This Baked Cheese Sticks recipe is filled with delicious Ham & Mozzarella Cheese. These Homemade Mozzarella Cheese Sticks are healthier than the traditional fried version. These Ham and Cheese Sticks are a snack you can feel great about feeding your family. So easy and yum!
Baked Cheese Sticks (Ham & Cheese)
This Baked Cheese Sticks Recipe is a healthier take on fried Cheese Sticks. They’re filled with Ham & Cheese for a whole new flavor! It’s such a fun idea for a kids dinner, but you’ll want to sneak a bite or two.
We are BIG fans of mozzarella cheese sticks around here but I don’t really want to be feeding Henry a bunch of fried foods. These are the best of both worlds. They’re easy to make, super flavorful, full of melty cheese, and baked to perfection!
It’s like a ham and cheese sandwich, wrapped up into an easy (and fun) to eat stick.
Healthy Ham & Cheese Sticks Recipe – Baked not Fried!
The best part about these ham & mozzarella cheese sticks is that they’re baked instead of fried. They may not be the epitome of health, but baked mozzarella sticks are infinitely better than their fried counterpart. This mozzarella sticks recipe is so fun to serve at home for the whole family!
If Henry really is my son, then he’s going to LOVE LOVE LOVE cheese. Any kind, any form, any meal. All day every day. I love that this baked mozzarella sticks recipe is an easy and relatively healthy way for kids and adults to get their cheese fix. Wrapped in ham and baked into an eggroll is an amazing way to eat melty cheese. We are big fans of these cheese sticks!
How to Make Cheese Sticks
Making traditional deep-fried mozzarella sticks isn’t the easiest (or healthiest). So instead of how to make mozzarella cheese sticks, I’m going to show you how to make this BAKED Mozzarella Sticks Recipe.
There are a few difference between the mozzarella cheese sticks you’re used to and these baked ham & cheese sticks, but I promise you’re going to love them! These Homemade Mozzarella Sticks are going to be even better.
What’s so different about these baked cheese sticks?
- They are BAKED instead of fried
- We’re using eggroll wrappers instead of deep-fried breading
- We’re adding in some tasty ham
- And to make things easy, we’re using mozzarella cheese sticks for the cheese filling
Once you try this Homemade Cheese Sticks Recipe, you’ll never want to go back to those fried Mozzarella Sticks (okay, maybe just every once in a while for a guilty treat). But you really won’t miss them once you’ve had these Ham & Cheese Sticks. And your kids will love them too!
These Baked Ham & Cheese Mozzarella Sticks would be a great way to ring in the new year, celebrate the Super Bowl, or just have for after school snacks at home.
It’s a great way to feel good about the snacks you’re giving your family. I’m not saying these baked mozzarella sticks are healthy, but they are a healthier twist on a favorite. You gotta indulge every once in a while!
Stay tuned for even more kid friendly food! If you have any requests please leave them below! I’m looking forward to brainstorming. Hope you enjoy :)
More Kid-friendly Recipes
- Baked Chicken Nuggets
- Tortilla Rollups
- Apple Cheddar Waffle Sandwich
- Baked Avocado Fries
- Air Fryer Fish Sticks
- Baked Mozzarella Sticks
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Baked Ham and Cheese Mozzarella Sticks
Ingredients
- 12 eggroll wrappers 7 inch
- 12 slices honey ham thinly sliced
- 12 Mozzarella Sticks (string cheese)
- Olive Oil
- garlic salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Lay an eggroll wrap down in a diamond shape and place a slice of ham in the middle. Place one mozzarella stick in the middle of the ham. Fold in the sides of the wrapper into the cheese and then roll up the entire wrapper to create eggroll shape. Place on baking sheet seam side down.
- Brush each stick lightly with olive oil and sprinkle with garlic salt to taste.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until browned to your liking (you might want to check them with a couple minutes left as all ovens are different). Remove from the oven and turn the sticks. Place back in the oven for 4-5 more minutes or until browned.
- Serve with dipping sauce of your choice.
- Enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
I absolutely love these. I put mine in the air fryer on 350 for 7 minutes and they are soooo good!!!
I’m so happy to hear you love them, Shera! Thanks so much for sharing your air fryer results!
Very disappointing, would not do it again, better to buy frozen ones and air fry
I’m sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy this recipe, Teagh!
I thought they were very bland!
I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy this recipe, Maria!
Add honey mustard and they are amazing!
try a different cheese mozzerella in my opinion does not go well with ham I used pepper jack
Mine turned out great! I wonder if it’s the type of mozzarella being used? Maybe some oilier than others? I want to try in air fryer next:)
I’m so glad you enjoyed them, Diane!
I admit, I was a little nervous when I after I read the reviews but I had no problems with this recipe at all. I did use a smoked ham instead of the honey ham, and my only issue was I underestimated how many pieces were in the package so six of mine had two pieces and six had one! They baked up very nice. I may have bake them for a little bit longer than your recipe, one of them stuck and I was using tinfoil instead of parchment paper, but otherwise the rest of them all flipped over and crisp up nicely. They were crispy cheesy and they were eaten faster than I could take a photo!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
How many calories are in one of them?
186 calories per stick!
Can’t really comment on the recipe as written. After reading all the comments, I used puff pastry to make the breadsticks. Used grated mozzarella instead of string cheese (felt that was way too much cheese). Egg washed the breadsticks and added sesame seeds. Got a two thumbs up from my granddaughter
Thanks for sharing what worked for you, Cathy!
So basically you made a different product/recipe altogether, but then rated the recipe that you did not make? That’s sketchy and unfair entirely.
Made these and they would not crisp up in my oven. Added an extra 5 minutes on normal bake and then 5 more on convection. The wrappers never browned and all the cheese burst through the wrappers.
I’m sorry this recipe didn’t work out for you!
Can these be frozen, either already baked or unbaked? I’m imaging making a lot of them, then I can just take out a few from the freezer and pop them into the oven.
Absolutely! Freeze them baked or unbaked in a single layer on a baking sheet until solid (1-2 hours), then transfer to an airtight container or Ziplock bag to store. You can keep them frozen for about 3 months. Bake from frozen, adding 2-3 minutes to the final bake time. If you freeze them fully baked, you should only need to bake them for 5-10 minutes, until hot inside.
These did not work for me. By the time the cheese oozed out the wrapper was no where near done. Ended up taking them from the oven to the air fryer just to get some crisp… and they still werent done. I dont think I will make this again. Sorry.
I’m sorry this recipe didn’t work out for you!