Tried & True Tuesday ~ Octopus Hot Dogs
Last Monday our neighbor boy came over play with Kevin. Since it was lunch time I thought what fun thing could I make for the kids and that’s when I remembered seeing in one of my kids cookbooks how to make Octopus Hot Dogs! I showed a picture to the neighbor boy to see if he would like it and he said yes so I told him to keep it a secret between ourselves as my kids never had them before. He agreed and went bouncing down the stairs to play with the kids again. They ended up loving them so much that when he came over the other day and it was lunch time I asked what he wanted and before I could give any options out he yelled Octopus Hot Dogs.. so I would have to say we give it 2 thumbs up!
You can either cut a whole hot dog or what I did was cut a hot dog in half and then made it from there. Your choice.
- From the middle of the hot dog, slice it 1/2 lengthwise.
- Roll the hot dog 90 degrees and repeat so once you slice it you will have 4 legs.
- Roll the hot dog again and this is the tricky part cut each leg into 2 since so you will have 8 legs.

- Boil some water and put the octopus’ in the water and cook.

- If you watch, you will see the legs start to curl up. Once they are curled up (it does take a little while) you can sit them up on a plate and there you go! I did end up making some mac & cheese and put the octopus on that.. the kids just thought it was a hoot!

I hope you enjoy!







Wow! This looks like a great idea! My kids will love it – thanks for the directions and pictures.
My daughter loved them! She is eating the leftovers for breakfast right now!