Description
This Cheesy Halloween Pizza Skulls recipe offers a fun and spooky twist on classic pizza, perfect for Halloween parties or kid-friendly snacks. Using a skull-shaped mold, these mini stuffed pizza skulls combine a crispy dough exterior with gooey mozzarella, savory pizza sauce, and your choice of toppings like pepperoni or olives for a festive and delicious treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Pizza Dough
- 1 can refrigerated pizza dough
Filling
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- 1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup mini pepperoni slices or chopped regular pepperoni
- ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- Optional: chopped black olives, cooked sausage, or bell peppers
Other
- Nonstick cooking spray
Instructions
- Prepare the mold: Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and lightly spray a skull-shaped silicone mold or metal pan with nonstick cooking spray to prevent sticking.
- Shape the dough: Roll out the pizza dough and cut it into pieces large enough to line each skull cavity in the mold, leaving some dough overhanging the edges. Gently press the dough into each cavity so it covers the bottom and sides.
- Add the filling: Spoon a layer of pizza sauce into each dough-lined cavity, then add a generous amount of shredded mozzarella cheese, followed by your choice of toppings such as mini pepperoni slices, olives, sausage, or bell peppers. Sprinkle each skull filling with Italian seasoning for added flavor.
- Seal and bake: Fold the overhanging dough over the top of each filled cavity to seal in the filling. Place the mold on a baking sheet and bake for 18 to 22 minutes, until the dough is golden brown and fully cooked through.
- Cool and serve: Let the pizza skulls cool in the mold for 5 minutes to firm up before carefully unmolding. Serve warm, optionally with extra pizza sauce on the side for dipping.
Notes
- These pizza skulls can be made ahead of time and reheated in the oven for a quick Halloween party snack.
- Get creative with spooky fillings like “eyeballs” made from small mozzarella balls or “brains” using chopped cooked sausage for a Halloween-themed twist.
- If using meat fillings, ensure they are fully cooked before adding.
- This recipe can be adapted to vegetarian by omitting meat toppings or using vegetarian sausage.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Snack
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pizza skull
- Calories: 290
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 620 mg
- Fat: 13 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 12 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
