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Cheese Stuffed Crescent Rolls

By Karly on November 12, 2020 | Updated January 3, 2021 | 23 Comments

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These cheese stuffed crescent rolls are so easy and cheesy! Topped with garlic butter and cooked in the air fryer!Crescent rolls filled with cheese and topped with garlic butter! These are so easy in the air fryer!Easy, cheesy, and made in the air fryer! We're obsessed with these cheesy garlic crescent rolls.Easy, cheesy, and made in the air fryer! These garlic crescent rolls will be your new favorite side! #airfryer #bread #recipeReady in 10 minutes and so cheesy! These garlic butter crescent rolls make the perfect side for pasta night!

These CHEESE STUFFED CRESCENT ROLLS are topped with garlic butter and cooked in the air fryer! These are so quick and easy that it’s a bit dangerous! Once you make these, you’ll want to make them again and again!

Pile of cheese stuffed crescent rolls.

I don’t know about you, but I love eating garlic bread with just about everything. Pasta of course, but other things too, like chili.

Have you ever had chili with a side of garlic bread? It is legit!

I recently had chili, and of course, there were leftovers so the next day I was heating it up and had a garlic bread craving. The whole point of leftovers is to have an easy meal, so I wanted an easy way to make garlic bread.

I searched my fridge and found crescent rolls (which I absolutely love!) and decided to have a little fun.

✔️Garlic butter
✔️Cheesy center
✔️Air Fryer

Honestly, these are so good, so easy, so addictive…they’re dangerous!

garlic butter crescent bombs in air fryer basket.

Table of Contents

  • How to make the crescent rolls in your air fryer:
  • Why We Love These:
  • Air Fryer Tips and Products
    • More recipes you might like:
  • Cheese Stuffed Crescent Rolls {In Air Fryer}
    • Equipment
    • Ingredients  1x2x3x
    • Instructions 
    • Video
    • Notes
    • Nutrition
      • Did You Make This Recipe?

How to make the crescent rolls in your air fryer:

Open your can of crescent dough and separate the triangles of dough.

Slice each of your string cheese sticks in half.

string cheese wrapped in crescent dough.

Place one half of the string cheese at the wide end of the dough, fold the ends in, then roll up the dough completely sealing the cheese. Repeat for all of the crescent dough and cheese sticks.

This is nearly as easy as just rolling up the regular crescent dough! I love simple recipes like this.

crescent roll dough stuffed with string cheese.

Stir together the butter, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt.

Brush the butter mixture over all sides of the crescent dough and place them in a single layer in an air fryer basket.

crescent rolls brushed with garlic butter in air fryer basket.

Air fry them for 6 minutes or until golden brown.

We like to brush these with any extra garlic butter after they’ve cooked and give them a sprinkle of fresh chopped parsley.

garlic butter brushed over crescent roll.

Why We Love These:

Soft, buttery crescent rolls are already a favorite with most people.

Brush them with garlic butter and stuff them with cheese and they’re even better.

Like a cross between garlic bread and mozzarella sticks, these are flavorful, satisfying, and quite addictive.

Luckily, they’re super quick and simple to make!

hand holding cheesy filled crescent roll.

Air Fryer Tips and Products

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When using your air fryer you have to be careful not to damage your air fryer with the cans of non-stick spray. I was using this regularly in my air fryer and my basket started changing colors. I did some research on this and it turns out the air fryer manufacturers recommend applying oil with a pump spray bottle as opposed to using a non-stick spray in a can. This will lengthen the life of your air fryer basket.

We use and love the OMORC 6 qt air fryer. I find this one works well for my family of four and I love that it is safe to clean in the dishwasher. This one is also a bit quieter than the others I’ve tested.

All air fryers are a little bit different in heat generation and airflow movement. With any and all air fryer recipes, you may need to slightly modify the cook times for your air fryer.

cheesy garlic crescent rolls on cutting board.

More recipes you might like:

  • Biscuit donuts work really well in the air fryer also. I made these maple bars in the air fryer and oh boy were they good!
  • Sweet potato fries are a household favorite and when we air fried these, we served them with spicy mayo!
  • If you want something unique, try making these scotch eggs in your air fryer. If you have had them before, I am sure you love them and making them in the air fryer is much easier than frying them on your stove.
cheesy garlic rolls in air fryer basket.
pile of garlic butter crescent rolls.

