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Spooky Halloween Pizza Recipe: Make Fun Memories!

Halloween pizza with mozzarella ghost faces and olive decorations on tomato sauce base.

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Make spooky Halloween pizza at home with this fun, easy recipe! Perfect for families and kids, it delivers crispy, creative results that turn pizza night into an unforgettable holiday tradition.

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2023 marks one decade of me being in Canada! In India, Halloween is not the biggest deal. However, even in Canada, I’ve not really celebrated Halloween! I believe I’ve only ever been to one party in all this time…

Spooky Halloween Pizza Recipe: Make Fun Memories!
Anadi Misra

By Anadi Misra · October 27, 2023

Italian24 hr 34 min2 pizzashard
Halloween pizza with mozzarella ghost faces and olive decorations on tomato sauce base.
Spooky Halloween Pizza Recipe: Make Fun Memories!
Anadi Misra

By Anadi Misra · October 27, 2023

Italian24 hr 34 min2 pizzashard
Spooky Halloween Pizza Recipe: Make Fun Memories!
Anadi Misra

By Anadi Misra · October 27, 2023

Italian24 hr 34 min2 pizzashard

That being said, I’m going to have a pizza party at home by making these spooky pizzas for Halloween! I’ve made numerous homemade pizzas but I’ve never intentionally decorated my pizza, let alone for Halloween. I have to admit that this recipe is most definitely getting me out of my comfort zone, but that’s what the joy of cooking is all about! If you want more tips to inspire you to get out of your comfort zone in the kitchen, then I’m sure you’ll love to check out my free motivational guide, Make Cooking Fun!!. This creative Halloween pizza recipe is also the perfect opportunity to put your (and perhaps your family’s!) heart on a plate as part of your Live to Cook one-month challenge. You can get started on your cooking journey for free today by signing up to my email newsletter! Plus, you’ll receive all of my latest recipes sent right to your inbox!

Spooky Halloween pizza with mozzarella and pepperoni arranged as a jack-o'-lantern face on wooden serving board.

To follow along with the process of making everything from scratch and seeing the decorations being topped on the pizza, then be sure to watch the video at the bottom of this post! It would mean a lot if you would please subscribe to my YouTube channel if you haven’t already, and be sure to press the bell button so you always know when a new recipe video is live! Let’s get cooking!

Why You’ll Love This Spooky Halloween Pizza Recipe!

Pizza night always makes for a great dinner! This is my first time doing something Halloween-themed, and I’ve got so many reasons why you’ll love this pizza recipe:

  • Delicious: This is the main reason why you should make any pizza! A homemade pizza always comes from the heart, and this pizza certainly will!
  • Kid-friendly: I do not have my own children but I can imagine kids having a ton of fun making the little shapes and helping the adults add the topping! Make it a family event and take lots of photos!
  • Customizable: You don’t have to do exactly what I’m doing here for the pizza toppings! While you want to be precise when making the dough and follow a good technique to baking the pizza perfectly, you can get creative with how your pizza actually looks! Even with a little bit of a mess, that’s okay! It’s the experience that counts! After all, cooking is supposed to be fun!
  • Prep-friendly: While homemade pizza is always best served fresh, you can definitely prepare the elements ahead of time so that when it’s time to actually make the pizzas, the process is so easy!
Two homemade pizzas on wooden serving boards with melted cheese, tomato sauce, and various toppings including pepperoni and vegetables.
What Pizza Dough Do we need for Halloween Pizza?▼

My personal choice for this pizza recipe for Halloween is a Napoletana pizza dough. This is my favourite one to make at home and you get an incredible flavour! I also love that it’s a thin crust, meaning it won’t be too heavy and we can really focus on the toppings instead without you getting too full. My favourite part of this pizza dough is how quickly it bakes! I’ll share how to make it in this post, so stay tuned for all the instructions! This post will provide a brief overview, so if you want to learn more about Napoletana pizza dough, I recommend you check out the complete recipe.

Spooky Halloween pizza with tomato sauce, melted cheese, and a green olive garnish shaped like a spider on wooden board.

