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Skillet Pizza Dip Countdown Clock

December 29, 2015 This post may contain affiliate links.

Ring in the New Year’s by serving this cheesy Skillet Pizza Dip Countdown Clock loaded with pepperoni and bacon. The four cheese dip is surrounded by 12 cheese filled pizza puffs each decorated with a number on a clock and makes the perfect appetizer for your New Year’s Eve party.

Ring in the New Year's by serving this cheesy Skillet Pizza Dip Countdown Clock loaded with pepperoni and bacon. The four cheese dip is surrounded by 12 cheese filled pizza puffs each decorated with a number on a clock and makes the perfect appetizer for your New Year's Eve party.

What are your plans for New Year’s Eve?

Hopefully, I’ll be in my p.j.’s watching a movie, maybe even asleep before midnight.

Boring, maybe. But, I’m so tired and have been going non-stop all year long. It would be nice to start the new year a little more rested.

We had 5 days of non-stop parties this week, and I made this Skillet Pizza Dip Countdown Clock for the game night we attended last night. It was a hit.

Ring in the New Year's by serving this cheesy Skillet Pizza Dip Countdown Clock loaded with pepperoni and bacon. The four cheese dip is surrounded by 12 cheese filled pizza puffs each decorated with a number on a clock and makes the perfect appetizer for your New Year's Eve party.

The dip is loaded with four different cheeses, bacon and pepperoni, plus the pizza crust puffs that surround the dip are filled with cheese too.

Your party guests can easily break off a cheese filled pizza puff and scoop up some dip.

There’s just the right amount of dip to bread ratio and it stays nice and hot because it’s baked and served in a skillet.

You can use a non-stick skillet or a cast iron skillet to make this dip. Just be sure your skillet is oven safe with a heat proof handle. My skillet has a metal handle so when I pull it out of the oven I cover it with a silicone grip so that no one burns themselves on the handle.

Use Pillsbury Pizza Dough to make cheese filled pizza puffs then bake with pizza dip in a skillet.

To keep this recipe quick and easy, use Pillsbury Pizza Dough. Unroll the dough and cut it into 12 rectangles. Brush egg wash over the dough.

Cut 3 string cheese strips into 4 equal pieces and set one piece on each rectangle of dough.

Pull the dough up over the cheese and pinch together the seams. Roll dough into a ball then set it into a buttered 10 inch oven proof skillet. Repeat, putting all 12 dough balls around the edge of the skillet.

Line a skillet with cheese filled pizza dough balls and add a cheesy pizza dip in the center.

Spread some pizza sauce in the middle of the skillet. Blend together cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, Ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, and salt together then spread it in the pan. Top with more sauce, half of the bacon and pepperoni, and half of the  remaining mozzarella cheese.

You’ll add the rest of the ingredients after it bakes for a while. If you add them now, they’ll ooze out over the pizza puffs and wont look very nice.

So, bake the dip for 25 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Turn a skillet pizza dip into a fun New Year's eve party appetizer. This Skillet Pizza Dip Countdown Clock is loaded with 5 kinds of cheese, pepperoni and bacon. Your party guests will love it.

When the dip comes out of the oven, top with the remaining sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese, bacon, and pepperoni. Bake for another 7-10 minutes until the cheese is bubbly and the pizza puffs are deep golden brown and are baked through.

While that is baking, cut numbers out of slices of mozzarella cheese and arrange them like a clock on top of the pizza puffs. Cut one hour hand and one minute hand out of cheese and place in the center of the dip so that the clock looks likes it about the strike midnight.

Serve immediately.

Ring in the New Year's by serving this cheesy Skillet Pizza Dip Countdown Clock loaded with pepperoni and bacon. The triple cheese dip is surrounded by 12 cheese filled pizza puffs each decorated with a number on a clock.

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Ring in the New Year's by serving this cheesy Skillet Pizza Dip Countdown Clock loaded with pepperoni and bacon. The triple cheese dip is surrounded by 12 cheese filled pizza puffs each decorated with a number on a clock.
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Skillet Pizza Dip Countdown Clock
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Total Time
50 mins
 
