By | Madelyn MacMullin

Don’t be a party pumpkin, spice up your Halloween party with these cute, easy to make jalapeño mummies. This spooky treat is sure to be a hit with friends and family. Want more of a kick? Leave in a few of the seeds for extra flavor. Heat not your thing? Opt for a simple cream cheese filling or substitute monterey jack cheese for pepper jack. However you stuff them, these mummies will be the star of your gooling good time.

Makes 20 mummies

Jalapeño Mummies

Ingredients:

• 10 jalapeño peppers
• 8 oz softened cream cheese
• 8 oz pepper jack cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 scallion
• pinch of salt and pepper
• black olives
• Pillsbury Crescent Rolls

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Wash jalapeños, slice in half lengthwise, scoop out insides
3. Shred cheese
4. Finely chop scallion
5. Mix cream cheese, pepper jack cheese, scallion, garlic, salt and pepper
6. Fill jalapeños with mixture
7. Unroll crescent rolls, leave in one sheet
8. Use pizza cutter to slice crescent rolls into thin strips
9. Wrap strips around jalapenos, leave small opening at the top for eyes
10. Bake for 10-12 minutes
11. Immediately after removing mummies from the oven at olive slivers for the eyes

Black Caldron Margarita

Ingredients:

• 3 oz tequila
• 1 oz Blue Curacao
• 2 oz cranberry juice