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Healthy Pizza Dippers

Published: Sep 3, 2020 by Terri Gilson · Modified: Aug 1, 2022 · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links · 12 Comments

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pizza dipper being dipped into pizza sauce with pieces, an apple, carrots and lunch bag in background.
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It's back to school time! And although my kids are now teenagers and making their own lunches most of the time, the lunch struggle is still very real. If my son could eat pizza every day, he would. And it's my job to manage that. So, when I heard about Pizza Dippers, I wanted to make my own healthier version.

Pizza dipper being dipped into pizza sauce with pieces of pieces around it on white plate. White ranch dip on plate as well.

These Healthy Pizza Dippers are healthier and simple to make because I make them with 2 ingredient dough (which is simply self-rising flour and non-fat Greek yogurt - see Top Tip to make your own self-rising flour), pizza sauce, turkey pepperoni or low-fat ham/other sandwich meat and light cheddar cheese. Pizza Dippers are a teenagers dream lunch. They are also great for game day or movie night, as well as being Weight Watchers friendly @ 3 WW points on my plan. Click HERE to see how much they are on your plan!

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  • 🥘 Ingredients
  • 🔢WW Points
  • 🔪 Instructions
  • 💭 Top tip
  • 📖 Variations
  • 🥗 Side dishes
  • 🌡️Storing
  • ⭐ Reviews
  • 📋 Healthy Pizza Dippers Recipe
  • 🥪🎒More "Ready to Eat" School Lunch Ideas!

There are few things that make teenagers happier than pizza.... And when you have kids, you want to balance giving them treats to make them happy with making sure they eat healthy. These healthy pizza dippers are the best of both worlds- a healthy pizza treat!

Pizza dipper being dipped into pizza sauce with pieces of pieces around it on white plate. White ranch dip on plate as well.

🥘 Ingredients

Healthier pizza recipes are hard to come by. So if you're looking for a recipe for lunches, snacks or game day, give these a try! They are even Weight Watchers friendly. My kids have always eaten the same meals that I eat. There are no 'separate meals' in our house. And although they may be Weight Watchers friendly meals, they are simply 'healthy meals" and it's basic, healthy eating. That's also how I grew up - I didn't even realize that many of my Mom's recipes were Weight Watchers recipes. As parents, we want to set them up for success and that includes teaching them healthy eating habits. They also happen to love my Weight Watchers Pizza and it's the same 2 ingredient dough I use in this recipe.

2 ingredient Weight Watchers pizza dough with flour and greek yogurt in background

For this pizza dipper recipe, you'll also need: 

  • pizza sauce
  • shredded low-fat cheddar cheese
  • turkey pepperoni
  • light parmesan cheese

🔢WW Points

These pepperoni pizza dippers are Weight Watchers friendly @ 3 WW points on my plan. Click HERE to see how much they are on your plan!

🔪 Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray 9X13 baking sheet with non-stick spray or line with parchment paper.
  2. Pizza Dough: Stir together yogurt and flour until a thick dough forms. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until it forms a dough ball. Add a little more flour if it's too sticky.
  3. Begin rolling dough, gradually spreading it evenly across the pan. You can use a rolling pin and/or your hands. 
  4. Spread pizza dough out level to the edges on cookie sheet, in a large rectangle. Do not make pizza crust at the edges
  5. Toppings: Spread pizza sauce evenly.
  6. Then add cheddar cheese.
  7. Add slices of pepperoni, distributing evenly.
  8. Then add Parmesan cheese.
  9. Bake 25 minutes. Remove from oven when golden brown and cool for 5-10 minutes.
collage of 9 photos showing how to make pizza dippers
  • Slice into 7 long pieces widthwise with a pizza cutter.
  • Then cut each piece in half, lengthwise. You will have 14 equal pieces.
  • Dip! * You can use pizza sauce, Alfredo sauce, marinara sauce, buffalo sauce, ranch or any sauce you wish.

💭 Top tip

 Self-rising flour is all-purpose flour with baking powder and salt added.

To make your own:

PER CUP (remember: this recipe needs 1.5 cups so multiply ingredients by 1.5):

Combine 1. cup of all-purpose flour with 1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder and ½ teaspoon of salt.

