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Mini Pigs in a Blanket with Chili Cheese Dip Recipe

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Mini Pigs in a Blanket is not only an easy appetizer for a crowd, but can be converted to a dinner that kids will gobble right up. These crescent roll pigs in a blanket are so fun to serve with a side of cheese and chili dip to dial up the meal.

Plus the two ingredient Chili Cheese Dipping sauce takes just minutes and really completes the meal!

mini pigs in a blanket

Mini Pigs in a Blanket

While you will enjoying eating these “pigs in a blanket” with cocktail wieners, which are the prefect size, you can also use hot dogs cut in half or lil’ smokies for the same affect.

My kids are plain old ketchup and mustard dippers, but I prefer something more savory like cheese sauce. (which coincidentally also goes delicious with these Texas Cheese Fries!)

Ingredients

  • 1 package cocktail wieners
  • 1 package crescent rolls
  • 1 can chili with beans
  • 1 pound package Velveeta, cubed
crescent roll pigs in a blanket instructions

How to Make Pigs in a Blanket

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Unroll crescent roll dough and slice into small strips. I find that you can cut them in as few as 3 strips or as many as 5 for your smokies.

how to make pigs in a blanket with pillsbury

3. Wrap each cocktail wiener with one strip of crescent roll dough. There really isn’t a seam side to worry about since these are wrapped a few times. Just make sure they are not going to fall off.

4. Place in preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes on a baking sheet or until crescents are golden brown (look at the packaging of your exact roll). Please follow instructions on your crescent rolls regarding prepping your baking sheet.

Personally I love using parchment paper to make sure nothing sticks. My pigs in a blanket took approximately 10 minutes.

roll hot dogs in crescent rolls
pigs in a blanket ready to serve at a party

Chili Cheese Dip

Pigs in a blanket dipping sauce

To make chili cheese dip – You can convert this dip below to a crock pot because typically in a party environment, you want to make sure the cheese stays hot and melty. When making for dinner, however, the stove top is totally fine! If you don’t love a chili dipping sauce, Dijon mustard is just as tasty.

  1. Place can of chili with beans in a stove top pot.
  2. Top with cubed Velveeta, 1 pound (Its the little block of cheese typically).
  3. Place on low heat, stirring until melted, which takes about 5-10 minutes.
  4. To convert to a slow cooker: Place all into a slow cooker and cook on low for 4 hours or high for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
melted Velveeta and chili dip

Place chili cheese dip in a bowl and serve next to pigs in a blanket for dipping.

serving dip and cheese dogs

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Mini Pigs in a Blanket with Chili Cheese Dip


Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Mini Pigs in a Blanket ( AKA crescent roll pigs in a blanket)  is not only an easy appetizer for a crowd, but can be converted to a dinner that kids will gobble right up. These bite sized pigs are so fun to serve with a side of cheese and chili dip to dial up the meal. 

Ingredients
 

  • 1 package cocktail wieners
  • 1 package crescent rolls
  • 1 can chili with beans
  • 1 pound package Velveeta cubed

Instructions

How to Make Pigs in a blanket:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Unroll crescent roll dough and slice into strips. You can cut into 3-5 strips, just small enough to wrap cocktail wieners.
  • Wrap each cocktail wiener with one strip of crescent roll dough, wrapping around the dog.
  • Place pigs in a blanket in preheated oven and bake for 10 minutes or until crescents are golden brown.

To make chili cheese dip:

  • Place canned chili (with beans) into a stove top pan.
  • Top with 1 pound of cubed up Velveeta cheese
  • Cook on low to medium low heat, stirring frequently, until completely melted
  • Place chili cheese dip in a bowl and serve next to pigs in a blanket for dipping.

Video

Notes

SLOW COOKER: If converting cheese dip to a slow cooker, place chili and cheese in a slow cooker on low for 4 hours.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Servings | Calories: 264kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 59mg | Sodium: 1077mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g

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