Easy Pigs In A Blanket Recipe: The Perfect Party Snack
How to Make Pigs in a Blanket
These are my little guys favorite and most requested food. They are simple and quick to make when hunger strikes. The little smokies are one of the few things I buy at the bulk food store (unless I can find on sale) Pigs in a blanket are wrapped in crescent roll dough and cooked to a nice crunch.
These make a great snack and are perfect for taking to parties or having as an appetizer. We event use them as an after school snack to curb hunger before dinner. And yes, sometimes they even become dinner with some delicious baked beans and corn bread.
These are perfect to make in the toaster oven if you have one in the summer to keep your house chill. And since my son likes them so much, he’s learned how to cook them for himself.
What Are The Ingredients for Pigs in a Blanket?
We use crescent dough and little smokies for a tranditional pig in the blanket.
Easy Pigs In a Blanket
Equipment
- oven/toaster oven
Ingredients
- 13 ounces little smokies
- 1 package of crescent rolls
Instructions
- Preheat oven 350℉.
- Roll out the crescent rolls and cut the strips into thirds.
- The strips are a little thick, so roll between your hands to stretch them out.
- Take the strip and wrap it around the smokies and place them on a cookie sheet. Hold the end as you wrap it around.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes.
- These should be a golden brown when done.
- Serve with BBQ, mustard and ketchup.
- Try making them for breakfast.
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Notes
- You can buy the crescent rolls in a full sheet and cut, versus buying the triangles.
- Buy your favorite flavor of crescent rolls.
Can I Freeze Before Baking?
You can put them together and flash freeze on a baking sheet. Once frozen, you can label and date a plastic bag and freeze them pulling out what you want to bake and serve in smaller portions.
Do They Need To Be Served Hot?
The pigs in a blanket should be cooked before serving. Once cooked, they can be served and enjoyed. Eating at room temperature is fine too.
What Sauces Go Well With Pigs In A Blanket?
You can use the same condiments that you use for hotdogs: mustard and ketchup. You can also serve dips like honey mustard and barbecue sauce.
Can I Use Hot Dogs Instead?
You can use hot dogs, but cut them into small pieces about 1-2 inches in size to make these. You could also use mini hot dogs. For a light dough, you could also use puff pastry (cut the puff pastry into thin strips just like the crescent dough..
Can You Season the Crescent Dough?
You can put a egg wash on the dough if you want if you are serving at a party. to add additional flavor, you could sprinkle with poppy seed or everything bagel seasoning. You could also put garlic butter on the tops of the crescent dough before baking.
Make It With Puff Pastry!
Want another alternative, use strips of puff pastry. (baking time will be longer)
Hi I’m planing on making these but I wanted to know how much they make so Ik how much to buy because I have to feed 40 people and it says the servings is five and I was just wondering how much per people and how much you can make in total?
There are many variables on this for me to answer properly. People may eat 4 to 5 of them. So the amount you need to feed 40, depends on what you are serving. We use a 13 ounce pouch of smokies for this recipe. Good luck on your event!
They were delish! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for letting me know you liked them. It’s always good to hear someone likes your recipe as not everyone’s tastes are the same. Have a great week Nikkie!
This is perfect, fast and seems to be on hand all the time The perfect feast for the football bunch that settles in the livingroom
thank you so much for sharing
I love quick and easy Mary lou! I hope you enjoy!
I made these for my 5 year old’s birhday party. They were a BIG HIT! Easy and the kids loved them!
Definitely kid friendly food.
These look yummy! I’ll give it a shot. Thanks for sharing!
You are welcome, enjoy!
Yummy!! I love these- we call them pigs in a blanket! Now I have to add them to my Christmas Eve menu list! 🙂
oh I thought pigs in a blanket involved hot dogs. My bad. 🙂
I have made these before actually,they are super easy and yummy.
They were easy to make. My 5 year old helped me make them.
I LOVE PIGS IN A BLANKET–SO THANKS FOR THE INFO..
You are welcome Randy. Enjoy!
I use to make those,but been a long time,thank you for the reminder.
Always good to be reminded of yummy foods from the past.
These are cute little piggies in a blanket. Thanks for sharing. I’m following on Twitter, Facebook and Google+. Linda
I hope you enjoy them Linda! Thanks for following.
Very simple and something the kids would love! These remind me of a product that used to be available years ago called weiner wrap? (It’s been a while!) They used to have multiple flavors. I wonder what ever happened to that product? lol
I haven’t heard of those before, but I’m sure they have been thought of. Different flavors would make it interest too.