Description
Create a fun and spooky Ghost Halloween Pizza using either store-bought or homemade pizza dough topped with mozzarella cheese ghosts and black olive faces. Perfect for busy moms looking for a festive and easy-to-make pizza recipe.
Ingredients
Scale
Basic Ingredients
- Store-bought pizza dough, Pillsbury pizza crust, or homemade dough
- Pizza sauce
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
- Sliced mozzarella cheese (thicker slices for 3D ghosts, thinner for flatter ones)
- Black olives (for eyes and mouths)
- Pepperoni slices (optional)
For Homemade Pizza Dough
- 2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast
- 1 ½ cups warm water
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 475°F (245°C) to ensure it is hot enough for the pizza to bake properly.
- Prepare Dough: For store-bought or Pillsbury dough, roll it out on a pizza pan according to package instructions. For homemade dough, activate yeast by dissolving sugar in warm water, sprinkle yeast on top, let it get foamy. Mix flour and salt, add yeast mixture and olive oil, stir to form dough. Knead on floured surface 5-7 minutes. Let dough rise in an oiled bowl covered with damp cloth for 1 to 1.5 hours until doubled.
- Roll Out Dough: Punch down risen dough and roll it out into a large circle on your pizza pan, leaving space around edges for crust.
- Spread Sauce: Evenly spread pizza sauce over the dough, leaving the edges free for the crust.
- Add Cheese: Sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese evenly over the sauce layer.
- Shape Ghosts: Cut ghost shapes from sliced mozzarella cheese. Use thicker slices for a 3D effect or thinner slices for flatter ghosts.
- Add Olive Faces: Cut small pieces of black olives to create eyes and mouths for the ghost shapes.
- Bake Pizza: Bake the pizza in the oven for 10-15 minutes until crust is golden and cheese is melted.
- Decorate: Place the sliced mozzarella ghost shapes onto the hot pizza so the cheese softens but keeps its shape.
- Serve: Let the pizza cool for a few minutes before slicing and serving to enjoy your spooky Halloween treat.
Notes
- For a quicker option, use store-bought dough or Pillsbury pizza crust to save prep time.
- Using thicker slices of mozzarella cheese will give your ghost shapes a fun 3D appearance.
- Feel free to add pepperoni slices for extra flavor or keep it classic with just cheese and olives.
- If you do not have black olives, substitute with small pieces of black olives or use edible markers designed for food decoration.
- Letting the dough rise in a warm spot is crucial for a fluffy crust when making homemade dough.
- Make sure to preheat the oven fully for a crisp crust and well-melted cheese.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 300 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 600 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 15 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg
