Description
Mummy Dogs are a fun and spooky twist on classic hot dogs wrapped in crescent roll dough and cheese strips, perfect for Halloween or themed parties. These savory treats feature melted American cheese inside each hot dog wrapped like a mummy and topped with cute decorative eyes made from cheese and olives.
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 making eyes)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit to get it ready for baking the mummy dogs.
- Prepare Cheese Strips: Cut the American cheese slices into about 16 long strips and set them aside for stuffing inside the hot dogs.
- Prepare Crescent Dough: Pinch the crescent dough to eliminate the perforations, then cut the dough into strips suitable for wrapping around the hot dogs.
- Dry Hot Dogs: Use paper towels to dry the hot dogs to help the dough stick better and prevent sogginess.
- Create Cheese Pockets: Cut a slit in each hot dog to form a pocket, then insert a cheese strip into each to add melty cheesiness inside.
- Wrap Hot Dogs: Wrap each hot dog with crescent dough strips, resembling a mummy wrapping, making sure cheese is enclosed and dough overlaps sufficiently.
- Bake: Place the wrapped hot dogs on a baking sheet and 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: While still warm, use a straw to punch out small circles from a slice of white cheese for eyes. Blow into the straw to release each circle. Slice olives into tiny pieces for pupils.
- Assemble Eyes: Place the cheese circles on each mummy dog, then add the olive pupils to complete the cute mummy face appearance.
Notes
- Pinching the crescent roll dough perforations helps prevent the dough from falling apart when wrapping the hot dogs.
- Drying the hot dogs before wrapping helps the dough adhere better and results in a crispier crust.
- You can substitute American cheese with mozzarella or cheddar for different flavor profiles.
- If decorative eyes are unavailable, you can use small dots of mustard or ketchup as an alternative.
- Make sure the slit in the hot dog is big enough to hold the cheese strip but not so big that cheese falls out during baking.
- Serve hot with ketchup, mustard, or your favorite dipping sauces for extra fun.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mummy dog
- Calories: 280 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 600 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: 40 mg
