Description
Meatball Mummies are a fun and festive Halloween appetizer or meal featuring seasoned ground beef meatballs wrapped in crescent roll dough to resemble mummies. Baked until golden and topped with candy eyes, these savory treats are perfect for parties or family dinners, served with marinara sauce for dipping.
Ingredients
Scale
Meatball Mixture
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- ¼ cup breadcrumbs
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon minced dried onion
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
Dough Wrapping
- 1 (8 ounce) can crescent roll dough
Decoration and Serving
- Candy eyes
- Marinara sauce for dipping
Instructions
- Preheat oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit to prepare for baking the mummies.
- Mix meatball ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground beef, breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, egg, Italian seasoning, minced dried onion, and garlic powder until fully blended.
- Form meatballs: Divide the meat mixture into 8 equal portions and roll each portion into a log shape resembling a mummy’s body.
- Cook meat partially: You can either pan-fry the meat logs in a medium skillet over medium heat for about 10 minutes, flipping once or twice, or bake them in the oven for about 12 minutes. They do not need to be fully cooked, as they will continue cooking in the oven wrapped in dough.
- Cool meat logs: Remove the partially cooked meat from the heat and place them on a paper towel-lined plate to cool slightly, preparing for wrapping.
- Prepare dough strips: Slice the crescent roll dough into long thin strips suitable for wrapping.
- Wrap meatballs: Wrap each meat log with the dough strips, leaving spaces for the eyes to show through for the mummy effect.
- Bake mummies: Place the wrapped meatballs on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes, or until the dough is golden brown.
- Add candy eyes: Remove from the oven and while still warm, attach candy eyes using a small amount of marinara sauce as glue.
- Serve: Serve the Meatball Mummies warm with marinara sauce on the side for dipping.
Notes
- These Meatball Mummies are a festive and playful Halloween recipe perfect for an appetizer, lunch, or dinner option.
- The crescent roll dough wrapping creates a fun mummy appearance while adding a delicious buttery layer to the savory meatballs.
- The meatballs are only partially cooked before wrapping so they finish cooking evenly in the oven without drying out.
- Using marinara sauce to stick on the candy eyes adds a nice dipping sauce for extra flavor and enhances the spooky look.
- This recipe yields 8 mummy meatballs, making it great for a small gathering or family meal.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 meatball mummy
- Calories: 318
- Sugar: 2 grams
- Sodium: 343 milligrams
- Fat: 17 grams
- Saturated Fat: 7 grams
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 grams
- Trans Fat: 0 grams
- Carbohydrates: 21 grams
- Fiber: 1 gram
- Protein: 20 grams
- Cholesterol: 79 milligrams
