Pepperoni Pizza Puffs

6 Posted by - September 26, 2012 - Food & Drink

I really tried hard to mess this recipe up. I mean, you know, not on purpose. But there were several things that could have gone awry.

Let me back up. I attempted this:

You guys know how things in muffin tins tend to go for me, and if you don’t, let me present evidence:

So you can understand my trepidation, right?

There were other things I was worried about, too.

1. Expired baking powder.

2. Not-so-fresh Parmesan cheese. (But hey, it’s naturally aged, so that’s something.)

3. Inability to find cubed pepperoni. I found regular pepperoni and chopped it up myself.

(Note dog in bottom right corner making extra sure I didn’t drop any pepperonis by accident.)

With all of these factors combined, plus the fact that I’ve never successfully unstuck a thing in a muffin tin (besides an actual muffin), my expectations were quite low.

I did use Bakers Joy instead of Pam to spray the muffin tins… So maybe, just maybe…

And they came out looking pretty damn delicious, so when the moment of truth came, I was really, really hoping they would come out of the tin without much of a fight.

Are you in suspense yet?

Drumroll, please…

Holy shitballs! It worked!

I’d like to thank Bakers Joy, my mini muffin tins, the fork that was the implement of removal, and, of course, last but not least, pepperoni grease. I couldn’t have done it alone! Thank you, thank you.

Also, they were quite delicious, but how could a pizza biscuit not be delicious, really?

32 Comments

  • rfoust September 26, 2012 - 8:42 am Reply

    These were yummy. Would be a great idea for a party.  Or a meal. 🙂

  • Hemborgwife September 26, 2012 - 12:02 pm Reply

    The thank at the end totally reminded me of the one Travis does in Clueless!

  • beanzers September 26, 2012 - 1:37 pm Reply

    You crack me up!  I’ll have to try this one now too!

  • KatrinaDuv September 26, 2012 - 1:47 pm Reply

    Awesome, thanks! I can’t wait to try this! Do you think it will matter if I use Italian sausage? Gonna go read the recipe now. 

  • ThisSillyGirlsLife September 26, 2012 - 2:22 pm Reply

    Those look awesome! YUM!http://thissillygirlslife.com

  • Anabanana37 September 26, 2012 - 4:37 pm Reply

    I’m so proud of you. *tears up*

  • Susanlee178 September 26, 2012 - 7:47 pm Reply

    Hell’s bells! Yours look better than the original!

  • Mommybailey September 26, 2012 - 8:17 pm Reply

    Harris Teeter! The Teeter! Sorry. I grew up in NC and was just reminiscing (I just went to dictionary.com to make sure I spelled that right). But those look yummy. Definately on my to-do list!

  • Truffles8761 September 26, 2012 - 8:22 pm Reply

    Awwwww, our little Pintester is growing up.

  • healthybehappy September 27, 2012 - 12:42 am Reply

    I had a dream last night that I met you. You didn’t like me. =(

  • ReginaDiazTorre September 27, 2012 - 12:07 pm Reply

    well this is definitely a pin I will have to try, if the all muffin destroyer managed to make them look like actual food then there is something to this recipe

  • Stringends September 30, 2012 - 5:42 pm Reply

    I totally thought of Travis’s speech too!

  • kellirobbins September 30, 2012 - 10:52 pm Reply

    I made these once and they were pretty darn tasty! Good job!

  • KasieStrickland October 1, 2012 - 12:57 pm Reply

    Dude, baking powder expires?

  • palinadagny October 2, 2012 - 7:23 am Reply

    I’ve done a lot of experimenting with ingredients myself, and I’ve come to the conclusion that an idiotproof way to make something delicious is to use cheese (or chocolate for the sweets). Any kind of cheese will do. It’s too bad I’m lactose intolerant.

    • pdacord October 8, 2012 - 2:10 pm Reply

      palinadagny Use Cabot brand. All 100% naturally lactose free 🙂 And they are delicious!

  • bonnierabon October 2, 2012 - 11:03 am Reply

    I made these before but I had to substitute the flour stuff for a small envelope/package of Bisquick stuff. And hey, it didn’t taste awful. Yeah for me!

  • mommad October 7, 2012 - 6:30 pm Reply

    Holy Shitballs.  Love it.

  • mommad October 7, 2012 - 6:35 pm Reply

    Holy Shitballs?  Love it.

  • KianaBaldwin October 19, 2012 - 12:05 am Reply

    what are the instructions???

  • StickSays October 20, 2012 - 8:31 am Reply

    Well here’s a pin I’m repinning to try for later~ Thanks pintester :3

  • krez December 17, 2012 - 3:50 pm Reply

    Do you think maybe your just not great in the kitchen?  I know I’m not, someone could be next to me going step by step and I’d still mess it up.

  • Abe333 January 27, 2013 - 11:38 am Reply

    Good for you!

  • Danielle February 3, 2013 - 12:55 pm Reply

    Baker’s Joy probably did help a lot! I know a lot of things would stick to my muffin and cake pans when I used other sprays and the butter/flour dusting, but once my MIL told me about Baker’s Joy and I switched, the sticking stopped. I’ve used it for about five years now.

  • meredithea February 3, 2013 - 4:57 pm Reply

    Baker’s Joy is awesome. That is all.

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  • Carolyn April 17, 2015 - 10:57 pm Reply

    I originally stumbled onto this recipe after laughing at your penis cake on Craft Fail. I love the concept of your page. These bites look delicious. Unfortunately, when I was trying to come back to this recipe to try it, I saw so many different pizza bite pins on pinterest, but I couldn’t seem to find the right one, so I came to your site to try and find it, but I couldn’t find a search box, so I just had to browse through your food category until I found it, but sometimes as I scrolled down I accidentally clicked on a recipe. When I hit the back button, it reloaded the food category page, so I had to start over, clicking on “load more” every few pictures. Needless to say, it took a while. These pizza bites better be worth it!
    I was hoping I could use Brewer’s Yeast and maybe nutritional yeast powder in place of the flour, since I’m on a low-carb diet, plus the brewer’s yeast is a good source of dietary chromium, which should further improve my blood sugar control and hopefully increase weight loss.
    Anyways, it seems like the flavors should mesh just fine, I’m just not sure how well the deactivated yeast powder will behave in place of the flour. Thoughts?
    If it works, I will definitely have to share my modification with other low carbers!

  • Kimberly Linkhart April 23, 2015 - 1:10 pm Reply

    Okay, so I must totally be missing it but I didn’t see the recipe for this. I wanted to try it for my sons birthday party.

  • Barbara April 28, 2015 - 7:22 pm Reply

    thank you. I’m looking forward to making them.

  • skygoddess777 November 30, 2015 - 8:02 pm Reply

    Where is the recipe?

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