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With just a few simple ingredients, including ground beef, melted cheese, bell peppers, and sloppy joe sauce, these sloppy joe cups can be whipped up in no time! They are a great option for a family-friendly meal that is both fun and easy to make on busy school nights. These are also wonderful served as finger food for your next family gathering or sleepover. Always a hit with kids!
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Sloppy Joe Cups

Are you looking for an easy dinner idea that is sure to impress even your pickiest eater? These sloppy joe cups are so simple to make with just a few cheap ingredients like crescent roll dough, ground beef, cheese, sloppy joe sauce, and chopped bell peppers. I’m always looking for an easy meal for busy weeknights and sloppy joe cups are always a hit. Add your favorite veggie and you have a well rounded meal that takes just minutes to make. Plus, kids absolutely love them!
Course Appetizer, Main Course, School Lunch, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword cheap meal, easy snack, ground beef, kid approved, muffin tin recipe, quick dinner
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 12

Ingredients

  • 2 cans Pillsbury crescent roll dough
  • 1 lb Ground beef
  • 1 can Sloppy Joe sauce
  • 6 slices cheese (pick your favorite kind)
  • 1 Bell pepper (any color)

Instructions

  • Cook ground beef in a skillet for about 10 minutes or until no longer pink. Make sure to break up the ground beef while it's cooking so that it's nice and crumbly.
  • Chop and add the bell pepper to the pan when the ground beef is almost cooked. Continue to sauté for 5 minutes to soften the bell peppers.
  • Open the can of sloppy joe sauce and add it into the ground beef/pepper mixture. Heat until warm then remove from heat.
  • While the ground beef is cooking, open crescent roll dough cans and gently roll out dough into a rectangle-ish shape. Use a sharp knife or pizza cutter to cut the dough into 8 equal pieces. Repeat for the 2nd can of dough.
  • Grease a 12 count muffin tin (super important or your dough will stick) and put 1 crescent square into each muffin cup. 
  • Cut each cheese slice into 4 pieces. Put 1 cheese piece into the bottom of each dough square. Add a scoop of the sloppy joe meat mixture, and top with an additional piece of cheese. The sloppy joe cups are ready to bake! 
  • Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes until the dough is golden brown. Watch it carefully because the edges of the dough can get crispy pretty fast!
  • Let cool for a couple of minutes then use a spoon to scoop out each cheesy Sloppy Joe Cup. ENJOY! 

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