Your childhood favorite recipe finally got a keto makeover thanks to low carb fathead dough. Each one of these Keto Pigs in a Blanket has just 1.6 net carbs, so you can enjoy a ton of these tasty party snacks.
Hot dogs were a huge part of my childhood. From cutting them up and mixing into my macaroni, to boiling them on the stove and eating them for an after school snack. My favorite hot dog recipe of all time though has to be pigs in a blanket.
Before turning to keto I sought them out at all events. Although not the classiest of appetizers, they were by far the most delicious. Of course I had to remake them low carb style, and so I present to you Keto Pigs In A Blanket.
Are Pigs in a Blanket Keto?
While hot dogs are meat, their blanket certainly isn’t! Traditional Pigs in a blanket are not keto because each little piggie pocket contains about 4 grams of carbs.
Meaning if you want to have enough to make a meal, you’ll be well over your carb intake for the day.
How Many Carbs Does Pigs in a Blanket Have?
Like we said above traditional pigs in a blanket have about 4 grams of carbs a piece whereas our keto pigs in a blanket have 1.6 grams a piece.
You could eat almost four of these keto ones just to equal one of those!
The Crust | Keto Fat Head Dough
I don’t think a recipe can get much simpler. It’s a four ingredient crust that you quickly whip up and then wrap your piggies!
It resembles a fat head dough, but without the cream cheese which means less calories per pig. Once you’ve got the crust all you need to do is cut any hot dog of choice into pieces and wrap those babies!
They only take 30 minutes total to make which means you’ll always have a go to, sorta classy, super delicious appetizer! And, nothing beats that.
What is Fat Head Dough?
Fat head dough is a traditional keto crust made most commonly with almond flour, cream cheese, cheese, and egg.
It’s low carb keto friendly and super low in net carbs. Normally a recipes entire batch of fathead dough has under 6 grams of carbs.
Can I Make Fat Head Dough Dairy Free?
Sadly fathead dough is 90% cheese and cream cheese so there really isn’t any good substitutions for it. You can try diary free products, but they often have fillers and water that won’t allow for the dough to come together.
Instead you can use our keto pie crust (savory edition) and sub the butter for clarified butter/ ghee or coconut oil.
This dough will be a lot more flakey whereas fathead dough is chewy and fluffy, but it will still taste delicious.
How to Make Low Carb Pigs in a Blanket
Never made a pig in a blanket? Don’t worry, it’s super simple and will have you falling in love with hot dogs in no time!
Our pigs in a blanket recipe is designed to take less than 30 minutes to make so let’s get cooking!
Ingredients
To make this low carb pig in a blanket recipe you will need high quality hot dogs, we used grass fed but any nitrate free brand should work.
Then you will need shredded mozzarella cheese, almond flour, an egg, baking powder, garlic powder, salt, and sesame seeds. These will be used to make the fathead dough.
Making Keto Pigs in a Blanket
To make this low carb recipe start by melting the mozzarella cheese in a microwave safe bowl and add the almond flour and egg. Mix well until combined.
Now add the baking powder, garlic, and salt. If the mixture starts to harden again you can pop it into the microwave for 10-15 seconds to loosen the cheese. Careful not to cook the eggs.
Form the dough into 12 equal sized pieces and roll them out. place the oval shaped rolls onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Place a “pig” (a hot dog cut into thirds) onto the dough and wrap the hot dog piece up like a blanket. Sprinkle the dough with sesame seeds and press them in. They should stick into the dough.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place the pigs in for 17-20 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked through.
Serve warm and enjoy.
Dipping Low Carb Pigs in a Blanket | Keto Sauces
Need something to dunk these little piggies in? Look no further, because our Low Carb BBQ Sauce is the perfect side. It’s super simple to make and once again, your family won’t know the difference.
Some more keto friendly sugar free sauce options are:
- Keto Ketchup – Sugar free ketchup is a must whenever you have any kind of hotdog. There are different brands, but we find this one to be most popular amongst readers.
- Noble Made BBQ Sauces – This trio is well worth the cost. Noble Made makes high quality products with quality ingredients that prioritize health and taste.
- Spicy Mayo- This is super easy to whip up from home. Mix a few tablespoons of mayo with a teaspoon or two of siracha for the ultimate spicy kick!
Parties and snack time no longer have to be coupled with unhealthy snacks! Put this recipe to the test and make these Easy Pigs In A Blanket next time your family wants a snack. You’re welcome!
