Pizza Pinwheels for Back to School or A Busy Weeknight Dinner
These pizza pinwheels are as fun to make as they are to eat. Whether for a back to school lunch idea or a weeknight dinner, these pinwheel sandwiches are easy!
Pizza tortilla roll ups are a hit with kids of all ages. Be sure to read the tips section to make some adjustments for your little ones.
Kid-Approved Food: Pinwheel Recipes
We are all about easy food here on Ruffles and Rain Boots. Kids and adults both love fun food, and pinwheel sandwiches, pinwheel appetizers, and basically, anything wrapped in a tortilla to look like a pinwheel qualifies!
In addition to these fun pizza pinwheels, we’ve also shared a family-favorite: ham and cheese pinwheels. They are so much fun to make and the kids love getting involved.
But we are making a fun way to serve pizza with these pepperoni pinwheels and cheese pizza pinwheels. How much fun are these?!
Gather your ingredients…
Easy Pizza Tortilla Roll Ups Ingredients
This is an easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy kind of recipe, friends. Get the kids in the kitchen and let them help with these fun pinwheel pizzas.
- 8 flour tortillas
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 8 ounces shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 8 ounces cream cheese (room temperature works best)
- 4-5 ounces of mini pepperoni (it’s okay if you eat some…)
- parsley
How to Make Pizza Pinwheels
Note: you can bake them for a few minutes before rolling, just enough to melt the cheese slightly. If you do this, remove the flat pizzas, roll tightly in a clean dish towel, and leave until they cool a bit. Then slice and serve.
More Pinwheel Sandwich Recipes You Might Like
- Ham and Cheese Pinwheels – These are the most popular tortilla roll ups for the kids and they’re so easy to make.
- Turkey Ranch Tortilla Roll Ups – I can’t believe how many times my little one has asked for this in her lunch box.
- The Best Pinwheel Sandwich Recipes for the Family – From high-end appetizer ideas to quick and easy lunch box tortilla roll ups, check out this list.
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Pizza Pinwheels Tortilla Roll Ups Recipe
Don't miss out on these kid-approved pizza pinwheels for a fun lunch or dinner.
Ingredients
- 8 flour tortillas
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 8 ounces shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 8 ounces cream cheese (room temperature works best)
- 4-5 ounces of mini pepperoni (it’s okay if you eat some…)
- parsley
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix the cream cheese and pizza sauce together. Have a taste. It’s good.
- Spread a thin layer of the mixture over each tortilla.
- Sprinkle cheese, then parsley on each tortilla.
- Distribute mini pepperoni (or leave one just cheese) over the tortillas. Have a snack on one, two, or ten. :)
- Gently roll each tortilla, trying to get it pretty tightly rolled. Cut each tortilla roll into pieces about 1-2 inches wide.
- Serve lying down on their side (to see the fun pinwheel pattern) with a size of pizza sauce for dipping.
Notes
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 944Total Fat: 69gSaturated Fat: 30gTrans Fat: 2gUnsaturated Fat: 33gCholesterol: 154mgSodium: 2248mgCarbohydrates: 44gFiber: 3gSugar: 3gProtein: 35g
All nutrition information is estimated. For accuracy, please calculate your exact brands and ingredients if accuracy is desired.
This looks great and easy. What size tortillas did you use?
Thanks, Dennis – we make them all the time and they are very easy. We use the soft taco size, so a normal-sized flour tortilla (not the big burrito ones) because they’re for the kiddo (she’s 7), but if you have a party, making them with the larger tortillas will work (they’ll just need a bit more of the ingredients – likely double).
Hope that helps!