Thanksgiving Leftovers Crescent Dough Bombs Recipe - Sizzling Eats (2024)

Need an easy recipe to use up some of your Thanksgiving leftovers? These Thanksgiving Crescent Dough Bombs are the perfect baked lunch or appetizer recipe to use up leftover turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and sweet potato casserole.

Delicious Thanksgiving day leftovers are enveloped in a warm, buttery, flaky, crescent dough and baked to golden perfection in a muffin tin. Each handheld bite is the perfect explosion of familiar holiday flavors.

One of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving day is the main meal & desserts. I love to cook as you all know, so there are never a shortage of leftovers in my home.

But, sometimes we might only have smaller portions of stuffing, sweet potato casserole, turkey and fixings like olives left over. These leftovers are like gold, but might not be enough for a full meal.

That is why these crescent roll or “bombs” are the perfect leftovers recipe! Each bomb holds the perfect amount of delicious filling for an explosion of flavor in every bite.

Ingredients You’ll Need for this Easy Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipe

• 24ouncescrescent roll doughPillsbury Grands XL Crescent Rolls (12 ounces each, 2 cans)
• 3/4cupturkey meat
• 3/4cupsweet potato casserole
• 3/4cupcranberry sauce
• 3/4cupstuffing
• Turkey gravy (for dipping)

Tips for Making Thanksgiving Leftovers Crescent Dough Bombs

Make sure all your fillings are handy and ready to go. You do not need to preheat them beforehand unless they were frozen.

Use the Pillsbury Grands XL crescents so you can add more filling to each.

Only work with cold crescent roll dough, otherwise it will get very sticky, very fast!

When wrapping crescent bombs, you do not need to make sure dough is covering every space. They will bake up just fine.

Baking them at 350 degrees F. is the ideal temperature, but cook time is between 12-14 minutes depending on your oven. I recommend checking them at the 12 minute mark.

Can the Thanksgiving Leftovers Crescent Bombs be Frozen?

Yes, these can be frozen. If you freeze them, thaw them in room temperature for about 30 minutes and then heat in the toaster oven for 5 minutes at 350 degrees F.

You can also microwave them, but they really are not the same delicious texture. They turn into more of a dinner roll texture versus a crispier texture.

Here’s the recipe:

Looking for more Crescent Dough Bomb Recipes? Get inspired below!

• Pepperoni Pizza Bombs
• Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Bombs
• Ham, Egg, and Cheese Bombs
• Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Bombs
• Pumpkin Pie Bombs
• S’mores Bombs
• Apple Pie Turnovers

More Thanksgiving Leftovers Meal Ideas

• Mini Turkey Sliders
• Thanksgiving Casserole

Watch the video below to see how easy they are to make!

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