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Lunch Snack Dinner
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Mini Pepper Mummies

Timer icon 20 MINUTES
Servings icon 10 Servings
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Ingredients

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 400F. Lightly spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
  2. 2
    Slice your mini pepper lengthwise leaving the stem in tact and remove the seeds and the pith/ribs of the mini peppers.
  3. 3
    Add the cream cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and black pepper to a large bowl and stir to combine.
  4. 4
    Spoon the cheese mixture into the mini pepper halves.
  5. 5
    Unroll the crescent rolls. Divide them into 4 rectangles, if you are using the rolls opposed to the sheets you will need to push together the perforations. Slice each rectangle lengthwise into 1 cm strips with a pizza cutter. 5.
  6. 6
    Wrap each cheese-stuffed mini pepper half with 2 strips of dough. Try to leave room for where the eyes will be.
  7. 7
    Arrange the dough-wrapped, cheese-stuffed mini pepper halves on the prepared baking tray.
  8. 8
    Bake until they’re golden, about 12 to 15 minutes.
  9. 9
    As soon as they’re out of the oven, carefully press 2 candy eyeballs into each mummy. Cool slightly and serve warm.