Zucchini Pizza Bites

5 from 8 votes

These zucchini pizza bites and soft textured with cheesy goodness. They are a fun way to incorporate zucchini into your little one's diet!

Prep Time10

Cook Time18

Total Time28

Course: lunch

Cuisine: American

Servings: pizza bites

1 ½ cups shredded zucchini, packed (about 2 small, or 1.5 medium zucchini)
¼ cup plain panko breadcrumbs or use Italian seasoned panko breadcrumbs for more flavor!
1 egg
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese ½ for mixture and ½ for topping
¼ tsp Italian seasoning
¼ tsp salt optional
¼ cup mini pepperoni or toppings of choice

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (232 degrees C).
Shred the zucchini using a cheese grater. I used the smallest sized holes on my box grater to get the mixture to be as smooth as possible, but if you prefer larger chunks of zucchini in the pizza crust, use a larger sized hole on the grater. You should end up with about 1.5 cups of packed shredded zucchini.
Use your hands or a towel to squeeze out as much moisture from the zucchini as possible. You may also place the zucchini over a sieve and use the back of a spoon to press down on it to remove the moisture. Once you remove the moisture, you should end up with around 3/4 cup of packed shredded zucchini.
Add the zucchini to a bowl along with the other ingredients. Mix well until combined.
Scoop out 1/2 tablespoon sized portions into a silicone mini muffin pan. Use the back of a spoon to press down the mixture into the mini muffin tins to form the crust.
Bake the crusts for 15 minutes, or until the edges begin to slightly brown.
Remove them from the oven and sprinkle in the remaining cheese. Top each mini bite with 3 pieces of mini pepperoni (or topping of choice). Place the zucchini pizza bites back into the oven for an additional 3 minutes so that the cheese can fully melt.

It is extremely important to remove as much moisture from the zucchini as possible. Excess moisture will result in an over moist mixture that will cause the bites to be soggy. You can use your hands or a towel, but I find that using a nut milk bag is the easiest way to remove the most moisture.
This recipe makes 24 mini zucchini pizza bites.
When making bites, I like to use a silicone muffin pan to bake them as they pop out easily without any sticking. If using a regular mini muffin pan, be sure to coat with a cooking spray beforehand. Avoid using paper liners as these bites will stick.
I love serving these bites with marinara sauce to dip into. My favorite brand is the Rao's Homemade marinara.