More Keto Appetizers
Want to make more tasty keto appetizers to satisfy your hunger? Some of our favorite recipes are:
- Keto Chicken Tenders – One of the most popular recipes on our site are these keto chicken tenders. This delicate and crispy breading just can’t be beat!
- Keto Chips – Just two ingredients is all that’s needed for the tastiest keto chips you will every make.
- Keto Nachos – Learn how to make nachos in the easiest way possible.
We have tons of healthy low carb appetizers on our site to enjoy, these are just a few of our tastiest!
The Best Keto Pigs in a Blanket
The best part about this recipe is that no one in your family will know they are low carb, including the kids.
This recipe is extremely kid friendly so if you don’t want to make 2 or 3 separate snacks to please everyone; these are your best option!
Make these Keto Pigs In A Blanket for your next party or snack time with the kids!
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Keto Pigs In A Blanket Recipe
Ingredients:
- 4 medium hot dogs
- 1/2 cup Shredded mozzarella cheese
- 3/4 cup Almond Flour
- 1 large Egg
- 1/4 tsp Baking powder
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp Pink Himalayan Salt
- 1/2 tsp Sesame Seeds
Instructions:
- Cut each hot dog into 3 equal sized pieces and set aside.
- Melt mozzarella in microwave and add almond flour and egg. Combine well.
- Add baking powder, garlic and salt. Combine well.
- Form dough in hands and split into 12 equal sized pieces and roll into dough.
- Place dough balls onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Press each ball into oval shape.
- Place each hot dog piece into the dough and wrap like a blanket.
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds (press down so they stick to dough).
- Place pigs in 350 degree oven for 17-20 minutes.
- Serve warm and enjoy!
Notes
The entire recipe makes 12 pigs in a blanket.
This recipe makes 4 servings which means that 1 serving is 3 pigs in a blanket.
Net Carbs: 5g
Written by
Megha Barot
Megha has always been a passionate cook, but she took this to a new level after starting her keo journey in 2015. She loves creating new recipes and producing educational content for KetoConnect, which she co-founded in 2016 with Matt. Her passion for healthy eating and personal development continues to thrive. She's the proud mom of two awesome kids.
I don’t have a microwave. Opted out after moving. Is there another way?
You can melt the dough on the stove top!
Hi Megha! I Love the podcast! I made this and added a Tbsp of psyllium husk powder to the dough. It was a little sticky to work with, but turned out awesome! I’m hoping it’ll offset the “almond distress”. You Naan recipe helps me out all the time! Thanks! Love you guys!
The answer for the Mozzarella not melting is to use the shredded Kraft brand with cream cheese…melted like a dream! The answer for the stickiness is to spray your hands with baking spray…worked like a charm!
Sounds a wonderfull recipe. Thanks, but can
these be cooked in a regular ove rather than
a Microwave oven ?
You can melt the almond flour and cheese together on the stove if you don’t want to use the microwave. Here is a different recipe where we make a similar dough using the stove top. It should help! https://www.ketoconnect.net/fathead-pizza-crust/
Sticky! Don’t know how in the world you got your dough all the way around your dogs like that. They taste good but the dough is just too sticky.
I am just starting the keto diet and was wondering if you could use coconut flour instead of almond because I read it is cheaper?
Unfortunately, they cannot be subbed one for one. You could also use fathead dough for these and that uses almond flour!
Could you use little smokies
Yep
As I typically love y’alls recipes this was an extremely sticky dough. I will stick with my regular fat head pizza dough and wrap the hot dogs in that.
Can you use regular all purpose flour? I realize it won’t be keto; but sometimes if you make those substitutions, it doesn’t turn out.
I have no idea unfortunately. We really only cook with keto ingredients. Sorry!
Awesome. Going to try making cinnamon sticks or cheese sticks with this recipe
I used a fresh mozzarella ball and I could not get the mozzarella to melt in the microwave. Then I put it in a saucepan but it still didn’t work. Any suggestions?
Did you chop it up small? It won’t generally melt very well unless it’s in small pieces.
I just made these, but the batter was so sticky that it was difficult to form the dough. Did I do something wrong?
Maybe too much cheese in this case? Or let it set a minute or two to cool
Would this recipe work as a crust for chicken pot pie? I like to make mini-meat pies in my ramekin cups and top them with a crust. I used to use the puff pastry from the grocery store, but we can’t eat wheat anymore. Would this work? Do you have any other pie crust recipes that would work well? (LOVE YOUR WEBSITE – THIS IS HELPING SOOOOO MANY PEOPLE. THANK YOU!!!!!
