They are a popular and traditional accompaniment to roast turkey in a Christmas dinner and are served as a side dish.

Pigs in blankets is a dish served in the United Kingdom and Ireland consisting of small sausages (usually chipolatas) wrapped in bacon.

[1][2][3][4][5] In general it is a seasonal item, seldom offered commercially outside the Christmas season, and it has spawned food-industry offshoot products such as pigs-in-blankets flavoured mayonnaise, peanuts, crisps, vaping liquid, and chocolates as well as versions of Christmas-associated consumer items such as pyjamas made with a pigs-in-blankets print.

[2][15] They are a popular and traditional accompaniment to roast turkey in a Christmas dinner and are served as a side dish.

[24] In Luxembourg, Blanne Jang [de] is a scalded sausage filled with cheese and wrapped in bacon.