These Pizza-Stuffed Pretzel Bites are super delicious and so easy to make using a store-bought pizza dough. They are sure to be an instant hit with family.
These pretzel bites are seriously good! I mean, who doesn’t love the idea of combining their two favorite snacks? Pretzels and pizza are a match made in heaven!
These Pizza-Stuffed Pretzel Bites are perfectly cheesy and so tasty. They are also surprisingly easy to make. Store-bought pizza dough comes in to save the day with this recipe. No hard work needed. Some quick assembly and you are well on your way to cheesy pizza goodness!
These pizza bites are the perfect snack food but can easily be made into a meal by adding a nice side salad. Serve them up with a little marinara sauce for dipping, and you have a delicious snack kids and adults will gobble up in no time.
Ingredients in this Pizza-Stuffed Pretzel Bites recipe
- Pizza dough: store-bought or homemade. You can definitely whip up your own dough but I often use a store-bought dough to keep this quick and easy.
- Pizza toppings. I keep these simple with just a pepperoni filling but you can easily add your favorite pizza toppings. Diced bell pepper, mushrooms, black olives, and so many more options work here but you will need to make sure you dice them up nicely.
- Bocconcini cheese: drained and patted dry. These mini mozzarella balls make it easy to stuff these. If you can’t find them, you can simply chop up a big ball of mozzarella cheese.
- Baking soda: Helps make the pretzel-like exterior.
- Egg
- Coarse salt
- Marinara: for dipping. Instead of putting the pizza sauce on the inside and risking it oozing out while boiling the dough bites, I opt to use it as a dipping sauce.
**Note: Ingredient quantities and full instructions are in the recipe card at the end of this post.**
How to make Pizza-Stuffed Pretzel Bites
- Portion out the dough. On a floured surface, roll out pizza dough into a large rectangle. Using a pizza cutter, divide the dough into 2×2 inch squares. This resulted in about 24 squares but may vary depending on the quantity of dough you use.
- Stuff the pizza bites. Press each square down to flatten a bit more and then place a couple slices of pepperoni and a bocconcini ball into the center of the square. Fold the corners of the dough over the pepperoni and cheese and seal tightly.
- Boil. Bring 8 cups of water to a boil in a large pot. Carefully add the baking soda and stir to combine. Working in batches, drop the pretzel bites into the water and boil for about 2 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon.
- Bake. Arrange pretzel bites onto the baking sheet. Brush with the egg and sprinkle each with coarse salt. Bake for approximately 15-18 minutes or until they turn golden brown. Serve with marinara dipping sauce.
Tips for making Pretzel Bites
Although these are very easy to make, there are a few tips that I highly recommend. They really all boil down to one potential thing:
- Make sure to seal your pretzel bites well. The pretzel bites will expand in the water/baking soda bath and double in size during this process. If they aren’t sealed they will pop open during this stage. In order to make help make sure they are sealed I recommend making sure that your boccancini cheese is patted dry before assembly. If it is still well from the brine, you risk wetting your pizza dough and making it harder to seal.
- Save the marinara for dipping. I don’t put pizza sauce or marinara sauce in the bites themselves as they run the risk of opening up and oozing out while the pretzel bites boil. Although its possible to get it in there and still seal them up, it does get a bit tedious. I’ve struggled to seal pretzel bites because of the runny sauce getting in the way. It serves better as a dipping sauce- you get all of the pizza flavour this way without any extra work.
Storing leftovers and reheating
Once cooled completely, leftover pizza bites can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge. To reheat them, place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and heat them in the oven at 350F until warmed through.
Hope you enjoy these heavenly little bites as much as we do! Bon appetit!
-Cathy
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Pizza-Stuffed Pretzel Bites
Ingredients
- 1 pizza dough (store-bought or homemade)
- 1/2 cup pepperoni
- 1 1/2 cups bocconcini cheese drained and patted dry
- 1/4 cup baking soda
- 1 egg whisked
- coarse salt
- 3/4 cup marinara for dipping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 415F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- On a floured surface, roll out pizza dough into a large rectangle. Using a pizza cutter, divide the dough into 2×2 inch squares. This resulted in about 24 squares but may vary depending on the quantity of dough you use.
- Press each square down to flatten a bit more and then place a couple slices of pepperoni and a bocconcini ball into the center of the square. Fold the corners of the dough over the pepperoni and cheese and seal tightly.
- Bring 8 cups of water to a boil in a large pot. Carefully add the baking soda and stir to combine. Working in batches, drop the pretzel bites into the water and boil for about 2 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon.
- Arrange pretzel bites onto the baking sheet. Brush with the egg and sprinkle each with coarse salt. Bake for approximately 15-18 minutes or until they turn golden brown. Serve with marinara dipping sauce.
Note: Metric ingredient measurements are provided as a courtesy using a third-party calculator and are rounded to the nearest unit. The recipes provided on this site have not been tested with metric measurements and their accuracy cannot be verified.
Nutrition
The nutritional information provided is based on third-party calculations and is an estimate only. Accurate nutritional facts will vary based on the particular brands used, portion sizes, measurement accuracy and more.
