🎃 Halloween Pizza Recipe – Spooky & Fun Homemade Pizza
Turn your favorite comfort food into a spooky delight with this Halloween pizza! Whether you're making creepy faces with olives or ghost-shaped mozzarella, it's a festive and kid-friendly dinner that's just as fun to decorate as it is to eat.
Ingredients
- 1 ball pizza dough homemade or store-bought
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce or marinara
- 1 –1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- Black olives for spider decorations
- Mini pepperoni slices
- Sliced bell peppers orange and green for jack-o'-lantern faces
- Fresh basil or spinach optional
- Mozzarella slices or string cheese to cut into ghost shapes
- Cornmeal or flour for dusting
Instructions
Step 1: Preheat & Prep
- Preheat your oven to 475°F (245°C).
- Dust your pizza stone or baking sheet with flour or cornmeal.
Step 2: Shape the Dough
- Roll out your pizza dough into a 10–12 inch round or oval. Transfer to the baking tray or pizza stone.
Step 3: Add the Sauce
- Spread a thin layer of pizza sauce evenly over the dough, leaving a ½-inch crust border.
Step 4: Cheese It Up
- Sprinkle mozzarella evenly over the sauce.
Step 5: Create Spooky Toppings
- Use olive halves with sliced legs to create spiders.
- Cut mozzarella slices with a ghost-shaped cookie cutter. Add peppercorns or tiny olive bits for eyes.
- Form mini jack-o’-lanterns using orange bell pepper rings with cut-out faces.
- Arrange your decorations creatively on the pizza.
Step 6: Bake
- Bake for 10–12 minutes, or until the crust is golden and cheese is bubbly and starting to brown.
Step 7: Serve
- Let cool for 3 minutes, then slice and enjoy your spooky creation!
Notes
Use Halloween cookie cutters for fun cheese or pepper shapes.
Let kids build their own mini spooky pizzas for a party activity.
Add food coloring to mozzarella for extra fun (try orange or green ghosts!).