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Cheesy Garlic Bread Pizza Bombs

Cheesy Garlic Bread Pizza Bombs

These Cheesy Garlic Bread Pizza Bombs are warm, gooey, pull-apart snacks made with pizza dough or biscuit dough. Each bite has melted mozzarella, garlic butter, and pizza flavors inside a soft golden crust. You can make them fast with canned biscuits or create a festive pull-apart pizza tree using refrigerated pizza dough. Perfect for parties, game day, or a quick family snack.
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Equipment

  • Baking sheet
  • Parchment paper
  • Small bowl for butter mixture

Ingredients
  

  • Dough Options
  • Choose one:
  • Refrigerated pizza dough 1 lb – best for pull-apart shapes
  • Canned biscuit dough 8-count – best for quick bombs
  • Crescent roll dough or homemade pizza dough optional swaps
  • Filling
  • Mozzarella cubes or shredded mozzarella
  • Pepperoni slices or cooked sausage
  • Optional: diced peppers or mushrooms
  • 1 –2 tbsp pizza sauce use lightly to avoid leaking
  • Garlic Butter Topping
  • 2 –3 tbsp melted butter
  • 1 –2 cloves garlic minced
  • ½ –1 tsp Italian seasoning
  • Grated Parmesan
  • Optional: honey or crushed red pepper for sweet-heat twist
  • Dipping Sauces
  • Marinara
  • Ranch
  • Garlic butter dip
  • Cowboy butter
  • Hot honey
  • Tools
  • Baking sheet
  • Parchment paper
  • Small bowl for butter mixture

Instructions
 

  • Prep Dough
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment.
  • If using biscuits, split each biscuit in half.
  • If using pizza dough, cut into 12 equal squares.
  • Fill
  • Add a small amount of mozzarella and your filling of choice (pepperoni, sausage, peppers, etc.).
  • Add 1 small spoon of pizza sauce only if using — don’t overfill.
  • Seal
  • Gather dough edges, pinch seams tightly, and roll into a ball with your hands so nothing leaks.
  • Arrange
  • Place seam-side down on the baking sheet.
  • To make a pull-apart pizza tree, arrange balls into a tree shape.
  • Brush
  • Stir melted butter, garlic, Italian seasoning, and Parmesan.
  • Brush generously over the bombs.
  • Bake
  • Bake according to your dough type:
  • Pull-apart tree (pizza dough): 450°F for 15–20 minutes
  • Pillsbury skillet-style bombs: 350°F for ~25 minutes
  • Classic biscuit bombs: 375°F for 12–15 minutes
  • Bake until golden brown and cheese is melted.
  • Finish & Serve
  • Brush with remaining garlic butter.
  • Add Parmesan and parsley.
  • Serve warm with marinara or your favorite dipping sauce.

Notes

Chill assembled bombs up to 6 hours before baking.
Freeze baked bombs up to 2 months; reheat at 350°F.
Make spicy garlic pizza bites with pepper jack or crushed red pepper.
Swap sauces: pesto, Alfredo, or hot honey for new flavors.
Use pizza dough for stretchy centers, biscuit dough for fluffy centers.
Avoid leaks: don’t overfill and always pinch seams well.