Halloween: Jack O’ Lantern and Mummy Pizzas

Jack O’ Lantern and Mummy Pizzas

Transform your Halloween dinner into a spooky feast with these fun and festive Mummy and Jack O’ Lantern themed pizzas! Using store-bought pizza dough, you can easily create these delightful pizzas that are sure to be a hit with kids and adults alike.

Serve with a Skeleton Veggie Tray and Halloween Fruit Tray  for a perfect well balanced, but festive, meal. Oh and don’t forget the Witches Brew Punch!

Making Halloween themed foods has been one of my favorite activities with kids. From Easy Caramel Apples to Candy Corn Shakes, it just adds a festive fun to the holiday. And these pizzas as SO EASY, but so much fun, get the kids involved.

For this activity you need pizza dough, sauce, cheese, and toppings of choice, but pepperoni seems to work well.

What You Need

For this recipe make this simple pizza dough or go ahead and buy some out of can. Because my kids had friends over the night we did this I opted for the out of the can variety. But here is what you will need:

• Store-bought pizza dough
• Pizza sauce
• Shredded mozzarella cheese
• Pepperoni slices
• Black olives
• Cheddar cheese slices
• Green bell pepper (optional)
• Red bell pepper (optional)
• Pizza toppings of your choice (optional)

How to Make Halloween Pizzas

1. Prepare the Dough: Preheat your oven according to the store-bought pizza dough instructions. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface and shape it into individual pizza rounds or one large pizza, depending on your preference.

   Cut it out in the shape of a pumpkin or a mummy head, you choose! You can use a cookie cutter, like this one COMFORT GRIP Cookie Cutter PUMPKIN 4.5 in. CGPU which is nice and large, or you can cut out a circle, and make your own stem. I did not order my cookie cutter early enough, so I went with the circle stem method.

2. Add the Sauce: Spread a thin layer of pizza sauce over the dough, leaving a small border around the edges for the crust.
3. Mummy Pizzas:
   • Create the Mummy Bandages: Place shredded mozzarella cheese in horizontal stripes across the pizza, leaving gaps for the “eyes.”
   • Add the Eyes: Cut black olives in half and place them in pairs on each pizza to create the mummy eyes.
   • Finish the Bandages: Add more mozzarella cheese strips, slightly overlapping them to create a wrapped effect, making sure not to cover the eyes completely.
4. Jack O’ Lantern Pizzas:
   • Shape the Face: Use slices of pepperoni or bell peppers to create the Jack O’ Lantern face on the pizza. Place them to form the eyes, nose, and mouth.
   • Add the Stem: Cut a small piece of green bell pepper and place it at the top of the pizza to resemble the stem of a pumpkin.
   • Cheddar Cheese Coating: Cover the rest of the pizza with slices of cheddar cheese to give it a vibrant orange color.
5. Bake the Pizzas: Place the pizzas on a baking sheet or pizza stone and bake according to the pizza dough package instructions, usually around 10-15 minutes or until the crust is golden and the cheese is melted and bubbly.
6. Serve and Enjoy: Remove the pizzas from the oven and let them cool for a few minutes before slicing. Serve with a side of spooky salad or Halloween-themed snacks for a complete festive meal.

Tips for Success

• Crispy Crust: For a crispier crust, pre-bake the dough for a few minutes before adding the sauce and toppings.
• Creative Faces: Get creative with the faces! Use different shapes and sizes for the eyes, nose, and mouth to give each pizza a unique look.
• Additional Toppings: Feel free to add your favorite pizza toppings such as mushrooms, onions, sausage, or ham to make the pizzas more flavorful.

Serving Ideas

• Halloween Dinner: Serve these themed pizzas with a side of spooky salad made with mixed greens, cherry tomatoes, black olives, and orange bell peppers.
• Party Platter: Arrange the pizzas on a large platter surrounded by other Halloween-themed treats like ghost-shaped cookies, bat-shaped tortilla chips with guacamole, and a bowl of monster punch.
• Family Fun Night: Make it a family activity by having everyone design their own Mummy or Jack O’ Lantern pizzas. Set up a topping station with a variety of options and let the creativity flow.

Try a few of these other fun Halloween themed foods for a festive spread:

• Halloween: Skeleton Cupcakes
• Halloween Truffles
• Boo Bark
• Monster Munch
• Mummy Apple Hand Pies
• Caramel Apple Slices
• Halloween: Donut Scary Faces
• Halloween: Cheese Eyeballs

The story we enjoyed with this activity:Working Mummies

It is a cute book which I personally appreciated because I am a working mummy! It was perfect for illustrating to my kiddos why I sometimes get a little stressed! Lol. A great read.

Substitution Ideas

• Pizza Dough Alternatives: Use whole wheat pizza dough or cauliflower crust for a healthier option. No Yeast Pizza Dough is a great choice.
• Cheese Variations: Experiment with different cheeses like provolone, gouda, or a blend of Italian cheeses for varied flavors.
• Vegetarian Options: Skip the pepperoni and use a variety of colorful vegetables to create the faces and decorations.

These Mummy and Jack O’ Lantern themed pizzas are not only delicious but also a fun and festive way to celebrate Halloween. Enjoy making and eating these spooky pizzas with your family and friends. Happy Halloween!

Halloween Pizzas

Fun and festive Halloween pizzas, making mummies or Jack O Lanterns with pizza for a Halloween dinner.

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Author: Rachael

Ingredients

• Store-bought pizza dough
• Pizza sauce
• Shredded mozzarella cheese
• Pepperoni slices
• Black olives
• Cheddar cheese slices
• Green bell pepper optional
• Red bell pepper optional
• Pizza toppings of your choice optional

Instructions

• Prepare the Dough: Preheat your oven according to the store-bought pizza dough instructions. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface and shape it into individual pizza rounds or one large pizza, depending on your preference.
• Add the Sauce: Spread a thin layer of pizza sauce over the dough, leaving a small border around the edges for the crust.

Mummy Pizzas:

• Create the Mummy Bandages: Place shredded mozzarella cheese in horizontal stripes across the pizza, leaving gaps for the "eyes."
• Add the Eyes: Cut black olives in half and place them in pairs on each pizza to create the mummy eyes.
• Finish the Bandages: Add more mozzarella cheese strips, slightly overlapping them to create a wrapped effect, making sure not to cover the eyes completely.

Jack O' Lantern Pizzas:

• Shape the Face: Use slices of pepperoni or bell peppers to create the Jack O' Lantern face on the pizza. Place them to form the eyes, nose, and mouth.
• Add the Stem: Cut a small piece of green bell pepper and place it at the top of the pizza to resemble the stem of a pumpkin.
• Cheddar Cheese Coating: Cover the rest of the pizza with slices of cheddar cheese to give it a vibrant orange color.

Bake the Pizzas

• Place the pizzas on a baking sheet or pizza stone and bake according to the pizza dough package instructions, usually around 10-15 minutes or until the crust is golden and the cheese is melted and bubbly.

Serve and Enjoy

• Remove the pizzas from the oven and let them cool for a few minutes before slicing. Serve with a side of spooky salad or Halloween-themed snacks for a complete festive meal.

Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.

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