I’m going to allow my dough to rise for about 48 hours for optimal flavor. If you only have a day to let the dough rise, that will be fine. On the other hand, if you’re reading this on Halloween and really want to make your own pizza dough from scratch, then it is possible to get the dough ready in one hour by using quick rise yeast instead of instant yeast or active dry yeast. I personally prefer allowing the dough to rise to experience the most delicious pizza, but I understand that last-minute plans happen! That’s when doing the one-hour dough works best! If you really don’t have the time to make the dough, of course you can just buy a pizza crust, but in my opinion the same amount of love doesn’t shine through a store-bought dough!

Baked Napoletana pizza with melted mozzarella, tomato sauce, and pepperoni on a wooden serving board.
Is it Possible to Make Halloween Pizza Recipe in Advance?▼

Well, technically you can, but if I were to a host a pizza party I’d be making it when everyone is ready to eat so that it’s hot and fresh for my guests! However, there are some prepping tips I can provide to make the process a lot easier and more efficient when it comes time to the actual pizza-making:

  • Have your dough out at room temperature for 1 hour.
  • Preheat the oven at this time.
  • Make your pizza sauce in advance.
  • Grate your cheese and store it in an airtight container or cover a plate or bowl with plastic wrap in the fridge.
  • Have your other toppings laid out on plates or in ramekins for easy access. Chop or cut your vegetables as necessary.
Baked Halloween pizza on wooden board with melted cheese, tomato sauce, and toppings with charred crust.
What Temperature do we need to cook the Halloween pizza?▼

My recommendation to achieve the perfect pizza crust would be to preheat the oven to 500 F, or the highest temperature your oven can reach. When it’s time to cook the actual pizza, then change the oven setting to “Broil.”

How Do I Make Enough Pizzas for Everyone?

Check out the recipe card at the bottom of this post to scale the recipe! The default recipe makes one pizza, but you can toggle based on how many pizzas you want to make. All other individual ingredient quantities will automatically be adjusted for you so you don’t miss out on any of the toppings and you’ll make enough sauce!

Two spooky Halloween pizzas on wooden serving boards with melted cheese, tomato sauce, and olive toppings arranged in a face design.

Tools Needed to Make Spooky Halloween Pizza Recipe

  • Baking steel and/or baking stone
  • KitchenAid
  • Wooden pizza peel and a metal peel
  • Bench scraper
  • Pizza wheel cutter
  • Mixing bowl
  • Whisk
  • Garlic press
  • Cutting board
  • Basting brush
  • Paring knife
  • Ramekins

Ingredients for Halloween Pizza

The full ingredient list can be found in the FULL PRINTABLE RECIPE CARD at the bottom of this post. You can either scroll down or press the “Jump to Recipe” button to save the recipe for later.

Ingredients for Halloween pizza laid out on a wooden board: dough, sliced potatoes, pepperoni, a bowl of red sauce, and a red bottle.

For the Pizza Dough

  • 00 flour or bread flour. It’s ideal to use 00 flour, but bread flour will work perfectly fine if you can’t find 00.
  • Instant Yeast
  • Salt
  • Lukewarm water (60-70F) + ~200 g/mL lukewarm water (60-70F)
  • Extra virgin olive oil

For the Sauce

  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Passata or tomato puree
  • Garlic, minced
  • Dried oregano
  • Tomato paste
  • Chilli flakes
  • Salt to taste

For the Pizza

  • Mozzarella cheese: I like to get a ball of mozzarella and grate it. I’ll also be using some strips to make mummies!
  • Provolone cheese: We’ll cut the provolone to make ghosts. More details to come!
  • Olives: These will be used to make spiders on the pizza, in addition to making eyes for the mummies and ghosts. Use whichever types of olives you want. I’m using green and black.
  • Pepperoni
  • 00 flour or bread flour: As required for dusting
  • Semolina: As required for dusting
  • Olive oil: To brush on the crust when the pizzas have finished baking.

How to Make Spooky Halloween Pizza

For the Pizza Dough

Add yeast and 1/4 Cup of lukewarm water to a bowl and whisk until water is bubbly. Mix until you see no granules of yeast floating on the water. If the yeast doesn't dissolve, the yeast is likely dead and you will have to start over with fresh yeast.

Whisking yeast and water mixture in a measuring cup with a whisk until bubbly.

Add flour to the bowl of your kitchen aid mixer and add all of the yeast-water mixture. Then, slowly add most of the cold water while continuing to knead with the dough hook. Add the remaining cold water back in the bowl of yeast water and swirl and add to the dough.

