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These appealing little ‘blossoms’ are perfect as appetizers or as a sophisticated dessert. They’re very easy to make and they delight the senses with their transporting flavors and variety of textures.
Here’s a photo of the Pina Colada Blossoms below.
Ingredients:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 Tbsp lime juice
2 Tbsp sugar
Cooking oil spray
24 wonton wrappers (or 6 egg roll wrappers cut into quarters)
Ground cinnamon (for dusting)
1 can pineapple chunks
1 can mandarin orange sections
3/4 Cup shredded sweetened coconut
Fresh mint leaves, minced (optional)
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a medium bowl, thoroughly mix the cream cheese, lime juice, and sugar. Spray mini muffin pans with cooking spray. Press a wonton wrapper into each cup, folding the corners out like petals, and dust lightly with cinnamon. Put about a teaspoon of cheese mixture into each, press a pineapple chunk and a mandarin orange section into the cheese, and top with about a teaspoon of shredded coconut.
Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool slightly before serving. Sprinkle with minced fresh mint leaves, if desired.
Makes 24 appetizers.
Enjoy!
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December 6th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
These are absolutely wonderful! I made some for a Christmas party last night and everyone raved about them. The one change I would suggest is that the oven temperature called for seems higher than necessary. They were quite browned after 15 minutes and I’m glad we were watching them and didn’t go the full 20-25 minutes or they’d have been burnt to a crisp. Next time, I’m going to try 375 degrees. But I will definitely make them again.