Description
Spooky halloween pizza skulls showcase macabre culinary creativity with ghoulish cheese and pepper designs. Meat lovers and vegetarian guests will devour these frighteningly delicious party treats that bring ghoulish fun to seasonal gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 (13.8 ounces / 391 grams) can refrigerated pizza dough
- 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 24 slices pepperoni, chopped
Meat Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup cooked and crumbled Italian sausage
Sauce Ingredient:
- 6 tablespoons pizza sauce
Instructions
- Prepare the oven by heating to 375°F and coat a skull-shaped cake pan with cooking spray.
- Roll out pizza dough into a 15×10-inch rectangle and slice into 6 equal strips.
- Carefully arrange each dough strip inside the skull pan cavities, ensuring complete coverage of sides and bottom.
- Layer the bottom of each cavity with shredded mozzarella cheese as a base.
- Spread pizza sauce over the cheese layer in each skull cavity.
- Distribute chopped pepperoni slices and crumbled Italian sausage evenly across the sauce.
- Top the meat with additional mozzarella cheese to create a rich filling.
- Fold dough edges over the filling, pressing and sealing the seams completely to prevent leakage.
- Transfer the skull pan to the preheated oven and bake for 18-20 minutes until the dough turns golden brown and crispy.
- Remove from oven and allow pizza skulls to rest for 2-3 minutes before carefully extracting from the pan.
- Plate the Halloween pizza skulls and serve immediately while hot and fresh.
Notes
- Customize Toppings Swap pepperoni and sausage with vegetarian alternatives like roasted bell peppers, mushrooms, or plant-based protein crumbles for dietary flexibility.
- Perfect Dough Stretch ensure pizza dough covers entire skull cavity completely, preventing sauce and cheese leakage during baking.
- Cheese Hack Use a blend of mozzarella and provolone for enhanced melting and deeper flavor profile in your pizza skulls.
- Gluten-Free Option Replace traditional pizza dough with gluten-free pre-made dough or cauliflower crust for individuals with wheat sensitivities.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 370
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 860 mg
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 17 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg