Pizza Egg Rolls

We love pepperoni pizza egg rolls made with string cheese and spaghetti sauce. So easy to fry up so they are as crispy as our air fryer frozen pizza rolls. Make for your kids as an after school snack with their favorite toppings wrapped inside.

Ok so we are like every other American family and LOVE anything pizza. It was one weekend that we wanted to have some fun in the kitchen together and started thinking outside of the box when we had some extra egg roll wrappers. It was a huge hit.

In the past we had made muffin tin pizzas and then moved on to how to cook Crock Pot Pizza. Those were amazing but I wanted something super crispy and crunchy with the same ingredients we love on our “pie” wrapped inside (with no shredding necessary).

Something easy that my kids could pick up and dunk into a sauce, that is why pizza made into egg rolls got 5 thumbs by everyone in our house. 😉 Get out all your favorite toppings and a jar of your favorite sauce and I’ll show you how to make them y’all.

You can really stuff just about anything into egg roll or wonton wrappers you just have to think outside of the box a bit.

Ingredient Tips

Egg roll wrappers is what you are going to use as your “crust” in this case. You could make smaller versions with won ton wrappers but it is hard to fit in all the goodies I think if they are any smaller. You can make Homemade Egg Roll Wrappers if you would rather.

Don’t bother with shredded, just go with string cheese to make things easier. It will melt well in the hot oil or if air fried just as well. Makes it easier to seal the edges well too so the filling doesn’t leak out. Mozzarella is best but they do offer half cheddar if you wanted to mix things up.

And then I just use a jar of Spaghetti sauce. Pizza sauce will do but I think that is generally more expensive and we make pizza in a mug with the rest of the jar so I get two meals out of one that way so win win right? And you need vegetable oil for frying.

Toppings

I will almost always add thin slices of regular or turkey Pepperoni, I don’t really measure but just cover the top of the cheese with it. Slices of black olives are killer too.

How to Cook Pizza Egg Rolls in Air Fryer

If you do not want to submerge in vegetable oil and make these in a healthier way, prepare and then follow our air fryer egg rolls recipes. You just need a bit of olive oil cooking spray for this method. You can use a Ninja Foodi (with lid that is attached), AirWave or Cosori for this method but will explain both methods below in the recipe card.

How to Seal Egg Rolls so They Stick

You will want a small dish or cup of water next to your assembly line. Any liquid will work. Leave 1/2″ of wrapper at the end that has no filling on it. Before you roll it all the way up, dip your finger in the water and smear it on the edge of your egg roll wrapper. Then roll the rest over to make it stick together. Kind of works like glue on an envelope as it dries together.

How hot should oil be to fry egg rolls?

You can prep a bunch of these but do NOT add any into the oil until it reaches 350-360 degrees F. Reason for that is the wrapper will soak it up if it is hot hot enough to fry immediately, you don’t want that. If you don’t have a thermometer you can tear off a piece of wrapper and put it in the oil to see if it sizzles immediately, but not too hot that it burns quickly. Adjust flame if too hot that way.

Some are fatter than others, so timing will vary slightly because of the difference in size. Really easy to put together and surely your whole family will love these pizza egg rolls?

Notes

You don’t have to add meat at all, just 3 ingredients is the base. Start with a package of egg roll wrappers, spaghetti sauce, string cheese and any toppings you like on (or in) your pizza egg rolls. We used olives and pepperoni, sometimes just cheese for my little one. If you have picky eaters you don’t have to add a lot of things.

Just the sauce and cheese works just fine as well. You’ll want to have some sauce left over so you can use that as a dip at the end. Kinda’ like serving homemade mozzarella sticks in a sense. Some might like some Ranch dressing like you would with pizza crust instead.

Now leave a bit of room at the bottom of your wrapper and fold the sides in like a burrito as in picture 2. Then roll your wrapper over your cheese and keep rolling until you near the end.

Other Unique Egg Rolls Recipes you’ll love

This is just one of our favorite quick and easy recipes using egg roll wrappers. You can make them savory or sweet. There isn’t anything you can’t add inside to make these yummy.

We have a number of sweet dessert egg rolls that are a hit around here. Our sloppy joe egg rolls are killer, a must try. Peach Cobbler Egg Rolls show you how you can use a number of different fruit flavors.