Halloween Pizzas
Learn how to create Halloween themed pizzas with fun and easy recipe!
Servings: 4 mini pizzas (or 1 large pizza)
Ingredients
For Pizzas:
- 1 ball pizza dough
- pizza sauce
- pesto, optional
- pumpkin pizza sauce, optional (recipe below)
- 1 (16 ounce / 454 gram) bag shredded cheese, such as mozzarella, Italian blend, etc. (about 2 cups)
For Decorations:
- black olives
- 1 (12 ounce / 340 gram) jar roasted red peppers (or whole roasted chiles)
Equipment
- Baking Sheet or Pizza Pan
Instructions
Prepare Pizzas:
- Preheat oven to 450°F (230°C) with rack in lowest position. Lightly oil a large baking sheet or pizza pan. For easier clean up, line baking sheets with parchment paper first, then add a light drizzle of oil.
- Divide 1 ball pizza dough into 4 pieces for mini pizza, or keep whole for one large pizza.
- Shape pizza dough on baking sheet or pizza pan. For Spiders: press dough into a circle. For Pumpkins: press dough into a circle or oval. For the stem, attach a small piece of dough to the circle top. For Ghosts: Press dough into an oval shape with a flat bottom. Then press the bottom into a wavy shape, or cut out triangles for a jagged edge.
- Top dough with your choice of pizza sauce, leaving a narrow edge. Sprinkle pizzas with cheese.
- Bake pizzas on lowest rack for 10 minutes, then remove from oven.
- Add veggie decorations to pizzas.
- Return pizzas to oven, and bake for another 5 to 10 minutes, or until crust is browned and crisp.
- Cut pizza into pieces, then serve hot. Enjoy!
Prepare Decorations:
- While the pizza bakes, cut olives into spiders, cut the roasted peppers into jack-o'-lantern faces, and use olives and roasted peppers to create ghost faces.
Notes
Detailed Shaping + Topping Tips - Check out the info before this recipe card for photos and step-by-step directions for making the ghost, pumpkin, and spider pizzas.
Sauce - You only need one type of pizza sauce, but I included different varieties, because it's fun to have options! For mini pizzas, you'll need about 3 tablespoons sauce per pie (no need to measure, just add a thin layer). For a large pizza, I like to use about ¾ cup or less.
Pumpkin Pizza Sauce - This recipe makes 3 cups (enough sauce for multiple large pizzas), so feel free to cut it in half, if you'd prefer. Using a food processor (or high speed blender), mince 1 large garlic clove, then add:
- 1 (15 ounce / 425 gram) can pumpkin puree
- 1 cup ricotta or cottage cheese
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
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