Easy pepperoni rolls are a great appetizer! Whether you make these pizza balls with biscuits, bread dough, or crescent rolls they are sure to be a family favorite. Moms like them because they are easy to make and kids will like them because they are bite-sized pizzas!
Every time I make Easy Pepperoni Rolls I get rave reviews They are super easy to make and are a great snack or appetizer. These pizza balls are Pillsbury biscuits filled with pepperoni and cheese.
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How To Make Easy Pepperoni Rolls
Step One:
Gather the following ingredients: 3 cans Pillsbury Buttermilk Biscuits (10 biscuits per can), pepperoni slices, Colby & Monterey Jack cheese, eggs, grated Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, garlic powder and pizza sauce.
Step Two:
Cut the block of Colby & Monterey Jack cheese into at least 28 squares.
Step Three:
Flatten a biscuit into a circle. Stack a slice of pepperoni, a cube of cheese, and a second slice of pepperoni on top of the dough circle.
Step Four:
Gather up the edges of the biscuit around the stack of pepperoni slices and cheese cube.
Step Five:
Pinch the dough together and now you have a cute little bundle.
Step Six:
Continue until there are 28 pepperoni rolls.
Line the pepperoni rolls up (seam side down) in a greased 9×13 in. pan.
Brush with beaten egg. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder.
Bake at 375°F for 18-20 minutes, until golden brown.
Step Seven:
Serve the rolls with warm pizza sauce for dipping.
Easy Pepperoni Rolls Frequently Asked Questions
1. Can these easy pepperoni rolls be frozen and reheated?
Yes! Follow all of the steps and fully bake the pepperoni rolls. Allow them to cool completely and then freeze them in an air-tight container. To reheat the pepperoni rolls, bake them in the oven at 350°F for 10-15 minutes.
2. Can easy pepperoni rolls be prepared ahead of time and baked before serving? Possibly. Pillsbury dough is formulated to be baked right after you open the tube of dough. For the best possible results, use bread dough instead of Pillsbury dough to prepare the pepperoni rolls ahead of time.
3. If I can’t purchase Pillsbury biscuits, what can I use instead? Bread dough is a great alternative to Pillsbury biscuits. An easy option is Rhodes frozen bread dough. Follow the directions on the package for thawing the dough so that it is ready when you want to make the pepperoni rolls. Another option is to use crescent roll dough.
4. Can I use Pillsbury Grands biscuits instead? Yes! Cut the biscuits in half before flattening them since they are bigger in size.
5. Is the egg wash necessary? The egg wash helps the toppings stick and tops of the pepperoni rolls brown. They can be made without it if preferred.
6. Can other cheeses be used? Definitely! Use whichever cheese you prefer. You can even use shredded cheese, cheese sticks or string cheese.
7. What about other toppings and fillings? These pepperoni rolls can easily be turned into anything you want! I’ve made sausage pizza balls, mac ‘n cheese balls, bacon cheeseburger pizza balls, cheese bombs, and taco bites.
Easy Pepperoni Rolls
Ingredients
- (2) 16.3 ounce tubes refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
- 56 pepperoni slices
- 8 ounces colby jack cheese
- 1 large egg beaten
- 2 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 15 ounces pizza sauce
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375˚F. Cut the block of cheese into 32 squares. You will only use 28 of them. Save the remaining squares for another use.
- Slice each biscuit in half. Flatten each half into a circle. Stack a slice of pepperoni, a cube of cheese, and a second slice of pepperoni on top of the dough circle.
- Gather up the edges of the biscuit around the stack of pepperoni slices and cheese cube. Pinch the dough together around the filling creating a little bundle.
- Line the rolls up, seam side down, in a greased 9×13 inch pan or on a greased, rimmed sheet pan (about 17x13-inch).
- Brush with beaten egg.
- Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder.
- Bake at 375°F for 15-19 minutes.
- Serve the pepperoni rolls with warm pizza sauce for dipping.
Jennifer Gail says
These look yummy.
Tonia L says
Thanks Jennifer!
Cathy Sperling says
Tonia, I want to make these for a family get together next weekend, I have read all the previous posts and I’m still trying to figure out how to reheat after freezing…do I thaw, do I bake them frozen, covered? uncovered? I checked the Pillsbury site and it says not to freeze uncooked dough…any help would be appreciated, thank you!
