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Cheesecake Nutella Twists

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The sweet filling in these Cheesecake Nutella Twists will have you adding another one to your breakfast plate.

Cheesecake and Nutella wrapped in a crescent roll makes a great special morning breakfast treat.

Breakfast around here usually consists of Nutella Pop Tarts and and boxed cereal for the kids and cantaloupe and smoothies for the adults.

Actually, my kids love having muffins and pancakes too. This poses a dilemma for the night owl that I am.

Cheesecake and Nutella wrapped in a crescent roll makes a great special morning breakfast treat.

I don’t generally function too well first thing in the morning. Loud noises are not my friend.

And cooking or baking while you are half asleep is not recommended because pancakes get much darker than expected when cooking them with your eyes closed.

Cheesecake and Nutella wrapped in a crescent roll makes a great special morning breakfast treat.
I have come to the realization that hot breakfast is probably not something that I will excel at. So, I make up for it by baking things like Cheesecake Nutella Twists the afternoon or night before.

My kids get muffins and baked breakfasts. I get to sleep in while they eat it. It’s a win win for both parties involved.

Thank goodness for microwaves and toasters being fairly easy for school age kids to operate. We won’t talk about the time my son microwaved noodles without water…

Cheesecake and Nutella wrapped in a crescent roll makes a great special morning breakfast treat.

These cheesecake rolls are so easy to make.

I might even be able to do it with my eyes closed…except my filling probably wouldn’t make it on the rolls.

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How to make Cheesecake Nutella Twists:

Lay out the crescent rolls on a baking sheet. Press 2 triangles together to form a rectangle.

Scoop out a large tablespoon of Nutella and spread it down the right center.

Repeat with a large tablespoon of cheesecake filling down the left center.

Fold the sides over to the middle and gently pinch the seams together. Pinch the ends together too.

Flip the roll over carefully. Gently twist the roll. (You can also just pinch the roll together and skip the twist.) Pinch together any seams that come undone.

Bake and cool.

Drizzle with white chocolate!!!

Cheesecake and Nutella wrapped in a crescent roll makes a great special morning breakfast treat.

I have a few of these left in my fridge…
anyone want to come over for coffee and a chit chat?

Cheesecake Nutella Twists recipe:

Yield: 8 twists

Cheesecake Nutella Twists

Cheesecake Nutella Twists
Crescent rolls filled with Nutella and a cheesecake filling...you know you want this for breakfast.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 - 8 ounce cans refrigerated crescent rolls
  • 1 - 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup Nutella
  • 1/4 cups white chocolate chips
  • 1 teaspoon shortening

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar and egg until creamy.
  3. Unroll the crescent rolls and separate into triangles. Press two triangles together to form a rectangle.
  4. Spoon a large tablespoon of Nutella down the right side of the center. Repeat with a large tablespoon of cheesecake filling down the left side of the center.
  5. Fold the edges of the rolls over the filling. Press the seams together at the middle and the end. Flip the roll over so that the seam is underneath.
  6. Gently twist the roll. (This step can also be skipped if you want to just leave them as a roll.) Press together any seams that come undone. Bake for 10-11 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack.
  7. Place white chocolate chips and shortening in a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 30 seconds. Stir. Repeat. Stir until creamy.
  8. Spoon into a plastic baggie with one tip cut off. Drizzle over the cooled twists. Let set. Refrigerate leftovers.
© Jocelyn @ Inside BruCrew Life
Cuisine: American / Category: Pastries & Pancakes

Cheesecake and Nutella wrapped in a crescent roll makes a great special morning breakfast treat.

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Comments

  7. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says

    April 19, 2012 at 2:06 PM

    Those are gorgeous! LOVE LOVE them. I’m more of a morning person…once I’ve had coffee. It’s too bad that my daughter likes to eat as soon as she gets up…at 6am. So baking breakfast the night before is genius. 🙂

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  8. Mandy says

    April 19, 2012 at 2:39 PM

    I am not a morning person, either. Well I like being up early when it’s so peaceful and the sun is coming up, but I don’t like the getting up part.I love the night, that’s my time! These look delish!

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  9. Rebecca O says

    April 19, 2012 at 2:40 PM

    Hi there. My name is Bekki and I am friends with your sisters Juby and Jen! We all went to WCA together. I actually graduated with Juby.
    I have been a follower of your blog for awhile, but I never leave comments. But, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to let you know how good these look! My 4 year old loves Nutella and I know that he would love these. Thank you for sharing Jocelyn!

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  12. Hayley says

    April 19, 2012 at 3:52 PM

    Genius to bake these the night before–plus 1 for Jocelyn! And the Nutella/cheesecake mixture looks SO SO SO good. Imagine how Biscoff could taste in there–yum!!

