Halloween Experts

Of all the great Halloween food recipes we have tried for kids’ parties, these are our favorite to make and the most popular with our small guests! We like to serve these with a small, individual condiment cup of ketchup, chips, and a few grapes.

Hot Dog Mummies:

INGREDIENTS:

1 can (8 oz) packaged, refrigerated crescent dinner rolls or 1 can (8 oz) packaged, refrigerated seamless dough sheet

2 1/2 slices American cheese, quartered (2.5 oz)

10 large hot dogs

Cooking spray

Mustard or ketchup, if desired

DIRECTIONS:

1. Heat oven to 375°F.

2. If using packaged crescent rolls: Unroll dough; separate at perforations, creating 4 rectangles. Press perforations to seal. If using dough sheet: Unroll dough; cut into 4 rectangles.

3. With knife or kitchen scissors, cut each rectangle lengthwise into 10 pieces, making a total of 40 pieces of dough. Slice cheese slices into quarters (1/2 slice cheese, cut in half).

4. Wrap 4 pieces of dough around each hot dog and 1/4 slice of cheese to look like “bandages,” stretching dough slightly to completely cover hot dog. About 1/2 inch from one end of each hot dog, separate “bandages” so hot dog shows through for “face.” On ungreased large cookie sheet, place wrapped hot dogs (cheese side down); spray dough lightly with cooking spray.

5. Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until dough is light golden brown and hot dogs are hot. With mustard, draw features on “face.”