Pouring liquid yeast mixture into flour in a stand mixer bowl during pizza dough preparation.
Stand mixer with flat beater mixing flour and yeast mixture for pizza dough
Stand mixer with dough hook kneading soft, pale pizza dough in stainless steel bowl.

Knead until the dough comes together and you have a soft, pliable dough which is not sticky to touch. Add more flour/water as required to reach this consistency.

Soft pizza dough being lifted from a stand mixer bowl with the dough hook attachment.

Stop the mixer and add the salt. Knead on low speed for 1 minute.

Dough mixed in stand mixer bowl with dough hook attachment, ready for salt addition during pizza dough preparation.
Stand mixer kneading pizza dough with dough hook attachment, soft dough visible in metal bowl.

Stop the mixer, add the olive oil and knead on low speed for 1 minute. After 1 minute, remove the dough from the dough hook, place in the bowl of the mixer and knead for 30 seconds to a minute.

Olive oil being drizzled into a stand mixer bowl with pizza dough during kneading.
KitchenAid mixer with dough hook kneading pizza dough in stainless steel bowl.
Dough ball on dough hook in stand mixer bowl after kneading with olive oil.

Then, transfer the dough to your countertop and continue kneading, stretch and fold the dough for 1-2 minutes.

Hands kneading and stretching pizza dough on a gray countertop next to a stand mixer.
Pizza dough ball on dark countertop after kneading, showing rough, slightly floured surface texture.

Then, portion the dough into 2 equal parts and for each portion fold the dough onto itself to create a tight surface tension as you seal/pinch the folds. Be careful not to de-gas the dough too much. The portions should resemble a ball of fresh mozzarella. This is a great time to freeze any dough you are not planning to use right away.

Ball of pizza dough with tight surface tension on a gray countertop next to a stand mixer.
Hand using a dough scraper to fold pizza dough onto itself on a gray work surface.
Hands holding a round ball of pizza dough with smooth, tight surface tension after kneading and folding.
Hands folding pizza dough onto itself to create surface tension before shaping into a ball.

Transfer the dough portions to a baking sheet or plate and cover with 2 layers of plastic wrap. Let the dough rise for at least 24 hours in the refrigerator.

Two portions of pizza dough covered with plastic wrap on a red baking sheet, ready for refrigeration.

For the Sauce

In a bowl, combine all the ingredients for the sauce and mix well. Adjust with salt for seasoning.

Olive oil mixed in a white bowl for pizza sauce, with ingredients and bottles in the background.
Pizza sauce mixed in a white bowl with red tomato base and golden oil on top, surrounded by ingredients.
Hand mixing red tomato sauce with minced garlic in a white bowl using a spoon.
Pizza sauce mixed in white bowl with tomato base, minced garlic, and dried oregano sprinkled on top.
Red pizza sauce with green herb seasoning mixed in a white bowl on a wooden surface
Red pizza sauce with golden red pepper flakes mixed in a white bowl on a wooden surface.
Pizza sauce in a white bowl with red tomato base, olive oil, and dried oregano and red pepper flakes sprinkled on top.
Red pizza sauce being stirred in a white bowl with a spoon, showing herbs and seasoning mixed throughout.

For Both Pizzas

Place one baking steel/stone on the second highest rack of the oven and another one at the bottom most rack. Preheat oven at 500 F for 1 hour.

Dust your countertop with flour and starting with one portion of dough at a time, add the dough ball over the flour. Starting from the centre of the dough, press down on the dough and create a rim around the side.

Hands stretching pizza dough on a flour-dusted gray countertop for Halloween pizza recipe.
Hand stretching pizza dough on a flour-dusted gray countertop surface
Flour-dusted countertop with pizza dough being stretched by hand into a round shape.
Hand stretching pizza dough on floured surface, creating a swirled pattern with alternating light and dark flour.
Hands stretching pizza dough on a floured red baking mat, showing the dough being shaped for pizza preparation.
Pizza dough ball dusted with flour on dark countertop, being stretched by hand for Halloween pizza.

Continue pressing down the centre to stretch the dough. Then, hold the dough from the rim and rotate to let gravity stretch it further. You can also use knuckles to stretch the dough, until the diameter is about 10 inches.

