Baked Corn Dog Bites

Jiffy corn dog bites are baked in the oven in a muffin pan with hidden hot dog pieces inside. Kids love helping to make them and serving for dinner as a fun finger food dipped into ketchup.

Ok so you’re having a few kids over for a sleepover, or you need an easy fun dinner idea. These are always a hit with little hands. Okay adults love these as a quick snack too. Bake, cool, and take them on the go on busy days.

Yes you can make it “normal” as directed on the box in an 8×8 pan or a slight tweak for Jiffy cornbread in skillet. This gets you thinking way outside of the box beyond that. Use little smokies inside, Hebrew National cut up (our fave), or even kielbasa slices works for this if you want.

If you have made our homemade air fryer corn dogs, you’ll love these too. A different shape that kids love but easier since the batter can be wet and baked quickly in the oven. We’re going to use those little white and blue boxes your mom always had in the cupboard growing up. You can make so many things with this.

Ingredient Notes

The easiest way to make the batter is with a box of Jiffy corn muffin mix but Krusteauz has a great honey butter variety that works too. YOu can use these mixes for lots of things like this and Corn Pudding Without Jiffy Mix.. A larger box will yield more like 2 pans full in that case so you’d need to double everything for that brand.

To make the corn dog batter you will want some melted butter, salted, an egg and milk. For the latter you do want some fat so it stays tender and moist. Whole is best but 2 percent will do.

Can you use frozen hot dogs?

You will need a few hot dogs fresh or defrosted. We are not going to use frozen hot dogs for this snack, grab a package from the fridge of wieners and get baking.

Variations

If you wanted to make this kinda’ spicy I would follow our Jiffy Mexican cornbread recipe and use that instead. OR you could add some green chiles or red pepper flakes into this mix. For dairy free corn dog bites use lactose free or almond milk, plain.

What type of pan should you use?

A mini muffin tin was used and non stick cooking spray too so they slide right out. You could use paper liners if you wanted but I only really like to use those when I am baking one of my sweeter muffin tin recipes.

Can you use a regular muffin tin?

I mean you could make them another way too, more like a bigger muffin. For that follow our cornmeal muffins recipe and put 1/2 of a dog inside, cut in half. You can hide them better this way and make it more of a surprise when people bite them! That is always kinda’ fun. You will have more breading than meat this way.

How Long to Bake Corn Dog Bites

If you use a mini muffin tin like we suggest here it will take about 8 minutes total to be done. In a regular sized tin it would take closer to 15 minutes or so to bake all the way thru properly.

Do you have to cook the hot dogs first?

Slice your hot dogs into 6 pieces per, totaling 24 total pieces. NO need to boil hot dogs, they can be “raw” (but they are all really precooked, even though they are cold) Spray non stick spray oil into each muffin tin hole. Serve with ketchup, hot dog mustard, all the things

How do you know when they are done?

It is all about the color on the top and testing the insides to ensure that the batter is cooked all the way thru. It isn’t as thick as if you didn’t have a piece of a dog in the center which helps. It is best to test with a toothpick near the middle though. It should come out clean and the top should be a nice golden brown color.

Dipping Sauces

If you have kids it is more fun to give them a bunch of different dips to choose from. Use bbq sauce, ketchup of course, relish is great, even our bang bang shrimp sauce has been a hit in my house.

Alternative Cooking Methods

Air Fryer Directions

You will need to use silicone muffin cups to make mini corn dog muffins this way. Place into your basket and fill them halfway full, then push the wiener inside. Set machine to 380 degrees F, Allow to “bake” for 6-8 minutes or until it is lightly browned on top and dough is cooked thru to the center.

Instant Pot Directions

Yes, follow our Pressure Cooker Corn Dog Bites instructions here. You will need a silicone egg mold for those but still fun.

Deep Fried

The last way, but not my fave, is you could deep fry your homemade corn dog bites. You’d need to heat hot oil, add meat into batter and make a heaping tbsp of it. Drop in and it will fry until golden. You will want paper towels handy to absorb the vegetable oil that will remain on the outside for this method.