Pizza Sliders For Kids

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Pizza Sliders are just perfect for kids, my kids have loved having them during the school holidays.

Toasted sliders filled with salami melted mozzarella and spinach leaves.

Why This Recipe Works

  • Easy to make
  • Fun to eat
  • A great way to expose kids to new tastes and textures.

Ingredients you will need

To make these kids sliders, you will need sliders (small soft bread rolls) , salami, mozzarella, baby spinach leaves, butter, and parmesan. but to be honest you can use this method to make any flavour sliders for kids, have fun and experiment with ingredients and flavour combinations!

The ingredients to make pizza sliders for kids laid out on a bench top with text overlay.

Substitutes & Slider Filling Ideas

To be absolutely honest you can substitute absolutely any filling you want in these sliders, use your favourite cheese, sprinkles the buns with seeds instead of parmesan, load the pizza sliders with other pizza fillings, sundried tomatoes, capsicum, olives, pepperoni are all yummy, or you can try some of my other slider options listed below.

  • Hawaiian sliders: Ham, cheese, and pineapple
  • Leftover sliders: Roast Turkey/Chicken, cranberry or a slice of apple, cheese
  • Caprese sliders: Tomato, basil, mozzarella
  • Breakfast sliders: Scrambled eggs, cheese
  • Lasagne sliders: Left over bolognese sauce, spinach and cheese.
  • Corn sliders: creamed corn, cheese

Step by step instructions

Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make pizza kids sliders, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below or watch the video

Step one: Preheat your oven to 200 degrees celsius

Step two: Split the buns in half, keep the buns connected, so you end up with a slice of bottoms and a slice of tops.

Eight slider buns that have been spilt in half horizontally.

Step three: Spread the bottoms with pizza sauce, top with a slice of salami, spinach leaves, and mozzarella.

A four photo collage showing the steps to layer the fillings to make pizza sliders.

Step four: Replace the top of the buns.

Step five: Melt the butter and brush the tops of the buns.

A woman's hand holding a small bowl of melted butter and pastry brush above eight small buns.

Step six: Sprinkle parmesan over the melted butter

Eight small buns on a baking paper lined tray dusted with parmesan.

Step seven: Bake at 200 degrees for 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

Pizza sliders ready to go in the oven.
Ready to go into the oven

Serve

A pizza slider sitting on a white plate, melted mozzarella oozing from the bun.

Top Tips

Here is how you can make these sliders perfectly every time!

  • If you don't want to use fresh mozzarella as I did, no problems at all, just be sure to pick a cheese that melts well. Colby, Havarti, Grated Cheddar, Gruyère, Swiss Cheese.
  • Brushing the sliders with melted butter before baking is not absolutely essential, but it gives them a lovely sheen and a little extra flavour.

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Pizza's are such a great way to expose kids to new tastes and textures, my veggie pizza bread is another great recipe where the spinach leaves are a little less visible. And my chickpea pizza base is an alternative way to make a high protein plant based pizza base you can pop any toppings on.

Toasted sliders sitting on a sheet of baking paper.


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Toasted sliders filled with salami melted mozzarella and spinach leaves.

Pizza Sliders

Sliders are quick to make, fun to eat and a great way to expose kids to new tastes and textures in an approachable way.
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Course: Lunch
Cuisine: New Zealand
Keyword: kids sliders, sliders for kids, pizza sliders, pepperoni sliders
Servings: 8 sliders
Calories: 170kcal
Author: Stacey

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Ingredients

  • 8 small bread rolls (sliders)
  • 4 tablespoon pizza sauce
  • 8 slices salami
  • 1 handful baby spinach leaves
  • 100 g mozzarella
  • 10 g butter
  • 2 tablespoon parmesan

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 200 degrees celisus
  • Split the buns in half horrizontaly, keep the buns connected, so you end up with a slice bottoms and a slice of tops.
  • Spread the bottoms with pizza sauce, top with a slice of salami, spinach leaves and mozzarella.
  • Replace the top of the buns.
  • Melt the butter and brush the tops of the buns.
  • Sprinkle parmesan over the melted butter
  • Bake at 200 degrees for 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
  • Serve

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Notes

Tips

  • If you don't want to use fresh mozzarella as I did, no problems at all, just be sure to pick a cheese that melts well. Colby, Havarti, Grated Cheddar, Gruyère, Swiss Cheese.
  • Brushing the sliders with melted butter before baking is not absolutely essential, but it gives them a lovely sheen and a little extra flavour.

Substitutions and Alternative Filling Ideas

To be absolutely honest you can substitute absolutely any filling you want in these sliders, use your favourite cheese, sprinkles the buns with seeds instead of parmesan, load the pizza sliders with other pizza fillings, sundried tomatoes, capsicum, olives, pepperoni are all yummy, or you can try some of my other slider options listed below.
  • Hawaiian sliders: Ham, cheese, and pineapple
  • Leftover sliders: Turkey/Chicken, cranberry or a slice of apple, cheese
  • Caprese sliders: Tomato, basil, mozzarella
  • Breakfast sliders: Scrambled eggs, cheese
  • Lasagne sliders: Left-over bolognese sauce, spinach and cheese.
  • Corn sliders: creamed corn, cheese
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Nutrition

Serving: 1slider | Calories: 170kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 305mg | Potassium: 92mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 480IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 110mg | Iron: 1mg
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