Cheese filled pizza puffs surround cheesy pizza dip filled with bacon and pepperoni all decorated like a countdown clock for New Year's eve.
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: new years appetizer, skillet pizza dip
Servings: 12
Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Ingredients
  • 1 Pillsbury Classic Pizza Dough
  • 3 sticks string cheese
  • 1 egg whisked with 1 teaspoon water
  • 1 (8-ounce) block cream cheese softened
  • 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese divided
  • 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 cup pizza sauce
  • 5 slices cooked bacon crumbled
  • 1 cup mini pepperoni
  • 1 (8-ounce) block mozzarella cheese
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  2. Grease a 10-inch oven-safe non-stick skillet (or cast iron skillet) with some butter or non-stick baking spray.
  3. Brush egg wash over pieces of pizza dough.
  4. Set one piece of the string cheese on a square of dough.
  5. Attach opposing corners of the dough, then pinch around the edges to seal the dough. Pinch and roll into a ball.
  6. Set balls of dough around the edge of the buttered skillet, creating one row of 12.
  7. Combine cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, and salt.
  8. Spoon 1/4 cup pizza sauce in the bottom of the skillet.
  9. Spread the cream cheese mixture over top.
  10. Spread 1/2 cup pizza sauce over top and sprinkle on half of the bacon, half of the pepperoni, and half of the remaining mozzarella cheese.
  11. Bake for 25 minutes.
  12. Remove and top with remaining sauce, bacon, pepperoni, and mozzarella cheese.
  13. Return to oven and bake for 7-10 minutes until the pizza puffs are deep golden brown and the dip is hot and bubbly.
  14. While the dip is baking, cut the block of mozzarella cheese into 1/4 inch thick slices. Cut slices using number cutters, creating 1 though 12. Cut a minute hand and an hour hand for the clock too.
  15. When dip is ready, arrange the numbers on the pizza puffs and the hands in the center of the dip creating a clock.
  16. Serve immediately.

 

For more fun New Year’s Eve Appetizer and Dessert Recipes, check these out…

Ring in the New Year with some festive New Year's Eve party food. Make appetizers or desserts that will impress your party guests. See all the tutorials at HungryHappenings.com.

Parmesan Artichoke Cheesecake Countdown Clock and Mini Time’s Square (Cheese) Balls • Sugar Cone Party Horns
Confetti Cupcakes with Party Horns • Cheese Filled Won Ton Clocks
No-Bake Oreo Cheesecake Clock  • New Year’s Eve Taco Dip
Fireworks Topped Brownie • Ball Drop Candy Filled Cookies

Have a Happy New Year and enjoy your Skillet Pizza Dip.

Filed Under: New Year's Eve Recipes Tagged With: Appetizers, cheese, party, pizza, snacks

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Comments

  1. Tavette

    December 31, 2015 at 5:47 am

    You are just too clever! The dip looks so good and what a great idea to have numbers on the rolls. They’re the perfect size. Thanks for the tip of adding some of the ingredients after the first bake so nothing overflows.

    You deserve a long winter’s nap after all you’ve been creating this year! So much fun to open your posts and see what wonderful goodies you’ve created in your kitchen. From appetizers to the final course – you do it all!

    Happy New Year to you, your wonderful husband and your little furball.

    Tavette – S. Fla.

    Reply
    • Beth

      January 2, 2016 at 10:28 am

      Happy New Year, Tavette. I am happy to report that I did get a nice winter’s nap. I took 2 days this week to just rest and catch up on all those Hallmark Christmas movies I recorded, but didn’t have time to watch. Normally I hate laying around all day, but I really needed the break. I am not well rested and ready to tackle the new year.

      I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and wish you all the best in the new year.

      Reply
  2. the partiologist

    December 31, 2015 at 9:43 am

    I’m afraid if I made this pizza dip, I’d eat all the little rolls around the edge long before midnight! Such a fun way to serve a dip! Wishing you rest and the best in 2016!!

    Reply
    • Beth

      January 2, 2016 at 10:25 am

      The cheesy rolls are hard to resist! I hope you have a wonderful New Year too.

      Reply
  3. Mindy

    December 31, 2015 at 6:01 pm

    I just finished making this and will reheat, add numbers, and serve it to the hubs and kiddos as an appetizer tonight. Thanks for the idea!

    Reply
    • Beth

      January 2, 2016 at 10:23 am

      I’m so happy to hear you made this! My family and friends loved it. It re-heats well! Happy New Year.

      Reply
  4. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets

    January 5, 2016 at 7:24 pm

    Another party hit! This is awesome Beth! What goes better with new year’s eve than pizza? Happy New Year Beth! 🙂

    Reply
    • Beth

      January 6, 2016 at 5:53 pm

      Thanks, Karen. 🙂

      Reply
  5. Louise Jackson

    December 30, 2018 at 8:55 pm

    Fantastic recipes.

    Reply

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