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  14. Holly says

    April 19, 2012 at 4:56 PM

    I HAD to pin these delicious things! I am a night owl too! I am never very happy before 10 a.m., that being said, these would make me a very happy girl if I had one to wake up to tomorrow 🙂

    Reply

  15. Catalina @ Cake with Love says

    April 19, 2012 at 2:00 PM

    These actually look so easy to make that nobody will guess it! I love all the flavors, can you send me one, please ?:)

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  22. Michelles Tasty Creations says

    April 20, 2012 at 8:30 AM

    Hi Jocelyn,

    Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday this week. These are amazing looking! My kids are going to love these and I agree with baking them the night before, still fresh but you don’t have to get up at the crack of dawn.

    Hope to see you again next week. Have a wonderful weekend.

    Michelle

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  29. Carol, The Answer Is Chocolate says

    April 21, 2012 at 2:32 PM

    These may just be my favorite idea of yours yet and that’s out of a LOT of favorite ideas! I love cheese danish so these are a must make. There’s also that new chocolate cream cheese I’ve been wondering what to do with and now I have an idea!!

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  30. Alyssa says

    April 22, 2012 at 2:42 AM

    These look really good. I love anything with nutella. I like how you can make these the night before too! Thanks for sharing at Showcase Your Talent Thursday. I hope to see you there next week!

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  32. Six Sisters says

    April 24, 2012 at 1:54 AM

    This looks so good! Nutella is so yummy! We loved having you link up to our “Strut Your Stuff Saturday.” Please join us again next week! Thanks! -The Sisters

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  33. Molly says

    April 24, 2012 at 6:14 PM

    Oh. My. Goodness. This cannot be real life! I need to have these as soon as possible- what’s better than nutella and cheesecake?! THANK YOU!

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  35. Jess Robyn says

    April 27, 2012 at 6:27 AM

    Just finished making these. Had a really hard time keeping the dough together and the cheesecake mix was a little strange. I’m sure it will taste better cold, they just look a little funky 🙂

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  37. The Better Baker says

    April 27, 2012 at 1:16 PM

    Hi – I’m baaaacck! =) This mouth watering creation recipe is being featured at my blog – at Weekend Potluck today! Please come again soon. I’m waiting to make these til I can share these with someone…otherwise I’d eat them all myself. MMM!

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  39. Molly says

    May 3, 2012 at 9:07 PM

    I finally got around to making these and they are just as fabulous as they look! Mine are not nearly as pretty as yours (I was a little over ambitious and tried to make homemade crescent roll dough), but so so yummy! It’s not like I had planned on allowing them to leave the house anyway ;). The crescent rolls are half whole wheat, so I’m pretty sure that means these are actually healthy and I can eat as many as I want.

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  51. Nutella lover says

    July 21, 2013 at 11:44 PM

    I made this tonight and it was delish!! I didn’t put the egg in the cream cheese mixture and it turned out fine. I also didn’t twist it because I was scared that it would fall apart because it seemed so delicate already. Thanks for the yummy recipe! Quick and easy!

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  53. Demi says

    April 20, 2014 at 6:21 AM

    I live in England and I don’t actually think we have crescent rolls is there anything I could use instead ??

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  56. Luna says

    July 3, 2014 at 11:29 PM

    I can not believe you would actually call this breakfast, and feed it to your children like it is. They should be drinking smoothies too. Not that these don’t sound amazing, but breakfast…really?

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    • Jocelyn Brubaker says

      July 3, 2014 at 11:49 PM

      Hi, Luna. I have to ask…do you eat donuts or danishes for breakfast? These really are not any different than those “breakfast” items 🙂 My kids eat lots of healthy food all week long, so I am ok with them eating these for breakfast every once in a while. Everything in moderation, right?

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      • toni j/d says

        August 19, 2014 at 9:23 PM

        I agree with Luna, honestly. I’m not against treats, we all need them, but I quit eating non-nutritious sweets for breakfast myself 15 years ago in nursing school when I changed my first foot bandage on woman who had had half her foot amputated due to diabetes. Sweets can be a joy, but boy, when you see the horrible long-term consequences every week in a job like mine, for confusing sweet treats with nutrient-dense meal-time foods, it can really wake you up. I’m glad i got to view such awful things at a formative time in my life, I was a sweets addict and quite obese at the time, —I’m sure I’d be diabetic myself if had not gone to nursing school back then and gradually made radical changes in my dietary habits as a result of seeing many sad and horrible diabetic injuries and pain. I have more energy and alertness in the mornings now, too! —But I do love Nutella, and I’ll keep this one in mind! Sounds yummy. I won’t be eaing it for breakfast though. Maybe as a dessert,or afternoon coffee with friends. Thanks for the idea! My latest home-made obsession obsession to make are the maple-oat scones in the wonderful cookbook Flour. Mm. fun to have a variety!

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  58. putry says

    September 6, 2016 at 2:21 AM

    Okey… Well I like being up early when it’s so peaceful and the sun is coming up, but I don’t like the getting up part.I love the night, that’s my time! thanks

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