Description
Mummy Dogs are a fun and spooky Halloween snack featuring hot dogs wrapped in crescent roll dough with gooey cheese inside, baked until golden and topped with decorative eyes for a creepy-cute effect perfect for kids and parties.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients
- 8 hot dogs
- 1 can crescent roll dough
- 4 slices American cheese
- 16 decorative eyes, or white cheese and olives for homemade eyes
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit to prepare for baking the mummy dogs.
- Prepare Cheese Strips: Cut the American cheese into about 16 long strips and set them aside for stuffing.
- Prepare Dough Strips: Pinch the perforations in the crescent roll dough to seal, then cut the dough into thin strips suitable for wrapping.
- Dry Hot Dogs: Use paper towels to dry off the hot dogs to help the dough stick better.
- Create Cheese Pockets: Cut a slit in each hot dog to create a pocket and insert a strip of cheese inside.
- Wrap Hot Dogs: Wrap each cheese-stuffed hot dog with the crescent dough strips so they look like mummies.
- Arrange on Sheet: Place the wrapped hot dogs on a baking sheet, spacing them apart for even cooking.
- Bake: Bake in the preheated 375-degree oven 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 from a slice of white cheese, then slice olives to create pupils.
- Add Eyes: While the mummy dogs are still warm, place the cheese circles and olive pupils onto each to create spooky eyes.
Notes
- To prevent the dough from puffing too much, pinch perforations before cutting strips.
- If you don’t have decorative eyes, use white cheese circles and olive slices for a homemade version.
- Drying the hot dogs helps the dough stick better and prevents sogginess.
- For extra flavor, you can brush the dough strips lightly with melted butter before baking.
- Serve warm for the best cheesy gooey experience.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mummy dog
- Calories: 290 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 700 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 10 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
