says

    Posted on 10/5 at 10:17 pm

    Absolutely wonderful! Can’t wait to make them again. Just perfect

    Reply
  8. Deidra says

    Posted on 9/13 at 9:54 pm

    My boyfriend wouldn’t stop asking for 2nds/3rds /4ths…(That’s rare for him). Thank You so much!!!! ♥️♥️♥️ P. S. I accidentally used Pizza crust.. just needed 5more min but was soooooooo good!

    Reply
  9. JB says

    Posted on 8/30 at 7:52 am

    Delicious!  Next time I’ll make twice as many!  They were gobbled up!

    Reply
  10. Diana says

    Posted on 6/23 at 9:09 pm

    It was delicious and my family would like me to make it again.
    I would just add more garlic.

    Reply
    • Jason Bowers says

      Posted on 8/5 at 6:21 pm

      Very nice

      Reply
  11. Rebecca Wasserman says

    Posted on 3/7 at 12:37 am

    Do you have an idea of how to convert this to air fryer? I don’t have an oven available.

    Reply
    • Shelia says

      Posted on 2/20 at 9:00 am

      How well do these reheat.

      Reply
  12. Barbara H says

    Posted on 12/26 at 7:33 pm

    These were great! Easy and delicious 

    Reply
  13. Dawn says

    Posted on 10/27 at 8:32 pm

    Amazing! So easy and delicious!  Everyone raves about them. 

    Reply
  14. Barbara Gleason says

    Posted on 12/3 at 8:22 am

    I’m curious if you can make these and freeze to bake later?

    Reply
    • The Chunky Chef says

      Posted on 12/3 at 8:59 am

      I haven’t tested the recipe that way, so I can’t say for certain, but if you try it, I’d love to know how it turns out!

      Reply
  15. Ami says

    Posted on 11/15 at 3:12 pm

    So yummy! My sons new favorite garlic bread! They’re best fresh, didn’t reheat well. Making them again tonight. Well, my son is 😍 fun and easy to make

    Reply
  16. Stacey says

    Posted on 8/28 at 7:14 pm

    I just made these and they were so good!

    Reply
  17. Julia @ Happy Foods Tube says

    Posted on 8/7 at 5:14 am

    Amanda, no wonder your kids are asking for more! The rolls look delish!

    Reply
  18. Chrissie Baker says

    Posted on 8/6 at 2:56 pm

    “What if I don’t like so much garlic?” Who would ever say that!?? 🙂 Seriously though, these look SO unbelievably good!!

    Reply
  19. Delaney | Melanie Makes says

    Posted on 8/3 at 5:54 pm

    I would love to have one of these rolls right now!

    Reply
  20. Steve says

    Posted on 8/3 at 1:27 pm

    Wow these look good… and the photography is top notch!

    Reply
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