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Pizza Cupcakes Recipe

These pizza cupcakes are always a hit with family and friends. Made with refrigerated crescent roll dough and your favorite pizza toppings, pizza cupcakes can be made with simple ingredients and is easy to customize. This pizza cupcake recipe can be made in less than 30 minutes for an easy dinner, snack, or appetizer.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: pizza cupcakes
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 1 8 ounce refrigerated crescent dough
  • ½ cup pizza sauce
  • ½ cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • 30-40 mini pepperoni or your favorite toppings
  • teaspoon garlic powder
  • teaspoon Italian seasoning

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Prepare the cupcake tin by spraying 8 cupcake cups with non-stick cooking spray.
  • Separate the crescent dough into 8 triangles. Form each triangle into flat dough and press into each cupcake cup forming a crust.
  • Sprinkle each dough with garlic powder. Add a little mozzarella cheese into each cup.
  • Top with 1 tablespoon of pizza sauce for each pizza cup. Top with more shredded cheese.
  • Sprinkle each pizza cup with Italian seasoning. Top with pepperonis or favorite toppings.
  • Bake for 10 minutes. Carefully remove from the baking tin and serve warm.

Notes

  • Grease the muffin tin. Don't forget to grease the muffin tin. You can use non-stick cooking spray or even garlic butter for extra flavor.
  • Don't use too much sauce. Be careful not to use too much pizza sauce so that the pizza cupcakes don't get too soggy.
  • Let them rest. Let the pizza cupcakes rest in the muffin tin a few minutes before removing them from the tin.

Nutrition

Calories: 63kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 235mg | Potassium: 72mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 114IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 0.3mg