Italian Cheese Bombs take only minutes to prepare using pre-made biscuit dough wrapped around melty Italian cheese and salami and are everyone's favorite.
Italian Cheese Bombs are naughty little savory treats that get a 10 out of 10 in my book because they a) taste really good and b) are freakin' easy to make. That's a win-win combination right there. These wonderful cheese bombs filled with cured Italian sandwich meat and melted mozzarella originated because I had a tube of biscuit dough in my refrigerator that had to be used up. You see, I won't use premade biscuit dough to make biscuits because I prefer to make my own homemade flaky buttermilk biscuits and because, well, its boring when you can use that dough for so many other things.
How to make cheese bombs:
- I use the Trader Joe's biscuit dough which is one of those fat tubes that has 8 biscuits. I split each biscuit in half which created 16 flat disks.
- I used a small block of mozzarella but any kind of Italian cheese will work. You can just as easily cut up string cheese, because what household in America with kids ages 4-10 doesn't have string cheese at the ready at all times? Very few, I imagine.
- I quartered each slice of salami so that it would fit nicely in the ball - a whole round slice would have created to much work to wrap around, plus I was already planning on looking like a pig when I inhaled these cheese bombs, and didn't need people to watch me saw through a large piece of salami while I was at it. There are lots of recipes out there for garlic cheese bombs and cheddar cheese bombs, but I think every good cheese bomb requires some kind of tasty meat.
- These cheese bombs really only took about 5 minutes to prepare and cooked up so beautifully! Just place the cheese bombs on your baking sheet and wait until they're golden brown and that Italian cheese starts to ooze.
- Now get ready, this is the best part. You grab hold of your cheese bomb when when it's still super hot but just cool enough to touch without burning your fingers. Give it a gentle squeeze and pull [that's what he said - sorry, couldn't resist].
So. Damn. Delicious. Doesn't it look tasty? I'm pretty darn proud of my then 8-year-old daughter for taking the photos. Not to shabby considering she had to hold a Nikon D700 DLSR with a battery pack and a heavy macro lens, all while toggling the manual focus point. Not only is she already starting to be a great cook, but her photography skills rock too!
Things to make with biscuit dough:
- I'm not gonna lie - there's a reason why Granny's Monkey Bread is one of the first posts you'll see when you search for monkey bread recipes. Super naughty yet always delicious!
- Garlic knots - very similar to a cheese bomb... but without the cheese! Let's just call them garlic biscuits deconstructed
- Chicken and dumplings in your slow cooker! That reminds me, I need to create a good chicken and dumplings recipe.
- And of course, there are a million other varieties of cheese bombs you could make. You should give my pesto cheese bombs a try!
Be sure to check out the video below of me making these delectable cheese bombs!
Italian Cheese Bombs
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Ingredients
- 16 ounces biscuit dough
- 6 ounces part skim low moisture mozzarella ( (can substitute cheese sticks))
- 2 ounces salami (about 16 slices)
- 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese
- ¼ cup dried Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- If package has 8 biscuits, split each biscuit in half to make 16 flat disks. Divide cheese into 16 equal portions. Cut each piece of salami up into 4 pieces.
- One biscuit at a time, add chunk of cheese and 4 pieces of salami on dough and then wrap ends around to create a ball. Be sure to fully seal.
- Add olive oil to a shallow cup. Add parmesan and seasoning to another shallow cup.
- Once all the balls have formed, dip each ball in the olive oil and then roll the top in the parmesan seasoning mixture. Place on a baking sheet with the parmesan seasoning side up.
- Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 10-15. Serve immediately so the cheese is nice and melty.
Hayden
I ate most of these before I even served them.... They are sooo good! Thanks for sharing!
Kate
Have you tried these with ham and cheddar cheese
Krissy
I haven't. Ham and cheddar is a great combo but cheddar doesn't melt all stretchy. If I did this, I'd add something like gruyere to the cheddar.
Dave
Can you use clarified butter instead of olive oil?
Krissy
You bet! YUM!!!
aidan benbow
Look pretty tasty! Like little pizza bites. I wonder if it would work ok to put a bit of tomato sauce in them or at least to eat them with some on the side.
Krissy
I've made something similar with sauce inside and it wants to escape during cooking. I think they turn out better without sauce inside.
Jessica
Can you use pepperoni instead of salami?
Krissy
Sure can!
Dave
Good thing - I have a large bag of already-small diameter Pepperoni!!
georgie
omg i could eat a dozen of these right now!!! I freaking love anything cheesy with dough!!
Caitlyn Erhardt
Cheessseeeeeee! These are calling to my cheese loving heart! That cheese stretch is perfection! These look and sound delicious!
Jacqueline Meldrum
Oh my goodness look at them and i could easily make them veggie. Thanks so much for the recipe.
Claudia Lamascolo
these must be so addicting they look so good. I am willing to bet if I made these no one else would have any I would eat them all first!
Rae
I bet these little balls of goodness disappear rather quickly! What a great, easy recipe!
Allyson Zea
I need these delicious little balls in my life NOW!
Sarah
She shot these on manual!?!?! Hire her! Beautiful photos.
Julie
Oh my word, these were amazing!
Emily Hill
I nearly drooled on my keyboard after seeing this recipe. Yum!
ALT L
I made a mistake and bought pepperoni instead. Hoping it'll work out.
Krissy
You can use whatever kind of meat your want, and since pepperoni is cooked just like salami, it'll taste great!