Looking for an easy and delicious appetizer idea for your next party? While we love pigs in a blanket, it’s been done too may times. We started thinking of a twist on the classic appetizer recipe. Since our family could eat Italian food every night, we decided to put an Italian spin on it. These Italian pigs in a blanket will blow your mind. They taste a little like sausage or pepperoni pizza but are super flakey and very hard to resist!
While you can use the crescent dough that you find in the refrigerated section of your local grocery store, we like our pigs in a blanket to be extra flakey so we picked up the Pepperidge Farm puff pastry frozen sheets pastry dough from the freezer section. These sheets come in a box of 2 and are and are the same sheets we used for our fried oreo challenge. When you remove the sheets from the box, and thaw them, you’ll notice that they are folded into 3 pieces. Cut one of the sheets into 3 equal pieces (right where the fold line is). Then, cut each of those pieces directly down the middle, you will have 6 pieces that you will then be cutting diagonally, to form 12 triangles, similar to my photo below. Stay with me. I promise that isn’t as difficult as it sounds.
Next, you’re going to want to take your block of mozzarella cheese and slice it into thin rectangles, no larger than the top of the triangle and not too thick. Place a piece of cheese on each triangle, leaving about 1/4 inch on top.
For your sausage links, I found it easiest to purchase the fully cooked breakfast sausage links. If your store doesn’t carry them, or you prefer to cook them yourself, make sure you cook them prior to this step and you’ll want to make sure they are about the size of the top of the triangle.
Next, starting at the top of the triangle, roll the dough around the sausage and cheese and place each one on your parchment paper lined baking sheet.
Combine your melted butter, garlic and parsley and brush onto each pig in a blanket. This will give them a garlic bread flavor (SOOOO GOOD!). I also brush them once more when I take them out of the oven. That is totally optional though. Don’t forget to sprinkle with parmesan cheese and serve with marinara sauce for dipping.
My favorite part is the gooey cheese that oozes out while they bake. It gets a little brown on the edges and is SO yummy!
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Italian Pigs in a Blanket
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 17 minutes
- Total Time: 22 minutes
- Yield: 12 pieces 1x
Description
A twist on the traditional pigs in a blanket appetizer. This delicious finger food features italian sausage and mozzarella cheese, wrapped in a puff pastry and brushed with a garlic, parmesan and butter sauce. Serve with a side of marinara sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 pkg puff pastry sheets (cut into triangles)
- 1 block mozzarella cheese (sliced)
- 1 pkg fully cooked pork sausage links
- 4 tbsp butter (melted)
- 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- ¼ cup fresh parsley (chopped)
- ¼ cup shredded parmesan cheese
- marinara sauce (for dipping)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400° and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Once your puff pastry sheets are thawed, cut one in half and then cut each piece diagonally to form 2 triangles. Repeat with 2 other sheets. You should have 12 triangles in total.
- Slice mozzarella cheese into small rectangles, no bigger than the top of your pastry triangle. Place each piece of cheese on top of each dough triangle. Place a full cooked sausage link on top of each piece of cheese.
- Starting from the thickest point, roll your dough completely around the cheese and sausage and place onto cookie sheet.
- Combine melted butter, minced garlic and chopped parsley in a small bowl. Brush mixture onto the top of each pig in a blanket and top with shredded parmesan cheese.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes.
- Serve with a side of marinara sauce for dipping.
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: Italian
These Italian pigs in a blanket are perfect for your Super Bowl party or when you have guests over and need some finger foods. They never last long in our house so I often have to make double the recipe!
If you love pizza, you’ll love these Italian pigs in a blanket!

Bella
February 18, 2020Yummy this looks so good, I wish I could eat gluten and cheese lol I’m so allergic to both things.
Marina
February 18, 2020I like it because it’s a versatile recipe and you can add almost everything to the pastry sheets.
Marta
February 17, 2020This is such a clever spin on the same ol’ pigs in a blanket!
Jordan | Read. Eat. Repeat.
February 17, 2020Oh man, these sound so good! What a great twist on a classic party food.