Hands stretching pizza dough on a floured gray countertop during preparation.

Set oven to Broil mode, let top steel/stone heat for 8-10 minutes.

Dust a wooden pizza peel with semolina and place the stretched dough on the peel.

Stretched pizza dough dusted with semolina on a wooden pizza peel, ready for toppings.
Hand stretching pizza dough on a wooden peel dusted with semolina flour.

For the Ghost Pizza

Use a paring knife to cut out eyes and mouth on slices of provolone and mozzarella. For the Mummy Pizza, cut slices of the two cheeses into strips.

Hands cutting eye and mouth shapes into a slice of white cheese on a wooden cutting board.
Hands slicing provolone cheese into thin rounds on a wooden cutting board for ghost pizza decorations.
Hands slicing provolone cheese into thin curved pieces on a wooden cutting board for ghost pizza decorations.
Hands cutting ghost faces into sliced white cheese on a wooden cutting board with knife and cheese pieces.
Hands cutting eye and mouth shapes from a slice of pale cheese on a wooden cutting board for ghost pizza decorations.
Potato slices arranged on a cutting board showing cut-out ghost faces and shapes for Halloween pizza decoration.

For the Olive Spiders, make the body by cutting an olive in half. For the spider legs, slice olives into strips and trim as needed.

Halved olives and olive strips arranged on a wooden cutting board for making olive spider decorations.
Halved green and red olives arranged on a wooden board to demonstrate olive spider preparation for Halloween pizza.
Halved olives and olive strips arranged on a wooden cutting board for making olive spider pizza toppings.
Hands cutting green and red olives in half on a wooden cutting board for olive spider decorations.
Hands slicing green olives into strips on a wooden cutting board for olive spider legs in Halloween pizza recipe.
Hand slicing green olives into strips on a wooden cutting board for olive spider legs in a Halloween pizza recipe.
Hands cutting olive strips on a wooden cutting board for spider legs in a Halloween pizza recipe.
Hand holding sliced green olives on a wooden cutting board for making olive spider decorations.

Assemble the Ghost Pizza on a pizza peel dusted with semolina and flour. Spread the sauce on the first pizza dough, and then arrange the ghost cheese slices around. Assemble the spiders scattered around the ghosts.

Hand spreading red pizza sauce on white dough on a wooden pizza peel.
Ghost pizza with mozzarella cheese cutouts arranged on tomato sauce, placed on a wooden pizza peel.
Hand placing mozzarella cheese ghosts with olive eyes on red sauce pizza base for Halloween decoration.
Hand placing olive slice on ghost-shaped cheese cutouts on red sauce pizza base.

For the Mummy Pizza

Cut slices of the two cheeses into strips. Make olive spiders as described above.

Cheese slices and strips being cut on a wooden board for mummy pizza topping preparation.
Hand slicing white and yellow cheese into strips on a wooden cutting board for mummy pizza topping.
Sliced mozzarella and cheddar cheese cut into strips on a wooden cutting board for mummy pizza decoration.

Assemble the Mummy Pizza on a pizza peel dusted with semolina and flour. Spread the sauce on the second pizza dough. and then place 2 pieces of pepperoni for eyes, and then slice into rounds to create the eyeballs. Arrange the strips of cheese around the eyes until it resembles a mummy, leave gaps where the sauce is visible. Create a mouth by cutting slices of pepperoni in half.

Hand spreading red pizza sauce on white dough on a wooden board during pizza preparation.
Hand placing mozzarella strip on pizza dough with tomato sauce to create mummy design.
Assembled mummy pizza on wooden peel with pepperoni strips arranged as bandages over melted cheese and tomato sauce.
Uncooked mummy pizza with tomato sauce, pepperoni slices, and cheese strips arranged in a mummy design on a wooden pizza peel.
Unbaked mummy pizza with tomato sauce and white cheese strips arranged in a crisscross pattern on a wooden pizza peel.
Mummy pizza with cheese strips, pepperoni, black olives for eyes, and green olive on top on wooden board.

To Cook the Pizzas

Set oven to the Broil mode, and let the top baking steel/stone heat for 8-10 minutes.

In a swift push and pull motion, place the pizza on the top baking steel/stone. Bake for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes or until the crust has some char or brown spots and the cheese has molten.