Pizza Dippers are the perfect healthy school lunch because they are a 'ready to eat school lunch.' And everyone knows that pizza is just as awesome cold as it is hot! And not every kid has access to a microwave. And given the times we're living in now, there may be no microwave access for those that used to have it. And even if there is, some would opt not to use it. Our school recently sent a notification that kids need to have a ready to eat lunch.  

📖 Variations

The bonus is that you can mix up this simple recipe with different toppings and dips:

Dips: ranch, Alfredo, marinara, chipotle, buffalo wing or simply pizza sauce- the dip possibilities are endless!

Other toppings: regular pepperoni, turkey sausage, low-fat ham, strips of bell pepper, green peppers, light feta cheese, Italian seasoning or add your favorite pizza toppings

Pizza dipper being dipped into pizza sauce in a small plastic container on a crumpled brown paper bag with and apple and baby carrots in the background.

🥗 Side dishes

I love to pack this lunch with:

  • vegetables: carrot sticks or cucumber slices
  • fruit
  • a healthy dessert

Here are some healthy make-ahead and ready to eat dessert options to pair with this lunch:

  • Healthy Applesauce & Spinach Brownies
  • Healthy Banana, Chocolate Chip and Pineapple Muffins
  • Vegan Fruit & Oat Bars (dairy, nut, gluten, egg and sugar-free)
  • No Bake Healthy Chocolate Rocky Road Bars  (my daughter's friends were begging her to share this one!)
  • Healthy Blueberry Cornbread

I've noticed that as kids get older lunches don't necessarily get any easier. You still have to plan it, buy the ingredients, make sure you are stocked with quick and easy things for them to grab. In fact, it can be harder because they get pickier. That's where this easy lunch comes in!

🌡️Storing

These Healthy Pizza Dippers can be made ahead, frozen, heated or eaten cold, making them the perfect lunch box meal because they are ready to eat. You can also serve them with different dips or as an after-school snack or game day snack.

pizza dipper being dipped into pizza sauce with pieces, an apple, carrots and lunch bag in background.

And because I know my kids will have no option to heat up their lunch, this year poses even more school lunch challenges. The great thing about these Healthy Pizza Dippers school lunch is that they are a grab and go, cold lunch that can be made in advance and frozen. Teens can help make it and older teenagers can make it themselves with my simple step by step directions in the recipe instructions. So, if you're looking for packed lunch ideas for kids (and parents) of all ages, then give these Healthy Pizza Dippers a try! 

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Did you make this pizza dippers recipe? Please RATE THE RECIPE below!

SEE MORE READY TO EAT LUNCH IDEAS UNDER THE RECIPE CARD!

Pizza dipper being dipped into pizza sauce with pieces of pieces around it on white plate. White ranch dip on plate as well.
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📋 Healthy Pizza Dippers Recipe

These Healthy Pizza Dippers are quick and easy to make with 2 ingredient dough (Greek yogurt and flour). They can be made ahead, frozen, heated or eaten cold, making them the perfect lunch box meal because they are ready to eat. You can serve them with different dips and as an after school or game day snack. And for parents, they are even Weight Watchers friendly!
5 from 5 votes
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Course: lunch, Snack
Cuisine: American, Canadian
Keyword: healthy, pizza, pizza dippers
Special Diet: Weight Watchers
Servings: 14 pieces
Calories: 103kcal
Author: Terri Gilson
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
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Ingredients

Dough

  • 1.5 cups self-rising flour *see NOTES for substitution
  • 1.5 cups non- fat plain Greek yogurt (0%) * you can substitute regular Greek yogurt
  • ¾ cup - of your fave pizza sauce
  • 1 cup shredded low-fat cheddar * or substitute light mozzarella cheese
  • ½ cup turkey pepperoni or low-fat meat *15 thin sliced pieces
  • 3 Tbsp light or non- fat Parmesan cheese
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray 9X13 baking sheet with non-stick spray or line with parchment paper.
    baking sheet being sprayed with non-stick cooking spray

