Halloween hot dog fingers are a quick and easy finger food that everyone will love to eat before heading out for trick or treating.
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These creepy Halloween hot dog fingers are a simple and quick idea for your next Halloween party.
Cost To Make
Estimated cost = $4.80 or $0.80 a hot dog finger
Why You'll Love This Recipe:
You will love these witches' fingers hot dogs because:
- They are fun to make and something your kids will enjoy eating.
- These witches' fingers are very easy to make.
- They are a cheap Halloween dinner idea that you can make for your next Halloween party.
If you love these Halloween hot dog fingers, you might also like our Mummy hot dogs in puff pastry or our super easy spider hot dogs.
Ingredients In This Recipe
The printable recipe further down the page has the complete list of ingredients, including quantities and step-by-step instructions.
Hot dogs - we used pre-cooked chicken frankfurters that require heating in hot water.
You could also use plant based frankfurters to make this vegan.
Almonds - use blanched almonds split into half for the fingernails. You will need half an almond for each fingernail.
Ketchup or tomato sauce
Step By Step Instructions
How to cut hot dogs to look like fingers:
Step 1 - Use a small sharp pointed paring knife to cut and remove a small shallow square from the sausage at one end for the nail bed.
Step 2 - Next, make knuckles on the sausages by scoring three lines side by side and straight across the sausage, being careful not to cut all the way through.
Make the first knuckle about one-third of the way down from the nail bed, spacing the second knuckle about halfway between the first knuckle and the other end of the sausage.
Step 3 - Cook the hot dog sausages as directed on the package until heated through and drain.
Carefully slip half a blanched almond into the nail bed, sliding and pushing the rounded side into the sausage to hold it in place.
Recipe Tips
Type of sausage to use
Use sausages that you can reheat in hot water rather than raw ones that need barbecuing or frying.
Choose sausages that have similar in color on the outside and inside because these give the best look.
Avoid using red frankfurters with a pale filling (like the ones we used for our Mummy hot dogs) because it just does not look right.
Cutting the nail bed
When cutting the nail bed, keep it small because it will expand when the sausages are heated and be the perfect size for the almond.
To ensure the perfect fit, make one hot dog finger, heat, and test the nail bed with the almond for size before preparing all the sausage.
Almonds
Use blanched almonds that have been slit in half rather than leaving them whole because they will stay in place - whole almonds tend to pop out.
Serving Size
One hot dog sausage is a serving size.
Calories Per Serve
There are about 150 calories in a serving - excluding hot dog bun and fillings.
Serving Suggestions
Serve on a plate with your favorite hot dog sauce or place into hot dog buns with your desired fillings and a generous amount of ketchup/tomato sauce.
Variations
Pussy fingernails
Before sliding the almonds into the nail bed (step 4), put some yellow mustard on the nail bed and let it ooze out as you slide the almond into place.
Severed finger hot dogs
After cutting the nail bed, tear off a small section from the opposite end to give a served finger look.
Meal Prepping
You can prep the sausages in advance by cutting the nail beds and scoring the knuckles into the sausages.
When you have finished prepping, place them into an air-tight container and store them in the fridge overnight.
When ready to serve, place the hot dog fingers in a pot of boiling water to heat through, drain, add the fingernails and serve stacked on a plate or in hot dog buns.
More Halloween Recipe Ideas
If you like this recipe for Halloween hot dog fingers you might also like to see this collection of Easy Halloween Foods to Make or the recipes below:
I do hope you try these Halloween hot dog fingers. If you do, please come back and leave a comment below because I would love to know how you went.
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Recipe
Halloween Hot Dog Fingers
INGREDIENTS
- 6 hot dog sausages
- 3 blanched almonds split into half
- ketchup or tomato sauce or bbq sauce
INSTRUCTIONS
- Use a small sharp pointed paring knife to cut and remove a small shallow square from the sausage at one end for the nail bed.
- Next, make knuckles on the sausages by scoring three lines side by side and straight across the sausage, being careful not to cut all the way through. Make the first knuckle about one-third of the way down from the nail bed, spacing the second knuckle about halfway between the first knuckle and the other end of the sausage.
- Cook the hot dog sausages as directed on the package until heated through and drain.
- Carefully slip half a blanched almond into the nail bed, sliding and pushing the rounded side into the sausage to hold it in place.
- Serve on a plate with your favorite hot dog sauce or place into hot dog buns with your desired fillings and a generous amount of ketchup/tomato sauce.
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