Last Updated on September 14, 2026 by PorchLightReading
Easy Crescent roll pizza pockets cooked right over the campfire. Made with crescent rolls, mozzarella sticks, and a pizza dipping sauce. Perfect for easy dinner nights with the family!
Welcome to another addition of “didn’t we already make this?” Yes! and no. We do have a couple of similar recipes that include camping pizza (foil packet pizza and campfire pizza bites) but this one is a bit different.
Instead of pizza dough we are making this camping dinner using crescent rolls and mozzarella sticks. It honestly doesn’t get any easier than this and the kids loved it!
Cook right over the campfire in a skillet with lid or make them in the oven at home!
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- Table of contents: Crescent Roll Pizza Pockets
- Why you’ll love this recipe
- Simple ingredients
- Easy step by step campfire directions
- Helpful tips for cooking
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Crescent Roll Pizza Pockets
These Crescent roll pizza pockets started as a small idea on Tuesday afternoon. We were camping that following weekend and my wheels were already turning with our camping meal plan!
We have a couple of other pizza variations for the campfire but since this time we were camping at the beach in summer, I knew the humidity was going to take all of our energy.
So I decided to keep this meal extra simple and it turned out to be one of the family’s favorite dinner!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Campfire cooking during the spring and fall is by far the best way to spend some time enjoying nature. Low and slow coals simmer the stews (campfire chili recipe) and everyone is laying in a hammock nearby.
But when it’s hot our energy level is rock bottom, making an extra easy recipe all the more important.
- 3 Simple ingredients
- Comes together in minutes
- No rolling dough!
- Kids can help assemble
Ingredients
Crescent Roll dough- We’re using two refrigerated Crescent roll cans of dough. It’s easy to pack for camping, premade, precut, and perfect for pizza pockets.
Mozzarella cheese sticks- Grab 8 mozzarella cheese sticks and throw them in the cooler. They are easy to pack and since we are cutting them in half, eight will make 16 individual pizza pockets. Maybe throw a couple extra in there just for snacks later.
Jar of pizza sauce- Keep it simple with a jar of pizza sauce and use it for dipping. Dipping instead of adding it to the crescent rolls makes things less messy and still gives you all the pizza flavor you need.
- 2 Crescent Roll refrigerated canned dough
- 8 Mozzarella cheese sticks
- 1 Jar pizza sauce
- Alternatives
- Garlic butter
- Ranch
- Alternatives
- Optional
- Shredded chicken
- Pepperoni
- Olives
- Peppers
Campfire Directions
Start your campfire so that it has a chance to die down for cooking over nice, hot coals.
Prepare the Crescent roll dough- Separate the crescent roll triangles.
Add mozzarella- Cut a mozzarella cheese stick in half and place towards the wide end of the dough.
Roll and seal- Roll the dough into the classic croissant shape and seal the ends so that the melted cheese doesn’t leak out while cooking.
Cook over a campfire- You’ll want to cook these crescent roll pizza pockets over coals and not direct flames.
The easiest way we’ve found for all of our campfire cooking is by using a 3 in 1 cast iron skillet. It’s so versatile and turns into an oven to be cooked on the campfire grate.
- 3 in 1 cast iron skillet (Amazon find)
- cook over hot coals, not flames
Place the cask iron skillet over the campfire grate and add a bit of cooking oil. Cook in batches and add half of the pizza pockets so that each one has enough room to cook.
Place lid on top and allow to cook approximately 4-5 minutes. Remove lid using heat safe gloves and flip each crescent roll pizza. Rotate the skillet and place the lid back on the top and cook another 3-4 minutes or until they are golden brown and cooked through.
Serve- Allow to cool a bit before serving since the cheese will be very hot! And enjoy with a bit of pizza sauce.
Tips for Making Crescent Roll Pizza Pockets While Camping
- Campfire Tips
- Cook over steady hot coals, not flames
- Cook on a grate with cast iron skillet with lid
- Use heat safe gloves and rotate the skillet for even cooking
- Pizza Pocket Tips
- Don’t overfill
- Seal edges completely so cheese doesn’t leak out
- Cook in batches so aren’t tightly packed together and cook properly
- Flip halfway through cooking
- Cook low and slow so the dough has time to raise and fully bake
- They are done once puffed up and golden brown on each side
- Allow to cool! The cheese is hot!
The sun was setting over the marsh just as these campfire Crescent roll pizza pockets were finishing up. The kids were so patient as I tried to take just a few more photos before all my light faded away!
These cast iron pizza rolls don’t require homemade dough, special equipment, or lots of preparation. Just a can of crescent rolls, mozzarella sticks, skillet with lid, and some pizza sauce for dipping.
They’re an easy camping meal for when you want something familiar and kid-friendly without getting too complicated.
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Recipe Card
Crescent Roll Pizza Pockets
Ingredients
- 2 cans Crescent roll dough
- 8 Mozzarella cheese sticks
- 1 Jar pizza sauce
Instructions
- Start your campfire so that it has a chance to die down for cooking over nice, hot coals.
- Separate the crescent roll triangles. Cut a mozzarella cheese stick in half and place towards the wide end of the dough.
- Roll the dough into the classic croissant shape and seal the ends so that the melted cheese doesn't leak out while cooking.
- Place the cask iron skillet over the campfire grate and add a bit of cooking oil. Cook in batches and add half of the pizza pockets so that each one has enough room to cook.
- Place lid on top and allow to cook approximately 4-5 minutes. Remove lid using heat safe gloves and flip each crescent roll pizza. Rotate the skillet and place the lid back on the top and cook another 3-4 minutes or until they are golden brown and cooked through.
- Allow to cool a bit before serving since the cheese will be very hot! And enjoy with a bit of pizza sauce.
Notes
- Campfire Tips
- Cook over steady hot coals, not flames
- Cook on a grate with cast iron skillet with lid
- Always use heat safe gloves
- Pizza Pocket tips
- Don’t overfill
- Seal edges completely
- Cook in batches
- Flip halfway
- Cook low an slow
- Allow to cool
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