Comments on: Homemade Hot Pockets

By: morganw

morganw — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:37:15 +0000

Hi Suzanne! I just made the hot pockets yesterday and they taste delicious! Thank you so much for the recipe. I do have a question for next time though. A lot of my filling exploded out the sides of the pockets. I don’t think I filled them too full but I am not sure what I did wrong. Any ideas?

By: bearswife

bearswife — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:36:44 +0000

I’ve got these in the oven right now! Can’t wait to try them, they are going to be perfect for our road trip.

By: Denise

Denise — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:56:50 +0000

I make homemade hot pockets for my kids, as well as pepperoni rolls! They love them!!! And I know exactly what is in them, and can feel better about them eating them

By: LK

LK — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:36:09 +0000

I forgot to add…I want to try making different versions with chicken too one day…

By: LK

LK — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:31:24 +0000

I found out not long ago that there is a Russian version of these out there. Mennonites did their own version (which is the first one that I experimented with). You can put any kind of filling in there…I use mashed potatoes with a little salt, & pepper, and add cooked ground meat lightly spiced with onion, salt and pepper. This is all mixed together. I use a cookie scoop to get a round mound of filling, and use a gadget that I got from Pampered Chef to press the sweet roll dough sides together. I cheat, I guess. I like to reduce the sugar in the dough and add corn to the filling, sometimes cheese too. We freeze these and when we need to go out somewhere, we just bring them along. They are great cold with or without ketchip/ mustard!

Mennonites also like to put a fruit filling or chunky jam as a filling. Oh, these make a mess while cooking, but MMMMMMM!!!!!! they are sooooo good!

I have also made them with a pizza filling, tried ham and cheese (not so great, but now I add cheese to the meat and potato version).

I have also had a version of these called cabbage buns. These are really moist and tasty.

One of my husband’s aunts used pastry dough for the dough, and made a meat filling using tomato soup. It was her own version, and so addictive.

The Philippinos have another version that is deep fried. These are to die for. I still need to get THAT recipe version.

By: Suzanne McMinn

Suzanne McMinn — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:06:09 +0000

Traci, I freeze and reheat these in the oven or the microwave. I’m not sure about a campfire. I haven’t tried that. Maybe if you had them wrapped in foil and had some way to keep them a little above the fire so they weren’t receiving direct high heat.

By: Traci

Traci — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:53:28 +0000

Do you think I could freeze these and then take them camping? I just don’t know how I’d reheat them.. might be too hot on a grill… hmmmm…

By: jenna

jenna — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:30:29 +0000

i think this looks wonderful and so much better for you then the ones you buy in the store anything homemade is better for you i believe i am going to make whole wheat bread though instead of white so its better *smile*

By: Cathy L

Cathy L — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:21:08 +0000

Just made another batch of these and decided to play with the dough..used the same dough recipe but added the cup of diced pepperoni and 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella that you add to the water and yeast mix for your pepperoni rollups, also added some oregano and garlic powder to the water. Then when adding the filling I used pizza sauce and a mix of mozzarella and cheddar cheeses on top of the pepperoni…YUM! Next time I’m going to try mushrooms and black olives with this too.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:31:18 +0000

We just got done making this with my 8 year old son. We put all kinds of different things inside. Boneless bbq ribs, chicken & veggies, ham & cheese, etc. They are baking right now…we are looking forward to trying them.