Get creative in the kitchen by making these Crescent Roll Carrots to serve at Easter brunch or lunch. These carrot shaped crescent rolls can be filled with your favorite egg salad or ham salad and decorated with a sprig of dill or parsley to add a festive touch to your holiday meal.
Originally posted on April 8, 2011
Crescent Roll Carrots – Fun Easter Meal
Your Easter brunch or dinner will be extra special this year if you serve these festive Crescent Roll Carrots filled with egg salad or ham salad. This food craft is so much fun to make, can be enjoyed by the entire family, and will make a great addition to your Easter buffet menu. I’ve served this cute Easter meal so many times over the years and everyone loves it.
I created this fun crescent roll recipe for Easter back in 2011. I had only been blogging for a short time and knew immediately after making these using Pillsbury Crescent Rolls that they would be a hit with my family and with my readers.
That Easter, my email box was flooded with pictures and stories from readers who had recreated the Crescent Roll Carrots for their own Easter celebrations. I was thrilled. I started adding their pictures to this post, then soon after, in a new Readers’ Gallery
I kept this recipe pretty simple by using a Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations Seamless Dough Sheet, cutting it into six strips, rolling each strip into a log, then wrapping the strips around metal cream horn forms
, brushing them with orange food coloring, and baking them in the oven until golden brown. After removing the pastry from the metal form, I filled some with egg salad and others with ham salad. A few sprigs of dill completed the effect.
I really like how my carrots are bright orange, but I know some people might have issues using straight food coloring on the dough. You can, if you prefer, just brush them with egg wash and bake them to a golden brown. They wont have quite the same effect, but will still look great. I tried adding a small amount of food coloring to the egg wash, but the color didn’t show up once baked.
You can also use an all natural orange food coloring. The color isn’t quite as vibrant but your crescent rolls will definitely look like carrots.
Carrot Crescents filled with your favorite egg or ham salad
Carrot Crescents filled with your favorite egg or ham saladIngredients:
1 tube Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations Crescent Seamless Dough Sheet*
1 egg (whisked with 1 teaspoon of water to make an egg wash)
yellow and red liquid food coloring (the kind from the grocery store is fine for this recipe)
1 1/2 cups of your favorite egg or ham salad
1 bunch of fresh dill or parsley
Special Equipment Needed:
Special Equipment Needed:pizza cutter or knife
6 metal cream horn molds
pastry brush
non-stick aluminum foil lined baking sheet
*If you can’t find this product, you can use sheets of puff pastry, or use crescent rolls and pinch all the seams together.
Instructions:
Step 1: Cut Pillsbury Crescent Dough Sheet Into Strips
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Unroll the Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations Seamless Dough Sheet onto a cutting board.
- Use a pizza cutter or a knife to cut the dough lengthwise into 6 equal strips.
- Brush one strip with egg wash.
Step 2: Roll Crescent Dough Into Tubes
- Roll the strip into a 17″-18″ long log.
- I rolled the strip of dough up into a tube and pinched the seam shut. Then I rolled out the dough into a thinner, longer log by pushing and rolling the log with both hands.
- Repeat, brushing egg wash onto each dough strip before rolling each into logs.
- Create 6 logs.
Step 3: Wrap Dough Around Cream Horn Forms
- Wrap one crescent dough log around each cream horn mold, trying to keep the seam side against the metal mold.
- Repeat.
- Be sure your dough does not hang over the open end of the cream horn mold, as it will make it difficult to remove once baked.
Step 4: Color Dough Orange
- Line a baking sheet with non-stick aluminum foil or parchment paper (or use a non-stick pan).
- Squeeze about 60 drops of yellow liquid food coloring into a small bowl. Add two drops of red. Stir to create orange.
- Brush the orange food coloring all over each carrot shaped dough. Set carrots on lined baking sheet.
If you don’t want to paint your dough with food coloring, you can simply brush them with egg wash. The carrot will bake up golden brown.
Watch the video below to see how I used all natural orange food coloring on one of the crescent roll carrots.
Step 5: Bake
- Bake for 6-8 minutes until golden brown.
- I suggest rotating the pan half way through the baking cycle for even browning.
- Allow your carrot crescents to cool for about 5 minutes.
- Carefully remove the cream horn form by holding the carrot in one hand and using the other hand to twist the mold and gently pull it out.
Step 6: Fill the Crescent Roll Carrots with Your Favorite Egg Salad or Ham Salad and Sprigs of Dill or Parsley
- Spoon some egg salad or ham salad into the crescent roll cone until it’s a bit overfilled.
- I simply stir some Miracle Whip into my diced eggs to make egg salad. The simple 2 ingredient egg salad is what I grew up eating and I still love it today.
