With these easy Vegan Pizza Bites, you get all of the delicious flavors of pizza in bite-size form. These pizza snack balls are grain-free and gluten-free, made with almond flour and sun-dried tomatoes. Jump to Recipe
Pizza Bites you guys. Think of these as whole pizzas that can be popped into your mouth in a single bite! If that sounds like fun to you, stay with me.
If you’re anything like me, then even just the slightest smell of pizza makes your mouth water! I mean, there’s a reason why I have a whole section on the blog dedicated to vegan pizza recipes.
But I found a way to have the whole world of pizza happen in your mouth without the whole process of making the crust, sauce, cheese and all. Enter this healthy pizza bite recipe. All the flavors of freshly baked pizza in a bite! Most snack bites end up being sweet (dates, nutty, chocolate etc) . These pizza bites are savory cheesy and once you eat one, you can’t stop!
These savory pizza bites are awesome for anyone who prefers savory foods to sweet – snacks included! So one day while thinking of creating a Savory Energy Ball, lo and behold: pizza came to mind.
Pop 1 or 2 as a healthy snack or the next time you’re craving pizza! These are perfect for packing into your kiddo’s lunch boxes or as a quick on-the-go snack for yourself! I could even see them being pretty awesome on top of a salad, on a bowl, or stuffed inside a wrap.
Vegan Pizza Bites
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sundried tomato ,dry pack, not packed in olive oil
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp pepper flakes
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/8 tsp onion powder
- 2-3 tsp nutritional yeast
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil , see note for oilfree
Instructions
- Add the sundried tomato and almond flour to a food processor and process until the sundried tomatoes are a coarse meal.
- Add the rest of dry ingredients and pulse a few times to combine.
- The mixture should now be like well moistened crumbs that should hold together when you press them. If not add a bit more olive oil. If too crumbly (if using almond meal) you might need to add a tsp or so regular flour. **Transfer the mix to a bowl and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Remove the bowl from the refrigerator and press and roll into balls. Place the balls on parchment baking sheet and bake at 300F(150 c) for 12 minutes.
- After baking, let them cool completely and store in the refrigerator up to 2 weeks.
Notes
- Oilfree: omit oil, and use a flax egg for binding. 1 tbsp flax seed meal mixed with 2.5 tbsp water.
- You can skip the crushed red pepper if you can't tolerate spice or make these for little ones.
- I used a small food processor as the volume of ingredients is just right for it. If you only have a big food processor, you can double the amount of ingredients to allow for easy processing.
- Instead of the basil and oregano listed, you can use 1.5 tsp Italian herbs/Italian seasoning.
- ** sun dried tomato sometimes can be too dry and the mixture might not bind well. Add a flax egg and flour if needed
Nutrition
Ingredients:
- sundried tomatoes – dried and packed. Not the ones soaked in olive oil. These work both as a flavor maker but also as a binder. A bit like dates in a sweet energy bite recipe.
- almond flour makes these extra moist and takes care of the flour part in these pizza bites, making them gluten-free. They also add a base for the cheesy flavor.
- seasoning: all-out Italian – we add dried basil, oregano, and pepper flakes,
- to amp up the umami, we also add some garlic powder and onion powder
- nutritional yeast stands in for cheese
- these would not be pizza bites without a decent drizzle of virgin olive oil. Feel free to add some more, should your batter not come together.
Tips and Substitutions:
- You can skip the crushed red pepper if you can’t tolerate spice or make these for little ones.
- I used a small food processor as the volume of ingredients is just right for it. If you only have a big food processor, you can double the amount of ingredients to allow for easy processing.
- Instead of the basil and oregano listed, you can use 1.5 tsp Italian herbs/Italian seasoning.
Add the sundried tomato and almond flour to a food processor and process until the sundried tomatoes are a coarse meal.
Add the rest of dry ingredients and pulse a few times to combine.
The mixture should now look like this – well moistened crumbs that should hold together when you press them. If not add a bit more olive oil. Transfer the mix to a bowl and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Remove the bowl from the refrigerator and press and roll into balls. Place the balls on parchment baking sheet and bake at 300F for 12 minutes. This helps meld the flavors and make the balls more sturdy.
After baking, let them cool completely and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
MORE PIZZA RECIPES FROM THE BLOG:
- Pizza with Chipotle Red Lentil Tomato sauce and Vegan Ricotta
- Sriracha BBQ Tofu Pizza with Vegan Pepperjack
- Deep dish Black-eyed Pea Pizza
- Buffalo Chickpea Pizza with Celery Ranch Dressing.
Maria
Haven’t tried this yet, as I can’t eat tomatoes in any form, but want to make these for my hubby. If I doubled the recipe, could the extra 10 be frozen and baked later?
Also wondering what brand of small food processor do you have? I’ve tried a couple and they don’t process really well. Thank you
Vegan Richa Support
I love my ninja!! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004XK4N9C?ref=exp_veganricha_dp_vv_d and yes, can be frozen
Richa
I use a kitchen aid 3.5 cup. Works really well
Diane
Hi. What difference would using a different gf flour?
Thanks
Diane
Sorry. Just seen other questions. Will use an alternative flour. Thank you. Really excited to try these.
Vegan Richa Support
gf flour would work fine
Nida
Turned out so so so good! I used sundried tomatoes that were packed in oil since that is all I had and so I did not any other amount of oil into the recipe and it was good to go! 🙂
Richa
Awesome
Bhavana mali
This is a completely new recipe for me. And, I’m finding this very simple and nutritions. Well definately make this for my family.