Spooky Halloween pizza with skull-shaped mozzarella and olive garnishes on tomato sauce base, ready for broiling.
Spooky Halloween pizza with tomato sauce, melted mozzarella, and red pepper pieces arranged as a ghost face on dark baking steel.

Then transfer the pizza to the bottom steel/stone to finish off the crust of the pizza, about 30 seconds to 1 minute.

Pizza being transferred with a pizza peel onto a baking stone in an oven during cooking.

Remove the pizza from the oven and brush the crust with the garlic chili oil.

Finished margherita pizza on wooden board with golden crust and melted cheese, brushed with garlic chili oil.

Enjoy the spooky pizzas!

Homemade Halloween pizza with ghost-shaped mozzarella cutouts on red sauce and toppings.

Tips for the Scariest (but Tastiest!) Halloween Pizza

  • If the yeast doesn’t dissolve after mixing, the yeast is likely dead. As a result, it’s best to start over.
  • Avoid degassing the dough too much as you are folding the individual portions onto itself. If you over-work the dough, it will start to resist as you start to stretch the dough for the pizza.
  • I recommend passata strained tomatoes for the pizza sauce because the tomatoes will cook as you cook the pizza. However, a can of San Marzano tomatoes will also work because they are raw tomatoes, though I do find passata has more flavour.
  • If you really want to make pizzas from scratch more often after this experience, I highly recommend you invest in a baking steel and/or baking stone. They are cheap, and an essential tool for pizza makers.
  • You want to preheat your oven to its highest temperature for at least one hour before baking the pizza. This will mean that your baking steel and/or baking stone is hot and ready for pizza, giving you the crispiest crust.
  • Use a pair of baking steels/stones if possible, setting up one of them towards the top rack of the oven and the second one at the bottom.
  • Turn the oven to the “Broil” mode 10 minutes prior to cooking the pizzas (I do this right before topping the pizza) to make the top steel/stone scorching hot. This will help rapidly cook the crispy crust.
  • Avoid cutting thick strips of mozzarella for the mummy bandages. As you can see in the cooked pictures, the cheese got too molten and you can no longer make out the bandages. Thin strips of mozzarella will cook better, keeping the desired image!
  • Finish the crust by transferring the pizza to the bottom stone/steel.
  • Brushing the crust with olive oil is optional, but really recommended!
Unbaked mummy pizza with pepperoni and cheese lattice strips on a wooden board before baking.

Variations

  • Mummy pizza: Change the mummy’s face to be angry, sad, or whatever expression you feel like! I wanted a happy mummy since we’re happy to have pizza!
  • Jack-o-Lantern pizza: Shape the dough in the form of a pumpkin and make a classic Jack-o-Lantern face with your pepperoni!
  • Vampire pizza: Design some pointy ears and give fangs to the mouth with your toppings.
  • Skulls: Instead of (or in addition to!) ghosts on the pizza, shape the provolone cheese into skulls.
How to Store Leftover Pizza▼

I highly doubt that there will be leftover pizza since it’s just too addictive! Plus, I always find homemade pizza is best fresh! However, if there are leftovers, then don’t worry about it! The way that I store my leftover pizza is by wrapping the individual slices in plastic wrap and keeping it in the fridge. Your best bet is to reheat pizza slices in a microwave or air fryer.

You only need about a minute for your pizza to be completely warmed through if reheating in a microwave. To reheat your pizza in an air fryer, I would heat at 400 F for about a minute or two. To reheat in the oven, I would follow the same steps as in the air fryer, but the process will take longer since your oven will require time to preheat.

I would really avoid reheating your pizza in the microwave since the crust definitely gets soggy!

Let me know what you think of this recipe in the comments! If you’ve tried this recipe, be sure to post it on social media and tag it with #cookingwithanadi and mention me @cooking.with.anadi. Thank you!

Recipe by Anadi Misra

Spooky Halloween Pizza Recipe: Make Fun Memories!

Make spooky Halloween pizza at home with this fun, easy recipe! Perfect for families and kids, it delivers crispy, creative results that turn pizza night into an unforgettable holiday tradition.

