Pizza Cupcakes

These pizza cupcakes are similar to mini pizzas but in cupcake form. They're easy to customize for a portable snack to bring to a game-day gathering.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 149 Calories

Ingredients

• garlic salt to taste
• cooking spray
• Italian seasoning to taste
• Red pepper flakes to taste
• 8 medium cherry tomatoes
• 1 (11 ounce) can refrigerated pizza crust
• 8 teaspoons shredded mozzarella cheese
• 8 teaspoons finely chopped red onion
• 8 slices pepperoni, quartered
• 0.5 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 0.5 cup pizza sauce (such as Classico®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Finely chop cherry tomatoes and drain any liquid; set aside.

Step 2

Place dough circles in the prepared muffin cups, pressing dough into the bottom and up the sides of each cup.

Step 3

Gather ingredients. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 8 cups of a muffin tin with cooking spray.

Step 4

Unroll pizza crust on a floured work surface and roll out thinly into a large rectangle. Using a 4-inch round cookie or biscuit cutter, cut out 8 circles in dough.

Step 5

Drop 1 teaspoon mozzarella into each cup. Top with 1 tablespoon pizza sauce. then add tomatoes and red onions.

Step 6

Add 1 tablespoon mozzarella to each cup and top with pepperoni. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, and garlic salt.

Step 7

Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is bubbling and melted, 14 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool in the tins, about 5 minutes.

Step 8

Remove pizzas from the tin and serve hot.