Kids and adults will both love pizza mac and cheese muffins — two of your favorite treats, macaroni and cheese and pizza, rolled into one cute package. What could be better? Serve with pizza sauce or marinara for dipping.
It’s obviously one of the best things ever. Macaroni and cheese….that you can eat with your hands. Are ya with me? Throw in the word “pizza” and I’m totally sold.
I’m on a pizza kick lately (pizza, mac and cheese, I’m the picture of healthy). Did you try my macaroni and cheese pizza? Over the top good!
A couple of weeks ago I made pizza lasagna rolls (Yum!) and my family loves these pizza quinoa stuffed peppers. Pizza stuffed spaghetti squash is really good, too. I often make one pot Pizza Pasta, only 6 ingredients and ready in 20 minutes. What can I say, I love pizza.
These mac and cheese muffins are really easy to eat….errr…I mean easy to make. (Eat too. Really easy to eat.)
I start with a package of Parmesan and butter spirals, prepared as directed on the package. If you want to use another boxed pasta dinner, no problem!
Stir in a couple of extras (pepperoni! mozzarella! herbs!), scoop into muffin tins, bake, let cool a bit, dip-dip-dip in pizza sauce and chow down.
Enjoy these! Pizza mac and cheese muffins are a super fun lunch or light dinner. Serve them with a bowl of soup or a green salad.
They also make a cool appetizer for a party. Arrange them on a platter with a bowl of pizza sauce for dipping. They are just fine at room temperature so don’t worry about keeping them warm. Perfect for game night!
Pizza Mac and Cheese Muffins
Ingredients
- one 5.25 ounce package of spirals with butter and parmesan macaroni and cheese (I use Annie’s)
- milk and butter to prepare macaroni as directed on package (I used 1 tablespoon unsalted butter and 3 tablespoons skim milk)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 cup shredded low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 2 oz sliced pepperoni, cut into quarters
- 1 cup pizza sauce for dipping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 12 muffin tins with nonstick spray.
- Prepare macaroni and cheese as directed on the box, except stir in oregano and garlic powder in addition to the cheese powder.
- Once prepared, remove from heat and stir in grated mozzarella cheese and pepperoni.
- Spoon macaroni and cheese mixture evenly into prepared muffin tins.
- Bake for 17-20 minutes or until golden brown around the edges. Cool for at least 5 minutes before removing from the muffin tins. After I remove them, I usually place them on a sheet of paper towel just to remove some of the grease from the pepperoni.
- Serve with pizza sauce for dipping.
Notes
- Substitute other types of boxed mac and cheese dinners for the Annie’s Butter and Parmesan macaroni and cheese.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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If you buy the mini pepperoni, then you don’t need to cut anything up. Just sayin’ cause these are so totally cute! They would be great for when my mom goes knitting. They meet at a ladies house or a knit shop and everyone brings something. We would have to double or triple it since I’d want some left home for me (I don’t knit so I don’t go). Can’t wait to make this one too!
Yes! I love those mini pepperoni! Hope you love these!
Hi Rachel! Love this, but most importantly, I’m going to need to know where you got those little white sauce dishes. Cutest things I’ve ever seen in my life. Thanks!
OH man, I wish I could remember! I bought that dish probably over four years ago. My most common places to buy props/dishes are CB2, HomeGoods and Target. Sorry I can’t be of more help!