If you are fed up with trying to make homemade mozzarella sticks with bread crumbs then you have to try this recipe using wonton wrappers! It uses 2 simple ingredients and they can be made in the air fryer or oven.
I have tried a couple of times to make mozzarella sticks using breadcrumbs. When you place the mozzarella sticks in the oven, they turn out like melted mozzarella fingers. A friend suggested to maybe try freezing the sticks made with panko bread crumbs but even that doesn't help much.
I had come across a recipe for fried mozzarella sticks using wonton wrappers and one there was a suggested comment that said to try baking them instead. What a great idea, and that ended up working very well.
I used Sargento Light Mozzarella Sticks. They are like 45 calories a piece and I cut them in half and rolled them in wonton wrappers. Wonton wrappers and egg roll wrappers are pretty much the same
How to Make Baked Mozzarella Sticks:
Place a piece of string cheese near the bottom corner of one egg roll wrapper (keep remaining wrappers covered with a damp paper towel until ready to use). Fold bottom corner over cheese. Roll up halfway; fold sides toward center over cheese. Moisten remaining corner with water; roll up tightly to seal. Repeat with remaining wrappers and cheese.
Spray cheese sticks with cooking spray and sprinkle with salt.
Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Turn and bake for another 5 minutes. Serve with marinara sauce or whatever sauce you like to dip your cheese sticks in. I actually like salsa.
Air Fryer Mozzarella Sticks
If you are using your air fryer, Set your air fryer to 350 degrees and set the mozzarella sticks in
Baked Mozzarella Sticks
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
If you are fed up with trying to make homemade mozzarella sticks with bread crumbs then you have to try this recipe using wonton wrappers! It uses 2 simple ingredients and they can be made in the air fryer or oven.
Ingredients
4 Light Mozzarella String Cheese Sticks (such as Sargento)
4 Egg Roll Wrappers
Cooking Spray salt
Marinara or spaghetti sauce for dipping
Instructions
Place a piece of string cheese near the bottom corner of one egg roll wrapper (keep remaining wrappers covered with a damp paper towel until ready to use). Fold bottom corner over cheese. Roll up halfway; fold sides toward center over cheese. Moisten remaining corner with water; roll up tightly to seal. Repeat with remaining wrappers and cheese. Spray cheese sticks with cooking spray and sprinkle with salt. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Turn and bake for another 5 minutes. Serve with marinara sauce or whatever sauce you like to dip your cheese sticks in. I actually like salsa.
Notes
WW Freestyle Points: 2
nutrition info does not include a dipping sauce
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Oven or Air Fryer
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mozzarella stick
- Calories: 130
- Sugar: 2g
- Fat: 3g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Carbohydrates: 17g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 9g
Keywords: air fryer mozzarella sticks
jgisvold says
I believe the cheese is going to melt through no matter what. I've tried making baked cheese sticks with bread crumbs before and they did the exact same thing. I kind of like it when the cheese oozes out a bit then it gets all crusty.
Heather says
These are so good, but mine oozed cheese all over before they were half way cooked as well. Someone suggested freezing the cheese first, has anyone tried that?
jgisvold says
Hi, please see this post. https://www.recipe-diaries.com/2013/03/02/avocado-egg-rolls-and-a-secret/
eme27fl says
How on earth did you keep these from exploding? Ive done these twice and ended up with wonton mozzarella caserole instead due to them exploding cheese all over. Won't try them again. 🙁
Krystle(Baking Beauty) says
I tried baking mozarella with panko too and it was a patchy,unbrown disaster. I'll have to try these instead! 🙂
amy says
I made these with wonton wrappers and light sting cheese and instead of olive oil just sprayed them with cooking spray before sprinkling with salt. Turned out really good!
Lori says
I made these this evening. I love the idea of baking them, but next time I will use half of a wrapper. It was too much 'dough'. But love this idea! Just needs a little tweaking! 🙂
jgisvold says
When I made these, the cheese oozed out quite a bit too. I kind of like that because the cheese got crispy in the oven.
Tyler says
I can not get the cheese to stop coming out. I tried wrapping them tighter and even tried turning the heat down a bit.....my last attempt will be to freeze the cheese stick not sure yet if that will work....they do taste pretty good though even though the cheese comes out
jgisvold says
Was the white tint powder on it before baking? If so, I think that's just flour and should be ok.