I didn't want your typical pumpkin design. Everyone's done those.
I Googled pictures of Halloween pizzas...
Saw the pumpkin, spiders, mini round mummies, bats, and then the stuffed mummy. I knew that was my winner and it wouldn't be hard.
They were a major hit and I will probably be making them every year now.
It was quick, simple, and mess free.
Ingredients:
- 1 Jar of Pizza Sauce/Marinara
- 1 Bag Mozzarella
- 1 Bag Italian Cheese Mix
- 1 Pre-made Pizza Crust
- Any other toppings you want, like pepperoni
Directions:
- Preheat oven according to your pizza crust, mine was 400.
- Line a cookie sheet with foil, grease.
- **** I did put mine on a greased wax paper first, since I was making two, but it was very difficult to transfer from the wax paper to foil. So, I suggest if you are making only one to use the foil directly. *******
- Lay your pizza dough, stretching at the sides to make wider, but not the top or bottom.
- Using a pizza cutter, make slits along both sides of dough. About one finger length wide and long, leaving one solid 2-3 inches in the center. Like so:
- Spoon desired amount of pizza sauce in the center.
- Top with about 1 handful of mozzarella, and 2 handfuls of the italian mix. If you are adding other toppings, add them between the 2 cheeses.
- Take the bottom 2 strips and pinch together at the bottom, and then start braiding upwards.
- Continue braiding until you get to the top 6 strips. Pinch the top two as you did the bottom two. Place 2 pepperonis for the eyes, and cross the left over braids around the eyes. *For the ones not for my kids, I added jalapeno slices for eyes.*
- I baked mine for 12 minutes, until they became golden brown.
- I sliced them into strips, for easy eating, and/or dipping into ranch.
