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Halloween Puff Pastry Intestines Recipe

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A fun and easy sweet or savory Halloween recipe (because you purchase the pastry sheet pre-made) that will enliven your Halloween Potluck or Dinner!

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Halloween recipe: puff pastry intestines

Halloween Recipe: Stuffed Puff Pastry Intestines!

Need an amazing Halloween potluck idea? I’ve got your dilemma solved. This is an easy Halloween recipe that is the gory Halloween food you’ve been dreaming of.

It will look like you spent hours on it, but you can whip this up in less than an hour! You can customize this stuffed intestines recipe so it’s a savory Halloween recipe or a sweet Halloween recipe! Your choice!

Halloween recipe intestines

How to Make Edible Intestines

I saw this idea online as I was browsing Halloween recipes and just had to try it! Not only is it easy and fast it is to make, but it also tastes good! It’s one of those more disgusting Halloween recipes in that it almost looks like real stuffed intestines.

It looks gross and gory, in a good-for-Halloween way. In fact, I tried to get my hubby to help me choose the best photos for this post, but he was getting too grossed out and couldn’t even finish looking at all of them – safe to say that he wasn’t much help. 😉

PRO TIP: Save your sanity and use the pre-made Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Sheets. You can find these at most grocery stores in the frozen pie area. One box includes two sheets, which seems like a perfect amount for this recipe.

Puff pastry sheet

Preparing the Puff Pastry

Thaw the puff pastry according to the instructions on the packaging, then roll out each sheet to about 11 x 14 inches. Cut each sheet into four strips, or you could go three strips lengthwise. Whichever way will work fine.

Separating puff pastry sheets

Rolling the “Intestines”

The goal is to create the look of a long tube of stuffed dough that you can wind around on a baking pan to look like intestines. I connected the short ends of the dough strips from each sheet to create two long strips. Brushing a tiny bit of water on the end of the strip, with your finger, will help it stick together.

If you don’t have the counter space for the two long strips, you can really just keep each strip separate and fill each section, then arrange them on the pan so they look connected or intertwined.

Filling the stuffed intestines

Stuffed Intestines Filling Ideas

You will need about 3 to 3 1/2 cups of filling. I think sloppy joe mix works pretty well as a savory, dinner-appropriate filling. This Homemade Manwhich Sloppy Joe’s recipe is my favorite!

You could try any thick filling though – some sort of shredded chicken, a sweet cream cheese filling and fruit, spinach artichoke dip, etc. Be careful not to overfill, as you will have a hard time pinching the dough closed around it.

Assembling Puff Pastry Intestines

Start with one end of the dough strip and arrange it on a baking sheet or in a baking dish, with the pinched side down, in a way that reminds you of intestines. Some people thought my creation looked like a snake, but either way, it looked creepy. Ha.

Brushing egg wash on edible intestines

Egg Wash and Bake Your Edible Intestines

Stick the edible intestines in the fridge for 10-15 minutes to chill. Then brush on some egg wash and bake away! You could use a small paintbrush and paint on some food coloring before baking, for additional bloody detail.

Or, after baking, you can splatter on some ketchup, meatloaf glaze, fruit topping, or something similar for the look of blood. Basically, you can get as creative and gross as you want.

Final Thoughts

My husband had a bit of a hard time stomaching it, but the rest of us had no problem getting it down! Fun, fast and easy Halloween dinner (or dessert)!

Halloween recipe: Puff pastry intestines

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