These savory Cheddar Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf Meatballs will melt in your mouth. Made of ground beef blended with mushroom and savory ingredients and stuffed with quality cheddar cheese. They are like mini-meatloafs that are delicious alone or with sauce.
These meatloaf balls are so moist and flavorful thanks to one of my favorite key ingredients – mushrooms!
I love mushrooms in all forms, shapes, and sizes. They are just the most flavorful, nutrient packed way to add flavor to ground beef. They not only add lots of moisture and flair to the ground-beef dishes I blend them into, but they help to stretch the meat to feed a small crowd.
I love cooking with mushrooms, but shhh, do not tell my kids. If they knew I added mushrooms to some of their favorites like Shepard’s Pie, and Taco meat— they would probably change their tune!
You see, my family LOVES meatballs and meatloaf. These Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf Meatballs are great alone, served with mashed potatoes, or dressed with pasta sauce. They are much more versatile than traditional meatloaf.
They are stuffed with cheese, and have the BEST flavor EVER! You’d swear they were slow cooked since they truly are melt in your mouth good! The pureed Bella mushrooms combined with the meat, crackers, and seasoning make for some yummy meatloaf meatballs.
BUT, adding some premium sharp cheddar chunks to each meatball really kicks things up a notch by adding cheesy goodness and flavor. I mean, cheese does make everything better, right? Between the flavors of the mushroom, and the cheese, these meatballs are hard to resist.
How to Stuff Meatballs with Cheese
Stuffing meatballs or meatloaf with cheese is easy.
- Cube the cheese into quarters.
- In a large bowl, add pureed mushroom, ground beef, cracker crumbs, and all the spices, plus the cracked egg.
- Combine with clean hands and form 12 large balls with depressions in each.
- Add cheese cubes to each depression and form the ground beef around it. Make sure you cover all sides, leaving no holes. You can add 1-3 cubes per ball.
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Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf Meatballs Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 lbs 80/20 ground beef
- 1 pint bella mushrooms pureed until fine
- 1 sleeve buttery crackers crushed
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon each of: black pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder
- 1 large egg
- 6 ounces premium cheddar cubed
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Puree mushrooms until fine.
- Crush crackers, set aside.
- Cube cheese into quarters.
- In a large bowl, add pureed mushroom, meat, cracker crumbs, and all the spices, plus the cracked egg.
- Combine with clean hands and form 12 large balls with depressions in each.
- Add cheese cubes to each meatball and cover. You can add 1-3 cubes per ball.
- Bake for 30 minutes & serve warm. These are great with mashed potatoes or with sauce-you be the judge!
I love this! Looks SO cheesy! I can’t wait to try this!
This is so beyond amazing. My boys would love this recipe. I will try to make it tomorrow
These meatballs look amazing!I can’t wait to try your recipe! Hubby and son love meatballs!
Those look so amazing. I haven’t had meatballs in a long time. I am certainly going to be giving your recipe a try now.
These meatballs are just calling my name. My husband and I love mushrooms of all kinds. Our kids are not fans. I never thought of grounding them up before. What a great idea.
This was so hard to look at for many reasons #1 THEY LOOK SO GOOD, #2 I’m juicing. Savings this for later this week
Done. Sold. I want it! NOW! :) I love meatballs, meatloaf and cheese and this is a genius combination!
This looks amazing! My husband would love them
So… you’ve just given me the next best thing to make for my meat loving grandchildren. I am going to be the best grandma on the planet when they sit down to these delicious cheesiest meatloaf meatballs. Thanks!!