These Healthy Pizza Muffins are the perfect toddler-friendly twist on a classic favourite! Full of wholesome ingredients and easily customizable, they are perfect for school lunches or a grab-and-go snack.
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Toddler Tip
One of the best parts of these toddler muffins is how customizable these are. Try giving your child their own bowl of batter and let them choose and mix in their favourite toppings. This helps encourage curiosity around food and builds confidence and food skills!
If you're looking for other tips and ideas for involving your child in the kitchen, check out my Ultimate Guide to Cooking with Toddlers and Kids in the Kitchen!
Or if you are looking for other easy and fun lunch ideas, here is my Ultimate List of Toddler Lunch Ideas, and 15 Easy Cold School Lunch Ideas for Kids.
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Why You'll Love These Easy and Healthy Pizza Muffins (Kid-Friendly)
- Travel well in lunchboxes and picnics
- Kid-friendly and fun to eat
- Easily customizable
- Freezer-friendly
- Baby-led weaning, toddler and kid-friendly!
And if you're looking for other kid-friendly lunches, check out my Easy Pita Pizzas for Kids, or these super quick Carrot Turmeric Fritters.
Ingredients For Easy Pizza Muffins
- Olive oil
- Pizza sauce
- Egg
- Milk
- Garlic powder
- Italian seasoning
- All purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Mozzarella cheese
Pizza mix-ins - Spinach
- Mushrooms
- Ham
- Red bell pepper
- Basil
- Pineapple
See recipe card for quantities.
How To Make Kid-Friendly Pizza Muffins
Add the olive oil, eggs, pizza sauce, and milk to a bowl and stir to combine.
In a separate bowl, add the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
Add in pizza mix-ins.
Spoon pizza batter into a muffin tray. Bake in the oven at 375 degrees F for 18-22 minutes.
Substitutions
- Flour - you can swap in whole wheat flour for all purpose, but reduce by ½ a cup and just know that the muffins may be a bit denser
- Dairy-free - use an unflavoured plant based beverage instead of cow's milk
- Vegetarian - you get to choose your own toppings so these can easily be vegetarian
Equipment
- Muffin pan
Storage
Pizza muffins can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days or in the freezer for 1-2 months. When ready to eat, reheat from frozen in the microwave or oven.
Top tip
Use muffin liners or grease your muffin pan well. Just a note that sometimes silicone liners can get a soapy test, so be sure to rinse them first with plain water.
Here is my daughter enjoying the pizza muffins, they were a huge hit!
FAQ
Yes! Just be sure to let them cool completely, then freezer in a single layer in a ziplock bag or container.
While all kids are going to have different preferences, one great thing about this recipe is you can involve your child and let them choose their own toppings. This helps provide exposure to food and increases curiosity in a non-pressured way, both which can support picky eating.
Yes! These muffins are perfect for school and daycare lunches and don't need to be served hot. You can pair them with some fruit and a little yogurt for a balanced, toddler- and kid-friendly lunch.
Recipe
Healthy Pizza Muffins (Kid-friendly!)
Equipment
- 1 muffin pan
Ingredients
Wet Ingredients
- 1 egg
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1½ cups pizza sauce store bought or homemade
- ¼ cup milk whole, 2% or unflavoured plant-based beverage
Dry Ingredients
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- 3 tsps baking powder
- 2 tsps oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- dash salt
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese grated
Pizza Mix-ins (optional)
- ½ cup spinach finely diced
- ½ cup green onion diced
- ¼ cup mushrooms diced
- ¼ cup red bell pepper finely diced
- ¼ cup pineapple diced
- ¼ cup ham or pepperoni diced
- ¼ cup basil fresh, finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉. Grease or line a 12-cup muffin tin.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, olive oil, pizza sauce, and milk.
- In a separate large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, oregano, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and salt.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix gently to combine.
- Fold in the cheese and any desired toppings.
- Scoop the batter into the muffin cups, filling about ¾ of the way full.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes, or until golden brown on top and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack.
Nutrition
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Ali Ellis, MSc., RD says
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