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Pizza Quesadillas

★★★★★ 5 /5 Updated: 6/29/22
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Pizza Quesadillas are filling snack or light meal that parents can feel good about feeding their kids. This tasty pizza snack comes together fast and can be customized so easily!

pizza quesadillas on a platter

Finding healthy snacks that my kids will be excited about is a continual struggle in my home. While Homemade Popcorn and Powerball Cookies are great options that they like, I needed a few others in my arsenal of after school snacks. Enter: Pizza Quesadillas!

What’s in a Pizza Quesadilla?

Well, whatever you want to be!

The main ingredients you need are:

  • Whole wheat tortillas (or use gluten-free tortillas, if you want)
  • Mozzarella cheese
  • Marinara sauce (we like Newman’s Own Marinara or Homemade Marinara)

Additional Ingredient Ideas:

  • Uncured ham, chopped
  • Uncured turkey pepperoni (we like this brand)
  • Fresh basil, finely chopped
  • Baby bell peppers, thinly sliced

How to Make Pizza Quesadillas

Step 1: Preheat your oven to 400°F. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray and laying out your tortillas.

tortillas on a baking sheet

Step 2: Add cheese and your toppings. Because this batch of quesadillas was for my young boys, I kept it really simple with cheese and pepperoni.

tortillas with cheese and toppings on top

Step 3: Bake it in a preheated oven for about 5 minutes.

pizza quesadillas cooking in the oven

Step 4: Pull it out of the oven and fold each tortilla in half. Cook for about 5 more minutes.

pizza quesadillas in the oven

Step 5: Once the quesadillas have cooled slightly, cut them in triangles and serving with dipping sauce (aka marinara sauce).

A pizza quesadilla being dipped in marinara

How to Serve Pizza Quesadillas

Like I mentioned above, it’s fun to slice up your “pizzas” into triangles. While some kiddos will like them just like this, having a little bowl of marinara to dip them in is a fun addition. Plus it makes them taste more like pizza!

pizza quesadilla triangles on a serving platter with a bowl of marinara sauce for dipping

If you are serving these as a quick meal, add a simple and healthy side dish like cut up fruit or veggie sticks with Ranch or hummus.

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★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews

Pizza Quesadillas

Ask any child their favorite food and you’ll likely hear, “PIZZA!” So do yourself a favor and make these pizza quesadillas next time you need a filling snack or quick kid-friendly dinner!

Yield: 4 1x
Prep: 5 minutesCook: 10 minutesTotal: 20 minutes
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Ingredients

  • Cooking spray
  • 4 (8-inch) whole wheat tortillas (sub: gluten-free tortillas)
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • Optional toppings: uncured ham and/or turkey pepperoni, finely chopped basil, finely sliced baby bell peppers
  • 1 cup marinara sauce (I like Newman’s Own Marinara or to make our Homemade Marinara Sauce)

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Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400° F.
  2. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray (or line with parchment paper). Then lay out the tortillas in a single layer.
  3. Sprinkle 3 tablespoons cheese over each tortilla and divide additional toppings over tortillas. Top each with 3 tablespoons more of cheese.
  4. Bake for 5 minutes. Remove from oven, and carefully fold each tortilla in half. Bake an additional 5 minutes or until browned and crisp.
  5. Once they’ve cooled slightly, cut into triangles. Serve with warm marinara sauce for dipping.

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Notes/Tips

Here are more easy on the go snack ideas, if you need more inspiration.

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Cuisine: American Method: Baked

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As co-founder of Thriving Home, Rachel dreams about creating recipes (literally) and uses her husband, her 3 kids, and even the neighbors as guinea pigs several nights a week. She believes that good food has the power to bring families and friends closer together and continues to wake up excited about her job each day, even after 10+ years!

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  1. AvatarLydia Coathup says

    Posted on 4/27/22 at 8:26 am

    Good morning Rachel and Polly from Kingwood,Texas again ..
    I truly cannot wait to try this absolutely delicious lunch for me to try today and then our daughter Cassie will probably have it for dinner some time .. was wondering if the pizza quesadillas are freezer friendly too?
    Hugs and god bless

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    • Rachel TiemeyerRachel Tiemeyer says

      Posted on 4/27/22 at 4:14 pm

      Hi again Lydia! I think you could cook, fully cool, and then freeze these in single layers between parchment paper in a freezer bag. Then, warm individual quesadillas in the microwave in 30 second increments until warmed through. Hope that helps!

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