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Protein S’mores Dessert Pizza Recipe

Pizza is obviously one of my favorite meals ever. I’m not going to lie, I think about it every single day! I could never say no to pizza! It’s a childhood favorite, and I’m sure it’s going to be a favorite for the rest of my life… Seriously, I’ve been having pizzas nearly every single Sunday, whether from a restaurant or baking it myself (usually baking it!). I just gotta have my pizza fix!

Now what about dessert pizza? This has been something that’s intrigued me fairly recently. After looking at many images - and salivating while browsing! - I finally had my first dessert pizza in the winter of 2019 from Cacao 70, and I got the chocolate marshmallow pizza. Okay, yum! It was tiny but so good! My favorite part was the roasted marshmallows!

As I tend to do after I’ve enjoyed something amazing from a restaurant, I’m tempted to recreate it myself. I decided to make one up by adding a healthy twist to it - instead of a chocolate sauce, I made a healthy pumpkin protein sauce. For toppings I’m using jam, chocolate chips, and marshmallows. What’s the crust? Well, keep on reading to find out! You’ll be surprised, but honestly it’s so good! This is the perfect quick and easy dessert pizza to make after a long day of work when you need to satisfy that sweet tooth!

Why Make Protein S’mores Pizza

This pizza is packed with protein thanks to the pizza sauce! This pizza sauce is simply pumpkin puree mixed with a chocolate protein powder! How simple is that! And don’t worry, you don’t taste the pumpkin at all, thanks to the chocolate protein powder. The pumpkin does add its own nutritional boost by providing some additional fiber. This simple pizza sauce is actually such a nutritional powerhouse. The combination of fiber and protein will keep you full and satisfied, which is a perfect hunger-crushing combo, especially before bedtime. Because no one wants to go to bed hungry!

This protein s’mores dessert pizza only has SIX ingredients! Yes, six! You can easily assemble this healthy pizza in 5 minutes, and then bake it! There’s no reason not to give yourself an epic dessert every day with this simple sweet recipe!

Tools Needed

• Mixing bowl
• Whisk
• Baking sheet
• Spatula

Ingredients for Protein S’mores Pizza

As I said, this is a six-ingredient protein pizza recipe! Check out what you’ll need:

• Tortilla
• Pumpkin puree: You can use canned pumpkin puree or if you’re really ambitious, you can make your own!
• Chocolate protein powder
• Jam
• Chocolate chips
• Mini marshmallows

Bingo! You’re all set! Yes, the crust is made with a tortilla! I first tried it with a pita, but I found the crust got too crispy. I think this is partly due to pita being a generally drier bread compared to the tortilla. The tortilla absorbs the sauce a bit more and needs longer to get crispy, which complements well with the sweet toppings. Also, with a tortilla you’ve got a nice “thin crust” pizza, and the toppings are nice and gooey!

How to Make Protein S’mores Pizza

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
2. Begin by making your sauce. In a small bowl, combine the protein powder with the pumpkin puree. Whisk vigorously until you have a smooth consistency. It may seem difficult to whisk but trust me, you’ll get there! Just keep going!
3. Get a baking sheet or pizza pan. Spread the protein pumpkin sauce onto the tortilla, leaving a small lip at the edge of the base.
4. Then, spread jam over the sauce and spread just enough to leave patches of jam. This un-even spread helps with highlighting each sauce while eating.
5. Top with marshmallows and chocolate chips and transfer the pizza to the baking sheet or pizza pan.
6. Bake in the oven for 6 minutes, until the tortilla is slightly crispy and marshmallows have puffed up. Take the pizza out of the oven and slice into 4 pieces. Serve hot and enjoy with a cup of milk!

Frequently Asked Questions

This Is Not a Cookie Dough Dessert Pizza

Type dessert pizza into a search bar and most of what comes back is a round of sugar cookie dough baked flat, spread with sweetened cream cheese and covered in fruit. This is not that. There is no dough here at all — nothing to roll, nothing to chill, no pizza crust to par-bake. The base is an 8-inch flour tortilla straight out of the packet, which is the whole reason this is five minutes of assembly and six minutes in the oven.

There is no brown sugar in it, no cinnamon, no caramel drizzle, no cookies crumbled over the top and no toasted almonds. It is not a fruit pizza either — no fanned strawberries or kiwi over a cream cheese base. The only fruit is the two tablespoons of jam, and the recipe deliberately spreads that in patches rather than smoothly so you get the jam and the protein pumpkin sauce in separate bites instead of one blurred sweet layer. Everything else is chocolate protein powder whisked into pumpkin puree, chocolate chips and mini marshmallows. Six things, and one of the more delicious desserts you can put together in eleven minutes flat.

Pizza Night, Ice Cream, and How to Serve It

Six minutes at 350 F is all it takes: the tortilla goes slightly crispy at the edge and the marshmallows puff up. Take it out, slice it into four and eat it hot — the recipe makes two 8-inch pizzas, four slices apiece. That makes it a genuine pizza night dessert. Put it in the oven while everyone is finishing the savory pizzas and it is ready by the time the plates come off the table.

A scoop of vanilla ice cream on a warm slice melts down into the marshmallow, which is the version I would put in front of guests; the recipe itself suggests a glass of milk, which is the honest childhood way to eat it. The base swaps easily too. Corn tortillas work if that is what you have, though they are smaller and firmer. If you are out of chocolate protein powder, two tablespoons of cocoa powder per scoop gets you the same flavor with none of the protein. Butternut squash or sweet potato puree stand in for the pumpkin at the same ratio, and honey or fruit preserves work in place of the jam.