Pumpkin Bites with Cream Cheese Dip and Candied Pecans

Pumpkin Bites with Cream cheese dip are such a fun way to celebrate the season. These bites combine pumpkin-filled puff pastry, candied pecans, and a spiced cream cheese dip. In the end, you'll have yourself a beautiful and tasty snack, perfect for dipping in the accompanying sweet cream dip. The dip and candied pecans bring everything together and even if you decide to forego the pecans, MAKE THE DIP. You won't be disappointed!! 

Ingredients

• Puff pastry-the bread element that holds everything together
• Canned pumpkin puree-makes this recipe no-fuss
• Candied Pecans-add crunch and make this treat well-rounded
• Pumpkin Spice simple syrup-my very own recipe; it adds a hit of festive sweetness to the puree
• Cream cheese-acts as the base to the dip
• Pumpkin pie spice- my very own recipe that adds a very festive spice to the dip
• Confectioners Sugar-sweetens the dip

Equipment needed to make Pumpkin Bites with Cream Cheese

• Small knife-used to cut thawed-out puff pastry 
• Baking sheet-it needs to be larger than 9x9 to allow room for expanding puff pastry 
• Parchment paper- to set the puff pastry on top of 
• Medium-sized mixing bowl and mixing spoon-to combine pumpkin spice simple syrup with pumpkin puree 
• Electric mixer with whisk attachment-to blend the cream cheese dip together
• 2 Mixing bowls-to combine the ingredients

Steps

These are the steps necessary to complete the whole package:

*Thaw out the puff pastry dough if necessary

*Make the simple syrup-this is linked below and is absolutely amazing because you can use it for this recipe and so many other things.

*Make the candied pecans-also linked below..you will only need a handful and the rest can be used for snacking, YUM!!!

*Assemble the pumpkin bites

*Bake the pumpkin bites

*Make the cream cheese dip

*Eat!

How to make Pumpkin Bites with Cream Cheese Dip

1. Make sure the puff pastry dough has been thawed out ahead of time. A single sheet of puff pastry is all you need for this recipe, of course, you can double if you're making for a large family or crowd. If you've got a pizza cutter, this makes cutting the pastry even easier. Also, bring your cream cheese to room temperature.
2. Make the filling-pop open a can of pumpkin puree and add your simple syrup; it's literally that easy but all of the combined elements are what make this a super tasty treat. DON'T OVERFILL EACH SQUARE!!
3. Cut each large square of pastry dough into smaller squares. You should be able to create 9 smaller squares as shown below.
4. Spoon a heaping tablespoon of pumpkin puree into each square.
5. Gently bring up each corner to the center to make them meet.
6. Bake immediately!
7. While the bites are baking make the cream cheese dip. Add a ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice to 4 oz (half a block) of cream cheese along with 4 tablespoons of heavy cream and ¼ cup of confectioners sugar. Use a small electric mixer to whip all of the ingredients together. Set aside to serve once the bites are done baking.

To fold, simply bring each corner to the middle and repeat with all four sides.

Tips

Enjoy these Pumpkin Bites with Cream Cheese Dip and Candied Pecans!

RECIPES YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE THIS

The recipes listed below are very diverse..although you'll only need a small amount of each for the pumpkin bites, they are great with so many other things!

Pumpkin Spice Simple Syrup

Crunchy Candied Pecans

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