- I buy my ham salad at my local gourmet grocery store. It’s so good that I’ve never bothered making my own.
- If you have great egg salad and ham salad recipes, definitely use them!
- Press a few sprigs of dill or parsley into the egg salad for a decorative effect.
It’s best to fill your carrots just before serving, but they will keep nicely for up to a few hours in the refrigerator. You can store any leftovers in the refrigerator for up to two days.
VIDEO TUTORIAL – How to make Crescent Roll Carrots for Easter Dinner or Brunch
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Crescent Roll Carrots Recipe
- 1 tube Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations Crescent Seamless Dough Sheet
- 1 egg whisked with 1 teaspoon of water
- orange or yellow and red liquid food coloring
- 1 1/2 cups of your favorite egg or ham salad
- 1 bunch of fresh dill or parsley
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Unroll the Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations Seamless Dough Sheet onto a cutting board.
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Cut the dough lengthwise into 6 equal strips.
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Brush one strip with egg wash.
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Roll the strips into a 17"-18" long log.
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Wrap one dough log around each cream horn mold.
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Repeat.
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Line a baking sheet with non-stick aluminum foil or parchment paper.
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Brush the orange food coloring over each carrot shaped dough.
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Set carrots on lined baking sheet.
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Bake for 6-8 minutes until golden brown.
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Allow carrot crescents to cool for about 5 minutes.
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Remove cream horn form and allow to cool completely.
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Fill each Crescent Roll Carrot with egg salad or ham salad.
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Add a few sprigs of dill coming out of the carrot.
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Serve.
Did you make this recipe or do you just think it is super cute? Let me know by leaving a comment and rating the recipe below.
If you love celebrating Easter with cute treats be sure to check out these other recipes:
- Carrot Patch Cake from The Partiologist
- Chocolate Covered Strawberry Carrots from LilLuna
- Cake Pop Carrots from Rose Bakes
- Giant Carrot Cake that looks like a carrot from How to Cake It
See all of my Easter recipes, here.
Will you make these Crescent Roll Carrots for Easter? Let me know in the comments below.
Fun food for parties and special occasions. Cuz I’d rather be in my kitchen baking Crescent Roll Carrots than in my garden planting them.
Have a sweet day! – Beth
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UPDATE:
I heard from so many people who were making this recipe for their Easter meal and some took pictures and posted them on their blogs. Whether you have a blog or not, if you made these and took some pictures, I’d love to see them. You can see more creations from my reader’s in my Readers’ Gallery.
This idea has been translated in so many ways as you can see from the pictures below, and it is so wonderful for me to see how I inspired so many of you to make these for your families.
Risa from Restless Risa posted a few pictures of the carrots she served her family for Easter. She used frozen bread dough instead of crescents and lettuce in place of the dill. They look great. As you can see, you can really use whatever you have on hand. Most doughs will work for this recipe but just be aware that the yeast type doughs will rise once they are wrapped around the cream horn forms which makes for carrots with fun curvy shapes. To top off the carrot, anything that is green and frilly could be used – try cilantro, thyme, or even spinach leaves.
Martha from Seaside Simplicity made her carrots by spraying Duff’s Orange Cake Graffiti Spray on the dough and I think they look fantastic. Martha didn’t have cream horn forms so she wrapped her dough around a sugar cone as I had suggested in the comments section of the blog post, and it worked. I’m happy to know that it was a sucess.
Shannon from Living My Life on Purpose did a fantastic job re-creating these carrots using Pillsbury Crescent Rolls which she pinched together at the seams before cutting into strips. She filled her Crescent Roll Carrots with chicken salad and added sprigs of curly endive lettuce.
Seeing someone from across the ocean create something based on one of my recipes is always such a huge thrill. Cinzia from Italy shared her version of the carrots on her blog, Mammarum. She used Puff Pastry to make her carrots, filled them with cream cheese and used chives for the greens.
Joyce from What Happens at Grandma’s hosted a “Bunny Village Workshop” hosted for her daughters and grand kids and served these chicken salad stuffed crescent carrots with parsley greens.
Mari from Inspired by Family Magazine created a really cool twist to this recipe; she made calzone carrots using homemade dough. I absolutely love this recipe. You really should check out her recipe tutorial here.
Sylvia stuffed her carrots with scrambled eggs and sausage. Being the carrots aren’t very big, they didn’t hold much of chunky filling but she said they made a great breakfast. Her kids thought they were cute, even though they weren’t sure about the orange color at first. Once they tasted them and realized they just tasted like croissants they really enjoyed them!
