There are lots of spins on mummy themed treats out there and they've always been a hit here. This time around I'm doing something with a bit more of a kick to them, Mummy Jalapeno Poppers from Taste of Home.
You start by mixing together the cheesy spicy filling using softened cream cheese, shredded cheddar, honey, lime juice, salt, pepper, cumin and some adobo pepper.
Whenever I need to fill a piping bag I always put it into a large glass and then fold it over the outside rim. Spoon your cream cheese filling inside, remove the bag from the glass, twist the top closed and snip off the bottom of the bag.
Another great hack is using a tomato corer to clean out the jalapenos. No, I don't wear gloves. Yes, I regret it every single time. I cut the tops off before splitting the peppers in half.
Pipe the filling into the peppers generously. I laid them all out in the same direction and that helped it to go fairly quickly.
Now the fidgety bit. Cut puff pastry dough into strips, I used a pizza cutter. It doesn't really matter if they're super straight, you're going to bed and twist them around the pepper anyways.
Don't be afraid to crisscross them. Since I cut the tops off the peppers I threw one or two strips over the tops just as insurance so the cheese mixture wouldn't totally ooze out.
Once baked you can leave them as is or you can give them some eyeballs. I popped on candy eyes but you could also pipe on sour cream and then use a bit of olive or something like that.
Thank you again to Angie for hosting #HalloweenTreatsWeek and to all of
the other bloggers sharing their recipes! You can find them by using
the links down below.
Mummy Poppers
Ingredients
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 green onions, finely chopped
- 1 to 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 16 jalapeno peppers, halved lengthwise and seeded
- 1 package (17.3 ounces) frozen puff pastry, thawed and cut lengthwise into 32 strips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°. Beat the first 9 ingredients until blended. Spoon or pipe cheese mixture into pepper halves.
- Wrap puff pastry strips around pepper halves. Transfer wrapped peppers to parchment-lined baking sheets.
- Bake until pastry is golden brown and cheese is melted, 30-40 minutes.
Halloween Treats Week is a yearly blogging event that is hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife . This spooky event is an online, week-long event that is filled with some frightfully fun treats and recipes from some fantastic Halloween loving bloggers!
For this year's 7th annual event we have 12 hauntingly talented bloggers who are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week! You can follow the hashtag #HalloweenTreatsWeek on social media to collect all of these frightful recipes to use at your own Halloween parties and events!
I've always wanted to make these! They look so easy to put together! Perfect for Halloween!
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute!! My kiddo would love them in his lunchbox!
ReplyDeleteSo cute Jolene and I love the filling you used.
ReplyDeleteUsing a piping bag is such a great idea! I never thought to use that to fill the peppers. I bought some jalapenos this weekend and I could have sworn the sign said poppers instead of peppers. Subliminal messages to make these.
ReplyDeleteLove Jalapeno Poppers and these are perfect for Halloween!
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