Dough

  • Stir together yogurt and flour until a thick dough forms. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until it forms a dough ball. Add a little more flour if it's too sticky.
    Greek yogurt and self-rising flour mixed together to form ball for pizza dough
  • Begin rolling dough, gradually spreading it evenly across the pan. You can use a rolling pin and/or your hands. 
    dough being rolled out onto cookie sheet
  • Spread pizza dough out level to the edges on cookie sheet. Do not make crust at the edges
    2 ingredient dough spread out to the edges of the baking sheet

Toppings

  • Spread pizza sauce evenly,
    Pizza sauce spread evenly on 2 ingredient dough
  • Then add cheddar cheese.
    cheddar cheese on top of pizza sauce
  • Add meat, distributing evenly.
    meat added to pizza dippers
  • Then add Parmesan cheese.
    Parmesan cheese added to pizza dippers
  • Bake 25 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and cool for 5-10 minutes
    cooked pizza removed from oven
  • Slice into 7 long pieces widthwise
  • Then cut each piece in half, lengthwise. You will have 14 pieces
  • And dip! * You can use pizza sauce, Alfredo sauce, marinara sauce, buffalo sauce, ranch or any sauce you wish.
    pizza dipper being dipped into piece sauce with other pizza dippers surrounding it on plate

Notes

*See post contents for important recipe information and tips! 
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Nutrition Facts
📋 Healthy Pizza Dippers Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 slice)
Calories 103 Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Fat 2g3%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Cholesterol 13mg4%
Sodium 295mg13%
Potassium 137mg4%
Carbohydrates 12g4%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 9g18%
Vitamin A 78IU2%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 72mg7%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 103kcal (5%) | Carbohydrates: 12g (4%) | Protein: 9g (18%) | Fat: 2g (3%) | Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) | Cholesterol: 13mg (4%) | Sodium: 295mg (13%) | Potassium: 137mg (4%) | Fiber: 1g (4%) | Sugar: 1g (1%) | Vitamin A: 78IU (2%) | Vitamin C: 1mg (1%) | Calcium: 72mg (7%) | Iron: 1mg (6%)
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Comments

  1. Sabrina

    September 11, 2020 at 11:43 am

    These are brilliant, my kids love you! And I do too, this is a really easy and great pizza dough recipe and my son is totally excited about having these in his lunch. Really simple and really tasty.

    Reply
    • Terri Gilson

      September 12, 2020 at 7:42 am

      Glad you loved them, Sabrina!

      Reply
  2. Ivory Hauptly

    September 11, 2020 at 12:04 pm

    Mind if I share your post on GPLUS? It's very Zeitgeist-y!

    Reply
    • Terri Gilson

      September 12, 2020 at 7:41 am

      Hi Ivory,
      Sure, but not the whole recipe, please! Some of the recipe and a link to my post would be great.
      Thanks
      Terri

      Reply
  3. Vanessa

    September 11, 2020 at 4:32 pm

    My two boys would love these! Always looking for ideas to fill them up.

    Reply
    • Terri Gilson

      September 12, 2020 at 7:41 am

      Thanks, Vanessa! Hope they enjoy them - my kids loved them!

      Reply
  4. NANCY

    September 12, 2020 at 5:00 pm

    great bite size for kids!!

    Reply
  5. Kristen

    September 14, 2020 at 12:28 pm

    These are perfect for our daughter! She will love the size, and she goes crazy for any kind of dip!

    Reply
  6. Cynthia Priest

    September 14, 2020 at 1:15 pm

    I love making pizza but don’t like the wait times for yeast to rise. The idea of using Greek yogurt and flour for pizza is brilliant! Thank you for sharing. Will try this for my sons’ preschool lunches.

    Reply
    • Terri Gilson

      September 15, 2020 at 4:32 am

      Thanks, Cynthia! I agree - rising time sucks! Hope your son enjoys it 🙂

      Reply
  7. Leigh

    July 28, 2022 at 8:53 pm

    I make pizza similar to this with everyone getting the toppings they want. But after reading your post,I'm now going to make them specifically for school lunches. My question is, when do you freeze this...before or after cooking??

    Reply
    • Terri Gilson

      July 28, 2022 at 8:57 pm

      Hi Leigh,
      I would freeze them AFTER cooking 🙂
      Enjoy!
      Terri

      Reply

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