Pizza Cupcakes Recipe
Feb 26, 2025
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One of my kids favorite dinners has to be this pizza cupcakes recipe. They are a fun, bite-sized meal that can be made in under 30 minutes.
I admit, I like fast food every now and again. One of my new favorite things are the Little Caesar’s pizza puffs, so of course I needed to try and make something similar at home.
After testing this recipe with different dough like pizza dough and biscuits, in my opinion, crescent roll dough tasted the best, although they were all good. The crescent roll dough have these pizza cupcakes a light, delicious texture that paired perfect for pizza toppings.
If you are wanting more pizza recipes be sure to try this puff pastry pizza, tortilla pizza, salami pizza, and these pizza bowls.
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Why you’ll love this recipe
There are so many recipes to love these pizza cupcakes!
- Made in minutes. This really is a simple recipe that is great for an easy dinner. You can whip these up in under 30 minutes.
- Simple to customize. Use your favorite pizza toppings for these cupcakes.
- Great for an appetizer or meal. You can serve these for parties, potlucks, or a meal.
- Tasty with a dipping sauce. Try serving with a dipping sauce.
Ingredients
This is one of those simple go-to recipes that only needs a few ingredients.
- Crescent roll dough – I like using refrigerated canned crescent roll dough. You can also use pizza dough.
- Pizza sauce – Use your favorite pizza sauce or marinara sauce.
- Mozzarella cheese – If you can use freshly shredded I think it tastes the best, but prepackaged shredded cheese also works.
- Toppings – I am using pepperoni but you can use your favorite toppings.
- Seasonings – Garlic powder, Italian seasoning. You could also use this homemade pizza seasoning.
How to make pizza cupcakes with pizza dough
I have included step-by-step photos to help walk you through the recipe. Scroll down to the recipe card for the full, printable recipe.
Step one: Separate the crescent roll dough into 8 pieces. Spray a cupcake tin with non-stick cooking spray. Press each piece of dough into the cups to form a crust.
Step two: Sprinkle the dough with a little garlic powder. Top the dough with a little bit of shredded cheese.
Step three: Top each pizza cupcake with a tablespoon of pizza sauce.
Step four: Top with more cheese, Italian seasoning, and topping. Bake at 375 degrees F for 10 minutes.
Heather’s recipe tips
- Grease the muffin tin. Don’t forget to grease the muffin tin. You can use non-stick cooking spray or even garlic butter for extra flavor.
- Don’t use too much sauce. Be careful not to use too much pizza sauce so that the pizza cupcakes don’t get too soggy.
- Let them rest. Let the pizza cupcakes rest in the muffin tin a few minutes before removing them from the tin.
Pizza cupcakes variations
These pizza cupcakes can be easily customized. If you are serving these for a party, I like making several different kinds for a nice variety.
- Crust – I am using crescent roll dough but you can substitute with refrigerated pizza dough or even refrigerated biscuit dough.
- Sauce – To make traditional pizza cupcakes a pizza sauce or tomato sauce works well. You can change it up with BBQ sauce for a BBQ chicken cupcake, or an alfredo sauce.
- Cheese – Try using different cheeses like Monterey Jack, Colby Jack, Pepper Jack, or provolone cheese.
- Toppings – The sky is the limit when it comes to pizza toppings. A few favorites include peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, cooked Italian sausage, cooked chicken, pineapple, and more.
What to serve with pizza cupcakes
They are great on their own but you can serve these pizza cupcakes with a dipping sauce or a side dish.
- Dipping sauces – Papa John’s garlic sauce, marinara sauce, or ranch.
- Sides – House salad recipe, broccoli and cauliflower salad, Greek cucumber salad, or cucumber dill salad. I have a list of 36 what to serve with pizza recipes if you are looking for more options.
Storage
Store: If you have any leftovers, store the mini pizzas in an air tight container for up to 5 days.
Freeze: You can also freeze these pizza muffins. Place them on a baking sheet in the freezer to let them freeze. Place the frozen pizzas in a freezer safe bag or container for up to 3 months.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, these can be assembled ahead of time. Store in the refrigerator until ready to bake. You could also bake them ahead of time and reheat.
These will take about 10 minutes to bake at 375 degrees.
No, this is a homemade pizza cupcake or pizza muffin recipe.
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Pizza Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 8 ounce refrigerated crescent dough
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- ½ cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 30-40 mini pepperoni or your favorite toppings
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- ⅛ teaspoon Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Prepare the cupcake tin by spraying 8 cupcake cups with non-stick cooking spray.
- Separate the crescent dough into 8 triangles. Form each triangle into flat dough and press into each cupcake cup forming a crust.
- Sprinkle each dough with garlic powder. Add a little mozzarella cheese into each cup.
- Top with 1 tablespoon of pizza sauce for each pizza cup. Top with more shredded cheese.
- Sprinkle each pizza cup with Italian seasoning. Top with pepperonis or favorite toppings.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Carefully remove from the baking tin and serve warm.
Notes
- Grease the muffin tin. Don’t forget to grease the muffin tin. You can use non-stick cooking spray or even garlic butter for extra flavor.
- Don’t use too much sauce. Be careful not to use too much pizza sauce so that the pizza cupcakes don’t get too soggy.
- Let them rest. Let the pizza cupcakes rest in the muffin tin a few minutes before removing them from the tin.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
