Who doesn't love fried mozzarella sticks? It's always one of those "special restaurant" appetizers we seem to reserve for only having when we are out to eat. But, what if you want to serve them at home? Too hard to make? Not anymore.
A while back I was reading a magazine, I think it was Taste of Home, and it mentioned using egg roll wrappers and string cheese to make these sticks. I thought it was a brilliant idea but I couldn't stop there. I've added pepperoni to mine to put this appetizer on a pedestal. Serve your favorite marinara or pizza sauce on the side.
Wow, what a treat these were on a very cold, snowy and wet day at my house. You might die and go to heaven once you bite into these. So good!!
Fried Mozzarella-Pepperoni Sticks ~ Made Easy
Serves 6
12 pieces of string cheese
12 egg roll wrappers
36 slices of pepperoni
Oil for deep-frying
Marinara or pizza sauce
On top of an egg roll wrapper, place three pieces of pepperoni as shown in the picture. Place a piece of string cheese on top. Fold corners over cheese. Fold bottom corner over cheese and pepperoni and keep rolling until cheese is tightly sealed. Moisten corners with water to seal. Repeat with the rest of wrappers, cheese and pepperoni.
In a skillet, heat oil to 375o F. Fry sticks, a few at a time, for 30-60 seconds on each side until completely brown. Drain on paper towels. Serve with sauce.
Enjoy!
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Can I call you GENIUS??!!
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Who wouldn’t like these? Perfect after school snack or appetizer.
That has my husband’s name written all over it. (Mine too, truth be told.
Wow, I am making these for sure. Love the peperoni idea and so will my kids!!
oh my goodness…these look delicious and so easy!
would they still turn out if rolls were baked instead of fried?
The only way you will know is if you try it. For me personally, with baking you are not going to get that puffed up, bubbly-crisp texture you get when you fry egg roll wrappers. You will just have this this thin, breakable layer around the cheese.
Fantastic idea! I’m bookmarking this one.
I’ve made the pizza bites several times that you posted and we love them too.
yum yum yum
Holy cow, this is genius!! I have to try this.
Does the cheese melt and ooze when you take a bite? I’m looking for something that will do that
Yes it does. It’s awesome.
OMG you are a GENIUS!!!!! this looks delish, and my husband will looooove this, thanks for sharing dear, I absolutely love your blog!:)
What a great and simple dish for kids or a cute appetizer! I love your blog, read it often!
OMG!!! This looks totally and completely YUM-O!!!! And soooo easy to make – now all of a sudden my healthy dinner with veg and beef is not so attractive anymore
Dangerously good looking and way too easy! wow!
trying this today..can any filling be used???
I’ve never tried with anything else so I can’t vouch for the success, but give it a go.
ok I made these rolls & they did not look like the pic..:( when i fried them for 30-60 sec the cheese started ooozing out & they were no where near brown why ?? When i went to oriental store i asked for egg roll wraps & she gave me spring roll skins is there a difference?
Yeah, they are totally different. You can get egg roll wrappers at the regular grocery store. What a bummer that she gave you those, I’m shocked. Spring roll wraps are usually round, in my pic you can see the egg roll wraps are square.
As a tip, try freezing the mozzarella sticks until they are like frozen blocks and then fry them. It helps a ton and it prevents cheese oozing out before the wraps are completely brown
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Just made these for my senior class and used salami instead of pepperoni and they are PERFECT! I haven’t even taken them to school yet and my family is already trying to eat them all. Thank you for this great idea!!!!
Can these be prepared and frozen until ready to cook them?
I can’t really comment on that since I’ve never done it. If you try it, let me know.
This looked delicious, so I followed the recipe exactly..The outside was a golden brown,
but the cheese never melted..It tasted rubbery…Maybe it’s suppose to?….
What was the temperature of your oil?
I tried these tonight, but baked them. They weren’t horrible, but next time, I’ll get out the deep fryer. The wrappers turned out kinda crispy, but flaked off really easy and got kinda rubbery as they cooled. Great idea though! Thanks!
Yeah, they really are for deep frying. It’s hard to replicate the texture otherwise.