The dough is found in the dairy section and comes in tubes all you have to do is unroll it, fill it, and bake your bombs and these couldn't be easier to make or more delicious.
The dough is versatile with many filling possibilities and is perfect for a quick lunch, snack, or party finger food!
The fillings can be endless with ideas, from all vegetables to meat combinations of your favorite and these can be served warm as they are or with your favorite Dipping Sauce.
Take a stroll through all the wonderful filling suggestions below and if you're in a hurry hit print on our recipe card below and avoid the ads.
Stuffed Little Bread Dough Bomb Ideas
- use condiments on the dough before adding meats
- make assorted filling IE 4 kinds of chopped cold cuts to be like an ultimate Italian submarine
- prepare an assorted tray for party appetizers and sprinkle the tops differently to remember what's inside (pepper strips, sliced grape tomatoes, chopped olives, or fresh herbs
- add a taco filling
- use leftover chopped cooked meats and rotisserie chicken
- make pizza bombs using meatballs, sausage, pepperoni
- serve with a side of one of our 14 kinds of dipping sauces or warmed marinara tomato sauce, creamy Parmesan salad dressing, or garlic aioli
Shopping List for Food Dough Bombs (scroll down for exact measurements)
- refrigerated biscuit dough any brand
- black forest ham
- your favorite cheese off a block cubed
- granulated garlic powder, oregano
- Italian herbs
- grated cheese
- cooking oil spray
Tips
- use small cubes of cheese
- place the filling in the center and roll it around to cover the filling
- a sprinkle of cheese on top and Italian herbs or sesame seeds make a tasty topping
- the dough will stay soft if you brush it with butter after baking
- always bake this on parchment paper or a Silpat mat for easy removal
- the balls should be close together before baking so they stick together as they expand the cooking
- spray parchment paper with cooking oil to avoid sticking
- use crescent roll, buttermilk biscuit dough or another refrigerated dough of any brand you prefer and for larger food bombs get the GRAND size biscuits
- Note: don't worry if they open and leak the cheese bakes crispy and delicious!
Optional Filling Combinations for Stuffing Dough Balls:
- Note: for all multiple stuffing ingredients use two packages of dough and make larger crescent dough balls
- Philly Steak Stuffed Dough Balls: finely chopped cooked ribeye steak, sauteed onions chopped, provolone cheese
- Pepperoni Pizza Stuffed Dough: finely chopped pepperoni, tomato sauce, and shredded mozzarella or provolone
- Chicken Parm Stuffing: cooked finely chopped diced breaded chicken, tomato sauce, and mozzarella cheese
- Crab Stuffed Dough: crab meat, minced garlic, cream cheese
- Shrimp and Spinach Stuffed Dough: baby shrimp or scallops chopped, chopped fresh spinach, minced garlic, and cream cheese
- Hawaiian Style Stuffing: chopped ham, pineapple, mixed with cream cheese and shredded cheddar
- Pepper Poppers Stuffing: jalapeno, cream cheese, white sharp shredded cheddar
- Italian Sausage Stuffing: cooked loose Italian sausage, finely chopped roasted peppers, chopped olives, mozzarella, minced garlic
- Lobster Lovers Stuffing: lobster chopped, cream cheese or jack cheese, minced garlic
- Chicken Marsala Stuffing: diced cooked chicken, a dash of marsala wine, provolone cubed granulated garlic powder,
- Vegetarian: small pieces of cauliflower, or chopped broccoli, minced garlic, finely chopped spinach, sundried tomatoes, shredded mozzarella, romano cheese, artichoke hearts, green beans cooked
- Southern Style Stuffed Dough Balls: ground breakfast-style cooked sausage of any kind, shredded Monterey cheese or cheddar
- Little Smokies: place a little hotdog, sausage, or little smoke in the center add a little condiment like mustard and some sharp cheddar, and make little cheese dogs
- Assorted Cold Cuts and Cheeses: we stick to pepperoni sliced and ham with different cheeses but you can use roast beef, bologna, turkey, salami, or whatever your family prefers
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Basic Food Bomb Recipe
If you want to make an assortment, just get a variety of cold cuts and cheeses the sky is the limit on what you are filling the dough bombs with.
This food bombs are not only simple to make but fun to eat, and a surprise can be found when making an assortment in each food bomb.
The combinations are really endless, from keeping it simple with just cheese to stuffing the dough with a favorite pizza topping, so get your creative thinking cap on and invent some food bombs of your own.