Rady from Byby’s Kingdom made these really fun looking carrots. I like how they have a striped look. She filled here carrots with egg salad and dill. You can get her egg salad recipe here.
Mary served this basket full of carrot crescents to her family who gobbled them up immediately. Mary used Pillsbury Crescent Rolls which she just wrapped around the cream horn form before coloring orange. It’s a bit simpler than cutting dough strips and gives a smoother look to the carrots.
Mary told me this recipe will become a new Easter tradition with her family!
Trish from Sweetology shared her carrots with her Facebook friends and said, “I whipped these up so easy from store bought crescent rolls and home made yummy ham salad..they will be a hit! CUTE.”
Andrea made a really quick and easy version of the carrots. She used the big flaky crescents, rolled them just a bit straighter, baked them and then just cut them in half to fill them with the salad.
Jenn served up this bushel of carrots at her Easter celebration and said they were a huge hit!
Mandy was sure busy in the kitchen creating this amazing platter full of chicken salad filled carrot crescents topped with curly parsley.
Jo and Sue created cones out of tin foil to make their carrots which they filled with salmon that their dad had smoked, mixed with cream cheese. You should visit their blog to see more of their festive Easter treats. They really went all out for this holiday.
I am in awe of this gorgeous display that Ekaterina of My Candy Kitchen created with her carrot crescents. Just beautiful! She used pizza dough to make her carrots and covered her cream horn forms with parchment paper for easy removal. Visit her blog to see her tutorial.
Dina from Dynamic World Of served these for Easter to her family in Hungary. She used puff pastry which worked out great. To make her orange coloring, she added red coloring to an egg yolk – brilliant!
I just love this image of the carrots created by Ilina from Culinary Colours of My World. She used pizza dough to create her carrots, filled them with a traditional Bulgarian salad and added sprigs of lettuce for the greens. Stop by her blog to see all the amazing pictures she took of her carrots.
I look forward to seeing how you use this idea to inspire you in the kitchen too!
If you recreate these Crescent Roll Carrots
be sure to link to this tutorial, mention Hungry Happenings, and use #hungryhappenings.
You can also send pictures to beth@hungryhappenings.com,
so I can share it in my Readers’ Gallery.
Did you make this recipe or do you just think it is super cute? Let me know by leaving a comment and rating the recipe below.
Thanks for sharing ! How far ahead of time can I make this?
You are welcome! They are best the day they are made but I’ve made them up to 3 days ahead of time, keeping the crescent rolls in an airtight container to keep them fresh. It’s best to fill them the day you plan to serve them.
This looks so good! What a great way to put two yummy Easter dishes together!
Hi, Beth. I love this recipe so much. I made these lovely carrots and I posted it on my blog. Well, it is coming up tomorrow. I also mentioned you of course. I hope you like them as much as did I 🙂
Hi Mateja,
I’m so happy to know you enjoyed making these fun Crescent Roll Carrots. I stopped by your blog and your carrots turned out great. Thanks for linking back to this post. I really appreciate it!!! Have a wonderful Easter.
This is the funnest for Easter! these turned out adorable!
I love these. I can’t wait to make them this year! I think mini ones with chicken salad would be perfect!
This is a really cute idea. I love it.
These are so darn CUTE!
I just love your creative mind!
I will be making these and some of your other ideas soon!
You have the most creative ideas and I just love them!
Thanks so much for all of your sharing!
Thank you so much Joann. That is so nice of you to say. I do hope you have fun making some of my recipes. Have a sweet day!
How amazingly cute are these!! what a perfect treat to take to our Easter lunch potluck! thanks for the fun recipe
These are seriously one of the cutest and most creative things I’ve seen. I think I’m obsessed!
These are so cute. Do you think the rolls could be made ahead of time and frozen till ready to assemble?
Thanks! I think freezing the baked rolls would work out fine. I’d love to hear how they turn out for you.
These are so cool! I love your ideas Beth!!
This is so fun, saving the recipe for easter!
Oh my gosh, how cute!!! My kids are going to flip when they see these. Love it!
Beth – Your stuff is seriously amazing!! I love this so much!
So creative!!!! I’m making these!
These are so adorable. So perfect for a Easter get together.
These are so cute! Can’t wait to try it out! Happy Spring:)
I have never seen these made before! Such a clever idea for Easter!
Still love these amazing crescent roll carrots! I have no problem with using the food color..I love it! Happy Belated Easter, Beth! :o)
They are one of my all time favorite food crafts I’ve created for Hungry Happenings. I’m so glad you love them! I hope you had a wonderful Easter too.
I love so much that you have adorable ideas for sweet AND savory treats. Your creativity is inspiring! Thank you for sharing it with us!
Thanks, Rachel!
