Kids will love our Hot Dog Spaghetti Spiders for their Halloween dinner! Simply thread spaghetti through hot dogs, cook and serve tossed with butter and Parmesan cheese, marinara sauce or just ketchup. An easy recipe that’s fun for kids to eat!
You can’t just serve ordinary hot dogs or a bowl of spaghetti on Halloween. Most certainly not! Enter hot dog spiders!
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Hot Dog Spaghetti Spiders
A Halloween meal needs to be spooky, creepy and fun too. Our spider hot dogs are all that and oh so delicious!
So easy to make and quick to cook, you will love making this easy dinner recipe, even when it’s not Halloween.
Spaghetti hot dog spiders come to life when uncooked pasta is threaded through pieces of hot dogs and then cooked according to your package directions. Simple as that!
You can use cut up hot dogs or mini hot dogs to make this recipe.
Our spaghetti in a hot dog is tossed with Parmesan cheese and butter for a yummy fun for kids meal.
But these creepy hot dog spiders also taste fabulous when tossed with your favorite marinara sauce or served with ketchup on the side for dipping.
I mean, let's face it, hot dog pasta is definitely a kid favorite dinner.
And really now, what kids wouldn’t be happy to eat a bowl of spiders made out of two favorite kid foods, spaghetti and hot dogs?
So much fun and so creepy crawly too!
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Substitutions
- Use mini hot dogs instead of cutting big hot dogs into pieces
- Make the recipe with linguine pasta instead of spaghetti
- Make spaghetti hot dogs with turkey hot dogs
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Serve with ketchup
- Serve with marinara sauce
- Serve with a cheese sauce
Hot Dog Spaghetti Casserole
Yan can turn this recipe into a Hot Dog Spaghetti Casserole Just follow these easy steps:
- Prepare recipe as written below
- Spread some marinara sauce on bottom of a baking dish
- Top with half of the hot dogs with spaghetti
- Spread a layer of shredded mozzarella cheese on top
- Arrange the remaining hot dogs with spaghetti over cheese layer
- Top with more sauce and shredded cheese
- Cover and bake at 375F until heated through, about 25 minutes.
How to make hot dogs with spaghetti
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- Thread uncooked spaghetti through pieces of hot dogs.
- Cook according to pasta package directions; drain.
- Toss with Parmesan cheese, butter, kosher salt and pepper.
- Or serve tossed with marinara sauce or with ketchup served on the side as a dipping sauce.
Equipment
- 6-quart pot
- chef knife
- cutting board
- measuring spoons
- measuring cups
- colander
Ingredients for hot dog pasta
- spaghetti
- hot dogs
- Parmesan cheese
- butter
- kosher salt
- pepper
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Halloween Hot Dog Spaghetti Spiders Recipe
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Ingredients
- 8 ounces spaghetti
- 8 hot dogs , cut in 1-inch pieces
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 6 Tablespoons butter , cut in pieces
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- Marinara sauce or ketchup, serving suggestions
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Instructions
- Thread uncooked spaghetti through pieces of hot dogs.
- Cook according to pasta package directions; drain.
- Toss with Parmesan cheese, butter, kosher salt and pepper.
Serving Suggestions:
- Serve tossed with marinara sauce or with ketchup on the side as a dipping sauce.
Notes
- Use mini hot dogs
- Serve with ketchup
- Serve with marinara sauce
- Serve with a cheese sauce
haha! What a cute idea for Halloween.
Man I have not had this for a long time! We use to have this when I was a kid. This is super fun for Halloween time.
This is such a great idea!! My kids really enjoyed it!
I've always wanted to make these spaghetti spiders for my kids! I'll suprise them with this dinner when it's closer to Halloween!
This sounds like a cool idea to pick up the spaghetti as well. Love the idea for Halloween.
Oh how fun! This spaghetti would be such a hit with my kids. It has all of their favorite things. So perfect for the season.
How amazing are these! Looking forward to trying these soon!
Wow! This Hot Dog Spaghetti Spiders dish will be perfect to serve on Halloween. It will surely caught the eye of the crown. It's delicious, too!
Such a fun idea to serve for a Halloween party! Kids will love this.
What fun! I'm sending this post over to my sister to make for my niece right away. I sure wish I had this for when my kids were small. I still might make it, lol.
Bernice, I hope that your niece has fun eating the "spiders"!
Hot Dog Spiders are always a hit with my grandkids at Halloween!
It is so much fun for the kids (big and little ones!) for a Halloween dinner.
They are so much fun to eat! Enjoy!
Yes, kids love hot dogs and pasta and then add their favorite sauce and you'll have a new favorite dinner!
It's always a hit at Halloween parties!
It will be such a creepy crawly surprise! lol
I love childhood food memories. Happy to help bring back yours!
I have a super picky eater, but he loves hot dogs and he likes spaghetti. This hot dog spaghetti will be the perfect recipe to make for dinner this Halloween!
Such a fun and creative meal for Halloween or any night for that matter. This is an easy one to have your kids help you make as well.
I'm loving all of these Halloween food ideas! This is a great recipe!
This recipe is great not just for kids but also for the adults! I just made it for hubby and I, and we both loved it! So easy and fun!
I agree! Big kids and little kids all love it! So happy to hear that you and your hubby enjoyed the recipe too!
Yes, kids will love helping to make these "spiders"! And they'll love eating them too!
Sounds like a perfect recipe for your picky eater! I hope he likes it!
On top of being something kids will really enjoy, this recipe seems super festive and perfect for Halloween.
That it is Moop!