New Year’s Eve Appetizers – Fried Won Ton Clocks

Wow, your party guests with some fun New Year’s Eve appetizers. These Fried Won Ton Clocks filled with gooey cheese are sure to be a hit!

Before your New Year’s resolutions begin, you can indulge one last time with these fried Cheese Filled Won Ton Clocks.

Each of these festive New Year’s Eve appetizers has a crispy fried won ton filled with flavored cream cheese.

They are really easy to make and taste great right out of the frying oil or reheated in the oven.

Filling up won tons and decorating them for holidays is so easy and fun.

I chose to fill these won tons with Philadelphia Veggie Cream Cheese because I wanted a quick and easy appetizer, but you can get creative with your fillings.

If you want a more substantial filling you can follow the directions for making my Madeira Mushroom filled Halloween Won Tons or you could use plain cream cheese and make an artichoke cream cheese filling like I did when I made my Fried Won Ton Roses.

Let’s make some Cheesy Won Ton Clocks

Instructions:

step 1 – Make Won Ton Clocks

1. Draw the clock face onto 16 of the round won ton wrappers using a black edible ink marker.
2. Brush egg wash over and scoop out a rounded teaspoonful of veggie cream cheese onto the middle of the 16 remaining won ton wrappers.
3. Place one decorated won ton on top of the cheese and press to seal around the edges.

step 2 – fry cheese-filled won tons

1. Bring a pot of oil to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Place filled won tons in the fryer, clock face down (this will give them a nicer shape.)
3. Fry until golden brown on both sides, about a minute.

step 3 – drain off excess oil

1. Drain on a piece of paper towel.
2. Serve hot.

How to make these before your party?

You make, decorate, and fry these before your party and just reheat them in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 5-7 minutes until heated through. They are crispiest right out of the fryer, but they taste very good once reheated.

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New Year's Eve Appetizer - Cheese Filled Fried Won Ton Clocks

Prep Time

45 mins

Cook Time

2 mins

Total Time

47 mins

 

Turn delicious Cheese Filled Fried Won Ton into New Year's Eve Countdown Clocks.

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: fried wontons, new years appetizer

Servings: 16

Author: Beth

Ingredients

• 32 round won ton wrappers
• black food coloring marker
• egg wash (mix one egg with 1 teaspoon water)
• 1/2 cup Philadelphia Garden Vegetable Cream Cheese (or your favorite flavored cream cheese)
• pot of oil for frying

Instructions

1. Draw the clock face onto 16 of the round won ton wrappers using a black edible ink marker.
2. Brush egg wash over and scoop out .05 ounces (a rounded teaspoonful) of veggie cream cheese onto the middle of the 16 remaining won ton wrappers.

3. Place one decorated won ton on top of the cheese and press to seal around the edges.

4. Bring a large stockpot of oil to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

5. Place filled won tons in hot oil, clock face down (this will give them a nicer shape.)

6. Fry until golden brown on both sides, about a minute.

7. Drain on a piece of paper towel. Serve hot.

Recipe Notes

These New Year's Eve appetizers are best right out of the hot oil, but you can make them ahead, and reheat them in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 5-7 minutes until heated through.

More Filling Ideas for your Fried Won-Tons

Madeira Mushroom Filled Won Tons

Springtime Appetizers (fill won tons with this roasted red pepper pesto)

Fried Won Ton Roses (see recipe for artichoke cream cheese at the bottom of the post)

More New Year’s Eve Recipes

New Year Mediterranean Pinwheels

Black and White Cheesecake Clock

Edible Party Horns