Halloween Party Pizzas
Recipe courtesy of the Food Network, https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/halloween-party-pizzas-5442020. This recipe was developed using the SafeRecipe Style Guide at SafeRecipeGuide.org.
Course entree
Servings 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 12-ounce package of multigrain sandwich thins
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- 3 mozzarella string cheese sticks
- 1 2.25-ounce can sliced black olives, drained
- 1 2.25-ounce can whole pitted black olives, drained
- 3 deli slices of cheddar
- 9 pepperoni slices
- 3 slices provolone
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella
Instructions
- Wash hands with soap and water.
- Preheat the oven to 375 ºF.
- Split 6 sandwich thins into 2 halves, and place 6 on each of 2 baking sheets.
- Spoon 1 to 2 Tablespoons of pizza sauce over each sandwich thin, spreading it to the edges.
- Follow the steps below to create each of the monsters.
For Mummies
- Tear the string cheese into thin strips.
- Arrange the strips horizontally across three pizzas like layers of a mummy.
- Place two olive slices for the eyes.
- Bake all pizzas until the cheese begins to melt, but before it bubbles, 8 to 10 minutes.
For Jack-o’-Lanterns
- Cut out rounds from the cheddar slices with a jar lid or 3½ inch cookie cutter. Place the cut rounds on 3 pizzas.
- Clean a pair of kitchen shears or a sharp knife with soap and warm water.
- Trim pepperoni slices into triangles (3 per pizza: 2 for the eyes and 1 for the nose) and place on the Cheddar rounds.
- Cut an olive slice in half and use it for a smile.
- Bake all pizzas until the cheese begins to melt, but before it bubbles, 8 to 10 minutes.
For Ghosts
- Trim the provolone slices along a bottom edge in a zig-zag pattern with the kitchen shears.
- Place 2 black olive slices on each pizza to create the eyes.
- Bake all pizzas until the cheese begins to melt, but before it bubbles, 8 to 10 minutes.
For Spiders
- Sprinkle 2 to 3 Tablespoons of shredded mozzarella over 3 pizzas.
- Bake all pizzas until the cheese begins to melt, but before it bubbles, 8 to 10 minutes.
- While the pizza is baking, cut 2 whole black olive slices in half for the legs.
- Assemble the spiders on the cheese once the pizzas come out of the oven. While they are still hot, invert an olive half on each for a body, then arranging the legs around the bodies