Delicious pizza muffin recipe that will blow you away. Can be used as an appetizer, snacks for anyone, or for dinner – so versatile!
For quite a little now, I have had this brilliant idea – well I think semi-brilliant, for pizza muffins. I have never had them before, but I knew that I would love them. Who doesn’t love a great muffin with cheese and pepperoni stuffed inside with marinara sauce? I do!
When I was first making them, I knew I wanted to use my basic muffin recipe that I used for blueberry and raspberry and my easy chocolate chip muffins.
Both of those muffins are sweet and not savory at all. I knew that I didn’t want a sweet muffin because they are pizza muffins. A dessert/breakfast muffin loaded with sugar, pepperoni, and cheese – now.. that is definitely a new one!
I kind of wonder how that would taste, but I really don’t. Are you the same way? It’s like I do, but don’t. I know it probably tastes weird, but I might just have to try it at least once. That’s how my life goes, LOL.
All I can say is that you will love these pizza muffins! If you have any kiddos or a husband who hasn’t quite grown up yet (ahem!), they will definitely love them.
You can eat them plain or dunk them in a delicious marinara sauce.
You also do not have to take out your stand-up mixer, you will just need a mixing bowl and a plastic spatula to mix everything together. Delicious food and hardly no dishes – amazing!
For these amazing pizza muffins you will need buttermilk. You can use the homemade version – add 1 teaspoon of vinegar to 1 cup of milk and allow it to sit for 10 minutes.
The stars in this recipe are the italian seasonings – basil, oregano, and parsley, cheddar cheese, and pepperoni.
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ½ cup oil (canola, vegetable, etc.)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons dried parsley
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 16 pepperonis, cut into quarters
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees and spray a muffin tin with cooking spray or line with liners. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add in your buttermilk, oil, and eggs one at a time. Mix everything together.
- Slowly add in the flour, and all of your spices.
- Fold in your baking powder, shredded cheese, and pepperonis.
- Fill your muffin tin ¾ of the way and bake for 5 minutes.
- Turn down the oven temperature to 375 degrees and bake for another 10-11 minutes. Allow the muffins to completely cooling before removing from the muffin tin.
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These pizza muffins look gorgeous! Perfect for a summer appetizer. Pinned!
Thanks for the pin, Gayle! Hope your weekend is going great!
These pizza muffins look so delicious…..can’t wait to try them…..much easier than baking a pizza 🙂
and I hope they taste as good too 🙂
They taste amazing! Hope you get a chance to make them. 🙂
Oh my heavens these look tasty! Thanks so much for sharing at this week’s Project Inspire{d} ~ pinned.
Yummy!! My boys would love these! Pinned to try soon!
Oh, I bet they would, Jen! Thanks for the pin. 🙂
I just made savory muffins tonight for our dinner, so I had to see your take on them.
These look great and would be different from what I made–mine have big slices of sausage in them, where yours has pepperoni.
I will pin this because muffins and me are best friends.
Thanks for pinning, Julie! 🙂
These look scrumptious! I love that they kinda look like Red Lobster cheddar biscuits with pepperonis in them. Yummy! I would love it if you linked this up to my Motivate Me Monday linky party!
My husband said the same exact thing, Katie! Not quite like a biscuit consistency, but very good.
I love savory muffins! Pizza muffins are an awesome idea- I think they would make a fun afternoon snack. These look delicious!
You and me both, Sherri!
HI, These just sounded so wonderful! Thanks for sharing the recipe, I can’t wait to try them out! I may add some Crispy cooked and crumbled Bacon to the batch as well! You have made me think of so many ideas with this recipe…. Even maybe switching the cheese to a pizza blend.. YUM! Either way I am grateful for the kick start and have saved it with added notes! I am enjoying your site so much, you have so many mouth watering recipes I am lost for words! Thanks again and keep them coming!
Thank you so much, Nena! Great ideas you have. 🙂
These are fantastic! 🙂 I have 3 kids, and one grown up “kid” who would devour these!!
Thank you so much, Jocelyn!
can these be made ahead of time and reheated?
Thanks
Hi Audrey! Yes, they can. I usually just microwave them for a few seconds to warm them up.