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Stuffed Pizza Skulls

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This Halloween freak out your friends and family by serving them some Stuffed Pizza Skulls. They are really easy to make yet look so amazingly cool that no one will realize they took minutes to make.

This Halloween freak out your friends and family by serving them some Stuffed Pizza Skulls. They are really easy to make yet look so amazingly cool that no one will realize they took minutes to make.

Pizza, stuffed inside a skull is easier to make than you’d ever imagine.

I remember about 5 years ago asking a local bakery if they could make some skull shaped bread for our Halloween party. Sadly, they couldn’t so I made them by hand. Now, thanks to Wilton’s 3-D Mini Skull Pan, you and I wont ever need the help of a bakery to make a skull shaped baked good.

You can make any kind of bread shaped like a human skull using the pan. You can even stuff the skulls full of gooey cheese and pizza toppings.

This Halloween freak out your friends and family by serving them some Stuffed Pizza Skulls. They are really easy to make yet look so amazingly cool that no one will realize they took minutes to make.

You can keep the Stuffed Pizza Skulls simple filling them with sauce, cheese, and mini pepperoni or you can toss in any of your favorite pizza toppings.

These skulls will make a festive meal for Halloween dinner served alongside a nice salad and will be a fantastic addition to a buffet at your Halloween party.

For your party, you can make and bake these ahead of time, refrigerate them for up to two days or freeze for about a month, then reheat before serving. My husband wasn’t home when I made these yesterday afternoon, so I had to pop two of them in the toaster oven for him for dinner last night. He said they tasted just like they came out of the oven.

This Halloween freak out your friends and family by serving them some Stuffed Pizza Skulls. They are really easy to make yet look so amazingly cool that no one will realize they took minutes to make.

Stuffed Pizza Skulls

Stuffed Pizza Skulls
 
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3-D skull shaped pizzas can be filled with your favorite pizza toppings and make a great appetizer or dinner for Halloween.
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Recipe type: Entree
Makes: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon melted butter, to grease the pan
  • 2 rolls Pillsbury Pizza Dough (or homemade, enough for 2 pizzas)*
  • pizza toppings
  • 6 tablespoons pizza sauce
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • egg wash (1 egg mixed with 1 teaspoon water)
Instructions
  1. Cut dough sheet in half.
  2. Drape dough into skull cavity in pan.
  3. Fill with 1 1/2 tablespoons of sauce, pizza toppings, and 1/4 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese.
  4. Cut off the excess dough, pinch together the seams.
  5. Brush egg wash over top of dough.
  6. Repeat creating 4 skulls.
  7. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  8. Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
  9. Bake for 18-20 minutes until the crust looks cooked through and golden brown.
  10. Remove skulls from pan and serve.

 NOTE:

  • Keep scrolling to see the step-by-step tutorial and a video.
  • You’ll have scraps of pizza dough that you can use to create mini pizzas, so you’ll use more sauce, cheese and toppings for this.

You can purchase a Wilton 3-D Mini Skull Pan from Amazon.com or find them in craft stores. (commission earned for sales)

UPDATE: Due to the popularity of the Stuffed Pizza Skull video, the Wilton Pans have sold out on Amazon.com.
Good News: there is a Nordic Ware Pan that is available and it will allow you to make 6 pizza skulls at one time.

his Halloween freak out your friends and family by serving them some Stuffed Pizza Skulls. They are really easy to make yet look so amazingly cool that no one will realize they took minutes to make.

Instructions:

Butter the inside of the 4 faces in your Wilton 3-D Mini Skull Pan.

Cut pieces of pizza dough (I cut my Pillsbury dough in half) and snuggle them down into the cavities in the pan, being sure you have enough dough to come up over the top all around the opening.

Fill with your pizza toppings, 1 1/2 tablespoons of sauce, and 1/4 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese.

You then will need to cut off the excess dough, pinch together the seams using egg wash as glue to hold the seams together. Remove any excess dough.

You can use the scraps of dough to make some small pizzas for a snack. I didn’t try pressing the scraps together to make more skulls. It might work, but I have a feeling the sauce will seep out between the cracks. Of course, that could look kind of creepy and cool.

Brush egg wash over the backside of your skulls to make sure the seems are really well glued together. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Bake for 18-20 minutes until the crust looks cooked through and golden brown. Just a note, the faces of your skulls have been in contact with the pan and will be much more brown, so don’t over bake them.

