Homemade Hot Pockets – 4 Ingredients!

Homemade Hot Pockets are a delicious alternative to pizza night and they also make for a fun surprise in lunch boxes. Get the kids involved in making this easy recipe, too! 

These homemade hot pockets were created in connection with Red Gold Tomatoes. Red Gold compensated me for the time required to create this recipe and share it with you. All opinions are always my own. Thank you for supporting my blog by reading about brands I use and love in my own home. 

Okay so “homemade” is being used loosely here. We’ll just clear the air of that before anyone gets too riled up. To keep this recipe easy, kid-friendly, and four ingredients, I used canned biscuit dough. A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do. And let’s be real, the stuff is delicious!

I remember growing up (middle school maybe?), I would go over to a friend’s house after school and have pepperoni pizza hot pockets and Mountain Dew while watching R-rated movies. In middle school! Which, may I add, is literally the worst thing I have ever done. My parents did a great job keeping this girl on the straight and narrow. I hope watching R-rated movies in middle school is the worst thing my kids ever do, too. Not that I want to them to do that, but you know. You get it, right?

PS: I’m pretty sure R-rated movies have changed drastically since I was in middle school. I recall them being much more tame than they are now.

Speaking of kids, this recipe was made with my kids in mind. They love all things pizza (what kid doesn’t?) and I wanted to create a recipe that we could prepare together (or at least I assumed they would love it….read on…). I tried to create a homemade hot pocket, although I haven’t had one since middle school so I can’t promise they’re a perfect copycat, but I can promise you don’t have to put them in a creepy silver and cardboard tube in the microwave. These are definitely doughier than your traditional store-bought Hot Pocket, thanks to the use of biscuit dough. This was intentional, because doughier = better.

Instead of pizza sauce, I used Red Gold Diced Tomatoes with Basil, Garlic and Oregano. I don’t know about you, but I don’t always have pizza sauce on hand. I do always have diced tomatoes on hand, however. And these tomatoes are perfect because they already come loaded with all the seasoning you need for a great flavorful sauce. A quick little visit to the blender gets these tomatoes ready to fill in as pizza sauce.  You can also use an immersion blender if you have one available!

These are super fun to make with your kids – get them involved in rolling out the dough and pressing together the edges with a fork. And they’re a great, easy, thing to make in the chaos of the holidays! Take a minute to enjoy life and some homemade hot pockets before running off to the next thing. (Also fun to make with the kids are these vegetarian taco cups!)

Used in this recipe:

• Red Gold Diced Tomatoes with Basil, Garlic, and Oregano
• cookie sheet
• parchment paper (I like the pre-cut sheets)
• immersion blender or traditional blender
• mini pepperoni

Homemade Pepperoni Pizza Hot Pockets

Yield: 8 servings

Total Time: 35 minutes

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Homemade Hot Pockets are a fun alternative to pizza night and they also make for a fun surprise in lunch boxes. Get the kids involved in making this easy recipe, too!

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Ingredients:

• 1 can (14.5 oz) Red Gold Diced Tomatoes with Basil, Garlic and Oregano, juice drained
• 1 tube (16 oz) refrigerated biscuit dough (8 biscuits)
• 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup mini pepperoni

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a blender or using an immersion blender, puree tomatoes into a sauce.
3. Roll out one biscuit into a 5- to 6-inch round. In the center, place 2 teaspoons sauce, 2 tablespoons mozzarella, and 1/2 tablespoon pepperoni. Carefully fold over and press edges together with a fork. Place on prepared baking sheet.
4. Repeat with remaining biscuits until you have 8 pepperoni pizza pockets.
5. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
6. Meanwhile, simmer remaining sauce in a small saucepan over medium heat until thickened slightly. Serve homemade hot pockets with this warm sauce.

Note: I typically use buttermilk biscuits.

All images and text ©Rachel Cooks.

Verdict: What’s not to love about these, really?
Husband’s take: He loved these too – no complaints at all! My kids are little punks and picked at them before N declared “I don’t yike these” and E chimed in after with similar sentiments, despite having already eaten most of hers. They don’t like anything these days though. This one particularly blew my mind though, they love all things bready and all things pizza but maybe they just wanted to annoy me. Wouldn’t put it past them, ya know? They just want to eat Rice Krispie Christmas Trees and nothing else, all year-round. Wishful thinking, kiddos. Oh well, Ben and I had no problems devouring these and I’m sure next time I make them, they’ll be all over it.
Changes I would make: None but if you want, you could have fun with the fillings!
Difficulty: Easy!

Pssst: Like these? Try my Parmesan Crusted Pepperoni Pizza Grilled Cheese!

Disclaimer: These homemade hot pockets were created in connection with Red Gold Tomatoes. Red Gold compensated me for the time required to create this recipe and share it with you. All opinions are always my own. Thank you for supporting my blog by reading about brands I use and love in my own home.