Because even dinner deserves a costume.
Halloween dinner doesn’t have to be all candy and pizza.
Sometimes you want to put an actual meal in front of the kids before they sprint through the neighborhood collecting enough sugar to personally keep a dentist employed until Christmas. ๐
Enter: Halloween Meatloaf Mummies.
It’s classic comforting meatloaf, transformed into adorable little mummy faces and wrapped in creamy mashed-potato “bandages.” Add olive eyes and suddenly dinner is festive, spooky, and—most importantly—something the kids might actually eat.
And let's be honest…
If you call it “meatloaf,” they may object.
If you call it a MUMMY, suddenly we're apparently running a five-star Halloween restaurant. ๐ป
๐ What You'll Need
For the Meatloaf
- 1½ lbs ground beef
- 1 egg
- ½ cup breadcrumbs
- ½ cup milk
- ½ small onion, finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
For the Mummy Decoration
- 3–4 cups prepared mashed potatoes
- Black olives
- Ketchup
๐ป Let's Make Some Mummies!
1. Mix it up
Preheat your oven to 375°F.
Combine all the meatloaf ingredients in a large bowl and mix until everything is just combined.
Don't overmix it unless you enjoy meatloaf with the texture of a hockey puck. ๐ฌ
2. Make little mummies
Instead of forming one giant meatloaf, divide the mixture into 6–8 individual oval-shaped loaves.
Place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Bake for about 25–30 minutes, or until the centers reach 160°F.
3. Let the mummy transformation begin
Let the meatloaves cool for a few minutes.
Put your mashed potatoes into a piping bag—or a zip-top bag with the corner snipped off.
Now pipe thin, slightly crooked lines of mashed potatoes across each meatloaf, leaving little gaps so they look like mummy bandages.
And don't worry about perfection.
Mummies are dead. They don't have time to complain about your piping technique. ๐
4. Give them some personality
Add two little pieces of black olive for the eyes.
Then use a tiny dot of ketchup in the center of each eye.
Suddenly you have a plate full of adorable little meatloaf mummies staring back at you.
Which is either extremely cute…
…or the beginning of a horror movie. ๐
๐ฅ Halloween Dinner Sidekicks
Make the whole plate extra fun with:
๐ง Monster mashed potatoes – Add green food coloring and candy eyes.
๐งน Witch finger carrots – Roast baby carrots and arrange them like creepy fingers.
๐ท️ Spiderweb mac & cheese – Add thin lines of sour cream or shredded cheese in a web pattern.
๐ Jack-o'-lantern oranges – Draw silly faces on whole oranges with a food-safe marker.
๐ The Best Part?
This is one of those Halloween recipes where the kids can help decorate dinner.
And let's be real—that's half the fun.
The mummies don't have to look perfect. In fact, the wonkier they are, the better.
Because Halloween is the one night of the year when messy, crooked, slightly creepy food is considered a feature—not a flaw. ๐ป
So skip the boring meatloaf this Halloween.
Give your family something to scream about…
Preferably something other than:
“WHO ATE ALL THE REESE'S?!?” ๐๐









