Description
These Halloween Mummy Meatballs are a fun and spooky appetizer perfect for Halloween parties. Wrapped in crescent roll dough to resemble mummies and decorated with pepperoni eyes, they are easy to prepare and baked until golden and delicious. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce or over pasta for a festive meal.
Ingredients
Scale
Meatballs
- 16 precooked meatballs, about 1.5 inches wide
Dough and Decoration
- 4 crescent roll dough triangles (half a package of 8)
- 3 pepperoni slices (or other eye options)
Serving
- Desired sauce for serving (such as marinara, pesto, alfredo, BBQ sauce, cheese sauce, or sweet and sour)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C) to get it ready for baking the meatballs.
- Prepare Dough Strips: Unwrap the crescent roll dough and cut half the package into thin strips about 1/4 inch wide. These strips will be used to wrap the meatballs like mummy bandages.
- Wrap Meatballs: Take one or two dough strips and gently stretch them around each meatball in a haphazard mummy pattern. Press the dough strips where they overlap so they stick together. Repeat for all meatballs, and add extra strips as needed to create a mummy look.
- Bake Meatballs: Place the wrapped meatballs on a baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes or until the dough is golden brown and the meatballs are heated through.
- Prepare the Eyes: While the meatballs are baking, use a small round cutter or the tip of a pastry tip to cut out small circles from the pepperoni slices to form the eyes.
- Attach Eyes: After baking, let the meatballs cool slightly. Use a small amount of sauce or water to adhere two pepperoni eyes to each mummy meatball.
- Serve: Serve the Halloween mummy meatballs with your chosen dipping sauce or over pasta to enjoy this festive and delicious treat.
Notes
- Frozen precooked meatballs work perfectly for this recipe. If using raw meatballs, cook them as directed on the package, pulling them out 15 minutes before fully done to wrap and bake.
- Mini pepperoni slices can be used as eyes, though they may be slightly large. Other eye options include dots of mustard, ketchup, BBQ sauce, pieces of olives, or peppers.
- Choose a dipping sauce that complements your eye decoration and overall flavor. Good options include marinara, pesto, alfredo, BBQ, cheese sauce, or sweet and sour sauce.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 meatball
- Calories: 110
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 320mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 6g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
