Description
Mummy Dogs are a fun and spooky appetizer perfect for Halloween or themed parties. Hot dogs stuffed with melted cheese are wrapped in crescent roll dough to resemble mummies, then baked until golden and topped with cute edible eyes for a playful and delicious treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Hot Dogs
- 8 hot dogs
Cheese
- 4 slices American cheese
Dough
- 1 can crescent roll dough
Decorations
- 16 decorative eyes, or white cheese and olives for eyes
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure it’s ready for baking the mummy dogs.
- Prepare Cheese Strips: Cut the 4 slices of American cheese into about 16 long thin strips and set them aside for stuffing the hot dogs.
- Prepare Crescent Dough: Pinch the crescent roll dough to remove perforations so it acts as one sheet, then cut the dough into thin strips for wrapping around the hot dogs.
- Dry Hot Dogs: Pat your hot dogs dry with paper towels to help the dough adhere better during wrapping.
- Create Cheese Pockets: Cut a slit lengthwise in each hot dog to create a pocket. Insert one cheese strip into each hot dog pocket for a melted cheesy center.
- Wrap Hot Dogs: Wrap each cheese-stuffed hot dog with the crescent dough strips, overlapping slightly to resemble mummy bandages.
- Arrange on Baking Sheet: Place the wrapped hot dogs on a baking sheet, spacing them evenly for uniform baking.
- Bake: Bake the mummy dogs in the preheated oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for about 15 minutes, or until the hot dogs are heated through and the dough is golden brown.
- Make Eyes: Use a straw to punch out small circles of white cheese to create eyes. Blow through the straw to release each circle smoothly.
- Add Pupils and Finish: Slice olives into tiny pieces to serve as pupils for the eyes. While the mummy dogs are still warm, place the eyes with pupils onto each mummy to complete their spooky look.
Notes
- For a vegetarian twist, substitute hot dogs with plant-based sausages and use vegan cheese.
- If decorative eyes are unavailable, small dots of mustard or ketchup can be used for eyes.
- To prevent dough from sticking, lightly flour your cutting surface when slicing the crescent roll dough into strips.
- Make sure not to wrap the dough too tightly so the cheese melts evenly and the dough puffs nicely.
- Serve warm with your favorite dipping sauces such as mustard, ketchup, or ranch dressing.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mummy dog
- Calories: 250 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 700 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 10 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
