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    Home » Recipes » appetizers

    New Year's Eve Appetizers - Fried Won Ton Clocks

    Modified: Nov 15, '23 · Published: Dec 30, '13 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

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    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!

    New Year's Eve Appetizer Won Ton Clocks

    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.

    Philadelphia Garden Veggie Cream Cheese-filled fried won ton clocks.

    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.

    Fried won-ton clocks filled with cheese served on a white plate surrounded by ribbons for New Year's Eve.

    Let's make some Cheesy Won Ton Clocks

    Ingredients

    • 32 round won ton wrappers
    • black food coloring marker
    • egg wash (mix one egg with 1 teaspoon water)
    • ½ cup Philadelphia Garden Vegetable Cream Cheese (or your favorite flavored cream cheese)
    • pot of oil for frying

    Supplies

    • pastry brush
    • mini ice cream scoop, optional
    • stock pot
    • candy thermometer

    Instructions

    draw clock faces onto won ton wrappers then spoon cream cheese on plain wrappers and stick together using egg wash

    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.
    frying won ton clocks in a stockpot filled with hot oil

    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.
    fried won ton clocks filled with Philadelphia Garden Vegetable Cream cheese are drying on a paper towel

    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 Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    • 32 round won ton wrappers
    • black food coloring marker
    • egg wash (mix one egg with 1 teaspoon water)
    • ½ 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.

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    1. will gaukler says

      December 31, 2014 at 6:31 pm

      Well Happy New Year's Eve 2015 I have been waiting to try these tonight since October..amazon even had the food marker...Going to try 3 different flavored cream chease and that new chocolate spread in some..Spray the cookie sheet and the clocks and Bake em 350*...turn cookie sheet after 5 min total time 8 minutes or till golden...if oven is too hot they brown up and burn before centers melt..in the oven tho the faces do not pop out as much and are real chrispy....

      Reply
      • beth says

        December 31, 2014 at 10:04 pm

        I'm glad to hear they turned out well in a baked version. I hope you enjoy them and have a Happy New Year!

        Reply
    2. Amanda says

      February 24, 2014 at 6:26 pm

      Hi Beth! Congrats! I’m just stopping by to let you know that this post was selected as an Editor’s Pick for January over at Fun Family Crafts. 🙂 You can see it here http://funfamilycrafts.com/editors-picks-january-2014/ Feel free to grab a special button from the post that is only for those chosen for the Editors' Pick 🙂

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      • beth says

        February 27, 2014 at 6:16 am

        Thanks so much, Amanda!

        Reply
    3. Maria says

      January 02, 2014 at 2:36 am

      How adorable, and what a great way to use won ton wrappers!!! Love love love this! So creative!

      Reply
    4. ♥ sara ♥ says

      January 01, 2014 at 7:50 pm

      WOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!

      Reply
    5. Brenda @ SweetSimpleStuff says

      December 31, 2013 at 5:53 pm

      Love this idea ... won ton wrappers are so versatile! Who knew that clocks could taste so good 😉

      Reply
    6. nana says

      December 31, 2013 at 7:33 am

      WONDERFUL

      Reply
    7. The Partiologist says

      December 30, 2013 at 10:15 pm

      Only YOU would come up with wonton clocks for the new year - they are fantastic and would you believe
      I have a few wontons in the fridge?? (Although I might have to make square clocks!)

      Reply
      • beth says

        December 30, 2013 at 10:19 pm

        The square won ton wrappers are much easier to find. They can easily be cut using a cookie cutter, by hey, a square clock works too!

        Reply
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