Cheese Stuffed Crescent Rolls {In Air Fryer}

Created by: Karly

Course Side Dishes
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
Total Time 11 minutes
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These cheesy garlic crescent rolls are ready to eat in 10 minutes! They are a great appetizer or side dish to serve with your meal with hardly any clean up. Stuffed with cheese and coated in garlic butter – you can't go wrong!
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Equipment

  • Air Fryer
  • Oil Sprayer for Cooking

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tube crescent roll dough
  • 4 string cheese
  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • 2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • Fresh minced parsley for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Unroll the crescent dough and separate the triangles of dough.
  • Slice each cheese stick in half.
  • Place one half string cheese at the wide end of the crescent dough. Fold the ends in and the top over and roll up the dough, being sure to completely seal in the cheese. Repeat with remaining dough.
  • Stir together the butter, garlic powder, onion powder, and salt.
  • Brush the butter over all sides of the crescent dough. Reserve any leftover butter for brushing on after cooking.
  • Place the crescent rolls in an even layer in an air fryer basket. You may have to work in batches, depending on the size of your air fryer.
  • Air fry at 350 degrees for 6 minutes or until golden brown. 
  • Brush with remaining butter and sprinkle with parsley before serving.

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Notes

These are best served hot, while the cheese is still melted and gooey.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 237kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 399mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g

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  1. Paula Demicheli says

    January 14, 2023

    Can you do these in an oven?

    Reply
    • Karly says

      January 15, 2023

      Yep, I’d just follow the instructions on the package.

      Reply
  2. Gayle says

    December 26, 2022

    Can you use shredded mozzarella cheese instead?

    Reply
    • Karly says

      December 27, 2022

      We’ve never tried.

      Reply
  3. Cheryl says

    January 13, 2022

    I just don’t understand how crescent roll is on keto please explain

    Reply
    • Karly says

      January 13, 2022

      Hi Cheryl! Crescent rolls are definitely not keto. Not sure where you got that info. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Cheryl says

    January 13, 2022

    5 stars
    How is it that crescent roll dough is keto i just don’t understand

    Reply
  5. Cindi Nichols says

    January 1, 2022

    Question…I am new to air frying, but my air fryer says not to use butter or olive oil….do you know if that is standard. I really want to try this recipe. Looks delicious!

    Reply
    • Karly says

      January 1, 2022

      Hi Cindi! I haven’t seen that before. Not sure why you wouldn’t be able to use butter. Does it say what type of oil to use?

      Reply
  6. Carolyn says

    November 12, 2021

    Can you bake these in regular oven

    Reply
    • Karly says

      November 14, 2021

      Yep, absolutely! Just bake them as directed on the package. 🙂

      Reply
    • Kim says

      January 7, 2023

      4 stars
      I’ve made these twice. We really like them but the inside of the crescent roll don’t seemed cooked enough. I wonder if the temp is turned down and cooked longer would help

      Reply
      • Karly says

        January 8, 2023

        You could try that if you like. Air fryers all cook a bit differently.

  7. Donald Yarber says

    February 8, 2021

    love my air fryer. will try these recipies

    Reply
  8. gina arronis says

    January 25, 2021

    EXELEND

    Reply
  9. cherie says

    January 24, 2021

    can you bake them in the oven at the same temp 350 dont have an air fryer

    Reply
    • Karly says

      January 25, 2021

      I would follow the baking instructions on the package of crescent rolls.

      Reply
  10. Stacey More says

    December 31, 2020

    Can you use Brie instead ?

    Reply
    • Karly says

      January 1, 2021

      We’ve never tried, but I imagine it would work.

      Reply
  11. Felicia B says

    December 30, 2020

    I just subscribed to your e-newsletter! These yummy thangs will be part of my New Years Day dinner!!

    Reply
    • Karly says

      December 31, 2020

      Thanks, Felicia! You’re going to love these rolls! 🙂

      Reply
  12. Claudia says

    November 12, 2020

    This is fantastic and looks so easy. I love mozzarella cheese sticks and so this looks even better with the softness of the crescents and than the icing on the cake is the garlic butter. And better yet is cooking in the air fryer, no hot oven. Totally awesome. Can hardly wait to try this. Thank you so much and I know you are going to get other reviews on this, what’s not to love….. Claudia

    Reply
    • Karly says

      November 13, 2020

      Hope you love these, Claudia! They really are fab! 🙂

      Reply

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