Yield: 8
Refrigerator Dough Food Bombs
Refrigerator dough filled with a variety of meats and vegetables baked into little food bombs and so delicious!
Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 12 MinTotal time: 22 Min
Ingredients
- 1 package of 8 Refrigerator dough, crescent rolls, or buttermilk biscuits
- Note: pizza dough can be used however the baking time will vary. The recipe can be doubled or tripled.
- 1 slice of cooked meat per food bomb
- 1 small cube of any flavors or kinds of cheese you prefer for each food bomb
- (assorted cold cuts, cooked meats, and chopped vegetables refer to the Notes below for combinations
- Garnish: Mixed Italian herbs, grated Parmesan cheese, cooking oil spray
- Food Bomb Identifiers when making an assortment of filling (use these topping ideas):
- Top dough before baking: sliced olives, and sliced grape tomatoes. chopped peppers, sliced garlic cloves, sesame seeds, egg wash or cooking oil spray each one before adding to the dough
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Prepare and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or use a silicon mat.
- Roll each piece of dough out and flatten.
- Add the desired filling in the center.
- Wrap the dough around to close.
- Roll into balls.
- Spray the top with cooking oil spray or egg wash.
- Add any toppings to the dough balls as suggested in the notes.
- Bake at 400 degrees until browned.
- Serve hot with dipping sauces, easy garlic aioli, marinara, etc.
Notes
Tips
- use small cubes of cheese
- place the filling in the center and roll it around to cover the filling
- a sprinkle of cheese on top and Italian herbs or sesame seeds make a tasty topping
- the dough will stay soft if you brush it with butter after baking
- always bake this on parchment paper or a Silpat mat for easy removal
- the balls should be close together before baking so they stick together as they expand the cooking
- spray parchment paper with cooking oil to avoid sticking
- use crescent roll, buttermilk biscuit dough or another refrigerated dough of any brand you prefer and for larger food bombs get the GRAND size biscuits
- Note: don't worry if they open and leak the cheese bakes crispy and delicious!
Optional Filling Combinations for Stuffing Dough Balls:
- Note: for all multiple stuffing ingredients use two packages of dough and make larger crescent dough balls
- Philly Steak Stuffed Dough Balls: finely chopped cooked ribeye steak, sauteed onions chopped, provolone cheese
- Pepperoni Pizza Stuffed Dough: finely chopped pepperoni, tomato sauce, and shredded mozzarella or provolone
- Chicken Parm Stuffing: cooked finely chopped diced breaded chicken, tomato sauce, and mozzarella cheese
- Crab Stuffed Dough: crab meat, minced garlic, cream cheese
- Shrimp and Spinach Stuffed Dough: baby shrimp or scallops chopped, chopped fresh spinach, minced garlic, and cream cheese
- Hawaiian Style Stuffing: chopped ham, pineapple, mixed with cream cheese and shredded cheddar
- Pepper Poppers Stuffing: jalapeno, cream cheese, white sharp shredded cheddar
- Italian Sausage Stuffing: cooked loose Italian sausage, finely chopped roasted peppers, chopped olives, mozzarella, minced garlic
- Lobster Lovers Stuffing: lobster chopped, cream cheese or jack cheese, minced garlic
- Chicken Marsala Stuffing: diced cooked chicken, a dash of marsala wine, provolone cubed granulated garlic powder,
- Vegetarian: small pieces of cauliflower, or chopped broccoli, minced garlic, finely chopped spinach, sundried tomatoes, shredded mozzarella, romano cheese, artichoke hearts, green beans cooked
- Southern Style Stuffed Dough Balls: ground breakfast-style cooked sausage of any kind, shredded Monterey cheese or cheddar
- Little Smokies: place a little hotdog, sausage, or little smoke in the center add a little condiment like mustard and some sharp cheddar, and make little cheese dogs
- Assorted Cold Cuts and Cheeses: we stick to pepperoni sliced and ham with different cheeses but you can use roast beef, bologna, turkey, salami, or whatever your family prefers
Stuffed Little Bread Dough Bomb Ideas
- use condiments on the dough before adding meats
- make assorted filling IE 4 kinds of chopped cold cuts to be like an ultimate Italian submarine
- prepare an assorted tray for party appetizers and sprinkle the tops differently to remember what's inside (pepper strips, sliced grape tomatoes, chopped olives, or fresh herbs
- add a taco filling
- use leftover chopped cooked meats and rotisserie chicken
- make pizza bombs using meatballs, sausage, pepperoni
- serve with a side of dipping sauce or warmed tomato sauce depending on what kind you are making
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