Ornament Charcuterie Cups
This fully edible hand held appetizer is a showstopper to serve up for the holidays! The croissant roll base is buttery, flaky and filled with cheese, charcuterie and fresh fruit. A fun way to serve up charcuterie for a holiday party or Christmas!
One of the most loved appetizers by people is cheese & charcuterie so why not serve them in these edible crescent roll cups. They can be made the day before which makes them an easy prep ahead appetizer to take some stress off your menu. The crescent roll ornament cups not only hold all your accompaniments perfectly, but the base is fully edible and tastes delicious paired with these rich cheeses and meats! 🎄🧀
Ingredients for ornament Charcuterie cups
This appetizer requires minimal ingredients and ones you might already have on hand in the fridge! You can use any cheeses and meats that you have on hand in your cheese drawer OR follow my simple grocery list below. I like using two types of cheese and cutting them differently that way people know the difference between each cheese. Here’s a list of ingredients that I used to make mine:
Crescent rolls
Egg
Walnuts
Salami
Cheddar cheese
Gouda Cheese
Grapes
Blackberries
Spray olive oil
Fresh rosemary or sage
When creating the edible ornament cups, make sure you start adding on your dough strips to the wider part of the foil ball first and then work your way to the bottom. The strips do not need to be perfect, as when they bake in the oven they will come out perfectly regardless! I like to place them in a muffin tin while baking as it holds them up perfectly to bake evenly. See pictures below for reference.
Do not substitute the crescent roll dough with puff pastry for this recipe. I tried to use puff pastry for one of my trial runs of this and the pumpkin did not hold up well in the oven and broke. Puff pastry also isn’t as flavorful as crescent roll dough is.
I used red ribbon to tie a pretty bow on all of my cups to really resemble an ornament and gives it a festive touch to serve these as an appetizer for holiday parties!
TIP: make sure you spray your foil balls with olive oil spay to ensure that the crescent roll dough doesn’t stick to the foil while it bakes. DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP.
If you like this appetizer be sure to make my pear & brie cheese galette wrapped in puff pastry! It is 10/10 and always a hit at holiday get togethers.
SHOP THE REICPE
This is what your ornament cups should look like before going into the oven! They will puff up a bit and come out golden brown!
This is what they will look like after baking- golden brown pumpkin perfection!
Use Roth Creamy Havarti and Gouda for a variety of cheese in each ornament cup
Charcuterie Ornament Cups
This fully edible hand held appetizer is a showstopper to serve up for the holidays! The croissant roll base is buttery, flaky and filled with cheese, charcuterie and fresh fruit. A fun way to serve up charcuterie for a holiday party or Christmas!
Ingredients
- Foil
- 2 packages of crescent roll dough
- 1 egg (egg wash)
- Havarti Cheese
- Gouda Cheese
- Salami
- Grapes
- Walnuts
- Blueberries
- Red ribbon (garnish)
- Fresh rosemary (garnish)
Instructions
- First, heat your oven to 375F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- Crumple a piece of foil into a ball (it does not need to be a tight ball and you can make them as big or small as you'd like you're ornament cups to be)
- Roll out your crescent roll dough and fold any cuts in it to become one big sheet of dough
- Using a knife or pizza cutter, cut the crescent dough into strips that are about ¾ of an inch wide
- Spray olive oil on the outside of your foil balls as this will prevent the dough from sticking. *do NOT skip this step* very important so that the dough doesn't stick to the foil while it bakes
- Add dough strips to the outside of each foil ball starting from the middle of the foil ball to the bottom. These don't have to go on perfectly, you can fold some as you get to the smallest part of the ornament cup.
- Place each ornament cup on the baking sheet with the crescent roll dough side facing up so it bakes properly and evenly
- Brush on egg wash on each ornament cup so it gets golden while baking
- Bake for 15-20 min
- Let cool for 5 min and wiggle the foil out carefully
- Add in your cheese & charcuterie items to each ornament cup. Start with your smallest items being the nuts, blackberries and then add in your bigger items
- I like to cut my two cheeses in different shapes that way people know the difference in cheeses while eating them. Add cheese and salami to a skewer for easy eating!
Notes
- Make sure you add on olive oil spray to each foil ball before adding on your strips of crescent roll dough
- You can make these a day in advance! Just store them in the fridge and cover with plastic wrap
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This fully edible hand held appetizer is a showstopper to serve up for the holidays! The croissant roll base is buttery, flaky and filled with cheese, charcuterie and fresh fruit. A fun way to serve up charcuterie for a holiday party or Christmas!