Lean Pizza Sausage Balls
Game day's favorite grease bomb, defused.
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The party snack that usually comes with a side of regret — chicken sausage, blended cottage cheese, and turkey pepperoni instead of the usual cream-cheese-and-a-stick-of-butter routine. Still disappears off the tray just as fast.
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Lean Pizza Sausage Balls
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Macros: USDA FoodData Central + label data (Kodiak mix, turkey pepperoni) • baked weight • as written.
The Numbers Up Front
Total Cooked Yield: ~29 oz / 820 g (about 28 balls, roughly golf-ball size)
Default Portion: 5 balls (~5 oz / 142 g)
✂️ Trim Trim Trim
Original-style sausage balls run 110–150 calories each — cream cheese, full-fat mozzarella, pork sausage, and a full box of buttery biscuit mix add up fast. Chicken Italian sausage alone saves ~300 calories per pound over pork, and swapping cream cheese for blended cottage cheese is the single biggest lever after that.
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📊 Before & After(per 6 balls / 6 oz)
| Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Pizza Sausage Balls (pork sausage, cream cheese, full biscuit mix) | 780 | 30g | 54g | 45g |
| ⭐ Lo-Cal Hi-Pro Version | 300 | 32g | 13g | 16g |
| You Saved / Gained | −480 cal | +2g protein | −41g fat | −29g carbs |
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