I love this idea! It must be fun to try it with the kids! Thank you very much!
These look amazing!! Definitely pinning to try. 🙂
OMG, you are so talent and creative. I got to join your site after seeing it. How amazing.
You are BRILLIANT!!! I’ve made several of your projects always to rave reviews and I’m excited to make these for a Bunco party. I need to make at least 2 dozen and am wondering how far in advance the horns can be filled without becoming soggy? I like to get as much done ahead as possible and the buffet ready when everyone arrives. Thank you so much for all your fun ideas and generosity in sharing them!
Thanks so much!!! I am so happy to hear you have enjoyed several of my recipes and are planning to make these Crescent Roll Carrots.
The Crescent Roll Carrots are best if the crescents are made the day they are served, however, I’ve made these, filled them, served them, and had some left overs which I stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. They still tasted really good after two days. I’d add the greens just before serving so they look fresh though. I hope your Bunco group enjoys their fun lunch.
Thank you so much for your quick response, Beth! So, if I made the horns the day before and then filled them a couple of hours before the party, I’ll be good? I think I might spread some butter on the inside of the horns to make a barrier so, hopeful, the horns Winn get soggy. Thanks again again fir being a great mentor! 😊
Hi Marsha,
You should be fine! I’d love to hear how the butter works. I’m sure it will add a nice flavor. I hope your guests enjoy them.
Is the baking time correct on this? “Normal” crescent rolls take 10-12 minutes. I made these with the cream horn mold yesterday…mine needed 13 minutes before they were done. Also, I must stress spraying non stick spray on the foil OR just putting them on a non stick pan to bake (without using aluminum foil). Pillsbury’s website was this recipe and they don’t call for the foil.
Yes, when the crescent rolls are on the metal cream horn forms the hot air helps cook the dough from the top and underside, so they don’t take too long to bake. If you use tin foil, scrunched up, it might take longer. If you don’t use non-stick tin foil, then spray is a very good idea.
What a fantastic idea! The rolls themselves seem so versatile. You could fill them with something savory or sweet.
This post has been featured here > http://sweetmeetsbakeshop.com/2016/03/20/easter-cookie-nests-1-dough-5-ways-christian-to-secular-easter-traditions/
Happy Easter and keep on desserting!
Thanks so much for the feature.
Just wondering if the food colouring stains after its baked, like on mouths and hands when eating them.
Being the coloring is baked on, it does not come off on your hands. It will, however, turn your mouth kind of orange.
This is a great idea. Are all molds the same size? Would you mind sharing your egg salad recipe?
Thanks. Most cream horn molds are the same size or are at least similar enough that they will work with the recipe. To make my egg salad, I simple mix the eggs with Miracle Whip. That’s it! It’s how I’ve eaten it my whole life and I love it.
Is there a specific size horn mold or are they about the same?
Do you mind sharing your egg salad recipe?
Thanks. Most cream horn molds are the same size or are at least similar enough that they will work with the recipe. To make my egg salad, I simple mix the eggs with Miracle Whip. That’s it! It’s how I’ve eaten it my whole life and I love it.
Oh my I am just so excited for Easter Sunday and believe me, I already have 30 of Easter menu idea from breakfast to lunch and dinner. These are also fun and yummy looking Easter recipes, but I sure will check on this recipe you share. Please allow me to pin on my Pinterest board? Thanks dear!
http://meowchie.snydle.com/easter-recipes.html
So cute! Pinning!
Visiting from Roxy's Kitchen and I just LOVE these!! Pinning 🙂
These are the cutest carrots I've ever seen, just brilliant Beth! Such a creative and delicious recipe for Easter brunch! Thanks again for sharing this at my Facebook Milestone Link Party :).
Do you think it would work if you fashioned cones from toilet paper rolls and wrapped with foil? Thanks for the great recipe.
I'm not sure that would be a good idea for sanitary reasons and I don't know how the cardboard would do in a hot oven.
What a cute idea. I'm glad you posted other peoples pics, too. It saved me a trip to the store to try and find cream horns. I'm going to use foil.
I've used the foil around the ice cream cone too and it works pretty well.
I had to Pin this! It is so cute!
Thanks for the pin, Dora!
What a great variation on a crescent roll! : )
I'm sorry for the redundancy but I must give credit where credit is due. Oh, these are just delightfully adorable and fun to make! Your expertise and enthusiasm is truly inspiring. But I have to admit that it never occurred to me that your idea was behind the carrot craze. Usually I give a link to the recipe and if it's adapted from somewhere – it has always been attributed accordingly. I've already mentioned that in my post.
