Description
Looking for a quick and easy Halloween dinner idea? These zombie meatball sliders are fun, simple, and the best spooky bite-sized party food! Perfect for kids, easy to customize, and packed with saucy, cheesy flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 slider buns
- 12 cooked meatballs
- 1 cup marinara sauce
- 6 slices mozzarella cheese
- 12 green olive slices
- 6 whole cloves or chopped black olives (optional)
- 1 tbsp olive oil (optional)
- Garlic powder to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Heat meatballs in marinara sauce until warmed through.
- Slice slider buns and place bottoms on baking sheet.
- Add sauce and 2 meatballs to each bun bottom.
- Top with mozzarella slice, letting it hang over like a “face.”
- Press olive slices into cheese for eyes; add cloves or black olive bits as pupils.
- Bake for 8–10 minutes until cheese is melted and gooey.
- Serve warm with or without top buns.
Notes
- Use plant-based or turkey meatballs if preferred.
- Let kids help decorate the cheese faces for fun.
- Add a sprinkle of shredded cheese inside for extra gooeyness.
- Serve open-faced or topped like traditional sliders.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slider
- Calories: 290
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 520mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 16g
- Cholesterol: 45mg