Hot dogs and crescent roll dough are all you need to make this fun Halloween treat…no tricks needed! Hot dog mummies make a quick and easy Halloween supper, and a great first course before the candy eating begins!
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.
Here’s how you make 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!)
PrintHot Dog Mummies!
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 6 hot dog mummies! 1x
Category: Dinner
Method: Oven
Cuisine: American
Description
Hot dogs and crescent roll dough are all you need to make this fun Halloween treat…no tricks needed! Hot dog mummies make a quick and easy Halloween supper.
Ingredients
- 6 hot dogs
- 1 can refrigerated crescent roll or breadstick dough
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Open dough and unroll and lay it flat on a cutting surface. Cut the dough into 1/4 inch strips.
- 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.
- Place the hot dogs on a baking sheet and bake until golden, 10-12 minutes.
- Cool slightly, add mustard drops as “eyes” if desired and serve!
I can definitely see why you were traumatized! I probably would have been as well. But these cute mummies heal all wounds!
They do! Depending on what happens with Hurricane Sandy I might have to make more of them! :)
LOL, we don’t eat hot dogs but I just had to say how they made me laugh, so cute !
They are pretty goofy, aren’t they! :)
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!
Great minds think alike! :)
Great recipe! My daughter loves it!
Paola
I’m so glad – Happy Halloween!!
What sound did you end up making then?! These are super cute!
I think I just swayed back and forth. In retrospect, the teenager tells me I should have said “Photosynthesis!”
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!
I love Bisquick biscuits! And pancakes…yum. :)
Love those mummies! Fun at any age Thanks Framed!
You are so welcome! :)
You are welcome–and were a good sport! Still are. Love you. M.
Love you right back, my beautiful mother! :)