But as a matter of fact I saw a sweet version of the carrots (minus the puff pastry) in the book ”Вкусно с Йоли” by a popular Bulgarian blogger. You can see her Blog post here: http://yoli-www.blogspot.com/2012/04/blog-post_06.html
Now that I've checked, I see that your publication was first in chronological order. Thanks for the remark. I wish you many more inspiring adventures in the food craft area!
Thanks for your response. I really appreciate you adding a link on your blog post and was happy to see how you re-created the carrots.
Hi there! I just wanted to stop over and let you know that I’ve shared this post in a Baby Bunny SPRING Baby Shower idea board on my blog http://sparklysharpandfabulous.blogspot.com/2013/04/baby-bunny-spring-baby-shower.html I hope you can check it out and enjoy the event! <3
Thanks for sharing these with your readers!
I made your carrot code egg salad for Easter brunch yesterday. Everyone loved it. My 13 year old and my 11 year old were great helpers in wrapping the cones. I used aluminum foil. They turned out great. Thank you for the wonderful creation.
Hi Aarti, I'm so glad you and your kids made the carrots for your Easter brunch and your guests enjoyed them. Hope you all had a wonderful Easter together.
So, I saw the ice cream cone idea, but didn't read thru about the foil….naturally, the cone stayed in the crescent roll, but it actually gave it a nice crunch and a bit of sweet. I filled them with a crab & lobster salad and it was a big hit!
Ooops. Glad to know that even with the sugar cone still attached that they tasted good. Hope you had a nice Easter.
So, I saw the ice cream cone idea, but didn't read thru about the foil….naturally, the cone stayed in the crescent roll, but it actually gave it a nice crunch and a bit of sweet. I filled them with a crab & lobster salad and it was a big hit!
Making these for brunch tomorrow and filling them with a light seafood salad. LOVE IT! thanks for sharing!
I would make the carrot out of wrapped bacon…yum! Fill it with scrambled eggs…mmm…
We are low carb but love this idea so much… thought I might make a cone from bacon and put in egg salad for Easter Brunch.
I love all the photos and they are just so adorable. Like the image with dill in them but also with lettuce (which I would not have thought of – thank you for the idea there too)
Have a wonderful Easter everyone.
Hi Di, using bacon is a great idea. If you do it, I'd love to see a picture and share it in the Readers Gallery. I bet it will work out really well.
Happy Easter to you too!
These are just adorable! I think we need to make these.
You sure have great ideas.
KC
Just want to chime in at this late date, if you're not making them for Easter/spring parties, you could leave the dough natural color and call them parsnips! lol or even mix and match both (especially if using two different kinds of filling.)
Love the ideas…will try making these soon! 🙂
Fun suggestion!
This is an awesome idea! Thank you!
I had to Pin this! It is so cute!
Where do you get all these ideas from?????????? Very nice one!!!
Question – can we not color the dough directly and roll it over the mold instead of rolling over the mold and coloring them?
Sowmya
http://nivedhanams.blogspot.in/
Hi Sowmya, This is one of my favorite projects. I don't recommend coloring the dough first just because it is messy and you will end up with finger prints on your carrots. Once the dough is baked the coloring will dry so you can then pick up the carrot with no problem.
Hi Beth! Happy Easter! Thanks for the wonderful idea. Here is its implementation in my kitchen! http://ilinayorkulinarni.blogspot.com/2012/04/blog-post_13.html
Greetings!
Hi Ilina, wow the pictures of your carrots are really beautiful. I will add one of your pictures and a link to your site in my Reader's Gallery. Thank you for sharing.
It looks like you had a wonderful Easter celebration. Happy Spring!
Thanks a lot! Great idea! 🙂 I made it, please please take a look! :)))
www.dinavilaga.blogspot.com
HI Dina, your carrots look great. I will add one of your pictures to my Reader's Gallery along with a link to your site. If you'd like to, you can grab a Featured On button from the gallery to display on your blog. Thank you for sharing and I hope you had a wonderful Easter.
I shared this post and the gallery also on my blog, and also on facebook, because it is more and more people should see! You are awesome creative!
Thanks, Dina:)
Honey, Beth! You always manage to inspire me! I'm impressed of your every recipe and idea that post in your site! Everything I've adapted to you, impress my friends blog. Thank you!
Thank you for another fantastic idea! We did our best to create your carrot crescents for Easter. Everyone loved them!
http://joandsue.blogspot.ca/2012/04/easter-treats.html
Thanks:) I added your picture to my Reader's Gallery. Your carrots turned out great and I love that you made your own tin foil molds. Good idea!
I made these today, thanks for the great tutorial!
Hi Marie,
I hope everyone enjoyed your carrots and that you all had a really nice Easter!
