Stuffed Pepperoni Pizza Rolls

ByDavid November 7, 2016June 15, 2021

Who says pizza needs to be served by the slice? These Stuffed Pepperoni Pizza Rolls are a tasty twist on a classic!

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Time for a flashback! As much as I would like, this flashback isn’t back to the days of hammer pants and Nintendos (one of my favorite topics!). Nope, this flashback is back to last year. You see, it was about this time last year that my Mom and sister came up from Nashville to visit…with my niece. She was almost 1 ½ years old at the time, so she was just learning to toddle. But she most certainly knew how to cry!

These late summer trips to upstate New York have become a bit of a tradition now. We take Blakely (my niece) to the apple orchard to pick apples. And we take her up to see the horses at Saratoga. And we eat delicious Italian food. (Our area has some amazing Italian restaurants!) One night we decided to drive up to a little town about 20 minutes north of here. There’s an excellent homestyle Italian restaurant there, and the town has a quaint little main street filled with unique shops. We loaded into the car and off we went.

Somewhere near the end of dinner, Blakely started getting mad, so Laura volunteered to take her out and walk her around outside while we finished up. (Laura was pregnant at the time, so she was glad to get up and move a bit.) So my Mom, sister and I finished up dinner and made our way outside about 10 minutes later. I didn’t see Laura, so I called her to figure out where she was. Here’s how it went:

Me: Hey, where are you?

Laura (in hushed tone): I’m across the street in the fire station parking lot watching a belly dancing show.

Me: {Long silence.} Did you say belly dancing?

Laura (in hushed tone): Yes.

Sure enough, Laura had stumbled onto a local belly dancing troupe (is troupe the right word for a collection of belly dancers?). I hung up, and told my sister what I had learned. She immediately bolted over to see if this was true. And it was! The town was having a block party that night, and the belly dancers were performing at the bottom of a hill next to the fire station.

And the best part was that Blakely was sitting right there at the front completely enamored by the dancing. (One of the dancers had a baton with fire on each end.) We milked that one for all it was worth since Blakely was enjoying the show. (In fact, we were a little worried that she might try to run up and join in at some point. Fortunately, she was content just watching.)

Granted, the story about the belly dancers in the parking lot doesn’t have much in common with these Stuffed Pepperoni Pizza Rolls. Sorry! But I realized that I had never mentioned the belly dancing story here, and it’s honestly just too good to pass up. I couldn’t have made that one up if I tried. But let’s shift gears a bit and talk about pizza. I’m always up for a good chat about pizza!

During college football season, Laura and I have a tradition where we make pizza and watch the LSU game on Saturday night. (Actually, it’s more like she watches the first half and then wanders off to bed while I stay up way too late watching the game.) In preparation for last week’s game, I decided to mix things up a bit. I still made pizza like always, but I turned the pizza into little 2-bite stuffed rolls instead. Stuffed Pepperoni Pizza Rolls and college football = my kinda Saturday night!

I used our favorite pizza toppings (pepperoni, onions and diced jalapenos), but feel free to mix things up with these Stuffed Pepperoni Pizza Rolls. Turn ’em into Stuffed BBQ Chicken Pizza Rolls. Or Stuffed Greek Pizza Rolls. Or Stuffed Taco Pizza Rolls. Can you tell we like our pizza around here? Enjoy!