A holiday pastry shaped like a candy cane filled with a cream cheese mixture & cherry pie filling and topped with icing!

Crescent Roll Candy Cane Danish

I really, REALLY love the holidays! I don’t decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving, though. Once Black Friday is here, I kick Christmas into gear – big time! I bust out my bazillions of Christmas shirts, put up the decorations, and change out the hand towels, soaps, and scents!

But what I don’t wait until after Thanksgiving to do, is bake! My Grandma actually made this Candy Cane Danish for you. It’s it lovely?! I think it’s so pretty!

If you love making a special breakfast for Christmas, then I think you will love Cranberry Orange Muffins, Easy Monkey Bread, Quick Cherry Coffee Cake, Christmas Tree Cinnamon Rolls, and Grinch Pancakes, too!

What You’ll Need:

• 2 rolls Crescent Rolls
• 1 (8 oz) Cream Cheese, Softened
• 1/3 cup Sugar
• 1 Egg
• 1 (21 oz) can Cherry Pie Filling
• 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
• 1 tbsp Milk

How to Make a Candy Cane Danish

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• On a parchment paper lined cookie sheet, arrange 2 rolls crescent roll triangles pointing inward into the shape of a candy cane with edges overlapping. (You may not use all of the dough.) Lightly press triangles together to seal.
• In a small bowl, beat together 1 (8 oz) softened cream cheese and 1/3 cup sugar together until creamy. Add in 1 egg and beat until smooth.
• Spoon cream cheese filling onto the larger part of each triangle, leaving about 1/2″ from edges. (You may have extra filling left.)
• Spoon small dollops of cherry pie filling over the top of the cream cheese filling.
• Fold tops of triangles toward the base end of each triangle and press lightly to seal. (Use extra crescent roll dough to fill in large spaces at the top of the candy cane if necessary.)
• Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the top of the pastry is golden brown.
• Let cool.
• In the meantime, whisk together 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1 tbsp milk in a small bowl to make the icing.
• Drizzle over the candy cane.

More Christmas Breakfast Ideas:

• Cranberry Orange Muffins
• Overnight French Toast Bake
• Quick Cherry Coffee Cake
• Cream Cheese Cranberry Bread
• Easy Monkey Bread
• 20 Christmas Breakfast Ideas
• Cinnamon Roll Snowman
• Grinch Pancakes
• Christmas Pancakes
• 20 Cinnamon Roll Recipes
• Christmas Tree Cinnamon Rolls
• Tik Tok Cinnamon Rolls
• Easy Strawberry Cream Cheese Strudel