Dear Beth,
Thank you so much for this great idea! I made them today for Easter and everybody loved them, but I made sure to give the credit to you. 😉
Only thing I did different was that I bought the big flaky crescents, rolled them just a bit straighter, backed them and then just cut them in half to fill them with the salad. Anyway, thank you again so very much! You rock!
Best and happy Easter,
Andrea
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Hi Andrea,
Your carrots turned out great. What a simple way to make them. I love it! I'll add your picture to my Reader's Gallery. Thanks for sharing. I hope you are having a wonderful Easter celebration.
Hi I appreciate you translating and sharing my recipe and one picture on your blog. I hope your readers like the carrots:)
Priviet Elena. We had two Russian exchange students live with us, but I have to admit my Russian is terrible. I tried so hard to learn the language but just didn't do very well with it. My husband did much better. I'm happy you are able to use Google translate to view my posts.
This is great! I used the Pillsbury pizza dough because it was more dough for my money & I skipped the egg wash because of time. I also didn't have the horns so I used the sugar cones with tin foil around them because I was worried the sweetness of the cones would rub off on the dough. I also sprayed Pam on them to help the dough come off easier. It worked just fine. I filled mine with chicken salad & used lettuce to top it & put a bit inside for crunch. I can't wait to bring them out for my family tomorrow! Thanks!!!
Hi Katie, I'm glad to know the pizza dough worked. I'll have to give that a try. I've had a couple people tell me they used the wrapped sugar cone with success and am happy it worked for you too. I hope your family loves them. Have a wonderful Easter.
This is great! I used the Pillsbury pizza dough because it was more dough for my money & I skipped the egg wash because of time. I also didn't have the horns so I used the sugar cones with tin foil around them because I was worried the sweetness of the cones would rub off on the dough. I also sprayed Pam on them to help the dough come off easier. It worked just fine. I filled mine with chicken salad & used lettuce to top it & put a bit inside for crunch. I can't wait to bring them out for my family tomorrow! Thanks!!!
Absolutely love this idea thanks for sharing! Making them tomorrow for Easter the kids are going to love them…I couldn't find any cream horn cones…so I'm going to try with the sugar cones that were suggested. Kudos on your creativity 🙂
Have fun making them with your kids and have a wonderful Easter.
I just love this idea, thanks so much for sharing it. My daughter and I had fun making these today
Hi Trish, I'm so glad you and your daughter enjoyed recreating these carrots. I shared your picture in my Reader's Gallery. If you'd like, you can grab a "featured on" button from the gallery. Have a wonderful Easter.
Did anyone try it using the sugar cone? Wanted to know if it worked
Yes, I know of at least two people that used the sugar cones with success. I recommend wrapping the cone in tin foil. One person wrapped it in parchment paper and said it worked too. I just think it would be a bit easier to wrap it in foil. Once baked, just pull the carrot off the cone, unwrap, and you should be able to use the cone for ice cream.
Love the idea and thanks for sharing!
Hi Beth…what a fabulous idea and tutorial. I put a photo and link on my blog for Friday…I just had to share it!
Megan at ChaosServedDaily.blogspot.com
Does the food coloring give it a different taste?
No there is absolutely no flavor added if you use liquid food coloring.
I really loved!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are genius!!!:D
What a great idea!
Your carrots are really wonderful!
Great idea!!!!!!
adorable!!!!!!!
this is my version:
http://mammarum.blogspot.it/2012/03/una-ricetta-per-pasqua-le-finte-carote.html
bye bye!
WOW – this is amazing!! What a great concept & it turned out SO cute!! I may try this for my kids =-) This is AMAZING! What a creative idea for making learning WAY fun!! I featured this at TGIF this week – http://livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/2012/03/tgif-linky-party-23.html – Thanks again for linking up & sharing your creativity with the rest of us. I look forward to seeing what you link up this week!!
Beth =-)
Featuring YOU today! 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing at {wow me} wednesday!
Ginger @ gingersnapcrafts.com
http://www.gingersnapcrafts.com/2012/03/take-look-at-you-easter-edition.html
Thanks Ginger!!!!
This is such an adorable idea!! This is being featured today at {Junk in their Trunk}…thanks for linking up!!
Wowza! These are just too cute! Pinning of course 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!
What a fun idea. Thank you for sharing it.
Stopping by from TGIF, what a wonderful way to serve Egg Salad ( I enjoy it on soft white bread as well) 🙂 This makes me want to quickly order some cream horn molds and make up some of these for Easter week. Thanks for sharing this wonderful idea!
LOVE this!!!! http://craftyandcookingmomma.blogspot.com/
YOU are awesome! This is beyond adorable & so creative! Thanks for posting your fab idea!
