Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites served with Marinara
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Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites 🍕

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These Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites are the perfect finger food served as an appetizer, hors d’oeuvres or game day snack. They have the great flavor of pizza, minus the carbs! Quick and easy with just five ingredients and ready in 15 minutes.

Delicious Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites – perfect served with marinara!

Pepperoni, cheese, herbs, spices and toppings – what is not to love? These are packed full of flavor without any of the guilt of the carby crust of pizza.

As any of my friends I met while living in Cleveland can attest, Presti’s in Little Italy had the best pizzaand specifically artichoke pizza in the world. I think I may have had it for lunch every day for a year! Some of the best laughs of my life were had over that pizza! I may have given up my love of carbs, but I’ve never given up the taste for pizza! These Keto Cheese Pepperoni Bites have the amazing taste of pizza – they’re so good you won’t even miss the crust! 🍕

YOU’LL LOVE THESE

These are super quick to whip up – just five simple ingredients with no bowls or utensils to clean up, this is truly easy! They are also ready in 15 minutes so you can throw them together during half time and be enjoying them before the end of the 3rd quarter!

These will also suit a large variety of eaters these Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites are low carb, sugar-free, naturally gluten free and nut free.

Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites – only 1 net carb per serving

KEY INGREDIENTS

Pepperoni

These little pizza bites have a “crust” of pepperoni. Like bacon, the pepperoni crisps up and renders some fat as it cooks leaving a deliciously chewy and crispy base for our bites!

Mozarella Cheese

The mozzarella cheese acts like the glue holding together our pizza bites. When the Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites are done, the cheese should be a little crispy on the edges and chewy in the center, basically how you’d like your perfect pizza!

Artichoke Hearts

I love serving these up with artichoke hearts. They add a little bit of heft (as well as a veggie!) to this appetizer. What I love is that I can crack open a can and not have to do any additional chopping or dicing, etc. You can change up the toppings to anything in your liking. I also love these with mushrooms and olives. Whatever you like on pizza, you’ll likely also enjoy on these!

TECHNIQUE

Making these Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites is no more complicated than assembling them and baking them! The base of each one is four pepperoni topped with a big pinch of cheese and then herbs, spices and your favorite toppings.

EQUIPMENT

  • silicone mat or foil
  • baking sheet

Using a silicone mat or foil will help keep clean up a breeze. I’d recommend using a rimmed baking sheet because the pepperoni can definitely render some fat and it wouldn’t be too fun to clean off the bottom of the oven.

Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites ready to pop in the oven in five minutes

TROUBLESHOOTING

This is a pretty simple and straight forward recipe – but, anytime we’re in the kitchen, anything can happen!

What if my pepperoni bites are greasy?

I would definitely recommend draining or blotting your Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites when they are done cooking. Just like your old favorite greasy slice of pizza, the cheese and pepperoni can render some fat as they cook. You can carefully blot the bottoms with a paper towel to remove excess fat. Be sure to serve with napkins!

What if my pepperoni bites don’t crisp up?

You might want to give them a little longer in the oven if they aren’t crisping up to your liking. These should be crispy on the bottom from the pepperoni and the cheese with a nice amount of chew. Yum!

SERVING

How to serve Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites?

  • Did I mention game day? These are a perfect finger food – with napkins!
  • Amazing with Keto Crispy Kabocha Chips and wings for some game day treats
  • Perfect with some marinara as a dipping sauce

What to drink with Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites?

These are great with bubbles to help cut some of the fat. 🥤 Maybe some bubbly water, sugar-free soda or beer would hit the spot?

The perfect game day snack – Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites!

STORAGE

Definitely plan to eat these on the day you make them – take advantage of the crispiness!

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Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites served with Marinara

Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites

Lindsay
These Keto Cheesy Pepperoni Bites are the perfect finger food served as an appetizer, hors d'oeuvres or game day snack. They have the great flavor of pizza, minus the carbs! Quick and easy with just five ingredients and ready in 15 minutes.
5 from 5 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 4
Calories 135 kcal

Equipment

  • silicone mat
  • baking sheet

Ingredients
  

  • 2.25 ounces pepperoni 32 slices
  • 2 ounces mozzarella cheese or 1/2 cup shredded
  • 2 ounces artichoke hearts drained, can substitute with any toppings of choice
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning can substitute oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed pepper flakes or to taste

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
  • Line baking sheet with foil or silicone mat
  • Place pepperoni in groups of four pieces
  • Top each group with a big pinch of cheese
  • Add artichoke hearts, or toppings of choice
  • Sprinkle on italian herbs and crushed pepper flakes
  • Bake for 15 minutes
  • Blot excess fat and serve immediately
  • Enjoy!

Notes

Nutrition bases on data from Cronometer.  Please calculate based on your ingredients.
Nutrition based on two pepperoni bites as an appetizer.  Four pepperoni bites make for a good game day lunch – try with marinara!
Keyword game day

16 Comments

  1. this is a good recipe for those who practice keto and very easy too
    🙂

  2. 5 stars
    OMG they look amazing. I am making them for movie night tonight x

  3. Wow I’m loving these!! So simple yet I bet they taste so good!

  4. 5 stars
    Wow, this one looks very delicious. But seems simple too. I love the way you go about every minute details. Very helpful for those who are not very good with cooking like me. I am going to try this.

  5. These sound delicious! The artichoke hearts really set it off!

  6. 5 stars
    I followed the recipe exactly, and these little bites were phenomenal! They were so good that I got to thinking about other possible combos. Next up, I’m going to try mozzarella cheese, bacon, tomato, basil, garlic, and balsamic vinegar. Or maybe pepperoni, cheddar cheese, spicy grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato, and oregano. Oh gosh, or what about mozzarella cheese, some fresh parmesan cheese, chicken with Italian seasoning, and a dollop of alfredo sauce? Okay, I’m rambling while dreaming of delicious food!

    • Mo, thanks so much, I really appreciate you making the recipe and sharing your feedback! Your ideas all sound phenomenal – thanks so much for sharing them! I’m going to have to try some as well 🙂

  7. This looks great appertizer idea! I love to add this veggies to my recipe list

  8. 5 stars
    These sound so good! I love anything pizza related, so these would be a perfect snack for me!

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