Pepperoni Pizza Pumpkins
These adorable Pepperoni Pizza Pumpkins are everything you love about pizzawrapped in golden dough and shaped like little pumpkins! They’re stuffed with melty mozzarella, zesty marinara, and savory pepperoni, making them a crowd-pleasing appetizer or festive fall snack.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 can refrigerated pizza pie crust
- 2 tablespoons marinara sauce (plus more for serving)
- 16 slices of pepperoni
- 8 mini mozzarella balls (or 8 cubes of mozzarella)
- 1 egg, slightly beaten with 2 tsp water
- Long kitchen twine
- Optional: parsley or Italian seasoning for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Roll out the pizza dough and cut out 8 circles using a 3½ to 4-inch cutter.
- In the center of each circle, add a small spoonful of marinara sauce, 2 pepperoni slices, and 1 mozzarella ball or cube.
- Bring the edges up and around the filling, pinching tightly to seal. Form a round dough ball.
- Take a piece of kitchen twine and gently tie it around each dough ball to create pumpkin segmentswrap 34 loops to mimic pumpkin ridges (dont tie too tight).
- Brush each dough ball with egg wash.
- Bake for 1520 minutes, until golden brown and puffy.
- Let them cool slightly, remove twine, and serve warm with marinara sauce for dipping.
Nutrition
- Calories: 190 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Fat: 10 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Protein: 7 g
Find it online: http://ingredientidea.com/pepperoni-pizza-pumpkins-recipe/