Last updated on June 30th, 2018 at 10:36 am
These Pepperoni Pizza Stuffed Mushrooms are so easy and quick to prepare. They make for the perfect appetizer or snack, it’s like eating pizza without all those carbs.
Let me start by saying that as of now these pizza stuffed mushrooms are absolutely my favorite way to eat mushrooms now. They’re so cheesy and saucy and just pretty darn delicious, that I can’t stay away from them. Hubs is not home so I’m trying desperately to leave some for him, but it’s proving to be a difficult feat.
Vegetarian stuffed mushrooms made healthy by just stuffing them with onions, mushroom stems, roasted peppers and a bit of freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
Now that I’ve got that out of the way I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. While the weather has been just gorgeous our back yard is still a mess and not complete. There’s always something to wait for, like right now we have no deck materials, we still have our old deck but you can’t really use it because they removed the stairs so you have to jump down. Even the dog is afraid to jump down, hubs has to pick her up all the time when she needs to go out. She did jump once and I almost had a heart attack, while it’s only 3 steps, I still think it’s too high for a dog, especially my old girl. She was fine though but she never did it again after that. Hubs put a piece of wood from the deck to the patio hoping she would go up and down that wood but it’s only 6 inches wide and as they say, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. So true, she’s scared to death of it.
But now let’s talk about these mushrooms because they’re so easy to make, it literally took me 5 minutes to put them together and 15 minutes to bake until they’re all nice and cheesy.
I used my cast iron skillet because I knew the cheese would melt all over it, and honestly that’s my favorite part, is that melted cheese. All you have to do is fill each mushroom with a bit of pizza sauce, then top them with as much cheese as you want, then some pepperoni slices and that’s all there is to it. Once you bake them, I dare you to try and stay away from them.
If you guys love this recipe, and most importantly make it yourselves, please let us know. Take a picture and tag it #jocooks on Instagram so we can see it. I always love to see what you guys come up with!
Pepperoni Pizza Stuffed Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 12 to 15 large mushrooms cleaned and stems removed
- 2 mini pepperoni links sliced
- 1/4 cup pizza sauce
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 fresh basil leaf chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 F degrees.
- If you're using a cast iron skillet spray it with cooking spray. Arrange the mushrooms in the skillet.
- Fill each mushroom with about 1 to 2 tsp of pizza sauce. Top each mushroom with 1 to 2 tbsp of mozzarella cheese, then with 2 or 3 pepperoni slices.
- Bake for about 15 to 18 minutes, or until cheese melts and gets a bit golden on top.
- Season with freshly ground black pepper and garnish with basil.
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My kids will love these! And alternative to stuffing them with just rice – thanks!
I made these tonight for our dinner using the very large Portobello Mushrooms. We loved them. The only thing is I did not realize that you have to skin the Portobello and then remove the stem which came out very easily. I then had to remove the think brown stuff inside of the Mushroom which is called the gills. Once I had 4 Very Large Portobellos cleaned I then lightly greased a 9′ square ceramic pan and then laid my mushrooms down into the pan. I then sprinkled them with some parmesan cheese, then topped with pizza sauce and covered with Jack and Mozzarella cheeses and topped with about 4 Pepperonis on each one. Let them bake in a 450 oven for 15 minutes. My husband and I were both very pleased how they turned out. They tasted like a Pepperoni Pizza and very filling. We had a Sweet Kale Salad to go with the.
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Make that a 9″ square pan… I would have a hard time filling a 9′ pan let a lone getting it into my oven… Lol
How long to you bake them?
It’s in step 4, 15 to 18 minutes.
I made the mushrooms almost exactly as the recipe called for except I did not have mini pepperoni so I used a knife to cut regular ones into pieces and I would advice anyone making this recipe to buy the mini ones. it makes it a lot easier to add them to the mushrooms. This is the second appetizer I have made from this list and I hope to go through all of them because they all look so good.
What do you mean when you say the mushrooms should be “clean and stems removed”. I’ve never made anything with mushrooms before, so don’t know how to “clean” it.
Hi Serena,
You can use a mushroom brush to remove any dirt on the mushrooms, or if you don’t have one, you can just wipe them with a paper towel to get any dirt off them. Do not wash them because they will absorb water like a sponge. Then simply just remove the stem completely from the mushroom, you can just push on it and sometimes it just pops right off.
Looks great but how could I turn this into a crockpot appetizer?
Just made this for lunch and it totally replaces my love for zucchini boat pizzas! I’m going to try this again and add a few more toppings using bigger portobellos. Thanks for the recipe!
Glad you liked it Carly! 🙂
Can you use Portabello mushrooms for this?
You can, definitely, but if you want them bite size, you might want to get the smaller portabello mushrooms.
Oh I love this idea! Pizza anything? I’m game and the same goes for stuffed ‘shrooms.. so this combination of the two is sheer genius! The pictures have me drooling! Yum!! Cheers and thanks for sharing! ♡
Hope you try it Cheyanne! 🙂
Wow! I’ve seen mushrooms stuffed with a lot of different things, but never pepperoni pizza. I need these in my face ASAP!
Oh my goodness, these look delicious! Great idea for an appetizer. I love pizza anything!
You and me both!
I think these would be great item to bring to a bbq. Prepare ahead of time. Just cook on the bbq. Great appetizer. You will br the “hit” of the parpaparty. I am anxious to try these. As usual everything you submit Jo always looks so delicious. I have tried so many of your recipes since I started getting your recipes on a daily basis last fall. Enjoy everyone.
Hi Char,
You’re right these would be perfect to bring to a bbq. I’m so glad you’re enjoying my recipes. Thank you!
So glad your girl is ok! I totally understand. We have a baby gate at the top of our stairs so our blind yorkie doesn’t fall down them! These mushrooms look AMAZING! Cheesy, melty gooey deliciousness!
Thanks Senika, yeah she’s fine, it was me that was more scared than anything else. They are like our babies, aren’t they? Hope you try the mushrooms, they’re yummy!
Oh wow. What a way to dress up humble mushrooms! I swear I could eat 20 of those. It’s 6.30 am and my mouth is watering – I want these for breakfast!!! 🙂
What are you doing up so early! Go back to bed. 🙂
Oh wow, yes! These look amazing, something to definitely try soon. Maybe with a bit of a chili pepper spin. Thanks for the inspiration!
Chili pepper sounds great Mike!
Hi there,
Can you please tell me what type of Mushrooms you used for these delicious Pepperoni Pizza Stuffed Mushrooms…..I can’t wait to try these…..my husband is going to be a happy camper!
I used larger cremini mushrooms here, but plain white mushrooms would work as well. 🙂
Ok… just one word for these… YUM!
This is the most wonderful thing I’ve seen all day. I want this now, not tomorrow. 🙂 Can I give it 10 stars?
LOL You can! Thanks Maureen 🙂