This easy homemade Pizza Pocket Recipe makes a perfectly portable treat that kids and grown-ups alike just love!
Presenting a copycat pizza pocket recipe that anyone can make quickly and easily right at home! These little pizza pops are like mini-calzones, filled with pepperoni, cheese, and sauce. They are tasty oven-baked snacks that are hot and ready to serve in minutes! Why buy a box of pre made pizza pops, when it’s easy and fun to make the homemade version? And feel good about serving these tasty appetizers or lunchables made fresh, tasty, and totally customizable!
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What is a Pizza Pop?
- If you know, you know! Also called “panzerotti,” pizza pops are a super popular fast-food item found in Canada. In the US, they can be found as pizza pockets in the frozen foods section, although they can be shaped more like a calzone than a pop.
- Pizza pops are the ultimate kid-friendly snack! Easy to make, easy to hold, and even fun for dipping! Dip them in extra pizza sauce, ranch, or nacho cheese sauce!
- This recipe for homemade pizza pops lets everyone choose their own toppings and fillings. Plus it makes a great activity for parties! Serve them up on movie night with a pitcher of Creamy Lemonade and top the evening off with some gooey Brownies!
Ingredients & Variations
DOUGH: Crescent roll dough puffs up light and flaky, but so will pizza dough, biscuit dough, and breadstick dough. Simply roll out or flatten the pieces to a 4” x 6” rectangle.
FILLING: Basic pizza pops have pepperoni, cheese, and some savory pizza sauce. For a fun, BYOP (build your own pizza) party, set out a plate of add-ins like cooked sausage crumbles, cooked shredded chicken, bacon bits, sliced olives and mushrooms, jalapenos, green chiles, even pineapple and ham! Different flavors of cheese can also be prepped.
How to Make a Pizza Pocket
Home baked pizza pops are as easy as 1-2-3!
- Unroll crescent dough and attach pieces to form a 4” x 6” rectangle.
- Build each pizza pop as desired and then fold the dough from the opposite end. Crimp the two ends together with the tines of a fork.
- Bake until golden brown (as per recipe below) and serve warm.
PRO TIP: Brush each pizza pop top with olive oil and sprinkle on some parmesan cheese before baking.
Storage Tips
- Keep leftover pizza pops (if there are any!), in a covered container in the refrigerator separated by sheets of parchment paper so they don’t stick together. They’ll last in the refrigerator about 3 days.
- For best results, reheat pizza pops in the microwave or air fryer. If using the microwave, crisp up the outside by placing them under the broiler for about 3 minutes on each side.
- Freeze cooked and cooled pizza pops on a parchment lined baking sheet, and then once frozen, transfer to a zippered bag with the date labeled on the outside. They can stay frozen for up to 8 weeks.
Recipes Perfect For Snacking!
- Homemade Jalapeno Poppers – always a favorite.
- Bacon Crack – sweet and salty!
- Oven Baked Fries – a must have snack.
- Air Fryer Pasta Chips – crispy and delicious.
- Avocado Toast – such a healthy snack.
Easy Pizza Pockets Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 8 ounces refrigerated crescent roll dough 1 can*
- ¼ cup pizza sauce or pasta sauce
- ½ - ¾ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup pepperoni sliced (24 slices)
- 4 Tablespoons parmesan cheese optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375˚F. Line baking tray with parchment paper.
- On the baking tray, open crescent dough and separate into 4 rectangles (2 crescent triangles each). Press perforations together to seal and press each rectangle to create a 4x6" rectangle.
- On one end of each rectangle, add filling:1 Tablespoon pizza sauce¼ of the pepperoni (6 slices)2-3 Tablespoons mozzarella cheese
- Fold dough from corner opposite the filling. Seal the dough on the open sides by pressing with a fork.
- Poke the top of each pizza pocket with a fork 3-4 times. Sprinkle each top with 1 Tablespoon parmesan cheese, if desired.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes, or until browned and cooked through. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
Pizza dough makes 6 pizza pops. For pizza dough, in step 2, cut the pizza dough into 6 rectangles, press rectangles to size, add filling**, and bake as directed.
**Additional filling needed, total needed:
6 Tablespoons pizza sauce
⅔-1 ⅛ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
¾ cup pepperoni, sliced (36 slices)
6 Tablespoons parmesan cheese, optional
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information does not include optional ingredients or garnish and is an estimate. It may change based on actual ingredients and cooking methods used.
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