Need an easy recipe to use up some of your Thanksgiving leftovers? These Thanksgiving Crescent Dough Bombs are the perfect baked lunch or appetizer recipe to use up leftover turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and sweet potato casserole.

Delicious Thanksgiving day leftovers are enveloped in a warm, buttery, flaky, crescent dough and baked to golden perfection in a muffin tin. Each handheld bite is the perfect explosion of familiar holiday flavors.
One of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving day is the main meal & desserts. I love to cook as you all know, so there are never a shortage of leftovers in my home.
But, sometimes we might only have smaller portions of stuffing, sweet potato casserole, turkey and fixings like olives left over. These leftovers are like gold, but might not be enough for a full meal.

That is why these crescent roll or “bombs” are the perfect leftovers recipe! Each bomb holds the perfect amount of delicious filling for an explosion of flavor in every bite.
Ingredients You’ll Need for this Easy Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipe
- 24 ounces crescent roll dough Pillsbury Grands XL Crescent Rolls (12 ounces each, 2 cans)
- 3/4 cup turkey meat
- 3/4 cup sweet potato casserole
- 3/4 cup cranberry sauce
- 3/4 cup stuffing
- Turkey gravy (for dipping)

Tips for Making Thanksgiving Leftovers Crescent Dough Bombs
Make sure all your fillings are handy and ready to go. You do not need to preheat them beforehand unless they were frozen.
Use the Pillsbury Grands XL crescents so you can add more filling to each.
Only work with cold crescent roll dough, otherwise it will get very sticky, very fast!
When wrapping crescent bombs, you do not need to make sure dough is covering every space. They will bake up just fine.
Baking them at 350 degrees F. is the ideal temperature, but cook time is between 12-14 minutes depending on your oven. I recommend checking them at the 12 minute mark.

Can the Thanksgiving Leftovers Crescent Bombs be Frozen?
Yes, these can be frozen. If you freeze them, thaw them in room temperature for about 30 minutes and then heat in the toaster oven for 5 minutes at 350 degrees F.
You can also microwave them, but they really are not the same delicious texture. They turn into more of a dinner roll texture versus a crispier texture.




Here’s the recipe:
Thanksgiving Crescent Dough Bombs
Equipment
- Muffin tins
Ingredients
- 24 ounces crescent roll dough Pillsbury Grands XL Crescent Rolls (12 ounces each, 2 cans)
- 3/4 cup turkey
- 3/4 cup sweet potato casserole
- 3/4 cup cranberry sauce
- 3/4 cup stuffing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Unwrap each can of crescent roll dough and lay them over the open slots of each muffin tin.
- Once they are all laid out (there may be some empty slots and that is ok) it is time to start adding the fillings.
- You want to add about a tablespoon of each filling (4 total) to each crescent dough roll.
- Once all the fillings are in, it is time to wrap them.
- To wrap, bring over the two larger triangle ends, and then the longer piece. These do not need to be perfectly closed and will bake up fine. Watch the video above to see my technique.
- Bake for 13-14 minutes. Each crescent will be slightly (not deeply) golden brown.
- Enjoy warm!
Video
Notes
Nutrition
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This is a great idea for my Thanksgiving leftovers and it looks absolutely delicious too. It makes me lessen the food that’ll be wasted.
These look amazing! I have never made anything like that with leftovers before! Such a great idea!
These look absolutely amazing! Thanksgiving leftovers are my favorite…and anything that you put inside a crescent roll has got to be amazing!!! I want to make myself a Thanksgiving feast today, just so I can try this with my leftovers.
This is definitely a life saver. I am sure this is going to be massive during the holidays. I am a type of person that always finds a way how to save specially with food.
I am sure my family will love this!! It looks so delish!
These are so perfect for our movie nights. I am sure that these crescent bombs will be a new favorite in our house!
This is a genius idea. I hope that i can actually get my hands on some leftovers this year.
What a great idea for leftovers. I need to pick up a can of crescent rolls.
Those look amazing. I think it’s great when you can make recipes from leftovers. Thanksgiving is one of those where you always have lots of leftovers too.
I saved this because this looks delicious. Can’t wait
OMG this sounds so good. I love crescent rolls. I’ll definitely have to try this!
Love the recipe that I won’t wait making! We can celebrate the tastes of the Fall now!
That is a wicked good idea!!! I will be traveling for Thanksgiving, but the next time I Make a turkey I will try these.
Yes, yes, YES! I’m always looking for ways to do something interesting with our leftovers, and you just gave me a great recipe. WOOT!
I’m always looking for interesting recipes for Thanksgiving leftovers. I’m saving this one, as I feel it’s very yummy-looking!
Now this sounds like a tasty combo. I really like the sound of the sweet and savory ingredients together.
Those crescent bombs look so good and who could resist Thanksgiving leftovers like that. This is the way to keep the feast going which is the best part.