Zucchini Pizza Bites are one of our favorite snacks! These delicious pizza bites top sliced zucchini with our favorite toppings and plenty of cheese for the perfect low carb pizza fix!
What’s the best way to feed a hungry crowd something quick and tasty? Appetizers! From jalapeno poppers to buffalo chicken dip and these zucchini pizza bites, low carb appetizers aren’t a thing of the past anymore.
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Zucchini Pizza Bites
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A Versatile Veggie
Zucchini snacks have come a long way since just dipping in Dill Dip. Mini zucchini pizzas are just as much fun to make as they are to eat! It can be noodled, zoodled, grated or lasagna’d but my favorite is to turn them into zucchini pizza bites!
Zucchini is a summer squash grows in abundance and it is so versatile, healthy and flavorful! Not only is zucchini crazy easy to grow, but it’s also easy to preserve or freeze to enjoy year-round. With zero fat and lots of fiber, it’s also loaded with significant amounts of vitamins B6, riboflavin, folate, C, and K, and minerals.
How To Make Zucchini Pizza Bites
This zucchini pizza recipe is a hit with everyone in the family and is a snap to put together. Whether it’s a sleepover or the big game, make these zucchini pizza slices any time!
- TOMATO SAUCE: Store-bought low carb pizza sauce or a tomato sauce makes this extra quick. Leftover meat sauce is another great option!
- TOPPINGS: Possibilities for zucchini bite pizza slice toppings are endless. We love pepperoni, crumbled bacon, or sausage. Top with your favorite low carb veggies.
- CHEESE: Mozzarella is the standard go-to when it comes to pizza because of its creamy, mild flavor and its ability to hold everything together. Zucchini bites can be made with any cheese!
Just add just a few flourishes of basil or red pepper flakes, or a sprinkle of crumbled feta cheese and any crowd will come back for more!
How Long To Cook Zucchini Pizza Bites
Zucchini cooks up FAST, making it these zucchini pizza bites the perfect quick snack or appetizer. It only takes about 5 minutes in the oven to cook the zucchini!
I always turn the oven to broil for an additional 5 minutes or so. This helps the cheese become golden, ooey gooey, and bubbly. YUM!
To Make Ahead
Zucchini pizzas can be made ahead and placed in the fridge until your guests arrive. When they arrive, simply pop the pan in the oven and enjoy! But don’t forget, this zucchini pizza bites recipe is so versatile, it can also be dressed up for a more upscale presentation!
More Zucchini Favorites
- Low Carb Zucchini Fries
- Zucchini Lasagna
- Keto/Low Carb Chicken Zucchini Soup (Zoodle)
- Zucchini Lasagna Roll Ups
- Easy Homemade Zoodles
Zucchini Pizza Bites
Ingredients
- 2 large zucchini
- 1/2 cup low carb pizza or tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
- pizza toppings as desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°F. Line a baking pan with foil and set aside.
- Slice Zucchini 1/4" thick and arrange on prepared baking sheet.
- Top zucchini slices with pizza sauce, oregano, cheese and your favorite pizza toppings.
- Bake 5min or until zucchini is tender. Broil 5min or until cheese is bubbly and melted.
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Nutrition
WHAT IS A SERVING SIZE?
One serving is 1/6 of the recipe, or 1/3 of a sliced zucchini. Enjoy Sandra!
Please , how many a serving , does anyone no ?
Please , how many , is a serving ?
This will depend on the size of your zucchini. If your zucchinis are 6 inches long, you’ll get 8 slices per serving.
I would recommend salting the zucchini for 30 minutes, at least, before assuming toppings. It will remove some of the water.
Could you go into detail… salting the zucchini ?
After you cut it. In slices you salt them?
Thank you!
They’re good but the water they make can make them too hot to eat right off and their too juicy. I added salt and pepper to season the zucchini.
Happy to hear you enjoyed these Nakitha!
Looks yummy. Does anyone know how many Weight Watcher points a serv8ng size would be?
Maybe another reader can help with that Ruth. Enjoy!
I tried these and they are very. I cooked mine in a air fryer with racks. I reduced the temp to 300 so the zucchini would have time to cook before the toppings. Delicious the next time I will use yellow squash.
Sounds great. I’m so happy to hear that you love these pizza bites!
Fantastic! My daughter in law shared this with me bc she tried it and she and my son loved it sooo I made it for a brunch and it was a hit! I used bacon bits and pepperoni pieces did not measure out but rather just layered:) broiling it after 5 minute cook time was a wonderful idea!!
Thank you!!!
Great idea Jo! So happy to hear that you love these pizza bites so much!
How do you keep the zucchini from getting mushy?
Be sure to cut the zucchini the right thickness, and keep an eye on them while they’re cooking. They cook fast, so if you’re concerned about them being too soft, bake a little less, then broil, and if you find they’re not soft enough, bake a little longer. Enjoy Julie!
Just like cucumbers, salt in a colander and set aside for an hour. I even put mine in the fridge..it helps draw the water out. (I make a lot of cucumber salad in the summer.)
The water will drain and will help with the sogginess.
When I make spaghetti squash I salt it as well to draw out the moisture!
Love the recepies
Thanks Lucy! So happy to hear that 🙂
Can I use eggplant or would that get to mushy? Thank you…still going to try it with zucchini as well!
We haven’t tried this recipe with eggplant Nancy, but it should work! Let us know if you try it.
What brand of sauce do you use and how much per bite?
I buy whichever low carb sauce is on sale Teresa. Each bite has about 1 teaspoon or so of sauce. Add to your liking!
Can you freeze them, and if so should you do it before or after you cook them.
We have never tried freezing these Katy. The water in the zucchini may cause them to become slightly mushy. If you try freezing them, cooked or uncooked, please let us know!
Can these be made in an air fryer?
We haven’t tried this recipe in the air fryer Gayle, but other readers have with great success. Let us know how they turn out!
Hi. I made mine this weekend and used salsa instead of pizza sauce. They were wonderful. Mine were probably undercooked for some because they were crisp, but I made them in a toaster oven which may not have been hot enough. They were a wonderful snack lunch.
So happy you enjoyed them Linda!
These look fantastic. I can’t wait to try it.
So happy to hear that Sarah! Let us know what you think 🙂
Wow, I absolutely adored these! I’ve never gone back to a recipe page to leave a comment before, but I liked this meal so much that I just had to come back and share! This was very simple, but tasty, and healthy! I used 3 zucchini’s to fill 2 sheet pans and it was enough to fill me and my husband as a dinner by itself. At first I was using thicker shredded mozzarella cheese. When that bag ran out, I opened and used finely shredded mozzarella cheese and it was a lot easier to pinch and pile on top of the zucchini slices. I accidentally cooked this 50 degrees lower than the recipe calls for, so I just kept it in a few mins longer and it worked. I can’t wait to make these again next week. They’ll definitely be a regular meal for us! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Yay!! So happy to hear that Jessica. I can’t get enough of these either 🙂
Yummy
Going to trying this looks great