Pigs in a Blanket

Recipe Ingredients

Our easy pigs in a blanket recipe requires just 2 staple ingredients—it couldn’t get any simpler! Here’s what you’ll need.

Pillsbury Original Crescent Rolls: If you’re a busy home cook in need of a quick and easy appetizer, there’s no better solution than our pigs in a blanket recipe—thanks to the pre-made refrigerated crescent roll dough! It’s ready to cut, roll, and bake straight out of the can.

Cocktail-Size Sausages: The mini cocktail-size sausages are the stars of these pigs in a blanket. We like their smokiness and how easy they are to use. Just pull them from two (14 oz) packages—you’ll need one full package and part of another—and they’re ready to roll. If you can’t find them or if you prefer, you can also cut-up pieces of hot dogs.

Cookware You’ll Need

You don’t need much kitchen equipment to make our pigs in a blanket recipe. Here’s what we recommend.

Small Knife (or Pizza Cutter): A small knife can be used to cut the crescent rolls into smaller pieces, but a pizza cutter makes the job even easier as it rolls through the dough without dragging it along.

Cookie Sheets: After many years of recipe testing, we’ve found that large, flat, rimless cookie sheets are best to use for the most even baking, but you can also use large, rimmed sheet-pans if necessary. 

How to Make Pigs in a Blanket

A few easy steps are all it takes to make our favorite snack. Refer to the recipe for specific ingredients and steps, but here’s a preview.

1. Unroll and Cut Crescent Dough

While your oven heats, unroll your canned crescent dough. Separate the dough into triangles. Then, cut each triangle lengthwise into thirds, starting from the narrow tip end and cutting through the wide end to create 3 narrow triangles. This ensures just the right amount of dough is used to wrap around the mini sausages.

2. Roll Up Crescent Dogs

Place a sausage, crosswise, on the widest end of one of your narrow dough triangles, and roll it all the way up—it’s that easy. Place on your cookie sheets with the point side of the rolled dough facing down.

3. Bake Until Golden Brown

Bake until golden brown, rotating the cookie sheets halfway through. Don’t overbake. When ready, immediately transfer your pigs in a blanket to a serving platter.

Dipping Sauces for Pigs in a Blanket

Some of our favorite dipping sauces for these are classics.

• Ballpark mustard

• Ketchup

• BBQ sauce

When we have time to make our own dipping sauce, we love this cream cheese ranch dip. You can also mix a little honey into brown mustard for a honey mustard dip, which goes well with the smoky flavor of the sausage, or mix together mayo and mustard for an easy creamy mustard dip.

Our reviewers also had some yummy ideas. KimberliCanCook says, “Honey or spicy mustard are great dips for these." And jedipwnces recommended “jalapeno cream cheese dip or spread."

So many dip options and never enough pigs in a blanket. You may need to double the batch! 

Possible Variations

Since our pigs in a blanket recipe is so simple, it’s easy to add an ingredient or two to elevate or vary the flavor.

Seasonings: Brush tops with an egg wash and sprinkle coarse salt, everything bagel seasoning, or sesame seeds to give these crescent roll hot dogs an extra boost of flavor.

Garlic Butter: A slathering of garlic butter after they come out of the oven can take them in a totally different direction.

Shredded Cheese: Sprinkle on some shredded Parmesan or cheddar cheese before baking your mini pigs in a blanket. Add as much as you like—you really can’t go wrong!

We know you love this recipe. Now, try our air fryer mini crescent dogs, or enjoy them in the morning with our breakfast crescent dogs. Anytime is a good time for pigs in a blanket!

Storing and Reheating

Have any leftover pigs in a blanket? Here’s how to store them in the fridge or freezer and reheat them when you’re ready to eat.

Fridge

Let your extra crescent roll hot dogs cool completely before transferring them to an airtight container or resealable plastic bag. Store them in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Freezer

Want to store your extra mini pigs in a blanket for up to a month? Let them cool completely before placing a single layer of baked crescent dogs into 1-gallon plastic freezer food storage bags. Seal the bags shut, and lay them flat in the freezer.

Reheating

• Reheating from Fridge: Arrange the refrigerated pigs in a blanket on a lined baking sheet, and bake at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes or until they’re heated through, and the crescent dough starts to re-crisp slightly.

• Reheating from Freezer: Place the frozen pigs in a blanket on large ungreased cookie sheets and loosely cover them with foil before baking at 325°F for 14 to 16 minutes or until heated through.

Why Pillsbury Users Love This Recipe

The results are in, along with almost 600 reviews, and these easy pigs in a blanket are a hit!

We’ve heard from so many users that our recipe is quick and tasty, which is why they’ve become a go-to snack. They’re also fun to make and easy enough to let the kids in on the action, too.

You’ve also told us it’s no problem to double or triple the recipe for larger gatherings. It’s been described as a real crowd-pleaser that disappears almost as fast as you can get the platter to the table.

We knew our little sausage bites were versatile, but we love hearing all the ways our users like to make them their own with a sprinkling of everything bagel seasoning or cheese before baking or using their favorite salad dressing or sauce as a dip. When it comes to good ideas, our users are the best!