These cherry pie bombs explode with cherry pie flavor in every bite. Crescent roll squares are wrapped around a sweet, fresh cherry filling and flash fried until golden, and baked to soft, flaky perfection. Then they’re dusted in powdered sugar and ready for devouring!
Cherry pie is one of those classic dessert recipes that everyone always seems to love. Even people who don’t like pie love cherry pie, and why wouldn’t they? With all that sweet filling inside that golden crust, it’s the best.
Crescent dough is also another favorite of almost everyone, especially when it comes to desserts. Desserts like blueberry cream cheese crescent rolls combine sweet, fruit flavor with delicious dough that’s soft on the inside and golden and flaky on the outside. It’s irresistible.
Our cherry pie bombs combine the best of both worlds with a sweet, homemade cherry filling stuffed inside crescent dough balls that are fried and then baked to perfection. Because the only thing better than a sweet treat is a fried sweet treat!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Basic Ingredients: These bombs are made with simple ingredients found in most kitchens and any grocery store.
- So Easy: It only takes a few simple steps and about 30 minutes to make these bombs.
- Classic Flavor with a Twist: These bombs have classic cherry pie filling with an outer crescent dough “crust” that puts a delicious spin on the classic.
- Customizable: It’s easy to change the filling to make all kinds of pie bombs.
- Versatile: These little bites make a great breakfast or a bunch treat, afternoon snack, or fun dessert. They’re also great for parties and the holidays.
Ingredients
You’ll find a complete list of the ingredients in their exact amounts in the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
Variations
- Fillings: Use the filling recipe with fresh fruits like berries, apples, pears, peaches, or your favorites to create different flavors.
- Semi-Homemade: Use store-bought pie filling to save a few minutes.
- Crescent Dough: For something a little different, try using canned biscuit dough in place of the crescent dough.
How to Make Cherry Pie Bombs
Step 1: Cook the filling ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat until thickened. Set aside to cool.
Step 2: Unroll the crescent dough on a lightly floured surface and roll out just until smooth.
Step 3: Cut the dough into 2 ½ to 3-inch squares. Then, add a tablespoon of filling to each square. Fold up the two ends. Then, fold the sides over each other and pinch together to seal.
Step 4: Flash fry a few bombs at a time in oil over medium heat until golden, transferring them to a paper plate lined with paper towels. Then place on baking sheet.
Step 5: Bake at 375°F until the filling is hot and the dough is fully cooked through.
Step 6: Roll the bombs in cinnamon sugar when cool enough to handle. Dust with powdered sugar and enjoy!
Tips
- Stir your filling mixture continuously while cooking it to prevent sticking and scorching.
- Only fry a few bombs at a time, so the oil stays nice and hot.
- Remove your bombs from the oil as soon as they’re golden. You’re not cooking them through. You’re just crisping them.
- A slotted spoon is the best way to remove your bombs from the oil. It limits mess while moving the bombs from the pan to the plate.
Cherry Pie Bombs FAQ
Cherry pie bombs are dessert bites made with cherry pie filling and crescent roll dough. They’re fried first for color and then baked until cooked through.
If your oil isn’t hot enough or if you crowd the pan, your bombs will be soggy. This is due to the low temperature of the oil. It prevents the bombs from crisping immediately, resulting in them absorbing the oil as they cook.
You sure can! We love homemade filling, but store-bought filling will absolutely work.
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Cherry Pie Bombs
Ingredients
- 2 containers Pillsbury crescent dough sheets
Cherry Filling
- 2 cups fresh cherries
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 ½ teaspoon lemon juice
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Powdered sugar, for dusting
- Vegetable oil, for frying
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Cherry Filling
- In a small saucepan, add cherries, sugar, water, lemon juice and cornstarch. Stir.
- Heat over medium heat until cherries thicken.
- Remove from heat and let cool.
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
- In a small bowl, stir cinnamon and sugar together until combined. Set aside.
Assembling the Pie Bombs
- Unroll the crescent dough sheets on a lightly floured surface, and roll out just until smooth.
- Cut dough into 2½-3 inch squares.
- Add a tablespoon of cherry filling into the center of the dough. Fold up the two ends then fold the sides over each other and pinch together to seal.
- Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat.
- Add a few pie bombs at a time into the hot oil and flash fry them until golden, which is only a minute give or take.
- Remove with a slotted spoon and place on a paper plate lined with paper towels.
- Next, place the fried pie bombs on a baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, and once cool enough to handle, roll in cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Dust each pie bomb with powdered sugar right before serving.
Notes
- Refrigerate for up to 4 days in an airtight container.
- Microwave at 30-second intervals until heated through.
- Stir your filling mixture continuously while cooking it to prevent sticking and scorching.
- Only fry a few bombs at a time, so the oil stays nice and hot.
- Remove your bombs from the oil as soon as they’re golden. You’re not cooking them through. You’re just crisping them.
- A slotted spoon is the best way to remove your bombs from the oil. It limits mess while moving the bombs from the pan to the plate.
These are definitley going in my rotation! I love that they’re so easy!
These are fully awesome. The filling is freaking amazing with the dough.
These mini pies are perfect! They keep so well too. It’s like a cross between a pie and donut!
Warm, gooey cherry filling inside. Everyone loved them!
These cherry pie bombs are so much fun! They tasted great, are easy to eat and they’re perfect to bring to a party too. Making some more for the super bowl this weekend!
These cherry pie bombs turned out, so amazing! They were easy to make, and my kids love them, can’t wait to make them again!
I made these cherry pie bombs recently and they were a blast. They’re so much easier to put together than a full pie, and that warm cherry filling tucked inside the flaky crust was the perfect quick treat.