Healthy Mozzarella Sticks — 🧀😍🙌 These homemade mozzarella cheese sticks are HEALTHIER and made with only TWO INGREDIENTS! They’re baked, not fried, and are incredibly CRISPY on the outside and ooey-gooey on the inside! The perfect snack or appetizer for football parties, holidays, or any time you’re craving mozzarella sticks!
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Low-Fat, Low-Calorie Mozzarella Sticks
The words “skinny” and “cheese sticks” normally don’t go together. Except here they do because these cheese sticks are only 110 calories each!
Rather than being fried, they’re baked, and yes, there are only two ingredients. Egg roll wrappers and low-fat mozzarella string cheese.
They’re crispy on the outside, soft and gooey on the inside. It’s impossible to say no to luscious melted cheese.
They make a convenient after-school snack for kids or a satisfying midnight snack for mommies. Or a perfect game-day snack for all the Super Bowl fans. Something lighter can’t hurt.
Comfort food, with a skinny twist, so you can still indulge without the bulge. And infinitely more satisfying than those store-bought 100-calorie snack packs. No comparison.
Ingredients for Healthy Mozzarella Cheese Sticks
Because we aren’t frying these baked mozzarella sticks, there’s no need for complicated ingredients with these healthy cheese sticks. Here are the two items you need:
- Low-Fat or Part Skim Mozzarella String Cheese
- Egg Roll Wrappers (also known as wonton wrappers) – You can usually find these in the refrigerated section of most local grocery stores. You’re looking for wrappers with flour as the first ingredient, not to be confused with shelf-stable rice paper wrappers, for making fresh spring rolls, usually found in the ethnic foods aisle on a shelf
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
Want Extra Crispy Mozzarella Sticks?
To help them brown up and get a bit crisper, spray the wrappers with a fine misting of olive oil. Just a teeny tiny bit. Non-stick cooking spray or something like the Misto Olive Oil Sprayer works great, and you can keep the calories and fat way down with either option.
Alternatively, brush them very judiciously with olive oil. You don’t want to submerge these skinny sticks with an oil slick and defeat the purpose!
How to Make Baked Mozzarella Cheese Sticks
This is hardly even a ‘recipe’ because it’s so fast and easy. Just roll up your string cheese in a wrapper and bake for about 15 minutes or until the cheese is melty!
- Place a cheese stick about 1 inch from the margin of the egg roll wrapper, fold the sides in, and roll up as tightly as possible. Take care to wrap the cheese sticks really well with the egg roll wrappers. The wrapper should be doubled up around the cheese stick to prevent the cheese from oozing out as it bakes.
- Place cheese sticks bundle seam-side down on a lined baking sheet tray.
- Optionally spray or brush with olive oil.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Optionally, spray with additional olive oil spray, and flip the cheese sticks over.
- Return to oven and bake for another 5 minutes or until golden brown all over.
What to serve with healthy mozzarella sticks
Recipe FAQs
I think rice paper would be really thin, and you’d have to use a few to wrap them up or the cheese will try to ‘explode’ when it gets warm and expands. So, rice paper might work but I can’t say for certain.
Use either pizza sauce or marinara sauce (I’ve linked my two homemade recipes, but store-bought works fine too!). Ranch dressing is also a popular option!
Possibly, but I’ve only ever baked this recipe so I can’t say for certain. However, I have an air fried mozzarella cheese stick recipe on my site that you can make! It’s a traditional breaded version but the air fryer keeps the cheese sticks lighter.
If the mozzarella keeps oozing out of its wrapper in the oven, it’s likely that your wonton wrappers were a little on the skimpy side. I was sure to really bundle mine up, wrapping them like logs, around and around, with the wrapper. If you don’t double up the wrapper the cheese oozes out.
This recipe is best served right away. However, if needed, you can transfer leftover cheese sticks to a Ziplock bag or airtight container, and store them in the refrigerator for up to 1-2 days. Reheat them in the air fryer or oven to keep them crisp, or quickly warm them in the microwave.
