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Meatball Sub Cups

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Meatball Sub Cups make a perfect Game Day appetizer that the kids can help throw together!

For this week’s Mini Chef Mondays post, I wanted to share an easy appetizer that’s perfect for Game Day! Both boys were able to get in on the action.

Everyone loves a meatball sub for game time, but they do get a bit messy! With these Meatball Sub Cups, everything stays a bit more contained. They’re the perfect little two bite snack.

Meatball Sub Cups Ingredients

With a quick trip to Save-A-Lot, we had everything we needed. Did I mention there’s only 4 ingredients you need for Meatball Sub Cups? We used Mantia’s Italian Style Meatballs, Mantia’s Pasta Sauce, Coburn Farms Provolone Cheese, and Ginger Evans Crescent Rolls.

To get started, roll out one can of crescent rolls and press the seams together. I used a pizza cutter to make 12 squares from our crescent dough.

Cutting Crescent Roll into squares

Owen helped me put each square into a greased muffin pan and then add a spoonful of pasta sauce and a meatball on top.

Meatballs into Sub Cups Mini Chef Mondays

If you’re thinking your two year old is too little to help in the kitchen, they’re not! Owen absolutely loved making sure that each cup had a meatball in it. After each meatball was added, he said “I did it”! He was so proud of himself for helping!

Sauce on Meatball Sub Cups Mini Chef Mondays

After they came out of the oven, Charlie spooned more sauce on top and we added provolone. Charlie used the pizza slicer to cut the cheese into quarters, perfect size for our meatball sub cups.

Slicing Cheese for Meatball Sub Cups

This is a little safer to me than him using a knife and he thought it was fun.

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Meatball Sub Cups
 
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Serves: 12 meatball cups
Ingredients
  • 1 can Ginger Evans crescent rolls
  • 1 cup Mantia's Pasta Sauce
  • 12 Mantia's Italian Style Meatballs, thawed
  • 3 slices Coburn Farms provolone cheese, quartered
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
  2. Roll out crescent dough and press seams together.
  3. Cut into 12 squares.
  4. Place each square into a greased muffin cup.
  5. Add a spoonful of pasta sauce and one meatball to each cup.
  6. Bake for 10 minutes.
  7. Add a spoonful of pasta sauce and a quarter slice of provolone cheese on top of baked meatballs.
  8. Bake an additional 2 minutes.
  9. Remove from pan and serve hot.

Meatball Sub Cups Process

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Mini Meatball Sub Cups

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Comments

  3. I love to make chili for game day. We can go back and forth to the stove for more, without having to miss any of the game.

    Thanks for a great giveaway!

    Reply

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