For a festive and savory holiday appetizer, make these fun Christmas Tree Spinach Dip Breadsticks that your guests or family will love pulling apart!
This is a simple appetizer to create and yields fun and unique results. Take the classic spinach and artichoke dip and twist it into an edible tree for Christmas!
A spinach dip stuffed pull apart tree is the perfect way to celebrate the season with the people you love. Plus, any leftover spinach can be used to make this Spinach and Feta Quiche, which would be great as a holiday brunch!
For a fun and festive savory appetizer, this spinach dip stuffed Christmas tree is a simple option that your guests will love!
Why You’ll Love this Christmas Tree Spinach Dip Breadsticks Recipe
Looking for a delicious appetizer to serve on Christmas Eve or before your big Christmas dinner? Need a fun and festive treat to bring along to a holiday party, or something savory and filling to serve at your cookie swap?
Whip up one of these spinach dip stuffed Christmas trees and you’ll have a guaranteed crowd pleaser on your hands!
Made from crispy and flaky puff pastry and loaded with salty and flavorful spinach and artichoke dip, this pull apart Christmas tree is the perfect way to serve your favorite dip!
Easy to prepare with outstanding results, this will live among your appetizer favorites for the holidays.
Spinach Artichoke Dip Christmas Tree Ingredients
With just a few simple ingredients, you can prepare this impressive and delicious holiday appetizer.
- Puff Pastry – this light and flaky dough is easy to work with and makes prep simple and quick!
- Frozen Spinach (thawed) – even a quality spinach and artichoke dip can be made with frozen spinach, and this eliminates the need for any chopping or cooking.
- Artichoke Hearts – provide a salty and subtly nutty flavor that pairs well with spinach and cheese.
- Cream Cheese – ensures that your dip is creamy and satisfying!
- Mozzarella Cheese and Parmesan Cheese – two different varieties make your dip extra cheesy and tasty.
- Egg – you’ll use this for an eggwash over your puff pastry to make sure it gets nice and golden in the oven.
- Garlic Powder – for some extra garlicky flavor.
- Salt and Pepper – a good baseline for flavor that accentuate the tastes of the other ingredients.
How to Make your Spinach Dip Christmas Tree
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare a baking sheet lined with a piece of parchment paper.
- Drain and chop your artichoke hearts and add to a medium size bowl. Add your spinach and mozzarella cheese.
First things first: you’ve got to make the spinach and artichoke dip!
- Add the Parmesan cheese, cream cheese, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Make sure to keep mixing the ingredients together to blend.
Be sure to add enough seasonings to bring out all of the dip’s flavors.
- Place your puff pastry on your baking sheet and roll out with a rolling pin. With a pizza cutter, cut slices to make your Christmas tree shaped triangle. Save the two sides to cover up.
Using a pizza cutter ensures you’ll get straight and even lines.
- Cover your biggest triangle with your dip mixture, spreading the spinach dip well so everything is covered evenly.
Be generous with the amount of spinach dip!
- Then use the two half triangles to cover your dip, pinch the middle together, and you might have to stretch the dough a little bit, to make sure all parts are covered.
Be sure to keep the other pieces of dough to serve as the top half of your tree.
- Using your pizza cutter, start cutting strips towards the middle, making sure to leave the middle part uncut.
Don’t put the pizza cutter away just yet! It’ll come in handy when you need to cut your strips.
- Then take each strip and do 1-2 full twists, depending on how long they are.
- In a small bowl, beat your egg and brush your egg wash over your Christmas tree, making sure all parts are covered.
Give each strip a good twist so the green of the spinach shows through.
- Place in the oven and cook for 22-24 minutes, or until golden brown.
Decorate your Christmas Tree of puff pastry with halved tomatoes and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
11. Decorate your puff pastry tree with halved cherry tomatoes, either before baking or after it is removed from the oven. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
Christmas Tree Spinach Dip Breadsticks FAQs
Can I make my own dough?
Of course! I like to use storebought dough to speed up the prep and lessen the amount of effort it takes to prepare this appetizer, but if you prefer to make a homemade dough and use that, this Christmas tree will be delicious!
Is spinach artichoke dip good for you?
Not particularly, but that’s okay! The holidays are about treating yourself and eating yummy food (in moderation, of course).
If you’re looking for a healthier version of this dip, substitute the cream cheese for some Greek yogurt.
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Popular Variations and Substitutions
- Instead of egg wash, use a bit of melted butter to give your pastry a super crispy and buttery finish.
- If you love this combination of flavors, why not use it to make pizza as well? Use a thin crust pizza dough, spread out the spinach dip as the “sauce,” then sprinkle with another 1/2 cup or so of Mozzarella cheese.
- Other storebought dough options that could work for this Spinach Dip Christmas Tree are crescent rolls, biscuit dough, or pizza dough. You may have to edit the construction and twisting process based on the shapes you have, but they’ll all bake into fluffy and doughy bases for your yummy dip.
- To “decorate” your tree, top with diced tomatoes, chopped colorful bell peppers, and more!
- This method can be used with a wide variety of fillings. Make a tree out of buffalo chicken dip, a breakfast hash, or even go a sweeter route and fill with hazelnut spread or cream cheese, cinnamon, and sugar for a pull apart dessert.
Your guests and family will love this yummy and shareable pull-apart Christmas tree with spinach and artichoke dip!
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Spinach Artichoke Dip Christmas Tree Breadsticks
Christmas Tree Spinach Dip Breadsticks
This pastry Christmas tree stuffed with spinach and artichoke dip is a fun and delicious holiday appetizer!
Ingredients
- 1 sheet of puff pastry (thawed)
- 8 oz frozen spinach (thawed)
- 1 can of quartered artichoke hearts (13.75 oz)
- 4 oz cream cheese (room temperature)
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
- 1/3 cup parmesan cheese
- 1 egg
- ΒΌ tsp garlic powder
- Salt
- Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Drain and chop your artichoke hearts and add to a medium size bowl.
- To your medium size bowl, add your spinach, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, cream cheese, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Make sure to mix the ingredients well.
- Place your puff pastry on your baking sheet and roll out with a rolling pin.
- Then use a pizza cutter to cut your Christmas tree shaped triangle. Save the two sides to cover up.
- Cover your biggest triangle with your dip mixture, make sure dip is spread out evenly.
- Use the two half triangles to cover your dip, pinch the middle together, and you might have to stretch the dough a little bit, to make sure all parts are covered.
- Using your pizza cutter, start cutting strips towards the middle, making sure to leave the middle part uncut.
- Twist each strips 1 to 2 times.
- In a small bowl, beat your egg and brush your egg wash over your Christmas tree, making sure all parts are covered.
- Place in the oven and cook for 22-24 minutes, or until golden brown.
Notes
- Use pizza dough, biscuits, or crescent rolls to make variations on this Christmas tree with slightly different textures.
- For more of a breadstick take on things, go with storebought pizza dough instead.
- Dust with some Parmesan cheese "snow" and garnish with colorful veggies to trim your appetizer tree!
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 300Total Fat: 23gSaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 104mgSodium: 654mgCarbohydrates: 11gFiber: 3gSugar: 2gProtein: 15g