This is a easy recipe for all that celebrate Halloween! Here in Australia Halloween is getting a bigger and bigger celebration each year. Children can make my Easy Mummy Dog Halloween Recipe under adult supervision. It's a simple 4 ingredient recipe. Cut the hot dog sausages to create arms and legs. Have the kids wrap pastry around the sausages. Remember this is a recipe that doesn't need to be perfect or even pretty they look the best when they're messy!
Halloween is growing in Australia. Some locals now celebrate it, not just observe overseas in America, Canada, and the UK. You go into retail outlets and you can find many different types Halloween decorations like spiders webs, pumpkins, skeletons, dress ups, cauldrons, ghosts just to name a few. So I thought I'd make some very easy Halloween mummy dogs for the kids and young at heart.
Mummy Dogs are the perfect Halloween party food. They're quick to put together, don't need any fancy equipment, and are a great activity to get the kids involved in the kitchen. Little hands are perfect for wrapping the "bandages" around each sausage, and there are no rules on how neat they need to be. In fact, the messier and more haphazard the wrap, the more they look like a real mummy!
Why should you make Mummy Dogs this Halloween? They're a budget-friendly party snack that only needs 4 ingredients, they're ready in under half an hour, and they're a fun, hands-on recipe the kids can help make themselves under supervision. They're perfect for a Halloween party, a school event, or just a fun spooky season activity at home.
So, gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and get ready to make some adorably creepy Mummy Dogs. The kids (and the young at heart) will love them.
✅ Quick Tips: Read the recipe in its entirety before you start cooking. This will help you understand the ingredients, steps, and timing involved, and allow you to prepare any necessary equipment or ingredients beforehand.
Preheat your oven to 180°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
Cut your defrosted puff pastry sheets into thin strips, about .5 to 1cm wide.
Cut each hot dog sausage to create arms and legs — slice partway up from the bottom on each side to form the legs, and make two smaller cuts near the top for the arms. Leave the "head" area of the sausage uncut.
Have the kids wrap the pastry strips around each sausage, leaving a small gap near the top uncovered for the face. It doesn't need to be neat — the messier they look, the more they look like real mummies!
Place the wrapped Mummy Dogs onto the lined baking tray. Brush each one lightly with milk. Bake in the oven for 10–12 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown.
Once cooked, add the eyes using a small dot of mustard or dab of sauce to stick on olive pieces or candy eyes, placed just under the pastry gap near the top.
Enjoy!
This recipe doesn't need to be perfect — the fun is in letting the kids get creative with their own wrapping. Watch the video below for the full visual, step-by-step process.
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Easy, spooky Halloween Mummy Dogs made with just 4 ingredients — a fun recipe the kids can help make themselves.
Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
Cut your defrosted puff pastry sheets into thin strips, about .5 to 1cm wide.
Cut each hot dog sausage to create arms and legs — slice partway up from the bottom on each side to form the legs, and make two smaller cuts near the top for the arms. Leave the "head" area of the sausage uncut.
Have the kids wrap the pastry strips around each sausage, leaving a small gap near the top uncovered for the face. It doesn't need to be neat — the messier they look, the more they look like real mummies!
Place the wrapped Mummy Dogs onto the lined baking tray. Brush each one lightly with milk. Bake in the oven for 10–12 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown.
Once cooked, add the eyes using a small dot of mustard or dab of sauce to stick on olive pieces or candy eyes, placed just under the pastry gap near the top.
Enjoy!
This recipe doesn't need to be perfect — the fun is in letting the kids get creative. Watch the video for the full visual steps.