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30 min

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4 min

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24 hr

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24 hr 34 min

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For the Napoletana dough

  • (460 g) 00 flour or bread flourShop →
  • (8 g) instant yeastShop →
  • (3 g) saltShop →
  • (5 ml) olive oilShop →
  • (60 ml) lukewarm water (60-70F)
  • (200 ml) cold water

For the pizza sauce

  • (5 ml) extra virgin olive oilShop →
  • (130 g) passata or crushed tomatoesShop →
  • garlic cloves, mincedShop →
  • (3 g) dried oreganoShop →
  • (8 g) tomato pasteShop →
  • chilli flakes , to tasteShop →
  • salt to tasteShop →

For the pizzas

  • provolone cheese, torn in small pieces
  • (225 g) mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • green and black olives, whole and sliced
  • pepperoni slices
  • flour or bread flour , as required for dustingShop →
  • semolina , as required for dustingShop →
  • olive oil, to brush on the crustShop →

Instructions

For the Napoletana dough

  1. 1

    Add yeast and ¼ cup of lukewarm water to a bowl and whisk until water is bubbly. Mix until you see no granules of yeast floating on the water. If the yeast doesn't dissolve, the yeast is likely dead and you will have to start over with fresh yeast.

    Add yeast and ¼ cup of lukewarm water to a bowl and whisk until water is bubbly. Mix until you see no granules of yeast floating on the water. If the yeast doesn't dissolve, the yeast is likely dead and you will have to start over with fresh yeast.

  2. 2

    Add flour to the bowl of your kitchen aid mixer and add all of the yeast-water mixture. Then, slowly add most of the cold water while continuing to knead with the dough hook. Add the remaining cold water back in the bowl of yeast water and swirl and add to the dough.

    Add flour to the bowl of your kitchen aid mixer and add all of the yeast-water mixture. Then, slowly add most of the cold water while continuing to knead with the dough hook. Add the remaining cold water back in the bowl of yeast water and swirl and add to the dough.

  3. 3

    Knead until the dough comes together and you have a soft, pliable dough which is not sticky to touch. Add more flour/water as required to reach this consistency.

    Knead until the dough comes together and you have a soft, pliable dough which is not sticky to touch. Add more flour/water as required to reach this consistency.

  4. 4

    Stop the mixer and add the salt. Knead on low speed for 1 minute.

    Stop the mixer and add the salt. Knead on low speed for 1 minute.

  5. 5

    Stop the mixer, add the olive oil and knead on low speed for 1 minute. After 1 minute, remove the dough from the dough hook, place in the bowl of the mixer and knead for 30 seconds to a minute.

    Stop the mixer, add the olive oil and knead on low speed for 1 minute. After 1 minute, remove the dough from the dough hook, place in the bowl of the mixer and knead for 30 seconds to a minute.

  6. 6

    Then, transfer the dough to your countertop and continue kneading, stretch and fold the dough for 1-2 minutes.

    Then, transfer the dough to your countertop and continue kneading, stretch and fold the dough for 1-2 minutes.

  7. 7

    Form the dough into a ball and set aside on the countertop/bowl. Cover with a damp kitchen towel and let rest for 20 minutes.

    Form the dough into a ball and set aside on the countertop/bowl. Cover with a damp kitchen towel and let rest for 20 minutes.

  8. 8

    Then, portion the dough into 2 equal parts and for each portion fold the dough onto itself to create a tight surface tension as you seal/pinch the folds. Be careful not to de-gas the dough too much. The portions should resemble a ball of fresh mozzarella. This is a great time to freeze any dough you are not planning to use right away.

    Then, portion the dough into 2 equal parts and for each portion fold the dough onto itself to create a tight surface tension as you seal/pinch the folds. Be careful not to de-gas the dough too much. The portions should resemble a ball of fresh mozzarella. This is a great time to freeze any dough you are not planning to use right away.

  9. 9

    Transfer the dough portions to a baking sheet or plate and cover with 2 layer sof plastic wrap. Let the dough rise for at least 24-72 hours in the refrigerator.

    Transfer the dough portions to a baking sheet or plate and cover with 2 layer sof plastic wrap. Let the dough rise for at least 24-72 hours in the refrigerator.

For the pizza sauce

  1. 1

    In a bowl, combine all the ingredients for the sauce and mix well. Adjust with salt for seasoning.

