Spicy cream cheese–filled jalapeños swaddled in crescent roll strips, baked until golden, and topped with olive eyes for a playful Halloween appetizer.
Wear gloves when handling raw jalapeños to avoid capsaicin irritation on hands and eyes. Cream cheese should be softened to room temperature for smooth, even filling.
Mummies can be assembled up to 4 hours ahead, covered, and refrigerated before baking. Crescent roll dough can be chilled for 10 minutes before wrapping if it becomes too warm and sticky.
Ingredients
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- fresh jalapeños (Wear gloves to avoid capsaicin irritation.)
- 4 oz cream cheese
- ½ cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- refrigerated crescent roll dough
Ingredients
Scale
Measurement units
- fresh jalapeños (Wear gloves to avoid capsaicin irritation.)
- 4 oz cream cheese
- ½ cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- refrigerated crescent roll dough
Instructions
Prep the jalapeños
Halve fresh jalapeños lengthwise and scoop out seeds and white pith with a small knife.
Equipment: small knife
Fill the jalapeños
Mix softened cream cheese (4 oz) and shredded sharp cheddar cheese (½ cup) until combined.
Spoon or pipe cream cheese (4 oz) mixture into each jalapeño half, dividing evenly.
Wrap with crescent dough
Unroll refrigerated crescent roll dough, cut into strips and separate into triangles along perforations.
Cut each crescent triangle into thin strips and wrap them around each filled jalapeño half to resemble mummy bandages, leaving a small gap at the top for the face.
Place wrapped jalapeños seam-side down on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Equipment: baking sheet
Bake the mummies
Bake at 375°F until crescent wrapping is golden brown.
Add eyes and serve
Remove from oven and let cool for 2 minutes.
Press two black olive slices into the top of each mummy to create eyes.
Transfer to a serving platter and serve warm.
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Cook notes
- • Wear gloves when handling raw jalapeños to avoid capsaicin irritation on hands and eyes.
- • Cream cheese should be softened to room temperature for smooth, even filling.
- • Crescent roll dough can be chilled for 10 minutes before wrapping if it becomes too warm and sticky.
- • Black olives (canned or jarred) work best; slice them in half to create distinct eye shapes.
- • For less heat, remove jalapeño seeds and white pith completely; for more spice, leave some seeds.
- • Mummies can be assembled up to 4 hours ahead, covered, and refrigerated before baking.
- • Do not overbake; crescent rolls brown quickly. Check at 15 minutes to prevent burning.
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