Carefully turn the mold over allowing the skulls to fall out onto your counter. Serve immediately, or refrigerate for up to  two days or freeze for up to a month.

Reheat before serving. I heated two refrigerated skulls in my toaster oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes, which seemed perfect. I’d suggest thawing the skulls in the refrigerator overnight, then heating per above.

 

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  2. We do a block party for Halloween, and I always do big treat baskets filled with various spooky and creepy yummies. I get a lot of my ideas from your site (thanks!! =) and this pizza skull is a must do!! FAB!

    • Sounds like a lot of fun. I think it's great when a neighborhood gets together on Beggars' Night. It makes it festive and safe for the kids.

  8. Ok, these are seriously cool. We always have a Halloween party. Last year's theme was zombies, haven't decided on a specific theme for this year. I have silicone candy molds in the shapes of pumpkins, skulls and bones. This pan would be awesome to add to the collection.

    • Our zombie party last year was so much fun. It's a great theme for an event. I hope your plans are coming together for your party this year and that you all have a great time.

  9. OMG! This is the most incredible idea! I don't have a skull pan but I do have a couple of other pans of this type. I'm so going to have to give this a try. Thank you for sharing this.! Now I have to go and get a skull pan. LOLOLOL AWESOME!

    Sar Tann fb

    • Thanks! I was really happy with how much detail showed up in the pizzas. They would be great for any holiday baked in any pan like this, but there is just something about the skulls that I really love.

  12. I just found your site a week or so ago and I have to say I am blown away by all your ideas! LOVING IT!! We usually have a Halloween party every year with about 30 of us trick or treating together as well! I love Halloween and am looking forward to attempting some of your creations!

    • Hi Many, I'm so glad you found Hungry Happenings just in time for Halloween. What fun to have such a huge group go Trick or Treating together. I would have loved that as a kid. I hope you have a wonderful time at your party.

    • We were supposed to do a pumpkin carving party this year, but our school system's fall break got in the way. Hope to do it next year. Have a wonderful pumpkin themed party.

  16. Not hosting this year, but these skull pizza pockets would be awesome for a little pre trick or treat dinner for the kids.

  17. Not giving a party this Halloween, but would love to make these for family and friends! I already follow you on Facebook, Bloglovin, Pinterest and by email..:)

  21. Your still the Queen of Halloween. These skulls are so great and when you break them open, so gruesome. I love it. . The way you have them standing up reminds me of Easter Island. I could have so much fun with this givaway. Thank you so much for your brain. Trish Butler

  24. I don't have a party planned, but I would love to throw a Beetlejuice-themed party. Maybe I'll start planning now for next year!

  26. I'm not throwing a party this year, but I would love to host a Beetlejuice-themed party. Maybe I'll start planning now for next year! 🙂

  27. I am co-hosting a Halloween party. I found a recipe to make cider with spiced rum and have shrunken apple heads in the punch bowl. I will try to form the theme around that! It looks so fun and creepy.

    • I've seen those shrunken apple heads and you are right, they look kind of creepy. It will be a fun centerpiece on your Halloween party table.

  28. I will be having a party this year. I love the design elements of Dia de los muertos, so I will probably use that for a theme for decor and food.

    • We are hosting a Day of the Dead Party this year, so be sure to check back to see all the fun food we make for our party. I'll start posting some ideas next week.

  29. They all look so great!
    It may sounds a little bit rude, but If I was a guest at your Halloween party, I would take only photos of your…better to say – ARTWORK 🙂

    Thank you for the amazing ideas!
    Enjoy a very nice creative time 🙂

    Greetings!

    • Lots of my guests bring cameras and admire my crafty food and decorations. The first year or two, my guests worried about disturbing some of the edible works of art, but after all these years, they just dig in!

  31. I am not throwing a party this year, but I would love to make thees for my sons Kindergarten class and friends. So much fun!

  33. Your pizzas look great and thanks for the fun give-away! I'm not hosting a party but always look for fun, seasonal goodies to make! I'd love to make rolls in the skull pan for Sunday dinner with my sons:@)

    • Thanks, Lynn. Rolls would work great in these pans. One year, I made rolls in much smaller skull pans, and I hollowed them out and served soup in them.

    • We too are hosting a Day of the Dead party, so be sure to stop by closer to Halloween to see all the fun food we will be serving at our party.

