Main dishes · Halloween
Jack-o’-Lantern Sheet-Pan Pizza
A Halloween sheet-pan pizza with a jack-o’-lantern face made from peppers and olives, turning a real dinner into something festive the kids can help build.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Total
- 35 min
- Serves
- 6 slices
The recipe card
Jack-o’-Lantern Sheet-Pan Pizza
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Total
- 35 min
- Serves
- 6 slices
Ingredients
- 1 lb prepared pizza dough
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 2 cups shredded low-moisture mozzarella
- 1 orange bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 small black olive, sliced
- 1 tsp olive oil
- flour for shaping.
Method
- Heat oven to 475°F with a rack in the lower third. Lightly oil a 13 × 18-inch sheet pan. Stretch dough into a roughly round 12-inch pizza and transfer to pan. Spread sauce, leaving a 3/4-inch edge, then scatter cheese.
- Arrange bell pepper strips in a broad pumpkin outline and curved ridges. Use olive pieces for triangular eyes and a grin; keep small pieces away from the outer crust. Brush exposed crust with oil.
- Bake 15–20 minutes until the crust is browned and the cheese bubbles.
- Rest 5 minutes, slice, and serve.
