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Football season is officially here! The food at game day parties goes hand-in-hand with die hard fans. That’s why you need to make the perfect Fun Football Foodie Finger Food! These delicious Easy Puff Pastry Pepperoni Pizza Bites appetizers only take 30 minutes to prepare with only 7 ingredients! SCORE!!
After our underdog home team finally won the Super Bowl last year after many years of disappointments, we brought our Lombardi trophy home! It was so exhilarating, suspenseful and really amazing to beat the same team we lost to by only a field goal in a prior Super Bowl many years before! Hopefully, we’ll be winning again this year! (wink, wink)
These Easy Puff Pastry Cheesy Mini Pepperoni Pizza Bites are made using a mini muffin tray. The puff pastry dough is topped with a cheese mixture containing shredded mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses and cream cheese, topped with pizza sauce and mini pepperoni slices! Doesn’t that sound fantastic?
It’s easy-to-prep, yummy finger food that pairs so well with Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar. They literally go hand-in-hand!
Why Shop at Walmart for Game Day?
I bought my Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar at my local Walmart who has a great selection of game day products to make “homegating” and tailgating as easy as possible! It’s a great place to stock up for the football season. Walmart is the party central for game day because, you can buy food, beverages, football decor, table coverings, paper products and everything you need to make your football-themed parties SCREAM- It’s time for kick-off!
Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar pairs with football finger food such as, appetizers and sandwiches, that sports fans LOVE! Therefore, these Easy Puff Pastry Cheesy Mini Pepperoni Pizza Bites are sure to be a hit at your next game day party and all subsequent parties too!
I mean, the food is as important as the game isn’t it? If you’re a foodie, it is equally important. And, if you want your guests loving up the food as much as the game, let me show you how to make these yummy Cheesy Mini Pepperoni Pizza Bites in just 30 minutes!! Woot, woot!
Easy Puff Pastry Cheesy Mini Pepperoni Pizza Bites
*The full printable recipe is at the bottom of this post in the printable recipe card.
Ingredients:
- 1 – 8 oz. puff pastry dough sheet, thawed and cut into 1 inch squared pieces
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/3 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 1/3 cup mini pepperoni slices
- 1/8 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp pizza sauce
First, preheat the oven to 375F.
Then, put the one-inch squared puff pastry dough into the mini muffin tray as shown below.
Next, in a medium sized mixing bowl, stir together garlic powder, cream cheese, shredded mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses until well combined.
Then, put approximately 1 1/2 teaspoons of the cheese mixture onto each one-inch squared puff pastry dough as pictured below.
Then, add a dab of pizza sauce on top of the cheese mixture followed by 3 mini pepperoni slices.
Then, bake them on 375F for 15 minutes! Let them cool a couple of minutes before removing them from the mini muffin pan. Be careful as they’ll be very hot. Garnish with some chopped fresh parsley if you like.
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So, go on out to your local Walmart and stock up on Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar and the ingredients to make these delicious Easy Puff Pastry Cheesy Mini Pepperoni Pizza Bites with 7 ingredients in only 30 minutes plus, all of the other supplies you’ll need to host a Fun Football Foodie Finger Food party! Get your game on!
Easy Puff Pastry Cheesy Mini Pepperoni Pizza Bites
Ingredients
- 8 oz puff pastry sheet, thawed (see package directions for thawing)
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened (should be very soft for mixing)
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/3 cup shredded parmesan cheese
- 1/8 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp pizza sauce (squeezable is easiest)
- 1/3 cup mini pepperoni slices
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped for garnish ((optional))
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Cut thawed pastry sheet into 1 square inch pieces. Place them into non-stick mini muffin tray.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, stir together softened cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, and garlic powder.
- Put about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the cheese mixture onto each puff pastry square.
- Top with 1/2 teaspoon of pizza sauce and 3 mini pepperoni slices.
- Bake at 375F for 15 minutes.
Notes
How to Soften Cream Cheese:
Place cream cheese into a microwave safe bowl and place in microwave on defrost setting for 30 seconds and remove to check softness. Repeat until you can easily push down on cream cheese with your finger. Or, you may remove 4 oz of cream cheese from refrigerator 20 or so minutes prior to making this recipe and leave it on your counter top to soften at room temperature.Storage of Easy Puff Pastry Cheesy Mini Pepperoni Pizza Bites:
Store leftovers covered in refrigerator for up to three days. Reheat on microwave safe dish for 30 seconds depending upon the power setting on your microwave.Did You Make This Recipe?
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Hi Margo. That batch without red sauce sounds delicious! Thanks for the 5-star rating!
I love these!! My fiance loves Italian and things he can eat with his hands (don’t ask me why lol) so this recipe is on point! I had to hide a couple just so he wouldn’t eat all of them!
Also, one of my roommates hates red sauce, so I decided to make a batch with alfredo sauce and shredded rotisserie chicken… best decision ever!!
better with puff pastry cooked a few minutes before adding toppings
Thanks Ronit! These are seriously hard to put down!
Looks so tasty. Love such tiny nibbles. 🙂