  37. I am not hosting a party this year but my child's daycare is and I will be bring Halloween cookies for their party

    [email protected]

  38. So happy I found ur site 🙂 can't wait to try these 🙂 I finally got the pumpkin molds to make the pumpkin truffles 🙂 ur giving such great ideas 🙂

  41. We have a kids Halloween party and are doing a Witches and Monsters theme this year. Wilcarvic
    [at]gmail[dot[com]]

    • Sounds like fun. We did a witch theme a few years ago, and it was a great party. I just posted a really simple popcorn monster recipe today. Be sure to check it out.

  43. Bat party! With flying paper bat races, bat cake and bat shape sandwiches. Bats are great for the environment and not dangerous!

    • Sounds fun. We were at the zoo yesterday and I was totally fascinated by the bats that were hanging directly over our heads.

  45. Our neighborhood always has a family friendly halloween party with lots of finger foods and fun for the kids! bjn1957{at}gmail{dot}com

  51. We're definitely doing it up for Halloween this year. Since our costumes are centered around Mario (the 6 month old will be baby Mario, I will be Yoshi, and my husband will be Bowser), that's what our party will be themed for as well. Although the Halloween decorations are always general spooky things.

  54. These skull pizzas are such a fun idea and perfect for our halloween party!! I appreciate & admire your creativity Beth! You have been such an inspiration to me, especially since I am just learning to cook and bake. I used your fudge rocks for Father's Day this year and they were a huge hit! I've been inspired by you once again and can't wait to try out your Halloween recipes this year! 🙂

    • It is so nice to hear that I am helping you on your journey to learn to cook. I am so happy to be an inspiration. I love that these pizzas are really easy to make, but look so cool on the table. I hope you give them a try.

  56. I haven't see this pan in my local stores yet. I better get out looking before they're all gone.

    I follow you through Feedly, so I never miss one of your posts.

  57. These are perfect for Halloween! I'm always looking for a way to make supper fun and these would be great.

  60. Love the skull heads! Totally gross with the pizza fillings so the kids would LOVE them! 😀 😀 😀 Chocolate cupcakes with cherry filling would be gross too! 😀

    • Cupcakes with oozing cherry blood would be amazing. I love when gross looking food oozes something even more gross looking!

  65. We do a Halloween party each year for our HOA. We do games and cupcakes. Been thinking the theme should be Mummies since I have seen so many cute ideas using them.

  66. OMG! You are an absolute genius! Love your book, BTW! This is definitely one I'm going to add not only for Samhain, but year round!

  68. I host a Halloween party every year and always go with Halloween themed foods. Kitty litter cake with tootsie rolls to look like the litter, lol is always a big hit and gets many compliments of ewww that looks gross, but it tastes delicious!

    • Isn't it fun to make themed food, especially when it gets the party guests excited. I've never made the kitty litter cake before, but I'm sure it gets a huge reaction.

  69. I'm not having a party but I do horror movie nights leading up to Halloween
    spgoddess55(at)msn(dot)com

  74. I host a Samhain party every year where food is mostly stuff that can be cooked over a fire, but these would be perfect for my winter holiday party when I like to make tons of food and include quirky items!

  75. Beth, you never cease to amaze me! These will be perfect for my Halloween luncheon soup/sandwich menu!

  83. All these cool recipes make me wish someone would have a halloween party!!! Unfortunately, everyone around here are humbugs!! Maybe I should make them just for myself.

    • Oh, sorry to hear that. I hope you find lots of new friends in your new neighborhood. I actually met most of my neighbors when I hosted a block party and we've all gotten closer due to our annual Halloween parties.

  86. I'm not hosting a party, but I like to make 'gross' Halloween edibles for my boys — they loved the gelatin eyeballs I did one year. I'm sure they'd go crazy for stuffed pizza skulls. 🙂

  91. No plans for one yet, but plan to do a lot of baking for friends, as always. annc999 at yahoo dot com

  93. I am not throwing a party, but I am making a skull head cake and graveyard cupcakes for my cousin and his wife's party! (If I am the lucky winner, I will make skull pizzas too!(

  94. GENIUS! Seriously it's one of those ideas where you say to yourself "WHY didn't I think of that?!" Looking forward to making them for my boys. Thanks for the fun giveaway chance too!