    In a bowl, combine all the ingredients for the sauce and mix well. Adjust with salt for seasoning.

For the pizzas

  1. 1

    Place one baking steel/stone on the second highest rack of the oven and another one at the bottom most rack. Preheat oven at 500 F for 1 hour. Remove the pizza dough and sauce out to come up to temperature while the oven preheats.

    Place one baking steel/stone on the second highest rack of the oven and another one at the bottom most rack. Preheat oven at 500°F (260°C) for 1 hour. Remove the pizza dough and sauce out to come up to temperature while the oven preheats.

  2. 2

    Dust your countertop with semolina & flour and starting with one portion of dough at a time, add the dough ball over the dusting mixture. Starting from the centre of the dough, press down on the dough and create a rim around the side.

    Dust your countertop with semolina & flour and starting with one portion of dough at a time, add the dough ball over the dusting mixture. Starting from the centre of the dough, press down on the dough and create a rim around the side.

  3. 3

    Continue pressing down the centre to stretch the dough. Then, hold the dough from the rim and rotate to let gravity stretch if further. You can also you use knuckles to stretch the dough, until the diameter is about 10 inches.

    Continue pressing down the centre to stretch the dough. Then, hold the dough from the rim and rotate to let gravity stretch if further. You can also you use knuckles to stretch the dough, until the diameter is about 10 inches.

  4. 4

    For the Ghost Pizza , use a paring knife to cut out eyes and mouth on slices of provolone and mozzarella. For the Mummy Pizza, cut slices of the two cheeses into strips. For the Olive Spiders, make the body by cutting an olive in half. For the spider legs, slice olives into strips and trim as needed.

    For the Ghost Pizza , use a paring knife to cut out eyes and mouth on slices of provolone and mozzarella. For the Mummy Pizza, cut slices of the two cheeses into strips. For the Olive Spiders, make the body by cutting an olive in half. For the spider legs, slice olives into strips and trim as needed.

  5. 5

    Assemble the Ghost Pizza on a pizza peel dusted with semolina and flour. Spread the sauce on the first pizza dough, and then arrange the ghost cheese slices around. Assemble the spiders scattered around the ghosts.

    Assemble the Ghost Pizza on a pizza peel dusted with semolina and flour. Spread the sauce on the first pizza dough, and then arrange the ghost cheese slices around. Assemble the spiders scattered around the ghosts.

  6. 6

    Assemble the Mummy Pizza on a pizza peel dusted with semolina and flour. Spread the sauce on the second pizza dough. and then place 2 pieces of pepperoni for eyes, and then slice into rounds to create the eyeball. Arrange the strips of cheeses around the eyes until it resembles a mummy, leave gaps where the sauce is visible. Create a mouth by cutting slices of pepperoni in half.

    Assemble the Mummy Pizza on a pizza peel dusted with semolina and flour. Spread the sauce on the second pizza dough. and then place 2 pieces of pepperoni for eyes, and then slice into rounds to create the eyeball. Arrange the strips of cheeses around the eyes until it resembles a mummy, leave gaps where the sauce is visible. Create a mouth by cutting slices of pepperoni in half.

  7. 7

    Set oven to the Broil mode, and let the top baking steel/stone heat for 8-10 minutes.

    Set oven to the Broil mode, and let the top baking steel/stone heat for 8-10 minutes.

  8. 8

    In a swift push and pull motion, place the pizza on the top baking steel/stone. Bake for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes or until the crust has some char or brown spots and the cheese has molten.

    In a swift push and pull motion, place the pizza on the top baking steel/stone. Bake for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes or until the crust has some char or brown spots and the cheese has molten.

  9. 9

    Then transfer the pizza to the bottom steel/stone to finish off the crust of the pizza, about 30 seconds to 1 minute.

    Then transfer the pizza to the bottom steel/stone to finish off the crust of the pizza, about 30 seconds to 1 minute.

  10. 10

    Remove the pizza from the oven and brush the crust with the garlic chili oil. Enjoy the spooky pizzas!

    Remove the pizza from the oven and brush the crust with the garlic chili oil. Enjoy the spooky pizzas!

Nutrition per serving

2002

Calories

83g

Protein

191g

Carbs

98g

Fat

9g

Fiber

6g

Sugar

4533mg

Sodium

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