Mini Meatball Cupcakes

Step 1

Cook the meatballs according to the package instructions, only cut the cook time in half since they will be cooking again once they are stuffed into the Pillsbury crust.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 375 degrees (this happens to be the same temperature that my Costco brand meatballs were cooking at).

Step 3

While the meatballs are cooking, open the tube of sheet dough and place it onto a large cutting board. Use a pizza cutter to cut it into 24 equal squares.

Step 4

Grease a 24-count mini muffin tin with cooking spray and place your cut dough squares into each cup.

Step 5

Use a small spoon to evenly distribute about a teaspoon of pizza sauce onto the bottom of the dough.

Step 6

Place your cooked meatballs on top of the sauce and push them down so that the sauce kind of spreads and wraps around them.

Step 7

Top with approximately one more teaspoon of pizza sauce.

Step 8

Evenly top each sauce-covered meatball with shredded mozzarella cheese. You could also add a little parmesan if you’d like!

Step 9

Bake for 10-14 minutes or until the dough is thoroughly cooked.

Step 10

Allow them to cool for a few minutes before removing from the pan. We usually dip them in the remaining pizza sauce we have left in the jar because we like things extra saucy.