Description
Pizza cupcakes are a fun twist on traditional pizza, perfect for parties or a quick snack. These savory cupcakes are made with pizza crust, sauce, cheese, and your favorite toppings baked in muffin tins for easy serving.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- cooking spray
- 8 medium cherry tomatoes
- 1 (11 ounce) can refrigerated pizza crust
- 8 teaspoons shredded mozzarella cheese
- 8 tablespoons pizza sauce (such as Classico)
- 8 teaspoons finely chopped red onion
- 8 tablespoons shredded mozzarella cheese
- 8 slices pepperoni, quartered
- 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning, or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt, or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and spray 8 muffin cups with cooking spray.
- Prepare Ingredients: Cut cherry tomatoes into halves. Roll out pizza crust and cut into 8 equal squares. Press each square into a muffin cup.
- Layer Ingredients: Layer each cup with mozzarella cheese, pizza sauce, red onion, more mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, and garlic salt.
- Bake: Bake in the preheated oven for about 15-20 minutes until the crust is golden and cheese is melted.
- Serve: Let cool slightly before removing from muffin tin and serve warm.
Notes
- You can customize these pizza cupcakes with your favorite pizza toppings like olives, bell peppers, or cooked sausage.
- Feel free to adjust the seasonings to suit your taste preferences.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 180 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 380 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg