Add some spooky fun to your Halloween spread with these Mummy Halloween Poppers! Wrapped in flaky dough and filled with cheesy, savory goodness, these poppers are not only adorable but also delicious. They’re perfect for parties or a fun snack to get everyone in the Halloween spirit. Easy to make and packed with flavor, these mummies will be the hit of your celebration!
Table of Contents
- 🗝️ Key takeaways: why this recipe is your new favorite
- 🧾 Gather your ingredients: what you'll need
- 📖 Make it your own: yummy variations
- 🔪 Step-by-step guide: instructions for success
- 🍴Must have tools: essential equipment
- 🥫 Leftover love: how to store and reheat mummy jalapeno poppers
- Marye's Tip o' the day
- 💭 Insider tips: things to know
- 👩🍳 Let's answer those questions: FAQs
- 📚 More Southern comfort: related recipes you'll love
- 📞 Wrapping it up: the last word
- 📖 Recipe
- Halloween Jalapeno Poppers
- 💬 Comments
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🗝️ Key takeaways: why this recipe is your new favorite
- These Halloween jalapeno poppers are easy to do but they're so darn cute!
- Perfect for Halloween parties or snacks for the adults staying home and passing out candy.
- The candy eyes are much cuter than any other type of "mummy eyes" in my opinion.
Crescent roll jalapeno popper mummies are the perfect addition to your next Halloween party menu.
With fun candy eyes, this spooky treat will get everyone's attention from full-grown ghouls to teen-aged trick-or-treaters and even your little mummies, too.
🧾 Gather your ingredients: what you'll need
This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
📖 Make it your own: yummy variations
- No Crescent Sheets: Use crescent rolls. Just unroll them and press the perforations together to make a single sheet and cut as directed below.
- Monterey Jack Swaps: You can use pepper jack cheese, cheddar cheese, or another favorite Mexican blend.
- Optional Flavor Mix-Ins: To your creamy cheese filling, consider adding chopped green onion, some garlic powder, cooked bacon bits, or even chopped chipotle peppers if you like things re-e-e-ally spicy.
- Edible Eyes: If you can't find candy googly eyes, you could use some black olive slices to create a similar spooky effect.
🔪 Step-by-step guide: instructions for success
This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.
- In a small bowl, combine the cheese and seasoning.
- Fill each jalapeño half with the cheese mixture.
- Wrap jalapenos with thin strips of crescent dough.
- Bake until golden brown, then add candy eyeballs while warm.
🤫 Marye's secret for zhuzhing it up -
After you brush on the egg wash sprinkle lightly with some flaked sea salt - just a touch!
zhuzh: verb. To make something more interesting or attractive
🍴Must have tools: essential equipment
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🥫 Leftover love: how to store and reheat mummy jalapeno poppers
Mummy jalapeno poppers are best served warm as soon as they come out of the oven. That's when the pastry dough is light and flaky, the pepper crisp-tender, and the cheese ultra gooey.
I'm drooling just thinking about it.
However, if you happen to have a few leftovers, you can store them in an airtight container in the fridge for 2 or 3 days.
Reheat
Reheat in an oven heated to 300 degrees F or give them a few minutes in the air fryer.
I don't recommend freezing the leftovers (not that there will be many leftovers, anyway. Take that from experience!)
Marye's Tip o' the day
The oil from the pepper can stick around for a while and hurt! To prevent your hands from burning while cutting the jalapenos, wear a rubber glove on your pepper-handling hand! And, whatever you do, don't touch your face, your eyes, your kid's face, your pet... well, you get the point. Don't touch anything.
💭 Insider tips: things to know
- Lining your baking sheet with parchment paper helps the poppers release easily, and makes cleaning up a breeze. Just as a reminder, you cannot swap parchment paper with wax paper. While parchment is oven safe to a certain temperature, wax paper is not heat-safe at all. If you don't have parchment paper, you can grease a foil-lined baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Scrape the seeds and membrane out of the jalapeno halves with a serrated spoon, like a grapefruit spoon.
- Don't overstuff the jalapeño halves with the cream cheese mixture. Otherwise, as the cheese heats and bubbles, it can leak out of the wrapping.
