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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Mmmmmm, I don’t have any kids yet, but I’d still eat these in heartbeat — in fact, even if I did, I dunno if they’d make it to their plates! Hahaha juuuust kidding….maybe. ;)
Holy smokes! I could definitely eat something like this every day! So fun!
What a fun treat for parties! Mac ‘n cheese muffins are so kid friendly… if the adults don’t gobble them all up first!
I’m so all about hand-held mac and cheese! And your daughter is ADORABLE! <3
I love the idea of eating mac and cheese with your hands. This would be a great to-go snack. The fact that this is pizza mac and cheese makes it even better. What an adorable shirt.
How stinkin’ cute are these little muffins? I love pasta, I love cheese, I love pizza, I love muffins. All around win!
they sound wonderful–would be great for a kid’s birthday party
all this macaroni and cheese talk–I made it for dinner last night
How cute are these?! These look so good…I would especially love the crispy, cheesy edges!
I am a Mac n Cheese lov-ah. So I’m so loving this series. This recipe would be the perfect Friday Family Movie Night dinner… and I can’t wait to make it. Great great idea!!!
I have never been more angry with you! Couldn’t you have posted this recipe BEFORE I made my meal plan for the coming week?! How am I meant to cope without these in my life now?
Seriously though these look totally gorgeous, and I’m pencilling them in for the near future.