Recipe Ideas

Enjoy Maple Leaf® Top Dogs® in more ways than one!

Hot Dogs are great for a snack or meal and now Maple Leaf® is making it even easier to enjoy your favourite Top Dogs with our recipe ideas. Hot dogs are a quick and simple way to spice up any meal and with so many varieties to choose from its no wonder kids love them! Try adding Top Dogs® to your usual omelet or pasta dish or choose from our recipes below for a whole new Top Dog experience.

Maple Leaf® would love to hear your favourite Top Dog recipes. Email them to us at topdogsrfun@mapleleaf.ca and they too could be posted on our website!

Top Dogs Spider Wienies

  • Serves: 1
  • Preparation Time: 5 min
  • Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients:

  • 1 Maple Leaf® Top Dogs® Original
  • 1 hot dog bun

Preparation:

  1. Slice hot dog in quarters length wise from each end, leaving hot dog whole in the centre
  2. Cook hot dog until the ends curl up.
  3. Serve on a bun with your favourite condiments and enjoy your eight-legged spider wienie!

* Can be substituted for any of your favourite Top Dogs® products

Top Dogs Spaghetti

  • Serves: 4
  • Preparation Time: 5 min
  • Cook Time: 10 min

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups Dried spaghetti
  • 4 Maple Leaf® Top Dog® Original*
  • 1 Jar Prepared spaghetti sauce (or Mom's homemade!)

Preparation:

  1. Cut Top Dogs into bite size pieces and set aside until spaghetti is cooked
  2. In a large saucepan, bring 1 litre of water to a boil
  3. Add pasta to boiling water and cook according to package or desired tenderness
  4. Drain spaghetti
  5. Put desired amount of spaghetti sauce in a microwaveable bowl. Cover with a piece of paper towel and heat in microwave until hot (approx. 45 sec)
  6. In a large bowl, mix cooked spaghetti, spaghetti sauce and Top Dogs
  7. Serve and enjoy!

*Can be substituted for any of your favourite Top Dogs® products

Top Dogs Mac and Cheese

  • Serves: 4
  • Preparation Time: 5 min
  • Cook Time: 15 min

Ingredients:

  • 1 Box Macaroni and Cheese*
  • 3 Maple Leaf® Mega Bites® Smokey Bacon and Cheese**

Preparation:

  1. Cut Mega Bites into bite sized pieces and set aside until Macaroni and Cheese is cooked
  2. Cook Macaroni and Cheese according to package or desired tenderness
  3. In a large bowl, add Mega Bites to Macaroni and Cheese
  4. Serve and enjoy!

* Substitute deli macaroni salad for a cold Top Dogs treat — great for lunches!
** Can be substituted for any of your favourite Top Dogs® products

Cheesy Top Dogs Boats

  • Serves: 1
  • Preparation Time: 1 min
  • Cook Time: 8 min

Ingredients:

  • 2 slices of whole wheat or white bread
  • 1 tsp. (5 ml) vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp. (30 ml) process cheese spread
  • 2 Maple Leaf® Top Dogs® Original*

Preparation:

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C)
  2. Brush bread with oil; place oil side down on baking sheet
  3. Spread cheese over bread; lay one wiener diagonally across each slice of bread
  4. Bring two other corners together over the wiener. Secure with wooden picks.
  5. Bake for 8 minutes or until bread is lightly browned.
  6. Remove wooden picks before eating.
  7. Enjoy!

* Can be substituted for any of your favourite Top Dogs® products

Taco Top Dogs

  • Serves: 4
  • Preparation Time: 8 min
  • Cook Time: 5-7 min

Ingredients:

  • Taco Shells*
  • Maple Leaf® Top Dogs® Original**
  • 1/2 cup Salsa
  • 1/3 cup chopped green pepper
  • 1/4 cup processed cheese spread
  • 1 cup shredded lettuce

Preparation:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C)
  2. Separate taco shells and place on baking sheet. Heat in oven for 5-7 minutes.
  3. Cut wieners into bite sized pieces.
  4. In medium saucepan, combine salsa, green pepper and cheese spread. Stir in wieners.
  5. Heat over medium heat, stirring occasionally until heated through.
  6. To serve, spoon wiener mixture into taco shells and top with lettuce.
  7. Enjoy!

*Instead of taco shells, mixture may be spooned into hot dog buns.
** Can be substituted for any of your favourite Top Dogs® products