This post has been updated! I originally made these a few years ago and the photos were terrible! I thought it was about time these pizza mini muffins had a much needed facelift. Both Miss 6 and Master 4 have been devouring this yummy snack this afternoon! Here’s the original post…with new photos…
Sometimes I get completely obsessed with one type of food and I make them over and over again. Mini muffins are one of those. I kind of can’t help myself. These ones are pizza mini muffins. They are extra lunchbox friendly because they can bounce around without much damage, are tasty and freeze well.
So all the boxes are ticked with these. They actually also taste like pizza which is a bonus. Now, these muffins have not been a hit here for Miss 5. I said I was making pizza mini muffins and she only heard pizza. And got wholeheartedly and completely devastated when she realised I had actually said pizza mini muffins. And the girl has quite the memory on her. If I produce the muffins, her whole face screws up into a major strop.
Master 3 likes them though and I’ve been eating a few myself. They are awesome for grabbing between meals and freeze really well so they are perfect for when you can’t be bothered making yourself lunch or when you forgot about it!
If you haven’t yet got a mini muffin tray, then I suggest you do, or make these in a larger one and keep an eye on them, cooking them for about 25 minutes, but check them as they do brown quickly! you don’t have to use cheddar cheese in these either, they would be good with grated mozzarella or even monterey jack. They’d also work well with extra veggies!
Here are other ways you can serve pizza to your kids:
- Star pizzas, made with spinach yoghurt dough
- Easiest ever ham and cheese pizza scrolls
- Lunchbox mini pizzas
Pizza mini muffins
Pizza mini muffins, perfect for the lunchbox and an awesome afternoon snack. Savoury with bacon and cheese, this yummy recipe freezes well and makes 24 mini muffins!
Ingredients
- 1 cup wholemeal srf
- 1 cup plain srf
- 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1/2 cup chopped bacon
- 2 tbsps tomato paste
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp mixed herbs
- 2 tbsps olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl.
- Do not over mix.
- Spread the mix between 24 mini cupcake moulds.
- Bake at 180 degrees for 15-18 minutes.
Notes
These are freezer friendly, just defrost overnight or pop in the lunchbox frozen.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 2 mini muffinsAmount Per Serving: Calories: 121 Total Fat: 10g Saturated Fat: 4g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 5g Cholesterol: 36mg Sodium: 239mg Carbohydrates: 2g Fiber: 0g Sugar: 0g Protein: 7g
Vicky says
Miss 3 who is the fussiest eater in the world starts Pre-kindy on Wednesday, I’m going to give these a go! Fingers crossed your recipe is a winner
kidgredients says
Fingers crossed!!!
evy says
can u freeze these if using canned pineapple or do they defrost soggy?
kidgredients says
Canned pineapple in pizza mini muffins? Never tried it, so I don’t know how they will freeze!
Terri says
You have given a 70 year old Nanna some great ideas , thank you ! I like to make a few frozen options to help my daughter out with school lunch ideas. Given pizzas are all about the standard ‘Ham and Pineapple’ for my young grandson I will try the pizza muffins by substituting ‘ham’ instead of ‘bacon’ and adding chopped tinned pineapple.
kidgredients says
I’m so glad to have helped! I hope the muffins taste amazing!
Sarah says
Hia, these sound yummy & im going to try them but if i dont have wholemeal srf, can i use all plain srf for this time? Will they still work? Thanks 🙂
kidgredients says
Yes they will work just fine!
Stacey says
oh yummy!
Jamie says
You have wholemeal srd and 1 cup plain srf? Do you mean just plain flour? Thanks
kidgredients says
No it means non-wholemeal SRF, I’ll fix that up!
Kelly says
I love this idea and I’m definitely going to give it a try. I have a question though – does the bacon need to be pre-cooked or raw?
kidgredients says
I out it in raw. It cooks sufficiently in the oven. 🙂
Kelly says
Thank you 🙂 I’m in the UK and my boys go back to school on Tuesday. This weekend is all about lunch planning for next week and these pizza muffins will be making an appearance in their Yumboxes!
kidgredients says
They will love them!
heather Garcia says
what is srf?
kidgredients says
Self raising flour!
Yolandi says
Thank you. I also wondered.lol