Tonia L says
Sorry Cathy, I am unable to reply via email because that option isn’t enabled in your profile so hopefully you will see my reply here. I’ve never tried freezing these pepperoni rolls. If I were going to, I would bake them first and then freeze them. To warm them back up, I would let them thaw on the counter while I preheated the oven and then bake them until heater through. But…I don’t know if that will work! It sounds like lots of people have the same question so I am going to try it many different ways and then do a blog post with the results!
Linnea Quai Hoi says
Loved this idea. I made them for the Super Bowl today! Switched it up a bit though. Put a half a teaspoon of pizza sauce inside and used mozzarella instead of colby jack. 🙂 In a few I added some mustard and no pizza sauce and made mini strombolis. 🙂 Thanks for the great idea!
Tonia L says
Sounds fantastic! Thank you for stopping back to let me know they turned out. I will have to try the strombolis someday!
Kimberly Cochran says
I made these yesterday for lunch.. They were all gone, and very good!!! my girlfriend made them this eve. im sure also a hit!!!
Tonia L says
Yay! I’m so happy to hear that! Thanks for taking the time to stop back to let me know you made them.
Angela mememe says
Gunnysack, if you put the recipe out there it is sharable!!!!! recipe’s are not copyrightable,only pictures, and I did not see anywhere where you had permission from Target, McCormick..to use their products, so stop harassing people. have a good day!
M says
http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/pizza-biscuit-wreath/5c1b1c8a-3006-46d3-a3e6-fb5e30a7d845?p=1
Tonia L says
Hi Angela,Thank you for stopping by to respectfully share your opinion. I tried to email you but you have the option disabled so hopefully you will see my reply here. I agree with you 110% that this recipe is very shareable. In fact, this blog post has been shared on Pinterest over 236,000 times! Plus, this recipe has been shared on Facebook, StumbleUpon and Google+. Pillsbury even shared it on their Facebook after first emailing and asking for my permission. page https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151122289249563&set=a.196251724562.129530.195184929562&type=1&theater All of those shares which came from my website have my photo with my watermark in place and link back to my blog which is the correct way to share. Recipes themselves do not appear to be copyrightable from what I have seen but images are. When someone chooses to take a photo from someone’s website, remove the watermark on the image and then post it online that is considered copyright infringement.It is so unfortunate that this turned into an enormous issue. I’ve been told that there were a lot of awful things being said but I haven’t even looked. I’m not interested in all of that. Please be kind to one another. Be respectful of the time blog owners have put into the things they post online.Feel free to email me if you would like to discuss this further.Warmly,Tonia
Tonia L says
Hi M,I tried to send your reply via email but you have that option disabled. Thank you for taking the time to stop by share that recipe you found on Pillsbury’s website! It looks delicious! I will add a link to my blog post so that my readers can see another version. Have a great weekend!Warmly,Tonia
32d55ba0-6733-11e2-9b4f-000bcdcb5194 says
I agree
Jenna Wood says
These look delicious, and the taco bites are delectable too!
Kathy @ CountingToTen says
There’s a party in my tummy…so yummy, so yummy! (that’s the Gabba song!) These look amazing!
Life With Captain Fussybuckets says
DELICIOUS!! My boys would gobble these up! Thanks!
Jodi Horsley says
Oh my gosh, those look sooo yummy! I am definitely adding those to the meal plan for next week. 🙂 I will have to make those taco bites too!
Kecia says
These look so yummy…and I think it’s something my picky toddler would eat! Thanks for sharing!!
Jamie says
What a fun recipe, and so easy too.. such a fun spin on a pepperoni bite =)
Julie Cohn says
Yummy! Sharing on FB and my blog (with link back to you, of course!) 😉
Kelly Stilwell says
These look so good and so easy! Can’t wait to try! Thank you!
Kelsey says
Yummy!! That is a creative and fun idea!!! Plus looks super yummy!
Kathy says
These look fabulous and easy to make – can’t think of a single member of our family that wouldn’t love them.
Melissa Rheinlander says
These look delicious!!
Kristin says
These sound fantastic…and boy would they be great for parties!
Chasing Joy says
Yummy
Barbara Platt says
http://barbarasbeat.blogspot.com/2013/01/momtrepreneur-baker-of-day-easy.html
MAMA BRANDI says
Okay, so this is something that I could ACTUALLY make successfully! Yum!