- I find that the Pillsbury Crescent Roll Sheets work best but crescent rolls will work, too.
- Use a pizza cutter to quickly and easily slice long pieces of dough.
- Keep the dough cold while working with it.
- Brush the Halloween jalapeño mummies with an egg wash to give them a gorgeous, golden brown shine. However, try not to let the egg wash pool around the bottom of the peppers, as it can get crispy and even burn.
- Once they're done, add the mummies to the Halloween appetizer table quickly - they're best hot.
👩🍳 Let's answer those questions: FAQs
Have other questions? Ask me in the comments!
You can get away with it, but be aware that puff pastry tends to puff (shocker) more than the crescent roll dough. As a result, your dough may bake together a little more and lose the mummy-wrapping effect. To avoid this, if you do use puff pastry, cut the dough strips quite thin.
You can easily find them online! If shopping in person, look for the Halloween foods section at a party or holiday store.
⏲️ Marye's time saving hacks -
You can assemble these ahead of time, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for up to 2 days before baking.
📚 More Southern comfort: related recipes you'll love
- For more spooky fun, make this easy Halloween Cheese ball complete with the special flavoring ingredient: ranch dressing mix! Yum.
- Enjoy the cheesy jalapeno flavor for all of your favorite holidays, with this easy Jalapeno Popper Dip — but make a double batch, you'll want extra!
- Buy an extra pack of crescent rolls, because these Chicken Cream Cheese Stuffed Crescent Rolls are SO drool-worthy and full of Southwestern flavor.
📞 Wrapping it up: the last word
These jalapeno poppers are so cute for Halloween but you can make them plain for tailgating or anytime you need yummy snacks! If you've got spooky dinner plans try this Halloween mac and cheese, too!
If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need.
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📖 Recipe
Mummy Jalapeno Poppers
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- 8 ounces cream cheese , softened
- 8 ounces Monterey jack cheese , shredded
- 1 teaspoon taco seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 12 jalapenos
- 12 ounces Pillsbury crescent roll sheets
- 1 egg lightly beaten with 1 tablespoon of water
- 24 small candy eyeballs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F.
- Line a large baking pan with parchment paper.
- Slice jalapenos lengthwise and remove the seeds.
- Add the cream cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, taco seasoning, salt, and black pepper to a large bowl and stir to combine.
- Spoon the cheese mixture into the jalapeno halves. Don't over-fill.
- Unroll the crescent roll sheet.
- Slice lengthwise into 24 strips.
- Wrap each cheese-stuffed jalapeno half with a strip of dough. Try to leave room for where the eyes will be.
- Arrange on the baking sheet. Lightly brush the dough with egg wash.
- Bake until they’re golden, about 12 minutes.
- As soon as they’re out of the oven, carefully press 2 candy eyeballs into each mummy.
- Cool slightly and serve warm.
Notes
- Lining your baking sheet with parchment paper helps the poppers release easily, and makes cleaning up a breeze. Just as a reminder, you cannot swap parchment paper with wax paper. While parchment is oven safe to a certain temperature, wax paper is not heat-safe at all. If you don't have parchment paper, you can grease a foil-lined baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Wear gloves to keep from burning your hands.
- Don't touch your face, eyes, or any sensitive parts of your body when cutting jalapenos!
- Don't overstuff the jalapeño halves with the cream cheese mixture. Otherwise, as the cheese heats and bubbles, it can leak out of the wrapping.
- Use a pizza cutter to quickly and easily slice long pieces of dough.
- Brush the Halloween jalapeño mummies with an egg wash to give them a gorgeous, golden brown shine. However, try not to let the egg wash pool around the bottom of the peppers, as it can get crispy and even burn.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
This recipe has been tested several times. If you choose to use other ingredients, or change the technique in some way, the results may not be the same.
First published September 2, 2022. Last updated October 22, 2024 for more helpful information and tips.
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Lizabeth says
I'm thinking for those that don't like the heat from the jalapenos some of those sweet little baby bell peppers would work...and the colors would tie-in to the fall season, at least.