Thanks for the kind words Diane! This crust is very versatile and would definitely work for a chicken pot pie. It wouldn’t be quite as puffy and crusty as normal, but it would still be tasty.
These turned out good better than I was thinking. I’m new to keto and first time using almond flour/powder. These definitely are dry so need a dipping sauce. These reminded me more of corn dogs but I forgot the baking powder maybe that’s why not fluffy like pastry? I used myfitnesspal to plug in per my brands and got only 5.5g carbs but if counting fiber was 11.6g for 6pieces. So I got to eat 2 serving instead of 3pc (1) serving as yours. Definitely making them again!
Thanks for the feedback! It’s really tough to get the flakey, pastry feel to keto foods because of the difference in flours! You get more of a dense consistency when backing with almond flour!
Are hot dogs keto approved?
You will have to look at the nutrition label! Brands vary and some contain fillers that increase the carbs.
Strict, clean, keto-no. You want to avoid processed meats with things like nitrates and fillers. If you can find natural dogs/sausages from grassfed beef or pork, those would be fine. But moderation and balance is really the key idea for most people living “keto” depending on your goals and needs.
Is it only suppose to be 1/2 a cup of cheese??.. I make the regular fathead dough a lot and I had a really hard time with this dough wanting to be crumbly and hard to wrap around the dogs.. I think I am going to try it again with 1.5 cups (like my fathead dough recipe) and see how that works out.. even with having a hard time with the dough my daughter loved them!! and I snuck a few!.. she is type 1 so I am always looking for new stuff for her that is either low carb or Keto!
Mine didn’t turn out very well ? It was very sticky and would not wrap around my hotdog!
I made this and just added some almond flour to my hands. The next time I used olive oil on my hands and pressed it out into a pizza crust. Sprinkled oregano on the crust and baked for 17 min before I sauced and topped it with cheese, meat, veggies, then baked another 5 minutes. My son is the pickiest pizza eater and he loves it so much he asked me to make it the next day.
Same here at first, but I let the dough cool for a minute or two. Then I spooned a tsp of dough onto the cool lined baking tray, and I used the cool hot dog piece to roll out the dough into the perfect shape and then it wrapped around!
SO EXCITED TO TRY THIS RECIPE! I LOVE YOU GUYS AND YOUR SIMPLE RECIPES! I MADE YOUR EMPANADAS NOT TO LONG AGO AND THEY WERE A HIT WITH MY KIDS AND CO-WORKERS.
Can you freeze them before you cook them? I am a personal chef and my clients would love these for cocktail parties.
We’ve never tried it unfortunately. I think it should be ok though.
I’m curious how freezing them and then baking later went for you if you tried it. I want to prep some to throw in the oven on Christmas.
Yep! Works just fine. I keep in the freezer for kids, last minute guests etc…
Would love to see you guys do some coconut flour recipes. I have found that foods with almond flour give me stomach pains for hours after eating. So hard to find keto baked goods that don’t rely so heavily on almond flour. Or maybe try some pea protein, oat fiber, etc.
We just finalized a couple that will be out shortly!
I agree so hold heartly because im allergic to Almonds. I would really like to see receipes as well with another flour substances. Cocount, gluten free wheat flour, etc..
We’re making more and more recipes using coconut flour since Megha is also allergic to almonds.
IF you are feeling pain in your stomach after eating something like that, you might want to talk to your Doctor. Have them also check out your Gallbladder too if your are feeling sharp stabbing pain in your stomach and straight through to your middle back. You might have gallstones. I did for over a year before they took mine out. I felt 100% better, and it makes being back on my diet so much easier.
My son is allergic to nuts and shellfish. Would the almond flour cause an allergic reaction?
I’m not sure about that one. If he’s allergic to almond then it would. Almond flour is just almonds ground up.
Yes, it absolutely will.
Yes, It most certainly would! Almond flour IS nuts…ground almonds. Just ground finely, but still almonds.
YES! Absolutely this would trigger your sons nut allergy. Almonds are part of the nut family. You could use rice flour instead.
But rice flour is not keto isn’t??
My son is allergic to peanuts(legume). Which is a ground nut more related to beans and soy. He can eat almonds because that is a tree nut. So really it depends on what kind of nut.
You may be able to use coconut
Flour!
I just made some with coconut flour and they were really good.
Did you chop it up small? It won’t generally melt very well unless it’s in small piece
Do you even have a brain??? ?♀️
Wow! Rude