Easy Mini King Cake Bites are a quick treat to celebrate Mardi Gras. Make with a few convenience items, you can have them ready in no time!
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Mardi Gras is upon us. A King Cake is a well-known tradition. Mardi Gras is the culmination of the season of carnival that begins on Epiphany and ends the day before Ash Wednesday or Fat Tuesday.
Depending on where you live, the King Cake has different versions. Most familiar to us in the United States is a sweet twisted cinnamon roll-style dough topped with icing or sugar. Mardi Gras is fun and festive and these individual King Cakes are a nice addition to any celebration.
These mini King cakes are bite-size treats packed with cinnamon sugar then drizzled with a sweet glaze and topped with decorator sugars in the traditional colors of Mardi Gras – purple, green, and gold. They will disappear quickly so you may want to double the recipe, which is easy to do since this recipe starts with refrigerated crescent rolls. Enjoy these for breakfast or dessert.
I usually always have cinnamon sugar in a shaker in my pantry for my kids to use on toast or bagels. It’s easy to make. I mix three tablespoons of sugar with one teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
Check out my fun mini version of Mardi Gras Cupcake too.
Easy Mini King Cake Bites
King Cake is a Mardi Gras tradition. This mini version is a fun treat.
Ingredients
- 1 tube refrigerated crescent rolls
- 6 teaspoons cinnamon sugar
- ½ cup finely chopped pecans (optional)
For glaze:
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Purple, green and yellow decorating sugars
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray mini muffin pans (you will need 2) with baking cooking spray. Set aside.
- Unroll crescent rolls and place on cutting board. Separate at vertical perforations, pinching the diagonal perforations together well. You should have 4 rectangles. Sprinkle each rectangle evenly with about 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon sugar and 1 tablespoon of the pecans, if using. Starting at long end roll up jelly roll style pinching seam well. Repeat with each rectangle. Cut into 28 total pieces.
- Place 2 pieces in each mini muffin cup. Snuggle them in together. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 10 - 12 minutes, until golden. Remove pans to cooling rack. Cool completely in pan. Remove when cool.
- To make glaze:
- Combine glaze ingredients in a bowl until drizzling consistency. Swirl glaze covering tops of each mini cake. Do about half and then sprinkle those with purple, green and yellow decorator sugars. Repeat with remaining.
Shashi at SavorySpin says
So love this twist on king cake – these bites look like so much fun to make and enjoy. 🙂
Shashi at SavorySpin says
So love this twist on king cake – these bites look like so much fun to make and enjoy 🙂
Dannii says
I ate so many of these when I was in New Orleans. I am definitely going to have to try making them myself!
Veena Azmanov says
Love the flavor of cinnamon and nuttiness of the Pecans. These cute little King Cake Bites look so very special and colorful.
Jane says
These are so adorable! I love the Mardi Gras colours, just perfect 🙂
Jere Cassidy says
I love the small size for the king cake. I was just in Nola and saw them everywhere.
Valentina says
I’ve never had King cake. I love the idea of these mini treats, and they’re so fun and pretty!
Veena Azmanov says
Such a nice idea to making Mini Bite Cinnamon rolls. These look so cute and yummy. Best for a kids party too.
Brian Jones says
I don’t think I have seen these before, they look like fun and are really simple.
Jori says
Great timing! Never seen these bite-sized versions before. Clever!
Monica | Nourish + Fete says
Love this for a simple way to do king cake! I’ve always contemplated making my own but been a little overwhelmed or short on time- this is such a fun and do-able alternative!
Shanika says
Anything mini is the best in my opinion! These look great!
Kristina says
So cute! Love king cake, these are the perfect individual snack size.
Amanda says
These look great! I’d love to try this recipe!
Natalie says
These mini cake bites are such a cute idea! I love the way you shaped them!
Jillian says
I will now start celebrating Mardi Gras with these little gems!
swathi says
I like this mini king cake. I think this make me less guilty indulging this treat. King cake is my do list for long time now never tried it because nobody there to finish big cake.I will try your recipe.
Cindy L. Kerschner says
A mini version works for me!
Caroline says
A cute idea to have mini cakes!
Carlee says
What a great way to make little king cakes! This is something I could definitely pull off on Tuesday morning!
Liz says
Oh, my. So easy to make these little gems! Festive and yummy!!
Sarah Reid, CNP (@jo_jo_ba) says
Excellent! I love the flavour of King Cake but its a lot of work!
Renee @ReneesKitchenAdventures says
This is such a great idea Ellen! Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Christie says
These look so good!! And they sound simple. I’ll be trying these for sure.
Denise Wright says
I have never had a King Cake before but I’m sure I would like it as I have never met a cake I didn’t like. I love that you made mini versions. They look great!