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Amber Myers
February 6, 2020Oh yes please. I need to make these for sure. The next time we have a movie night, I’ll have these out.
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Emman Damian
February 3, 2020I love your Italian Pigs in a Blanket Appetizer! It’s so cute and tasty at the same time. I hope to make it soon.
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Lily
February 2, 2020Very popular SuperBowl dish! This is gonna be a hit at any Super Bowl party
Eileen M Loya
February 1, 2020Oh wow. A new recipe I can try this weekend. It is only during this time that I make “real” meals for my family. This would be perfect for Sunday while we watch the game.
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Agnes Vazhure
February 1, 2020Omg! that is so cute and yummy Italian pigs in a blanket appetizer. Need to try this one. My niece would like this one.
Rachel Loza
January 31, 2020These sound like the perfect appetizer for any day of the week!
Fatima Torres
January 31, 2020These pigs in a blanket would be perfect for the SuperBowl party we’re hosting this Sunday. Excited to give these a try.
Stephanie Pass
January 31, 2020My family love pigs in a blanket, and I know they’d go crazy for this version. Looks so tasty!
Heather
January 31, 2020Yum! These look like such a fun twist to the traditional “pigs in a blanket”. I’m sure my boys would love them! Will have to try them out. Thanks for sharing!
Anziee
January 31, 2020OMG! These look so delicious and amazing 😍 I will definitely try your recipe soon. Hope they turn out great like yours 🤞☺
Yaya
January 31, 2020I’d love to make these for Super Bowl Sunday! They look so good and you can’t go wrong.
Ashley R
January 31, 2020I will try these for the Super Bowl I wont be watching on Sunday lol.
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Charlene
January 31, 2020OMGsh! These look and sound absolutely amazing! I love pigs in a blanket and an Italian twist would make them that much better!
Celebrate Woman Today
January 31, 2020I love the ease this recipe is made with. But most of all, the recipe’s name, Italian Pigs in a blanket!
Bella
January 31, 2020I love this twist on traditional pigs in a blankets! They look delicious and its making us hungry!
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Ruth I
January 31, 2020Ahh, these look so delicious! I am so excited to try this recipe. It will be a hit!
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Catherine
January 31, 2020Pigs in a blanket are always a fun party appetizer…love this Italian twist!
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Jennifer
January 31, 2020Oh my gosh, those look amazing. I love the melted cheese on the sides!
Natalie
January 31, 2020Such an easy and delicious looking recipe. I must make this for my family. I bet they will love it. Thanks for sharing.
Ann
January 31, 2020My husband and his friends would love this on game night 😛
It looks really amazing!
Toni
January 31, 2020No doubt this will be a sure hit at my house!! I can’t wait to give it a try!
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Vicky
January 31, 2020Yum! These “next level” pigs in a blanket are going to make a great appetizer for the game watching party!
Catalina
January 31, 2020This is a great idea for an appetizer! My family will ask for more for sure!
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Kuma
January 31, 2020What a cute name and I love your creativity. These seem very easy to make and most importantly I get attracted by the interesting name. Going to try out these and hopefully able to impress my family
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Lisa Joy Thompson
January 31, 2020We love regular pigs in a blanket at our house. These are such a fun twist on the original! I bet these would be a huge hit at our house too!
Chad
January 30, 2020These look so so so delicious!!! Perfect for Superbowl weekend, very exciting.
Matt Taylor
January 30, 2020I love pigs in a blanket! This Italian version looks so yummy! 🙂
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Kendall
January 30, 2020Wow, these look incredible. Cannot wait to try.
Denise
January 30, 2020These italian pigs in a blanket look absolutely scrumptious. I’m so glad you shared the recipe.
Julie Cao
January 30, 2020This appetizer is so tantalizing. I can imagine having them in a party and everyone will love it.
Melissa Cushing
January 30, 2020Oh my goodness these look so yummy and delish! I am pinning a picture before leaving and will b making these myself! Love this and love the Italian spin on a classic!
Heather
January 30, 2020I’d love to hear what you think of them Melissa! They were a hit with my family! We are making them again this weekend!