Taco Crescent Roll Pizza

First published March 5, 2022. Last updated April 14, 2025 for editorial improvements.

Crescent roll taco pizza: because dinner shouldn’t require a spreadsheet, a prayer circle, or a second dishwasher. This 30-minute wonder is fast, fabulous, and flexible—serve it as an app, a snack, or a low-effort main dish with all your favorite taco toppings. It’s the hero you need after a long day of doing everything, and the best part? Hardly any dishes. Boom.

🧾 Ingredients

🔪 Instructions

1. Unroll the crescent rolls but don't separate. Press dough into baking pan. Bake until golden brown and let cool.
2. Cook the beef and add the taco seasoning.
3. Mix the cream cheese, sour cream, and more taco seasoning.
4. Spread the cream cheese on the cooled crust then layer the rest of the ingredients over it. Finish with a drizzle of taco sauce.

📖 Recipe

Easy Taco Crescent Roll Pizza Recipe

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This easy crescent roll taco pizza recipe takes less than 30 minutes to get on the table and has all your favorite Tex-Mex flavors! It's an easy appetizer for game day or a delicious dinner for Tuesday Taco Night!

Course Dinner (quick and easy)

Cuisine American

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes minutes

Servings:12

Calories:372

Author:Marye Audet-White

Ingredients

• ▢ 16 ounces crescent dough, from the refrigerated section
• ▢ 8 ounces cream cheese
• ▢ ½ cup sour cream
• ▢ 2 ounces taco seasoning
• ▢ 1 pound ground beef
• ▢ 2 cups Cheddar, shredded
• ▢ 1 cup lettuce, shredded
• ▢ ¾ cup tomatoes, diced
• ▢ ⅓ cup cilantro, chopped
• ▢ ⅓ cup taco sauce
• ▢ black olives,avocado, black beans, onions, jalapeno peppers, Optional

Instructions

• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Unroll the crescent dough sheets and place on the baking sheet.
• Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly golden.
• Remove from the oven and cool 5 minutes.
• While the crust is cooling, cook beef in a heavy skillet until browned.
• Drain the fat if needed and add in one packet of taco seasoning and ¼ cup of water.
• Cook for 5 more minutes, stirring often.
• Remove from heat.
• Put the cream cheese in a microwave safe bowl and soften in the microwave for a minute or two.
• Add the sour cream, and one packet of taco seasoning to the softened cream cheese.
• Beat together until blended and smooth.
• Spread the cream cheese mixture over the crust and top with the taco meat.
• Drizzle with the taco sauce.
• Top the pizza with the cheese, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, cilantro and optional ingredients of choice.
• Cut into 12 pieces and serve.

Notes

Storage:

This crescent roll taco pizza is best eaten within a few hours of making it. The longer it sits the more you risk a soggy crust.

If you must store it cover it with plastic wrap or put in an airtight container and refrigerate.

You could freeze this before you put the vegetables on it. Bake the crust as directed, let cool, then spread with the cream cheese mixture. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for up to 3 months.

Tips:

• Be sure your baked crescent roll crust is cool before adding the rest of the ingredients or the cream cheese layer will melt.
• Wait to put the vegetables on top until just before serving.

You'll find more helpful tips and variations in the body of the post.

Nutrition Facts

Calories: 372kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 70mg | Sodium: 947mg | Potassium: 212mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1128IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 172mg | Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

This recipe has been tested several times. If you choose to use other ingredients, or change the technique in some way, the results may not be the same.

📖 Variations

• Use grilled chicken instead of taco meat.
• Add refried beans, black beans, or pinto beans.
• Spoon guacamole on top.
• Black olives are a delicious addition.
• Corn, especially roasted corn, works really well on this.
• Use Catalina dressing instead of taco sauce to drizzle over the top.
• You could make this with pizza dough if you prefer.
• Sprinkle chopped green onion over the top.

You might want to try this sausage and gravy breakfast pizza with a crescent roll crust. It's perfect for back to school!

💭 Tips

Expert Tip: The refrigerated crescent rolls work better for this recipe than the crescent rolls sheets.

• Be sure your baked crescent roll crust is cool before adding the rest of the ingredients or the cream cheese layer will melt.
• This is best eaten within a few hours of making. The crust gets a little soggy the next day.
• Easy taco pizza makes a great appetizer when you cut it in small slices.
• Wait to put the vegetables on top until just before serving.

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