This Halloween Pizza will have all the ghouls excited about celebrating Halloween. It is perfect for a family Halloween party night, and the kids can jump in and help, too, making the scary little mushroom slices and haunting cheese ghosts.
Want something to go with this pizza for the big day? Then try our Halloween Chocolate Spiders, Halloween Spider Web Dip or our Halloween Cheese Board.
Why I Love This Recipe
- Easy to make
- Spooktacular for kids old and young
- Makes for a fun family Halloween night
- Delicious
- Versatile to create your own pizza
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What is on Halloween Pizza?
Ingredients
Prepared pizza dough – This can be homemade or store-bought. Try our Bread Machine Pizza Dough.
Tomato sauce – You can buy inexpensive canned as you will be spicing it up. Or skip the spices and buy pizza sauce. You can also make our Homemade Pizza Sauce.
Shredded mozzarella – Try to shred your own into long pieces or buy it this way. See the above picture as a reference.
White mushrooms – These work best for creating the skulls. Add as few or as many as you want.
Ball of fresh mozzarella – This is used to make the little ghost or whatever shaped cookie cutter you may have that is spooktacular. This cheese has a higher water content and won’t melt as fast, but it does release water, so don’t use too much of it.
Italian seasoning – Salt – Garlic powder – Onion powder – These are all used to spice up the tomato sauce to make it a pizza sauce.
Fresh basil (optional) – This is optional but just adds a pop of color that tends to brighten everything up.
How To Make Halloween Pizza
Preheat oven to 450° F.
In a small saucepan, combine tomato sauce, salt, Italian seasoning, onion powder, and garlic powder. Stir, then heat on low for 5 minutes.
Once the sauce is made, take your dough ball and stretch it out to a 14×14-inch circle on a pizza stone.
Spoon the sauce onto the center of the pizza, leaving about 1 inch of space around the edge for the crust. (I used about ½ cup of sauce, but adjust to your liking).
To create the spiderweb cheese, make a line of cheese down the center of the pizza. Repeat in the other direction (you will see four quadrants). Make a line of cheese down the center of each quadrant; you will be left with 8 quadrants.
Now, do a line of cheese going across each quadrant to create the spiderweb effect.
Wash your mushroom slices, then take a paring knife, cut small lines at the bottom of each slice, and poke two holes in the center of each slice. This will make the mushroom look like a skull.
Place them on your pizza.
Bake for 10 minutes at 450° F.
While the pizza is baking, slice your mozzarella ball and cut out ghost shapes using a small ghost cutter.
After the 10 minutes are up, carefully remove the pizza from the oven then arrange your ghosts onto the pizza. Bake for an additional 1-2 minutes.
Garnish with fresh basil and black sprinkles for the ghost eyeballs and mouth. Enjoy!
The obvious one is a Halloween pizza but besides that, there are great scary dips, mummy hot dogs, ghoulish drinks, and cupcakes galore to make your party fiendishly perfect.
Recipe Pro Tips!
Notes/Suggestions
- This pizza will keep in an airtight container for 2 days (once sliced).
- Make sure to wash your mushrooms before you use them!
- Putting the ghosts on for just the last two minutes of baking will help them keep their shape.
- Cooking times may vary, so make sure your pizza is almost done before adding the ghosts so they keep their shape.
MORE HALLOWEEN TREATS!!
If you want more Halloween treats, we have lots for you to choose from. I have sweets and savory treats that are hauntingly delicious.
Halloween Pizza
Ingredients
- prepared pizza dough can be homemade or store bought
- 1 tomato sauce
- ¾ cup shredded mozzarella
- ½ cup sliced white mushrooms
- 8 oz ball of fresh mozzarella
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- Fresh basil (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450° F.
- In a small saucepan, combine tomato sauce, salt, Italian seasoning, onion powder, and garlic powder. Stir, then heat on low for 5 minutes.
- Once the sauce is made, take your dough ball and stretch it out to a 14×14-inch circle on a pizza stone.
- Spoon the sauce onto the center of the pizza, leaving about 1 inch of space around the edge for the crust. (I used about ½ cup of sauce, but adjust to your liking)
- To create the spiderweb cheese, make a line of cheese down the center of the pizza.
- Repeat in the other direction (you will see four quadrants). Make a line of cheese down the center of each quadrant; you will be left with 8 quadrants.
- Now, do a line of cheese going across each quadrant to create the spiderweb effect.
- Wash your mushroom slices, then take a paring knife and cut small lines at the bottom of each slice, and poke two holes in the center of each slice. This will make the mushroom look like a skull.
- Place them on your pizza.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 450° F.
- While the pizza is baking, slice your mozzarella ball and cut out ghost shapes using a small ghost cutter.
- After the 10 minutes are up, carefully remove the pizza from the oven then arrange your ghosts onto the pizza. Bake for an additional 2 minutes.
- Garnish with fresh basil and black sprinkles for the ghost eyeballs and mouth. Enjoy!
Comments & Reviews
planet clicker says
Ideas for dietary restrictions, like gluten-free dough or plant-based cheese, would make this recipe accessible to more people.
Tara Noland says
Sorry, this is not my basis of knowledge if you need to seek out that kind of diet I would recommend another site.