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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » St. Patrick's Day

    Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket

    Published: Mar 13, '11 · Modified: Dec 22, '17 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!
    HOT DOGS - wrapped in crescent dough, painted with a rainbow of food coloring.

    The past few days were dreary and wet and I felt as gray as the sky. So today when the sun finally peaked out, I had a surge of energy and enthusiasm.  I ran outside and just stood there, motionless for a while, with my face pointing up to the sky.

    The bright golden rays of sunshine felt warm and inviting and I was happy to just be at peace and let my mind wander. I stood there for a while thinking about recipe ideas for St. Patrick's Day and  I decided it was a perfect day to create a rainbow. Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!

    Legend says that there will be a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, so what if that pot is filled with golden mustard?  O.K. I know it's not as exciting as real gold, but if you had a rainbow made of crescent dough wrapped hot dogs, the mustard would be a very nice find, wouldn't it?

     

    Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket
    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!
    Ingredients:
    8-10 hot dogs (depends on the size of your rainbow)
    3 tubes Pillsbury Crescent Creations Seamless Dough Sheet
    egg wash - whisk one egg and 1 teaspoon water together
    Neon Food Coloring (purple, green)*
    Primary Food Coloring (blue, yellow, red, green)
    flour for dusting work surface
    * I found the neon food coloring at the grocery store.

    Special Equipment Needed:
    knife

    R.S.V.P Endurance Oven and Pizza Spatula
    Oven Spatula

    pizza cutter
    pastry brush
    paint brushes (new or brushes only used for food)
    non-stick aluminum foil
    non-stick cooking spray with flour
    food handling gloves
    optional: oven spatula (shown at right)

    Instructions:

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!

    Cut tips off hot dogs.  Discard, eat, or do as I do and give the tips to your dogs as a treat. Cut each hot dog in half lengthwise.  Cut hot dogs into ½"-¾" pieces.

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!

    Place a piece of non-stick aluminum foil on an upside down baking sheet.  Allow enough foil to extend a few inches past the sides of the pan.  Arrange hot dog slices in a rainbow pattern.  I used a 12" x 18" commercial ¼ sheet baking pan. If you use one of these, then you can skip this step.

    If your pan is smaller, do arrange your hot dogs to see how long each rainbow stripe should be. Some hot dogs are more plump than others, so this is a good exercise to make sure your rainbow will fit on your pan. I used Nathan's Beef Franks and they are plump.

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!

    Lightly dust your counter with flour. Unroll one tube of Pillsbury Crescent Creations Seamless Dough Sheets.  Cut dough into three equal strips (about 2 ⅔" x 13".) If using the same size pan that I used, follow the lengths listed above (example: 7" of hot dog slices) to line up the rows of hot dogs, curved side down, on the crescent dough.

    Place the first row of hot dogs on the dough and cut off the excess dough, cutting ½" past the last hot dog slice. Use that piece of excess dough to increase the length of the top strip of dough.

    Brush some egg wash on the edge of the strip of dough and press the excess dough onto the strip to seal the edges together.  Lay second and third row of hot dog slices on dough.

    If using a smaller pan than I did, move each row of hot dog slices, that you arranged in a rainbow on your sheet pan, and place them in rows on the crescent sheets as above.  You will have more excess dough than above. Just cut off all the excess dough.

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!

    Lay one sheet of crescent dough down and brush egg wash over the left edge.  Unroll another sheet of crescent dough, setting it's right edge over the left edge of the first dough sheet.

    Press the edges together.  Cut dough into 3 long strips as above. Arrange three more rows of hot dogs on this dough. Cut off and remove any excess dough - you just need dough to extend ½" past the last slice of hot dog.

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!

    Repeat with remaining 5 strips of hot dogs. Carefully pick up the dough covered hot dog strips and place them a few inches apart on a large piece of non-stick aluminum foil.   You may need and extra pair of hands to lift the long strips.

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!

    Squeeze neon purple (or combine red and blue), blue, green (I combined neon green and dark green), yellow, orange (add one drop red to a teaspoon of yellow), and red food colorings into small bowls or a paint tray.  Use new paint brushes or paint brushes that are only used for food to brush coloring onto dough. Paint the smallest strip purple, the next one blue, then green, then yellow, then orange, and finally red. The food coloring will not add any flavor and will bake into the dough.

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!
    Place a sheet of non-stick aluminum foil on a baking sheet that is turned upside down.  Allow foil to hang over pan's edge by a few inches.  Fold edges of foil inward creating handles. Spray foil with cooking spray (if you have it, use the spray with flour.)

    Put on food handling gloves.  Pick up the purple strip and lay it in an arc on the foil lined pan.  Wash your hands keeping the gloves on.  Dry them well. Pick up blue strip and lay it next to the purple strip. Wash your hands.  Continue to add strips, washing hands or replacing gloves in between each.

    Do Not do this with your bare hands or you will have rainbow speckled skin for the next day or so. Refrigerate the rainbow for at least an hour or up to 6 hours.