Vegan Richa Support
that’s great! thank you
Henna
Hi Richa, so excited to try this recipe! If I wanted to use any other flour, like all purpose or self raising, could I? I don’t mind it being gluten free! Thank you!
Vegan Richa Support
Hello there! Yes, you can use all-purpose flour if you’d like! Let me know if you have any other questions!
cheg
These look absolutely mouth watering
Vegan Richa Support
thanks!!
cheg
These look absolutely amazing
cheg
These look absolutely delicious!
Naveen rajput
Thank you Richa for sharing such an amazing recipe , it made my mouth watering . Tomorrow i am gonna try it to cook at home.
Vegan Richa Support
great! have fun =)
Sylvia Fletcher
I wish I could show you pictures of how this turned out for me. I followed your recipe to the note, they crumbled like dried dirt, and the taste equally dry and unappealing. After poking a fork through one, causing it to fall like a sand castle, I added a little tomato sauce to hopefully hold it together. Unfortunately, that made very little difference. I’m disappointed as almond flour is an expensive item and I have to toss all of this in the garbage. Something, like cheese, or an egg, is needed to hold all these dry ingredients together. The olive oil simply was not enough. I’d be happy to email you pictures.
Richa
Oh no. Sorry about that. Lots of readers already made it and it worked for them. It might be that the sun-dried tomatoes were too dry so they couldn’t become a good binder. And maybe the almond flour was a bit mealy. You can add 1 or 2 flax eggs, they will make it more of a dough, that you can then bake. Don’t throw them away because everything is still very edible. If it just doesn’t work out you can add the mixture to pasta sauce and you get a meat sauce.
Roger Underhill
I substituted 3 tbsp of aquafaba for the oil and they came out great!
mary vella-hibdon
I made these and just ate them refrigerated. So tasty! It’s too hot to turn on the oven in Phoenix.
Vegan Richa Support
wow! raw love – who knew?
Sitara
Love this idea! I only have sundried tomatoes packed in oil. Do you think this recipe could still work if I increase the amount of almond flour to help soak up some of the oil?
Vegan Richa Support
yes no problem, you can also pat off the excess oil with a kitchen towel or paper towels. either way will be fine no need to increase the flour.
Helen A
Hi Richa
just about to make these delicious morsels but cannot see where you add the initial tablespoon of oil. I can see in step 3 you mention adding a bit more olive oil if required which presumes you have already added the tablespoon of oil in Step 1 or 2? Would you mind clarifying please Richa…I may be I’m missing something!
I am sure I can work it out but just wanted to check.
Many thanks.
Vegan Richa Support
better to be sure!! no worries – in step two where all of the dry ingredients are added.
Vin
Thanks!
Was just about to ask the same question.
Shanna
I’m looking forward to trying these. Two questions. Did you reconstitute the sun-dried tomatoes before chopping, and can I eliminate the oil and use something else, aquafaba, broth?
Vegan Richa Support
great – sure you replace the oil with flax egg and used the tomatoes as is (sun-dried, not oil-packed or reconstituted)
Shanna
These are delicious. I used aquafaba in place of the oil and it worked fine. My husband is requesting to have these with pasta and sauce.
Richa
Great idea to serve over pasta!
Bobbi
I’m unclear as to how many make a serving. Could you please clarify? How many balls should this recipe make? It sounds wonderful. 😉
Gordan Romsey
I’m guessing 10 servings = 10 balls??
Richa
10-14 depending on the size of the balls
Sandra
Fabulous, easy and super tasty. 😊
Marina
Love the look of these, can’t wait until the weekend to try them.
Wendy
Seriously, you are a genius! I had just the right amount of sundried toms that id dried over summer and was wondering what to do with them, and then this magic appeared .
These are in the oven as we speak, but I couldn’t wait and are one uncooked.. 10 minutes later my mouth is still watering!
They won’t last a day – and i doubled the recipe 😀
Vegan Richa Support
wow! haha that’s cute
trish
these look great! I’ll have to wait and get the toms as I only have canned ones 🙂 My mouth is watering just thinking about them!
Bev
You are absolutely brilliant, Richa! Some people prefer sweet treats, and others (like me!) prefer savory/salty. What better “bite” than pizza? And nutritious to boot.
You thought to put all the most delicious savory flavors together in a simple-to-make recipe! Can’t wait to see what you come up with next.
Elizabeth
Any way to leave out oil or use substitute?
Richa
Just leave it out. You might need to add another binder like flax egg (1 tbsp flax mixed with 2.5 tbsp water)
Holly
Could I use chickpea flour instead of almond ? Excited to try these
Vegan Richa Support
not in this recipe – You can use oat or another grain flour.
Katie
These look delicious! I want to try ,but I’m allergic to almonds. What flour would you recommend as a substitution?
Richa
Any other nut flour or ground up nuts
Anjali
Love it! It’s so simple yet nutritional!👏
Vegan Richa Support
So glad you enjoyed this!
Hema Prakash
Wow. This is a unique recipe. My kids love pizzas. I can’t wait any longer to try this recipe. Can I skip the oil to make it oil-free? If yes then how to make the mixture moist to shape them into balls? Do share your inputs.
Vegan Richa Support
awesome!! sure omit the oil but you’ll need to add flax egg as some sort of binder.