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This delightful Halloween pizza is shaped like a smiling jack-o-lantern, perfect for all of your spooky festivities!
Pumpkin Pizza For the Win!
We love to serve festive dinners on holidays, especially Halloween!
The go-to the kids love most is our Pumpkin Pizza, which is a modification of our Pepperoni Pizza.
Not only is it simple, but it’s always the star of the show at any Halloween dinner or gathering. And the kids love helping make the “face” with different toppings.
Why we LovE it:
- Loved by all. We can all agree that Homemade Pizza is better than delivery, and because it’s festive, everyone loves it even more.
- Easier than you think. This pizza really is quite simple. There are just a few ingredients for the dough but make it even more simple with store bought dough.
- Party Perfect. Have the pumpkin shaped pizza dough baked and let guests customize with toppings and bake. It’s Halloween party perfection.
Ingredients
- Homemade Dough – warm water, rapid rise yeast, sugar, salt, vegetable oil, all-purpose flour. To make things easier, you can also use store-bough dough.
- Cornmeal – it’s not necessary, but we like to use it to transfer the dough to the pizza stone.
- Olive oil
- Pizza sauce – Make our homemade Pizza sauce recipe or make things easier and use your favorite jar of store bough sauce.
- Pepperoni – We used this to make the Pizza face, but you can use any other favorite ingredients to do that as well.
- Olives – black or green work for this.
How to Make Halloween Pizza
- YEAST. In a large bowl, combine water, yeast, and sugar and let sit for 5 minutes, or until bubbly.
- DOUGH. Add salt and oil, then mix in flour 1 cup at a time with a wooden spoon until combined and the dough is soft and slightly sticky. Knead for about 3 minutes (dough will be sticky and will stick to your hands).
- RISE. Cover the dough with a tea towel and let rise at room temperature for 30–45 minutes.
- PREP. Preheat the oven to 450°F. Place a pizza stone or baking sheet in the oven to preheat as well.
- SAUCE. Prepare sauce by heating all ingredients in a saucepan and bringing it to a simmer, but do not let boil.
- PUMPKIN. This dough makes TWO 12-inch pizza crusts. Divide dough into two pieces and roll each out onto a floured surface to about ½ inch thick. Cut a little pumpkin stem on top.
- PEEL. Sprinkle cornmeal onto a pizza peel and, working with one crust at a time, transfer the rolled-out dough to the peel. Brush with olive oil and poke with a fork a few times to eliminate bubbling while baking.
- BAKE. Use the peel to transfer the crust to the preheated pizza stone and blind bake for 6–8 minutes.
- TOPPINGS. Remove from the oven, add sauce, cheese, and arrange pepperoni to form a pumpkin face. Bake for 8–10 more minutes.
Complete the Meal
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Halloween Pizza Recipe
This delightful Halloween pizza is shaped like a smiling jack-o-lantern, perfect for all of your spooky festivities!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups warm water 110–115°F
- 1 1/2 tablespoons rapid rise yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon salt
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 ¼ – 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cornmeal
- olive oil for brushing
- 1 cup Pepperoni
- 1/4 cup olives
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine water, yeast, and sugar and let it sit for 5 minutes, or until bubbly.
- Add salt and oil, then mix in flour 1 cup at a time with a wooden spoon until combined and the dough is soft and slightly sticky. Knead for about 3 minutes (dough will be sticky and will stick to your hands).
- Cover the dough with a tea towel and let rise at room temperature for 30–45 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 450°F. Place a pizza stone or baking sheet in the oven to preheat as well.
- Prepare sauce by heating all ingredients in a saucepan and bringing it to a simmer, but do not let boil.
- This dough makes TWO 12-inch pizza crusts. Divide dough into two pieces and roll each out onto a floured surface to about ½ inch thick. Cut a little pumpkin stem on top.
- Sprinkle cornmeal onto a pizza peel and, working with one crust at a time, transfer the rolled-out dough to the peel. Brush with olive oil and poke with a fork a few times to eliminate bubbling while baking.
- Use the peel to transfer the crust to the preheated pizza stone and blind bake for 6–8 minutes. Remove from the oven, add sauce, cheese, and arrange pepperoni to form a pumpkin face. Bake for 8–10 more minutes.
Video
Notes
STORE. Leftover pizza can be kept in an airtight bag or container and stored in the fridge for about 4 days.
To reheat. You could reheat it in the microwave, but at my house, a favorite way to reheat a slice of pizza is in a skillet.
- Heat the skillet over medium heat then place 1-2 slices of the cold pizza. Let the bottom crisp up for 3-4 minutes.
- Add a teaspoon of water to the side of the pizza, lower the heat, cover it with a lid, and let it warm up for another 2-3 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 153kcal, Carbohydrates: 24g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 0.1g, Cholesterol: 7mg, Sodium: 511mg, Potassium: 62mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 12IU, Vitamin C: 0.03mg, Calcium: 10mg, Iron: 2mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe FAQ
Best Toppings for Pumpkin Pizza?
- Spider pizza. Use long thin strips of cheese to form a spider web on the pizza. Use black olives to cut and turn into spiders.
- Mummy pizza. Shape the pizza crust like an oval or rectangle. Use long slices of mozzarella cheese to create “bandages”.
- Ghost pizza. Shape the pizza dough into a ghost shape and instead of using Marinara Sauce use White Pizza Sauce.
- Halloween mini pizzas. Give each person a smaller portion of the dough to make little pizzas.
- Make monster faces using mushrooms, sliced green bell pepper, pineapple chunks, pepperoni, olives, and purple onion.
How to Store?
- STORE. Leftover pizza can be kept in an airtight bag or container and stored in the fridge for about 4 days.
- To reheat. You could reheat it in the microwave, but at my house, a favorite way to reheat a slice of pizza is in a skillet.
- Heat the skillet over medium heat then place 1-2 slices of the cold pizza. Let the bottom crisp up for 3-4 minutes.
- Add a teaspoon of water to the side of the pizza, lower the heat, cover it with a lid, and let it warm up for another 2-3 minutes.
Can the dough be made 1-2 hours in advance?
Yes it can! Make sure to store it in the fridge so it doesn’t over proof/rise too much before baking.
Really cute idea. The pizza dough and sauce were really good!!
Yay! So glad to hear that. Thanks for giving the recipe a try!