These are beyond adorable! So clever!
Those look awesome! What a fun idea!
These are adorable! What a wonderful brunch idea!
These are so cute. What a cute idea to do for Easter. Thanks for sharing. I would love if you could link this up to our linky party going on right now.
http://www.junkintheirtrunk.blogspot.com/2012/03/link-it-up-wednesday-21.html
Oh my goodness this is one of the cutest things I've ever seen!!!!! How cute and creative, I love it!!!!!!!! Awesome idea!!!! Thanks for sharing!
OMG! This is the most adorable thing I've ever seen! My family would be so very impressed at Easter if I had these to serve! Oh my must give it a whirl!
How insanely amazing are these!!!! Wow, I just know everyone would go nuts when these were served. Pinning this for sure. I hope you'll link up to my Hippity Hop Easter Project Hop
http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com/2012/03/hippity-hop-easter-project-hop.html
These are absolutely adorable and a filling them with the egg salad sounds like a great way to use up some easter eggs. I'd love it if you stopped by my monthly link up to share this along with any thing else you would like to share. Found you on Chef in Training.
http://acraftycook.blogspot.com/2012/03/1-month-of-fun-march-link-party.html
What a clever, clever idea. Not a huge egg salad person, so I'll have to devise another filling. They're absolutely adorable though.
I agree on the egg salad. Not a big fan. I'm thinking about making them sweet instead of savory. I'm going to play around with a "carrot cake-esque" filling. Cream cheese, raisins,a little grated carrot, ginger and sugar. Or maybe even a cake-pop filling of carrot cake mixed with cream cheese frosting.
These are so adorable! I am not much of a cook, but I think I might be able to give these a shot! Great job!!
I really love these! Best carrot sandwich I've ever seen. Pinning if I may!
Wow, they sure look yummy! It's a great presentation for a party! 🙂 Wonderful idea!
This is adorable and easy enough for me to try : ) I'm going to make them for my ladies bible study's spring brunch. Thanks so much! Love your blog!
This is amazing!! Can't wait to make these for my niece and nephews visiting for Easter Brunch!! I love your site. 🙂
very cool idea, contemplating it! :0)
These are very pretty ideas… Oh yes, we better get ready for Easter…
Just stopping by to let you know that I've featured another great craft on Fun Family Crafts! You can see it here:
http://funfamilycrafts.com/easter-carrot-crescents/
If you have other kid friendly crafts, I'd love it if you would submit them. 🙂 If you would like to display a
featured button on your site, you can grab one from the right side bar of your post above.
Thank goodness for Pinterest! I never would have even thought of making something like this. I know what I'm doing for Easter!
So beautiful!
I might do these for breakfast w/scrambled eggs as that would be less work. 🙂 (Also arrived via Pinterest)
Scrambled eggs! What a great idea! Happy Easter.
Looks fantastic…will give it a try this Easter!! Will use the sugarcone method. I just love making stuff for all occasions for my family…I am sure this will be a hit!! So happy to have your site!!
Really cute tutorial, thanks for sharing.
Hello,
I came across this recipe on Pinterest and I have to tell you how I have loved this idea! And the rest of your site, I am a new fan of yours. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your creativity with us.
-Veronica
I'm glad you found me through Pinterest. Welcome!
HI Anonymous, I would love to see a photo of your version of these carrots or any of my recipes, for that matter. Just send them to my e-mail and I'll post them here.
beth@hungryhappenings.com
How do we submit a photo of our try at this?
Oh my WORD!! This is TOO gorgeous for words!!! I can see this will def be a favourite in my recipe book! How creative! Thanks for sharing!
It's fun ! I put forward on my French blog with a link to this article.
I just stumbled upon your site and it is AMAZING! These are very cute :)I am adding to you my favorites as of this second!!
Oh..I just love this! I saw the pic in another website and I never thought that it is made of dough. I thought it is a real carrot with egg stiff inside! Very creative!!!
Thanks so much for this great idea! It was such a hit on the Easter buffet. I'm a new follower 🙂
So cute! I just made these for dinner, and shared it on my blog, linking to you! Thanks for the great idea!
<3
Risa
www.restlessrisa.blogspot.com
These are fantastic. I'll try the sugar cone wrapped in tinfoil idea (for the cream horn substitute) and let you know how it goes…
Hi there! I am thrilled that Amy from the Idea Room posted these on facebook because I not only L.O.V.E this idea, but your whole site! I don't know if I'll get a chance to add these in for this Easter, but are they ever cute!! I love making fun foods and post about them on my site too: http://www.momendeavors.com/search/label/Fun%20Foods
I'm your newest follower and can't wait to check out all your other fun ideas!!
