Cheese Zombie Sandwich Recipe

By
Jennifer Meier
Jennifer Meier
Jennifer Meier
Food writer, cookbook author, and recipe developer Jennifer Meier specializes in creating healthy and diet-specific recipes.
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Updated on 01/31/23
Cheese zombie

The Spruce / Jennifer Meier

Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 15 mins
Total: 25 mins
Servings: 2 servings
Yield: 2 sandwiches

Cheese zombies are a classic school lunch favorite once served all over the country, made from white bread of some sort and melted cheese. Some schools served cheese zombies that are balls of dough filled with cheese, while others looked more like grilled cheese sandwiches. Soft white bread and orange cheese are generally used, along with processed American cheese or Velveeta. The bread is often fluffy, more like a roll and less like sliced bread.

Why are they called cheese zombies? No one seems to know.

You could use homemade bread dough for Cheese Zombies, but that seems like too much work and a little too fancy for a zombie. Crescent rolls are a perfect solution, giving the Cheese Zombie a buttery, doughy flavor.

Ingredients

  • 1 (8-ounce) tube crescent rolls

  • 4 to 8 thin slices orange cheese, sliced cheddar, American cheese, or Velveeta

Steps to Make It

  1. Gather the ingredients.

  2. Preheat oven to 350 F.

  3. Open the tube of crescent rolls. Gently unroll the dough to form 2 rectangles (ignore the dotted lines that separate the dough into 8 triangles).

  4. Cover one side of each rectangle with your desired amount of cheese slices.

  5. Fold the other side of the rectangle over the cheese to form a smaller, enclosed rectangle.

  6. Gently pull the edges of the top layer of dough over the sides of the rectangle, pinching the edges to seal the dough into a pocket that the cheese is enclosed in.

  7. Repeat this process with the second dough rectangle.

  8. Bake on a cookie sheet for 15 minutes until lightly browned.

  9. Slice in half and serve immediately.

  10. Enjoy.

Recipe Variation

  • This is a version of the Cheese Zombie and it is essential that you use orange-colored cheese; a Cheese Zombie just wouldn't be the same without it. However, instead of using American slices or Velveeta, you could consider trying orange cheddar which updates the recipe slightly for adult palates.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
459 Calories
25g Fat
46g Carbs
11g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 2
Amount per serving
Calories 459
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 25g 33%
Saturated Fat 14g 71%
Cholesterol 80mg 27%
Sodium 554mg 24%
Total Carbohydrate 46g 17%
Dietary Fiber 3g 9%
Total Sugars 11g
Protein 11g
Vitamin C 0mg 1%
Calcium 136mg 10%
Iron 2mg 11%
Potassium 127mg 3%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)