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Bloody Halloween Hot Dog Fingers
An easy, 10-minute recipe for bloody Halloween Hot Dog Fingers that only requires 2 or 3 ingredients! You'll throw the scariest bash of the year!
Calories: 245 kcal
Course:
Side Dish , Breakfast , Appetizer
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 4 hot dog sausages
- 3 Tablespoons ketchup
- processed cheese Optional. 1 slice can make at least 20 fingernails!
Instructions
- Use a sharp knife, such as a paring knife, to carefully cut a rectangle at the top of each sausage to resemble a nail bed.Tip: if you want the sausages to really look like a hand, using your 5 different finger lengths as a guide, cut the sausages into the right sizes.
- After that, carefully make 2-3 slits under the "fingernail" and another 2-3 at the joint. You don't have to make a wide slit as the slits will automatically become bigger after boiling. (Again, you can use your own hand as a guide- but be careful when slicing!)Note: Slice carefully when carving the finger joints- you don't want to accidentally go too deep and cut through the whole sausage!
- Cook the sausages: I boiled mine for 5 minutes (or till cooked) but you can also grill or pan-fry them.Note: for extra wrinkly, old skin, as per my photo, boil your sausages for a bit longer past cooked.
- Optional: cut cheese or onions into small rectangular shapes to resemble nails, then place them onto the "fingerbeds" of the sausages. If not using, cut out bigger rectangles for the nails- they they look more realistic!
- Squeeze ketchup onto the cut side of the sausages to resemble fingers oozing blood!
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Notes
- For more realistic bleeding fingers
- If you want the sausage fingers to be even more realistic, and to bend at the finger joints, microwave the sausages in water at 750W for 3 minutes (or till cooked) after making the slits for the joints. This will make the sausages curl at the slits!
- To turn into a full meal
- To turn these scary Halloween sausages into a full meal, serve them over a bed of red tomato pasta! Or in hot dog buns- add the ketchup at the cut base of the sausage to better mimic bloody fingers.
- Variation: To turn them into bloody bandaged mummy sausages, wrap long slices of cheese around each sausage, a la Mummy-style. Alternatively, wrap them in leftover threads of pie crust then bake till cooked.
- Note: the nutritional information is an estimate automatically calculated using the WPRM recipe maker and I am not responsible for its accuracy.
Nutrition Information
Calories
245kcal
(12%)
Carbohydrates
28g
(9%)
Protein
28g
(56%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Saturated Fat
0.01g
(0%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.02g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.01g
Sodium
2128mg
(89%)
Potassium
126mg
(4%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
18g
(36%)
Vitamin A
231IU
(5%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
7mg
(1%)
Iron
8mg
(44%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 245
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 245kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 28g | 9% |
| Protein | 28g | 56% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.02g | 0% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Sodium | 2128mg | 89% |
| Potassium | 126mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 18g | 36% |
| Vitamin A | 231IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 7mg | 1% |
| Iron | 8mg | 44% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.