These mini pizza skulls are tasty little treats to serve at your next Halloween party.
These pizza bites are so easy to make. You can use your favorite pre-made pizza dough, such as Pillsbury, or you can use your own favorite pizza dough recipe and then stuff them with everything you love on a pizza.
This week I'm sharing three Halloween themed recipes for #HalloweenTreatsWeek, including Spiced Skull Cakelets, Severed Hand Pies, and these Mini Pizza Skull Bites.
For the cakelets, I bought a NordicWare mini skull cake pan, therefore, I needed to further "justify" the purchase with a savory bake.
Ingredients and Substitutions:
Pizza Dough: I used pre-made Pillsbury pizza dough. You can also make your own pizza dough, or substitute a stuffed roll dough that can be rolled thin.
Pizza Sauce: You can use jarred pizza sauce or make your own.
Pepperoni: I filled these with chopped turkey pepperoni, but you can use sausage, onions, olives, onions, peppers, or any of your favorite pizza toppings.
Mozzarella Cheese.
Egg Wash: A mixture of egg and water.
To Make these Halloween Pizza Bites:
First, roll out the pizza dough to 1/8 to 1/4 inch thin and then cut the dough into four inch circles with a cookie cutter or glass.
Next, place one of the dough circles over a skull cavity in the pan, and add cheese, sauce, and chopped pepperoni until the cavity is almost full. Don't worry about fitting the dough perfectly in the cavity, the dough will expand as it rises in the oven and fill the cavities.
After that, using your finger, spread some of the egg wash on the edges of the dough and fold it over to seal. If the dough has some gaps, you can patch it with small pieces of dough scraps.
Repeat with the rest of the dough and fillings, and then brush the tops of the filled pizza bites with more egg wash.
Finally, bake the pizza skulls for about 18 minutes at 375 degrees F.
You can serve these as is, or with some more pizza sauce for dipping. I like to fill the eyes with a few dabs of pizza sauce. You could also slit the mouth open and drop in a bit of sauce for an even creepier effect.
More Halloween recipes from past Halloween Treats Weeks:
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#HalloweenTreatsWeek is a yearly Halloween blogging event that is hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife . This spooky event is an online, week-long event that is filled with some frightfully fun Halloween treats and recipes from some fantastic Halloween loving bloggers!
For this year's 7th annual #HalloweenTreatsWeek event we have 12 hauntingly talented bloggers who are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week! You can follow the hashtag #HalloweenTreatsWeek on social media to collect all of these frightful recipes to use at your own Halloween parties and events!
- Mozzarella Skull Caprese Pasta Salad from BigBearsWife
- Hocus Pocus Spell Book Rice Krispie Treats from Semi-Homemade Recipes
- Vanilla Citrus Cider from Jolene's Recipe Journal
- Sally’s Worms Wort Nightmare Before Christmas Soup from The Spiffy Cookie
- Purple People Eater Macaron from A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures
- Halloween Musubi from Cheese Curd In Paradise
- Mini Pizza Skulls from Karen's Kitchen Stories
- Halloween Candy Chocolate Pie from Sweet ReciPEAs
- Halloween Bark from Art of Natural Living
- Mummy Pizzas from Jen Around the World
- Pumpkin Oatmeal Bread from A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Secret Ingredient Butterfinger Fudge from For The Love of Food
Mini Pizza Skulls
Ingredients
- 14 ounces prepared pizza dough, either store bought or homemade
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese plus more if needed
- 2 ounces pepperoni slices, chopped into small pieces
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- 1 egg whisked with one tablespoon of water for the egg wash
Instructions
- Spray the skull pan with nonstick oil and flour spray such as Baker's Joy
- Roll out the pizza dough to 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick. Cut the dough into 4 inch rounds with a cookie cutter or glass. Re-roll the scraps and cut out more rounds until you have 20. Cover the dough as you work with each round.
- Place a dough circle over a cavity of the pan. Add about a scant tablespoon of the mozzarella to the top of the dough and press it down into the cavity. Add the pepperoni and about 1 1/2 teaspoons of sauce.
- Brush the edges of the dough with the egg wash and fold it over to seal. If you have gaps, your can patch with any leftover dough.
- Repeat with the rest of the dough. Brush the tops with more of the egg wash.
- Place the filled skull pan in the refrigerator for about 15 to 20 minutes. In the meantime, heat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- When ready, bake the skulls for 18 to 20 minutes, until golden.
- Let cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
83Fat (grams)
3 gSat. Fat (grams)
1 gCarbs (grams)
10 gFiber (grams)
0 gNet carbs
10 gSugar (grams)
2 gProtein (grams)
3 gCholesterol (grams)
7 mgRecipe inspired by NordicWare