    Place a baking sheet (the same size you used to create your rainbow) on the lowest rack in your oven.

    Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!Open oven and use the foil to help you slide the rainbow from the cold baking sheet onto the hot baking sheet.  Bake for 16-20 minutes. The yellow strip will have turned a golden yellow color and you'll see golden brown spots in places. Remove rainbow from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes on the hot baking sheet before moving it.  I used an oven spatula to move my rainbow onto a board covered with paper printed with a sky.  You can serve it right on the baking sheet or move it to a large cutting board or platter.

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patrick's Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!

    Ask all of your party guests what they think is hiding inside this rainbow before you cut into it to show everyone the surprise.

    Put a twist on a traditional meal and make this Rainbow Pigs In A Blanket! This is the perfect appetizer for a St. Patricks Day party, or a cute meal for your kids!

     

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    1. Alejandra Salvatore

      July 28, 2015 at 2:58 pm

      this is a great idea! thank you so much for this recipe

      Reply
    2. Tiffany B

      September 12, 2013 at 6:27 am

      Love it! Love it! Love it! Just what i was looking for to serve at 7 year olds daughters rainbow party! You rock sister! Thank you for creating this!

      Reply
    3. Tami

      April 19, 2012 at 5:58 am

      Can I substitute the regular Pillsbury Crescent Rolls with the seams for the seamless dough sheets?

      Reply
    4. Anonymous

      April 19, 2012 at 5:56 am

      Do you think I could sustitute the regular Pillsbury Crescent Rolls for the seamless dough sheets?

      Reply
    5. Anonymous

      April 19, 2012 at 5:54 am

      Do you think it will work if I use the regular Pillsbury Crescent Rolls with the seams? I don't have the seamless dough sheets where I live. Is there another brand or kind of ready made dough on the market that can be substituted? Any suggestions? I love this idea and want to make it for my daughter's rainbow themed b-day party. Thanks for posting such detailed photos 🙂

      Reply
      • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

        April 19, 2012 at 10:27 am

        Yes, you can use the regular crescent rolls and just pinch the seams together or use puff pastry sheets instead. Pizza crust will also work, but will taste different, but still good. I think it is easier to make with a dough that doesn't have seams, so would suggest the puff pastry or pizza dough over the crescent rolls. Have fun and hope your daughter loves it!

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    6. Anonymous

      March 16, 2012 at 2:25 pm

      This is actually how I make my hot dogs, although I split them and put some cheese inside and then wrap them in crescents. I use fat free Turkey hot dogs. My family loves them.
      This is an awesome idea. Would be great for a kid party or any party.
      Thanks,
      Heather

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      • Hanna

        December 31, 2022 at 12:33 pm

        Hello,

        What temp is this cooked at?

        Thanks!

        Reply
        • Beth

          December 31, 2022 at 5:32 pm

          Bake at 400 degrees F for 16-20 minutes.

          Reply
    7. lisa pfannebecker

      March 06, 2012 at 3:20 pm

      This is so cute! I wanted to post it on Pinterest but the beautiful rainbow picture doesn't pull in....do you know why? Without the picture, it would be pointless to post because that's the novelty of it!

      Reply
    8. Kelli @ RTSM

      March 05, 2012 at 12:49 pm

      That is such a cute idea! My boys would LOVE this! I've never thought of just painting on food coloring:) We made a fun hot dog creation last week, but it wasn't nearly as colorful!

      Reply
    9. JDaniel4's Mom

      March 04, 2012 at 8:05 pm

      This is so cute! What a great idea!

      Reply
    10. Mindie Hilton

      March 03, 2012 at 2:45 pm

      What a cool kid friendly recipe. If you have not linked this up yet at Bacon Time's go green linky please do, it ends on the 4th and there are some fun prizes up for grabs.

      Reply
    11. Anonymous

      June 06, 2011 at 5:33 am

      wow at all the FOOD COLORING...

      Reply
    12. Scott and Katy Adams

      June 02, 2011 at 1:41 am

      I really like this, I am thinking it would be great with string cheese in the middle too! 🙂 I did a rainbow themed party for my daughter last year and this would have been so fun!

      Reply
    13. Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      March 16, 2011 at 9:20 pm

      Thanks Cute, Laurie, and Mrs. O. This was really fun to create and I hope you have fun making your rainbow too!

      Reply
    14. Mrs. O

      March 16, 2011 at 8:45 pm

      Wow, that is great! We love rainbows and hot dogs!! Will be trying soon. Thanks for the inspiration!

      Reply
    15. Laurie

      March 16, 2011 at 8:02 pm

      You are unreal, Beth! How clever--and colorful!

      Reply
    16. Cute Everything

      March 14, 2011 at 7:46 am

      That is very bright and fun! And very creative of you! Love all your great recipes!

      Reply
    17. Cute

      March 14, 2011 at 7:46 am

      That is very bright and fun! And very creative of you! Love all your great recipes!

      Reply

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