Easy Taco Crescents

These Easy Taco Crescents are the perfect appetizer, snack, party food or easy meal!

Taco meat and pepper jack cheese wrapped in crescent dough can be made in 20 minutes with only 5 ingredients.  Our family relies on quick recipes like this to get us through busy weeks.

Taco Crescent Rolls

We LOVE these Easy BBQ Pulled Pork Crescents and tacos, so we wanted to combine the two ideas.  Taco Crescents Rolls are an easy way to put a twist on traditional tacos.  The crescent dough makes them a little easier to hold and eat for our toddler.

Begin with crescent dough and then add a little flavor with taco sauce, salsa or another sauce that you have on hand.  Sprinkle on cooked taco meat or this homemade Ground Pork Taco Meat.  Add your favorite flavor of cheese.  Pepper jack cheese sticks are a great way to add a little kick to your taco.  If pepper jack cheese isn’t your favorite flavor, any cheese stick will work.

I’m not a person that enjoys spicy food and I enjoy this easy meal.  So while there is a kick, it’s just the right size kick to add excitement without overwhelming a picky eater like me!

20 Minute Handheld Meal Ideas

Handheld meals that can be eaten on the run to soccer practice or the farm field is a winning meal for our family!  Even better is a meal like this that you can open the refrigerator and likely have enough of the ingredients on hand to make this meal happen.

The recipe only takes 4 ingredients and then we like to garnish with sour cream.  Sometimes we’ll toss in cilantro or lettuce if we have it.

When the weather is good in the fall we are always on the go to help harvest corn and soybeans.  While my work and the kids keep me busy these days, the people working in the farm fields always need something.  They need a ride from one field to another when moving tractors.  A parts run to the shop or hardware store in town seems to pop up more often than we’d like.  And keeping up with the kids keeps us running.

The bottom line is we might not have more than 20 minutes to make dinner some nights!

Another handheld meal using refrigerated dough that we enjoy is our Pizza On A Stick. Our Chicken Fajita Pizza starts with refrigerated pizza dough to make another super easy Mexican-inspired meal.

How to Make Taco Crescent Rolls

1. Unroll crescent dough on a baking sheet and separate into triangles.
2. Spread a thin layer of taco sauce on each crescent
3. Add 2 tablespoons of warm taco meat to each crescent
4. Cut pepper jack cheese sticks in half and lay cheese stick on the wide end of each crescent
5. Roll up crescent around cheese stick
6. Bake 10 minutes until golden brown in a 350º oven

Tips for Making Easy Taco Crescents

• Greasing the baking sheet may make handling easier, but I’ve made these on an ungreased sheet without any trouble too
• To make this meal quickly we use prepared taco meat
• If taco meat is frozen defrost and warm up before using
• Salsa can be substituted for taco sauce
• Any variety of cheese stick can be used
• Garnish with sour cream and cilantro if desired

Other Easy Family Meal Ideas

• Easy BBQ Pulled Pork Crescents
• Upside Down Pizza Casserole
• Italian Bacon Cheeseburger Pie
• Easy Mexican Casserole
• Sausage Pizza Bubble Up Casserole
• Hamburger and Tater Tot Casserole
• Chicken Crescent Swirls
• Roast Beef Sliders on Hawaiian Rolls

Printable Taco Recipe Idea with Crescent Dough