Spicy jalapeños filled with cream cheese and bacon. These Mummy Jalapeños Poppers are yummy bites of spicy, cheese goodness! Perfect for fun Halloween party food!
If you're having a party, be sure to serve this spooky Halloween Meatloaf for your main course!
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Why you'll love this recipe
✔️ Cute and appetizers for Halloween! The little mummies will be a hit!
✔️Everyone loves the sweet/hot combination. The googly eyes make them festive and fun!
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Ingredients
For the exact measurements, please refer to the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- jalapeño peppers - be sure to scoop out the seeds and membrane, that's where the heat is!
- room temperature cream cheese
- crumbled bacon - 3 to 4 slices of bacon cooked until crispy and crumbled.
- olive slices - though you can use candy eyeballs for edible eyes I prefer using sliced olives - black olives or green olives stuffed with pimentos. The green olives are especially cool, making a red eye'd mummies! Or you can even use candy eyes. Just be sure to add those after baking.
- crescent dough - though I've made these with pie crust, crescent roll dough and puff pastry. They all looks really cool!
Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions for the mummy poppers. For the complete directions just scroll down to the bottom!
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Remove stem, slice jalapeños in half lengthwise. Remove seeds - Using a small spoon, scrape out the seeds and membrane from each pepper.
- In a small bowl, combine softened cream cheese and bacon pieces.
- Fill each jalapeno half with the creamy cheese filling.
- Place two olives towards the top of each of the jalapeño halves to make the eyeballs.
- Separate the crescent rolls into 4 parts. Press down on the perforation to make each one a solid sheet. Using a pizza cutter, slice each of the 4 sections into 9 long strips.
- Wrap each stuffed jalapeno with 3 pieces of dough, going from top to bottom, then back down.
- Place each stuffed pepper on baking sheet and bake until golden brown.
Equipment
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- These ¼ sheet pans are just about the perfect size.
- You'll need a sharp paring knife to slice the jalapeños. This isn't the professional knife, it's more affordable.
FAQ's
Yes, they are going to be a little spicy, but the cream cheese tames the heat a bit.
Pepper Jelly is delicious with these poppers! Ranch dressing is super yummy as well.
A little, but the steam from the jalapeños when you're boiling them can get in your eyes. Just wash them well and soak in cold water. That helps a bit.
Tips
- If you want to tame the heat, remove the seeds and membrane of the peppers.
- Using a serrated grapefruit spoon will make scraping the seeds out lots easier.
- Remember all the gloves we bought for covid? Use them now! Wearing a rubber glove while working with jalapeno peppers will keep you from burning your eyes... or contacts!
- Don't rub your eyes - worth repeating, don't rub your eyes.
Years ago I worked in a taco shop. When it was my turn to slice the jalapeños, I didn't give it a thought and pitched in to slice a huge pile of them.
That night when I took my contacts out, I burnt my eyes and ended up going to the doctor! Even though I washed my hands, they didn't burn in the least but the oil of the peppers was still there!
Wear gloves!
Another lesser known tip is to coat your hands in vegetable oil. It's not 100%, but it's darn close. If you don't have gloves handy, this is the next best thing!
And.... you guessed it... don't rub your eyes!
Variations
Mix a thinly sliced green onion and shredded cheddar cheese or pepper jack cheese into the cream cheese for even more flavor!
Storage
Refrigerate - Store leftovers in an an airtight container, 3-4 days.
The cream cheese mixture can be made 2 days ahead of times. You can clean the peppers a day ahead of time.
Delicious Halloween appetizers
- Make a pile of Halloween Mummy Meatballs - they are so easy to make!
- Halloween Pretzel Ghosts only have 3 ingredients and they are the perfect salty/sweet treat.
- This easy-to-make Pumpkin Cheese Ball is such a fun Halloween recipe!
- Pumpkin Dip - serve wtih vanilla wafers or graham crackers, so good!
- If you're looking for more easy Halloween appetizers check out all the Halloween-themed food here - loads of yummy stuff!
Serve with
My goodness, there are some great Halloween recipes on the blog - so many to choose from!
- Serve with a Halloween Meatloaf, Mummy Pot Pie or Halloween Hot Dog Fingers for a main course - how fun!
- Sticky Baked Chicken Wings are always a hit!
- Need something sweet to finish up your meal? Make Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats or these Gourmet Caramel Apples - so yummy!
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Mummy Jalapeño Poppers
Ingredients
- 6 jalapenos
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup bacon baked until crispy and crumbled
- 12 black olives
- 1 refrigerated package of Crescent Rolls dough
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Remove stem, slice jalapeños in half lengthwise. Remove seeds.
- In a small bowl, combine softened cream cheese and bacon pieces.
- Fill each jalapeño half with cream cheese mixture.
- Place two olives towards the top of the jalapeños to make the eyeballs.
- Separate the crescent rolls into 4 parts. Press down on the perforation to make each one a solid sheet. Using a pizza cutter, slice each of the 4 sections into 9 thin strips.
- Wrap each jalapeno with 3 strips of crescent roll, going from top to bottom, then back down.
- Place the wrapped jalapenos onto the baking sheet and bake for 18-20 minutes.
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Angela says
These are so adorable!!
Bowl Me Over says
Thank you so much!