Chocolate Peppermint Cruffin
A Chocolate Peppermint Cruffin is crescent roll dough spread with chocolate peppermint butter, rolled, cut, and baked in a muffin tin.
Servings: 12 cruffins
Calories: 215kcal
Ingredients
Chocolate Peppermint Filling
- ½ cup (1 stick / 113 g) unsalted butter
- ¾ cup (94 g) confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons regular unsweetened cocoa powder
- ⅓ cup (61 g) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Dough
- 3 tubes (8 ounces each) refrigerated crescent roll sheets
Topping
- ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon regular unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
Chocolate Peppermint Filling
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine butter, confectioners' sugar, cocoa, chocolate, peppermint extract, and salt. Heat until melted.
- Set aside to cool slightly, but still spreadable.
Cruffins
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a standard 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Working on a lightly floured work surface, roll out each tube of dough to a 12x16-inch rectangle. (We used crescent roll sheets; if you are using perforated crescent roll dough, be sure to pinch the seams to seal.)
- Spread about ⅓ of the chocolate peppermint butter onto the top of one of the sheets of dough.
- Starting on the long end of the dough sheet, tightly roll it up into a log. (Please see the images above for a step-by-step guide.)
- Cut the log in half, creating two shorter logs.
- Cut each of those shorter logs in half lengthwise, giving you four sections of dough.
- Repeat with the remaining two sheets of dough. You will have 12 sections of dough.
- Working one section of dough at a time with the layered side facing out, roll it tightly into a cinnamon roll shape, tucking in the end piece of dough.
- Place into the prepared muffin tin. Repeat with the remaining 11 sections.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until golden brown.
Topping
- In a small bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar and cocoa powder.
- Remove the rolls from the oven. Immediately roll each cruffin in the sugar and cocoa mixture. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 215kcal