Mummy Meatloaf

This Mummy Meatloaf is a super fun way to get kids to eat their dinner, perfect for Halloween!

 

Why we love this recipe

Halloween is a fun holiday, and not usually one we celebrate with dinner. But why not? Doesn’t matter if it’s family dinner with the kids, or you have adult friends coming over for cocktails. This mummy meatloaf is a great conversation starter. You never know, it could become a tradition to make this every Halloween!

I’ve been making fun Halloween party food for quite a few years. I remember when I made Kitty Litter Cake for my daughter’s 5th grade Halloween party 14 years ago! This time I wanted to play off of a fun dinnertime meal I was inspired by years ago.

How to Make Mummy Meatloaf

You can find the full printable instructions and ingredient list at the end of this post.

Start the Meatloaf

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Run the dry oats through a food processor to break them up.
3. In a large bowl, combine oats, ground beef, tomato juice, egg, onion, salt and pepper, and mix well with a fork. Press firmly into a 2.5 quart ungreased oven safe glass bowl.
4. Place bowl on baking sheet. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes or until internal temp is 160 F.
5. Meanwhile, make the mashed potatoes while the meat is cooking.

Make the Potatoes

1. Peel the potatoes and cut them into quarters.
2. Fill a Dutch oven or soup pot with water, add salt and potatoes. Place on the stovetop over high heat, bring to a boil, and then reduce to a simmer, cooking for a total of 30 minutes or until the potatoes are fork-tender.
3. Drain the potatoes in a colander, allow them to steam for a few moments then return them to the pot.
4. Add butter and cream cheese and smash with a handheld potato masher.
5. Using a handheld electric mixer, combine the butter, cream cheese, and potatoes.
6. Pour in the half and half and pepper and combine. Adjust flavors to taste.

Decorating your Mummy

1. Remove meatloaf from the oven and let stand for a few minutes to cool. If there’s any grease, hold the bowl carefully and drain as much grease as possible out the side of the bowl. This step may not be necessary if you used lean beef. Increase oven temperature to broil.
2. Place a baking sheet over the bowl. It should completely cover the bowl. Invert bowl, turning the meatloaf out of the bowl onto the baking sheet.
3. Scoop potatoes into a piping bag fitted with a Wilton 789 piping tip.
4. Place two slices of white cheese onto the upper half of the meatloaf where the eyes will go.
5. Pipe mashed potatoes onto the meatloaf to look like mummy bandages.
6. Place the baking sheet into the oven under the broiler for 3 minutes, just long enough to brown the edges of the potatoes and melt the cheese.
7. Remove from oven and immediately press the olives into the cheese for eyes. Serve with blood (ketchup).

Amanda’s Notes

The first time I saw a mummy meatloaf was when I first started blogging in 2008. That recipe used cooked lasagna noodles draped over the meatloaf to resemble bandages. While it was effective, I didn’t feel it was a good use of the food since the noodles would likely be tossed instead of eaten. 

Then I saw some mini meatloaf mummies made in a muffin tin. Their bandages were made with mashed potatoes piped on with a cake decorator tip. So I married the two together to come up with a completely edible mummy meatloaf dinner! I hope you and the kids (or your party guests) enjoy it! 

P.S. Be sure to dribble some ketchup (blood) on for effect!

More Fun Halloween Recipes

• Roasted Halloween Vegetables
• Spiderweb Cocktail
• Raven Coffee Cocktail
• Monster Eyeball Cookies
• Jalapeno Popper Mummies
• Halloween Candy Apples
• Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats
• Spider Web Taco Dip
• Halloween Dirt Cups

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This post originally appeared here on Oct 3, 2019.

Mummy Meatloaf

Halloween is a fun holiday, and not usually one we celebrate with dinner. But why not? This mummy meatloaf is a great conversation starter!

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Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Servings: 8 people

1 hour hr 35 minutes mins

Calories: 441

Author: Amanda Davis

Ingredients

For the Meatloaf

• ▢ 2 pounds lean ground beef
• ▢ ¾ cup tomato juice 5.5 oz can
• ▢ 1 cup old-fashioned oats uncooked (3 oz)
• ▢ 2 large eggs
• ▢ ⅓ cup finely diced onion 1.8 oz
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ ½ teaspoon pepper

For the Mashed Potato Bandages

• ▢ 2.5 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes peeled, quartered
• ▢ ¼ cup unsalted butter softened
• ▢ ⅓ cup half and half or heavy cream
• ▢ 4 ounces regular cream cheese softened
• ▢ ½ tablespoon Kosher salt for salting the water
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

For Decoration

• ▢ 2 slices of white cheese havarti, mozzarella, etc
• ▢ 2 pimento stuffed green olives one side cut flat
• ▢ Ketchup optional

Things You’ll Need

• ▢
  Hand mixer
• ▢
  Potato Masher
• ▢
  Food processor
• ▢
  Baking sheets

Before You Begin

You may have leftover potatoes, but that’s never a bad thing! Save them for my Shepherd’s Pie!

Instructions

Start the Meatloaf

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Run the dry oats through a food processor to break them up.
• In a large bowl, combine oats, ground beef, tomato juice, egg, onion, salt and pepper, and mix well with a fork. Press firmly into a 2.5 quart ungreased oven safe glass bowl.
• Place bowl on baking sheet. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes or until internal temp is 160 F.
• Meanwhile, make the mashed potatoes while the meat is cooking.

Make the Potatoes

• Peel the potatoes and cut them into quarters.
• Fill a Dutch oven or soup pot with water, add salt and potatoes. Place on the stove top over high heat, bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer, cooking for a total of 30 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender.
• Drain the potatoes in a colander, allow them to steam for a few moments and then return them to the pot.
• Add butter and cream cheese and smash with a hand held potato masher.
• Using a handheld electric mixer, combine the butter, cream cheese and potatoes.
• Pour in the half and half and pepper and combine. Adjust flavors to taste.

Decorating your Mummy

• Remove meatloaf from the oven and let stand for a few minutes to cool. If there’s any grease, hold the bowl carefully and drain as much grease as possible out the side of the bowl. This step may not be necessary if you used lean beef. Increase oven temperature to broil.
• Place a baking sheet over the bowl. It should completely cover the bowl. Invert bowl, turning the meatloaf out of the bowl onto the baking sheet.
• Scoop potatoes into a piping bag fitting with a Wilton 789 piping tip.
• Place two slices of white cheese onto the upper half of the meatloaf where the eyes will go.
• Pipe mashed potatoes onto the meatloaf to look like mummy bandages.
• Place baking sheet into the oven under the broiler for 3 minutes, just long enough to brown the edges of the potatoes and melt the cheese.
• Remove from oven and immediately press the olives into the cheese for eyes. Serve with blood (ketchup).

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 441cal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 164mg | Sodium: 958mg | Potassium: 1133mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 638IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 138mg | Iron: 8mg

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