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Hot Dog Mummies!

October 28, 2012 by 14 Comments

Boo!  It’s just about that time again, and amid all the fun-sized Snickers bars and candy corn and caramel apples and pumpkin-infused everything, we are also at some point going to need to feed the kids some Regular Food.  And while these Halloween hot dogs aren’t the fanciest dinner entree, they  ARE festive and they DON’T involve chocolate, which on October 31st pretty much qualifies them as dinner.  So move over Three Musketeers bars…the hot dog mummies are in town!
 

And speaking of Halloween, allow me to share my most memorable Halloween story with you.  (Those of you who have already heard my catharsis about this episode, feel free to skip down to the recipe.)  But just in case….travel back with me in time to kindergarten.  I have lobbied hard to get one of those costumes in the cardboard box from Woolworth’s.  The ones with the thin plastic mask with the elastic band, and the (probably flammable) shiny sparkly princess dress.

My mother, meanwhile, has spent hours thinking up and then sewing a perfectly amazing sunflower outfit for me.  My brown school shoes are the ground, my green turtleneck and tights are my stem, and she has spent hours with felt and yarn to make me leaves and a sunflower head.  I am a complete ingrate because I want to be a polyester princess, but I pose in the backyard anyway.

Off we go to school, and at role-call time, our teacher decides that when she calls our names, instead of saying “Here!” we should instead make the noise of whatever we are for Halloween.

At this point, let me remind you that I am a sunflower.  The last thing I remember is panic setting in as I realize I am about to be marked Absent because sunflowers do not make a noise.  I’m sure some of my present-day character flaws can be traced back to this exact moment in time.  It definitely explains why I was so incredibly tolerant when the teenager decided at various points in her life to be Batgirl, Supergirl, a belly dancer and Ke$ha.

This concludes my Halloween trip down memory lane, except to say I’m sure I could have been completely consoled by a dinner of Hot Dog Mummies.  These quick and festive characters are made by cutting cresent roll or breadstick dough (yes, the kind that comes in the can…we have a busy schedule on Halloween!) into 1/4 inch strips, winding the strips around hot dogs, baking them for about 10 minutes until the dough is golden, dotting the tops of the mummies with some mustard eyes, and handing them out.  No forks or even plates necessary!

And with that, the only thing I have left to say is Happy Halloween to All! (And an incredibly belated thank you…really!…to my creative mother!)

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Hot Dog Mummies!

Yield: 6 hot dog mummies!

Hot Dog Mummies!

Ingredients

6 hot dogs
1 can refrigerated crescent roll or breadstick dough

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Open dough and unroll and lay it flat on a cutting surface. Cut the dough into 1/4 inch strips.
3. Wind the strips around hot dog until everything is covered except a little opening for the "face." Depending on the size of your hot dogs, you will need to use 3-4 strips per dog.
4. Place the hot dogs on a baking sheet and bake until golden, 10-12 minutes.
5. Cool slightly, add mustard drops as "eyes" if desired and serve!

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  1. Joanne says:
    October 28, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    I can definitely see why you were traumatized! I probably would have been as well. But these cute mummies heal all wounds!

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  2. Candice@NotesFromABroad says:
    October 29, 2012 at 9:23 am

    LOL, we don’t eat hot dogs but I just had to say how they made me laugh, so cute !

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  3. Jocelyn W says:
    October 29, 2012 at 10:26 am

    Thanks for this. I just told my hubby I was going to make these on Halloween last night but needed to find out how long to cook them. I opened my email and you anwsered this morning! Love it when that happens!

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  4. Paola Lovisetti says:
    October 29, 2012 at 12:29 pm

    Great recipe! My daughter loves it!
    Paola

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  5. Sonia says:
    October 30, 2012 at 12:28 am

    What sound did you end up making then?! These are super cute!

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  6. Skyler Potter says:
    November 1, 2012 at 8:09 pm

    These are great, we used make these when I was growing u, my mom was a fan of Bisquick biscuits so usually we used those! What a yummy and cute treat!

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  7. Posti4 says:
    November 6, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    Love those mummies! Fun at any age Thanks Framed!

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