You can, but I recommend making my air fryer mozzarella sticks instead. It uses flour, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, onion powder, and other seasonings for a more classic recipe.
I wanted to make something different for our neighborhood Halloween party tonight and these have been a huge hit (there is one left)!
Paula
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Healthy Mozzarella Sticks
Equipment
- 1 Baking Sheet
Ingredients
- 1 eggroll, or wonton wrapper (56 calories)
- 1 low-fat mozzarella sting cheese stick, 50 calories
- olive oil cooking spray, Misto-sprayed olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F. Line a baking sheet with a Silpat or spray with cooking spray; set aside.
- Place cheese stick about 1 inch from the margin of the wrapper, fold the sides in, and roll up as tightly as possible. Place the bundle seam side down on baking tray.
- Optionally, very lightly spray or brush with olive oil.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes and remove tray from oven.
- Optionally, spray/brush with additional olive oil and flip stick to ensure it browns evenly on both sides.
- Return to oven and bake for about 5 to 8 additional minutes, or until golden brown or done to taste. Of the 8 sticks I made, 1 stick had cheese burst through the center of the wrapper, a little ‘explosion’ from the internal pressure as the temperature rose and the cheese melted. Keep an eye on your sticks in the final moments of baking, and if you notice any leaking or bursting, remove from oven immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This is the best idea ever, Averie!
so yummy!!! Pinned… I love mozz sticks… going to have to try these for sure!!
Thanks for the pin!
These may be only two ingredients but oh my goodness, your pictures make them look so much fancier, Averie! Love that they’re super simple. And I so agree with you about the dipping sauce – I’ll have a little mozzarella with my marinara, please. :)
I’ll have a little mozzarella with my marinara <--- that is SO me. Or lettuce with my salad dressing. Cake with my frosting. etc etc....
Brilliant…just brilliant!!
Is That possible? Hand me a calculator. XOGREG
LOL :)
Mmm … wow I could just eat one (or three) of these about right now. I think I definitely would be one of those people who would have to make just a few or I’d eat the whole lot and cancel out the skinny factor for sure.
Not sure we can get the string cheese thing so easily over in Europe, but I think I’d just chop up some regular mozzarella into strips. Thanks for the lovely easy idea!
Cutting regular mozz into strips would be perfect!
great idea!
Mmmm melty cheese and low calories as well bravo :D bring on the cheese!
Mmmmm….Skinny Cheese sticks. You just made my day!
Averie, this is brilliant! This would be perfect for the upcoming Super Bowl party my friends and I are having (we live in Seattle… go Seahakws!). Pinning and totally using in a couple weeks!
Thanks for pinning & for wanting to make them!
THIS . IS. BRILLIANT. I literally became 10x happier and I am 100% about to make these!!!!
Awesome & enjoy!
Imagine me and cheese/ and cheese and me/ no matter if you slice or dice/ it had to be……..
What a great recipe for a cheese lover! These would be so fun to have with soup.
That looks fantabulous! Love cheese sticks, especially a healthier option like these. Great job Averie :)
Love everything about these, except most of all? Only two ingredients! Deep fried, extra crispy mozzarella sticks were my favorite restaurant appetizer when I was little. I hated marinara sauce back then but now, I’m just like you. 1/4 cup per stick sounds about right. :) Love a healthier version of them.
Yeah I was pretty pleased that these were not caloric ticking time bombs as most bar food can be! Back in the day it sure tasted great about 3am though :)
Crunchy & cheesy? Sign me up!
Thanks, Marla! :)
I have seen so many recipes for mozzarella sticks, but this is such a creative spin! I am one of the few who CAN actually say no to luscious melted cheese (never crave it, even when I could eat it) but even still, I remember LOVING mozz sticks growing up. Of course, ours were always the frozen and deep-fried kind. ;)
I think cheese is the type of thing that once you actually stop eating it, you don’t miss it. But you have to get over that HUMP. And that can take awhile. It’s the casomorphin thing as we’ve discussed; truly addictive quality of dairy.