Name: Cornbread Spinach Cheese Bites
Prep time: 7 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 27 min
Ingredients: 1 box frozen chopped spinach - drained and water squeezed out; 2 eggs; 3 oz. melted butter; 1/2 cup blue cheese dressing; 1/2 teaspoon onion powder; 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/2 cup finely grated parmesan cheese; 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese; 1 box corn muffin mix

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These freezer-friendly Cornbread Spinach Cheese Bites are an easy make-ahead holiday appetizer using frozen spinach, boxed corn muffin mix, eggs, blue cheese dressing, and cheddar cheese.

four spinach cheese bites stacked on top of each other

A Holiday Tradition

These little appetizers are a holiday tradition at our house. I’ve been making them for Thanksgiving and Christmas for as long as I can remember. I usually make two or three batches of these each year before the holidays and keep them in the freezer. They are ready to pull out of the freezer and reheat any time we know we are having guests.

Ingredients

Let’s Make The Spinach Bites

In a large bowl, mix eggs, butter, and blue cheese dressing.
Add onion powder, garlic powder, parmesan cheese, and corn muffin mix.
Fold in the spinach and cheddar cheese.
Mix well

Collage showing steps to make spinach bites

Use a small melon baller or cookie scoop to scoop small balls of the dough.
Place the balls on a parchment paper-covered or baking sheet-covered cookie sheet.

Bake them at 350° for 15-20 minutes until they are slightly brown around the edges.
Cool them on a wire rack.
Serve them warm or at room temperature

Easy Make-Ahead Recipe

One of my favorite things about this recipe is that you can make it weeks ahead of time and store them in the freezer.

Follow the recipe and bake the spinach cheese bites.
Cool them completely.
Place them in a ziptop bag and freeze them for up to three months.
To thaw, remove them from the freezer, and place them in the refrigerator overnight.
To reheat, bake them for 5-7 minutes at 325° in the oven or toaster oven.
Or heat them from frozen in the microwave for 30-45 seconds.

wire basket filed with spinach bits with a dish of blue cheese dressing

Krazy Kitchen Mom Tips

I use a small melon baller to make the bite-sized spinach balls. I spray it with non-stick cooking spray, scoop out a small amount of the mixture, roll it into a small ball and place them on my cookie sheet. I can get 6 rows of 5 on one cookie sheet which comes out to 30 balls. This recipe makes 60 of the small bites.
Be sure to use homemade or high-quality blue cheese dressing in this mix. It only uses a 1/2 cup, but don’t worry it won’t go to waste. Use the leftover blue cheese dressing as a dip when you serve them. Here’s the link to my crazy good Blue Cheese Salad Dressing.
These make a crazy good snack.

Easy Step-By-Step Video Recipe

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