Description
Meatball Mummies are a fun and festive Halloween recipe featuring seasoned ground beef meatballs wrapped in crescent roll dough to look like mummies. Perfect as a spooky appetizer or main dish, these savory treats are baked until golden and served with marinara sauce for dipping. The combination of ground beef, Italian seasonings, and parmesan cheese creates a flavorful meatball mixture, while crescent roll strips add a delightful crispy crust to complete the mummy look.
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
Assembly
- 1 (8 ounce) can crescent roll dough
- Candy eyes
- Marinara sauce for dipping
Instructions
- Preheat the Oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit to prepare for baking the meatball mummies.
- Mix Meatball Ingredients: In a mixing bowl, combine the ground beef, breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, egg, Italian seasoning, minced dried onion, and garlic powder until fully blended.
- Shape the Meatballs: Divide the meat mixture into 8 equal portions and roll each into a log shape to form the base of the mummies.
- Cook the Meatballs: You can pan-fry or bake the meat logs. For stovetop cooking, sauté them in a medium skillet over medium heat for about 10 minutes, flipping once or twice, until browned but not fully cooked. Alternatively, bake the meat logs in the preheated oven for about 12 minutes.
- Cool the Meatballs: Transfer the cooked meat logs to a paper towel-lined plate to cool slightly before wrapping.
- Prepare Dough Strips: Slice the crescent roll dough into long thin strips for wrapping the meatballs.
- Wrap the Meatballs: Wrap each meat log with strips of crescent roll dough, leaving space for the eyes to show through to create the mummy effect.
- Bake the Wrapped Meatballs: Place the wrapped meatballs on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes until the dough is golden brown and cooked through.
- Add Eyes: Remove from the oven and while the mummy meatballs are still warm, use a small amount of marinara sauce to attach candy eyes onto the dough.
- Serve: Serve the meatball mummies warm with additional marinara sauce on the side for dipping.
Notes
- These Meatball Mummies make a perfect Halloween-themed appetizer, lunch, or dinner option that kids and adults will love.
- You can pan-fry or bake the meatballs before wrapping; both methods work well to achieve a juicy interior.
- Be sure to leave gaps when wrapping the dough strips so the candy eyes have space to be visible.
- Serve with warm marinara sauce to complement the savory flavors and for dipping fun.
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
