Cheesy Halloween Pizza Skulls

Golden brown baked pizza skulls serves on a black plate for Halloween

5 from 5 reviews

Cheesy Halloween Pizza Skulls

These cheesy Pizza Skulls are about to become your new favorite Halloween savory recipe. These tasty dinner treats are easy to make, completely customizable and a fun dish to serve at a Halloween party or to your kids during the holiday season.

Course Dessert, Lunch

Cuisine American

Keyword Halloween Pizza Skulls, Pizza Skull Recipe, Pizza Skulls

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings pizzas

Calories 270kcal

Author Chef Kathy McDaniel

Ingredients

13 to 16 ounces of pre-made pizza dough (you can get boxed rolled out dough or fresh pizza dough to roll (usually sold in a ball in bags.
3/4 to 1 cup pizza sauce
2 cups shredded mozzarella
Parmesan cheese about 1/4 cup

Choose your favorite toppings:

Cooked sausage about 8 ounces for 6 pizza skulls
Mini pepperoni about 6 ounces for 6 pizza skulls
Black olives sliced
Sliced ham chopped
Crumbled crispy bacon Mini Italian meatballs
Cooked corn kernels
Baby spinach Fresh basil

To serve:

Marinara sauce for dipping
Chopped parsley or basil

Instructions

Spray the mini skull baking tin with cooking spray.
Dust the counter lightly with flour to prevent the dough from sticking. Roll, pat, or stretch the dough out until it is roughly 1/4" thick. Cut the dough into 6 rectangles. Don’t worry if they aren’t perfectly shaped or exactly equal in size.
Working with one piece of dough at a time, lay each dough piece into the skull cavity and start filling it with sauce, mozzarella, a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese and your desired toppings. After adding the toppings, add a little bit of pizza sauce on top before sealing the dough (no more than a tablespoon).
Fold the dough over the fillings, pinching the dough together to seal them (like a small pizza pocket). Continue until the 6 pieces have been filled and sealed.
Refrigerate the skull pizza tray while you preheat the oven.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Remove the tray from the refrigerator and bake for 16 to 20 minutes or until lightly golden brown (some pre-made doughs may need more or less time).
Remove from the oven and allow it to cool for 5 minutes. Unmold and serve with marinara sauce and chopped parsley or basil (optional).

Notes

Grease the baking pan thoroughly to prevent the dough from sticking to the pan.
Be careful not to overfill the pizza pockets as they could open up and spill. Overfilled stuffed pizza takes longer to cook and could potentially get too dark on top while remaining doughy at the bottom.

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