Meatball Poppers

Everyone will love these Meatball Poppers!  Homemade pizza dough wrapped around delicious meatballs and dipped in your favorite pizza sauce.  

We love to host appetizer parties and these meatball appetizers are a great addition. They are so hearty and delicious that you can serve them with a green salad and call it dinner!

Ingredients Needed for Meatball Poppers

• Ground Beef
• Onions
• Bell Peppers
• Eggs
• Granulated Garlic
• Kosher Salt
• Black Pepper
• Pizza Dough: Homemade pizza dough or store bought
• Butter
• Fresh Garlic
• Fresh Parsley
• Pizza Sauce

How to Make Meatball Poppers Recipe

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine diced onions and bell peppers with ground beef, eggs and seasonings.
2. Use a 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop to make meatballs and place on a baking sheet with space in between.
3. Bake or grill meatballs until they reach 160° using a digital meat thermometer. Remove from grill or oven and cool slightly.

4. Divide pizza dough in half, then each half into quarters and each quarter into 4 pieces to make 32 pieces.
5. Roll each dough piece into a ball and flatten on a floured surface.
6. Add a meatball to each dough round and pinch the edges to form a ball.

7. Place into a buttered skillet or large baking pan.
8. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown.
9. Remove from oven.
10. Melt butter in a small skillet and add garlic cloves, cook over low heat 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and add in chopped parsley.
11. Brush garlic butter over meatball poppers.

12. Serve with pizza sauce.

Recipe Notes

• Storage: Store leftover meatball poppers in an airtight container in the refrigerator 3-4 days.
• Reheat: Cook meatball poppers on a baking sheet in a 350° oven for 12- 15 minutes or until heated through.

More Meatball Recipes to Try

• Honey Garlic Meatballs
• Meatball Subs
• Orange Meatballs
• Italian Meatball Soup
• Raspberry Chipotle Meatballs

Meatball Poppers are a party favorite for any holiday party or gathering with friends. Hearty meatballs wrapped in garlic butter pizza dough are impossible to resist!

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Meatball Poppers

Everyone will love these Meatball Poppers!  Homemade pizza dough wrapped around delicious meatballs and dipped in your favorite pizza sauce.  

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Cook Time1 hour hr

Course: Appetizers

Cuisine: American

Keyword: appetizers, meatballs, pizza poppers

Servings: 32 Meatball Poppers

Calories: 75kcal

Author: Milisa

Ingredients

• 1 ½ pounds ground beef 80/20
• 1 ½ cups onion diced
• 1 cup bell pepper diced
• 1 tablespoon granulated garlic
• 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons black pepper
• pizza dough for 3 pizzas
• ¼ cup butter plus more to butter the pan
• 2 garlic cloves sliced thin
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
• 12 ounces pizza sauce

Instructions

• In a large mixing bowl, combine diced onions and bell peppers with ground beef, eggs and seasonings.
• Use a 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop to make meatballs and place on a baking sheet with space in between.
• Bake or grill meatballs at 300 ° until they reach 160° using a digital meat thermometer. Remove from grill or oven and cool slightly.
• Divide pizza dough in half, then each half into quarters and each quarter into 4 pieces to make 32 pieces.
• Roll each dough piece into a ball and flatten on a floured surface.
• Add a meatball to each dough round and pinch the edges to form a ball.
• Place into a buttered skillet or large baking pan.
• Bake for 375° 18-20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove from oven.
• Melt butter in a small skillet and add garlic cloves, cook over low heat 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and add in chopped parsley.
• Brush garlic butter over meatball poppers.
• Serve with pizza sauce.

Notes

• Storage: Store leftover meatball poppers in an airtight container in the refrigerator 3-4 days.
• Reheat: Cook meatball poppers on a baking sheet in a 350° oven for 12- 15 minutes or until heated through.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 75kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 186mg | Potassium: 116mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 247IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg