armadillo egg

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English

Etymology

Since they do not contain any egg, the name may have come from Scotch egg, another snack food that is wrapped in sausage meat.

Noun

armadillo egg (plural armadillo eggs)

  1. (US, cooking) A jalapeño popper, especially when wrapped in bacon or sausage meat.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see armadillo,‎ egg.