This is an awesome idea. I would make this without the food coloring. I would sprinkle a little paprika into the egg wash for an orange effect.
Hi Anonymous, I would try one of two things if you don't have the cream horn molds:
1. Wrap a sugar cone (ice cream cone) with foil and wrap the crescent dough around it. Bake with the sugar cone in place, then remove after baking.
2. Wrap foil into a cone shape. This could take quite a bit of foil, however. Then wrap the foil with the crescent dough and bake.
I plan on making these for a large family event (about 30 adults and children), so the ice cream cone idea is perfect! I didn't want to have to buy tons of horns or be in the kitchen baking 6-8 batches at a time. I'm guessing I'm gonna be in the kitchen a long time anyways but they're so cute, it's worth it!
I look forward to hearing how your family reacts to the carrots. Have fun in the kitchen creating them and enjoy your party.
if you don't have metal cream horns, is there something else that can be used to mold the crescent dough?
Love this idea! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Digigirl – I'm so happy to hear that you made and liked this recipe and really appreciate hearing your comments. I understand what you are saying about the dough. It is soft and does get even softer when it gets warm. I keep my house pretty cold (68 degrees), so I didn't have any problems, but can completely understand how you would have issues in a warm house. I would suggest that you cut your dough and keep a few strips in the refrigerator while you are wrapping some of your cream horn molds. You could even place the cream horn molds in the refrigerator or freezer before wrapping the dough around them. If the molds are cold, the dough should stay put. Good luck if you make them again.
Thanks to everyone for all your nice comments. Based on the number of people who have clicked through to buy the cream horn molds, I am expecting a lot of carrots will be served this Easter. If you have any questions or problems, please let me know. I'll be happy to help.
Made these the other day and they were delicious! Used my own egg salad that I had previously made, and just made the cones. Did not use the food coloring as this was just for my boyfriend and I. Only problem I had was that my house was hot, which made the dough very soft and stretchy. It didn't want to stay where I put it. But ultimately, it worked out fine and they looked nice and were delicious. Thanks!
These are absolutely adorable!!!! WOW!
These are absolutely adorable! I have to bookmark this for next year!!!
I love this idea!!!so cute:))
Dropping in from Be Different Act Normal: Wow … love this idea! Added it to my Pintrest board for Easter.
~Nike@Thrive
choosetothriveblog@gmail.com
I really loved this idea, what a novelty on sandwich trays for any party or even a kids sleep over snack.
You could use mustard, ketchup, hot sauce or any condiment of choice depending on what filling you were using to not only add color but a bit of a kick too!
This is the cutest idea ever! Love it! I'm going to share it on my blogs FB page!
This is a great idea.
I'm so glad to see so many of you like this recipe.
Regina – I bought my cream horn forms at a cooking store for $3.50 but I thought about trying to make a tin foil mold. Let me know how it works for you.
I don't have the mold, but am thinking of making an aluminum foil cone to wrap around. These are too cute!
I made cones from aluminum foil and it worked Amazingly well! so happy with how mine turned out!
Great to know. I'm glad they worked out well. Happy Easter and enjoy the carrots:)
I love these. Thank you so much!
So fantastic! Love love this. I posted a link on my other site (ediblecrafts.craftgossip.com). 🙂
That is brilliant! So creative & fun~
So cute! I must make these for Easter! I think it depends on who's eating as to whether or not I'd use the coloring. Kids would love it, and I don't think every once in a while would hurt. I think they're almost as cute with just the egg wash. 🙂
What a great idea…I will have to try this out!
This is the cutest idea ever! So cool thanks for the step by step too!
very creative!
Thanks everyone for the nice comments.
SandeeA- I appreciate your input about the food coloring. Thanks.
GREAT idea! Thank you for sharing this 🙂
About your question, I do not like much using food colouring, but I do not mind using them in special occasions… I have two children under 3, and do not like them to eat any food colouring…
I don't like using food coloring either. There are a few ways to make natural food coloring though. You can make orange with saffron dissolved in hot water, or you can make red with beets and add some yellow made with turmeric. Try searching online for more recipes. There are a lot of creative ways to have natural food coloring!
tomato and carrotjuice can colou as well
Could they be wrapped somehow with real carrot shavings?
That I don’t know. After using carrot puree to color cheesecakes though, I bet you could use the puree to color the outside of the dough.
Love this idea!
Wow…this is beyond cute! A super creative idea for Easter!
Wow, Beth, you've really outdone yourself with this one!! HOW do you come up with these ideas?! They are just fabulous. This looks simple, delicious and gorgeous. Fantastic!