  96. We are hosting a Halloween party this year! It's "A Haunted Carnival" theme. Loving the skull molds!

    • We did a carnival one year for Halloween. It was so much fun to have games for the kids and all the carnival foods. Have a great party.

  99. I'm not, I'm going to friends; it would be great to bring skull shaped cakes.

    PS: I LOVE your pizza idea – you are brilliant!
    *****************

    {in the contest I am Margot Core on the Rafflecopter}

    • We are too, so be sure to check back closer to Halloween to see all the Day of the Dead food I'm creating. It's a new theme for us. Our house is decorated and looks so very different than years past, but I really like it.

  104. I would love to make some of these for my Halloween themed party coming up next week! Especially love the lung calzone and the skull pizzas! Also the no bake cheesecake looks amazing.

  105. Would love to try out some of these for my Halloween party. Especially love the skull pizzas and lung calzones! The no bake "howling" cheesecake looks amazing as well.

  108. I'm not hosting a Halloween party, but would love to make these for our Cub Scouts for Halloween. I usually make jello worms and witches fingers every year for Halloween.

  109. I wasn't planning on hosting a party this year, but if I won this I would seriously reconsider. This is way too cool!!!!

  113. The skull pizza's are such a great idea! I want them! I am already thinking of different ideas to make with these pans! I love Halloween! This year we signed up to have a baked goodie booth at our community Fall carnival, so I will be making plenty of ghoulish treats, your site is very helpful at giving me ideas, thanks! Oh and can't wait to see your Dia de los Muertos ideas too!

  114. How do I enter the contest? I would love to win this pan. It looks so awesome.
    marilyn2222 @ hotmail dot com

    • There is a Rafflecopter entry form in the blog post just under the picture and list of the prize. Click on the button next to the phrase "leave a blog post comment." You will then see the question to answer in the comments section. Leave a comment then you can get bonus entries if you do other things like follow via twitter or Facebook or pin a picture of the Stuffed Pizza Skulls.

  117. Awesome idea, would love to win this pan and goodies but in the mean time I'm raiding my nordicware horde. Thank you for the awesome idea, my boy is going to gobble his dinner down without argument.

  118. I will be taking the kids trick or treating and then we will come home and have our own little 5 person Halloween party. I definitely want to make these skull pizzas…the kids will go crazy for them!

  132. I LOVE this!! You are so creative!!:) I also love all of the ideas below..especially the wonton wrapper thingies with the stamped saying lol..SO cool!! I wasn't planning a Halloween party, but all of this has inspired me lol

    Thanks so much for the great ideas & for the chance to win!!

    Joey J.

    Love your blog!

  133. My daughter's bday is right after halloween, so we decided to do a costume party for her birthday. Our theme is Monster High (of course!). My favorite dessert to do is candy corn jello-I use wine glasses to make it look more authentic. What is it about jello that makes it taste better when you do something fun with it?

  134. I am having a pumpkin themed party this weekend. We're having pumpkin truffle balls, a pumpkin dip , some pumpkin muffins and even a pumpkin pie vodka cocktail. Next month is the skull themed party. That tin will come in handy for sure! Thanks for the chance to win such a sweet prize!

  139. I popped over from Cast Party Wednesday to see your fun recipe/activity/craft, what a great and fun idea for Halloween! Thanks so much for sharing!

  140. I am not having one this year but we have had one pretty much every year before. Being pregnant I just didn't feel like diggin out all the stuff, then putting it all away…sounds terrible but can't help it lol.

  141. This will be our sons second Halloween, so we will be trick-or-treating instead of having a party.

  144. We're going to in-laws for "Ghoul-ash". It's a family tradition. I'll be bringing white chocolate peanut butter eyeballs and kitty litter cake. Yum! lol

  160. I am doing a birthday party the weekend before Halloween for my 15 year old and these would be awesome to make for him and his friends!!

  163. This is a great recipe! We're having a Halloween party at some point (actual date has not been set), but the theme isn't very strict–just costumes! My partner and I, though, are making costumes based on Skyrim.

  170. This is so creative and amazing. Would love to try this.

  171. Hello Beth! I just made these tonight for a Spooky Potluck tomorrow at work. I just ate a sample skull and both me and my husband loved it! Not sure how many will make it to work tomorrow! I will be adding it to the blog for sure and pinging back to you! Thank you for sharing! We love it! Hopefully the girls will too tomorrow! – Jenny B

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