Holiday Fare | Pizza Skulls For Your Next Hallowe’en Gathering!

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5 golden-brown pizza skulls, one broken into revealing a cheesy pepperoni interior, served with a marinara dipping sauce.

Ingredients

Yields 6 servings

  • 1 (13.8-oz.) can refrigerated pizza crust dough (such as Pillsbury)
  • 4 1/2 ounces low moisture part skim mozzarella, shredded (about 1 cup plus 2 Tbsp.)
  • 3/4 cup pizza sauce, plus more for serving
  • 6 tablespoons mini pepperoni (from 1 [5-oz.] pkg.)
  • 1 1/2 ounces Parmesan cheese, grated (about 6 Tbsp.)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning

Directions

  1. Gather all ingredients.

    all ingredients to make pizza skulls gathered on a kitchen counter.

  2. Preheat oven to 400℉. Working on a clean surface, roll out dough to a 15- x 10-inch rectangle. Cut dough into 6 (5- x 5-inch) squares.

    prepared dough, rolled out, and cut into 6 equal sized rectangles.

  3. Working with one piece of dough at a time, lay one square of dough in one cavity of a nonstick 6-cavity skull-shaped cakelet pan.

    a single rectangle pressed into the skull pan

  4. Fill the dough by layering 1 tablespoon mozzarella, 1 tablespoon pizza sauce, 1 tablespoon pepperoni, 1 tablespoon mozzarella, 1 tablespoon pizza sauce, 1 tablespoon mozzarella, 1 tablespoon parmesan, and 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning in the center of the dough square.

    skull pocket being filled with marinara, pepperoni, and cheese.
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  5. Fold sides of dough together and pinch tightly to seal, trimming and discarding any excess dough if necessary.

    dough rectangle folded over filling and pressed to seal.
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  6. Repeat filling and sealing process with remaining dough squares and remaining cheese, pizza sauce, pepperoni, and Italian seasoning.

    all six skull molds filled, ready to bake.

  7. Bake in preheated oven until baked through and lightly golden, 16 to 18 minutes.

    six pizza skulls, baked golden-brown, cooling in the pan.

  8. Carefully remove baked skulls from pan and transfer to a serving plate. Let cool 5 minutes before serving with additional pizza sauce for dipping, if desired.

    6 golden-brown pizza skulls on a white platter.

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