Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat 8 cavities of a muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
Using your hand mixer and a medium bowl, beat your cream cheese, ½ cup less 1 tablespoon granulated sugar, and brown sugar until well combined. Mix pumpkin puree, salt and pumpkin pie spice into the cream cheese mixture. Beat in egg and vanilla extract until evenly combined.
Open a can of crescent rolls, roll it out and separate into 4 rectangles. Seal the perforations between the triangles with your fingers and cut each rectangle in half to make 8 fairly even squares.
Place about 1- 1½ tablespoons of pumpkin pie filling in the center of each square of dough. Pick up the corners of the dough and pinch them together. Try not to let filling spill out. Seal all sides together and roll it gently between your palms to form a ball. Do this for all 8 bites — place in prepared muffin cups, seam side down.
Melt butter in the microwave. In a small bowl, combine,1 tablespoon reserved granulated sugar and cinnamon. Brush each bite with melted butter and then sprinkle each ball with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Bake for 13-15 minutes until golden brown. Let cool for 5 minutes, and then carefully remove from muffin tin and place on a rack to cool fully.
Icing Glaze
To make icing, place powdered sugar and milk in a small bowl and mix to combine. If your icing is too runny, add more sugar until you reach desired consistency. Drizzle over Pumpkin Pie bombs and serve warm.
Notes
Pumpkin Filling: Make sure you use pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling, in this recipe.
Prep: Don’t forget to remove your cream cheese from the refrigerator to let it soften before you need it for this fantastic dessert.
Dough: we used the Grands size crescent rolls, and they seem to be a perfect size.
Pro Tip: Make sure to place your bites in the muffin cups seam-side down so that the filling doesn’t escape during baking.
Storing: Place leftovers in the fridge for 3-4 days. Heat briefly in the microwave to reheat.
Nutritional information is approximate and was calculated using a recipe nutrition label generator and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.