Dill Pickle Puff Pastry Appetizers
Dill Pickle Puff Pastry Appetizers are the ultimate savory snack for pickle lovers! Flaky, golden puff pastry, creamy dill pickle spread, and a sprinkle of parmesan come together to create a delicious, crispy bite that’s perfect for game days, parties, and holidays.
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If you’re like me and love dill pickle flavored foods, you’re gonna love these Dill Pickle Puff Pastry Appetizers!
The flaky puff pastry gives them a satisfying crispy texture, the dill pickle cream cheese adds a creamy, tangy component, and parmesan cheese adds a little salty richness to round them out.
They make a fun, crowd-pleasing appetizer anytime you’re entertaining!
Ingredients needed to make this recipe (scroll down to recipe card for complete recipe):
- Frozen puff pastry (2 sheets)
- Dill pickle cream cheese spread
- Dried dill (dill weed)
- Parmesan cheese – optional
Simplified steps on how to make these (full instructions on recipe card at bottom)
- Cut each thawed puff pastry sheet into 3 equal strips.
- Spread the dill pickle cream cheese spread over all of the strips, followed by a sprinkle of dried dill and parmesan cheese.
- Cut each strip into 4 rectangles, then bake on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Puff Pastry Tips
- Puff pastry should be cold when baked for best results. If it becomes warm, your kitchen is too hot, or it’s near a warm oven when working with it, pop it in the fridge to get it cold again before baking.
- For less puffy puff pastry, prick it all over with a fork before adding the dill pickle cream cheese.
- Puffpastry.com is loaded with great tips and techniques for working with puff pastry.
How to serve Dill Pickle Puff Pastries
These pastries are fantastic all by themselves, but you could serve them with some ranch dressing for dipping if desired.
Puff pastries are best when they’re fresh out of the oven. You can always pop them in a low oven (250°) for a couple minutes to warm them up again if needed.
How to store the baked puff pastries
If you have leftovers, store them in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 2 days.
You can reheat them in the oven to warm them up again.
Looking for more appetizer recipes? Here are some favorites:
- Sausage Stuffed Sweet Mini Peppers (shown below)
- Slow Cooker Marinated Olives
- Jalapeno Cheddar Taco Cheese Ball
- Marinated Cheese & Olive Antipasto
NOTES:
- Instead of spreading the dill pickle cream cheese all over the whole puff pastry sheet, then cutting it, I like to cut it into strips first, because each little bare spot along the rim will create a nice crispy edge.
- Both shredded and grated parmesan cheese work well. Use what you have or like best.
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Dill Pickle Puff Pastry Appetizers
Equipment
- sheet pans
- Parchment paper
- knife
Ingredients
- 17.3 oz frozen puff pastry (2 sheets) thawed
- dill pickle cream cheese spread room temperature
- dried dill (dill weed) to taste
- parmesan cheese to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°. Make sure your puff pastry sheets are thawed, but still cold. Unroll each sheet and cut into 3 strips, longways.
- Divide the dill pickle cream cheese evenly amongst the 6 strips of puff pastry and spread it out.
- Sprinkle your desired amount of dried dill and parmesan cheese over the strips and cut each strip into 4 rectangles.
- Transfer the puff pastries to parchment paper lined sheet pans and bake for 13-14 minutes. They're done when the edges are golden brown and nice and crispy. Enjoy!
Notes
- While it seems easier to just spread the dill pickle cream cheese over the whole sheets of puff pastry then slice them, you don't get very much of an edge that way. Slicing them in strips first leaves little bare spots on the sides to puff up nicely.
- If you need to bake these in batches, keep the unbaked portions cold in the fridge while you wait for the others to come out of the oven.
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These dill pickle puff pastry appetizers disappear whenever I make them! Hope you like them too!