Pizza Cupcakes

They're portable, sort of like a mini pizza, except shaped like a cupcake. They're a great savory snack and a great addition to a game day buffet. Feel free to customize to your family's tastes with additions like ham, sausage, bell peppers, salami, mushrooms, olives, jalapenos, etc. I recommend not omitting the tomato, that really adds something special.

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

Ingredients

• ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 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
• ½ cup pizza sauce (such as Classico®)
• 8 teaspoons finely chopped red onion
• 8 slices pepperoni, quartered

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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

Step 2

Finely chop cherry tomatoes and drain any liquid. Set aside.

Step 3

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

Step 4

Drop 1 teaspoon mozzarella into each cup. Top with 1 tablespoon of pizza sauce. Add chopped tomatoes and red onions. Add 1 tablespoon of mozzarella to each cup, and top with pepperoni. Sprinkle each cup with Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, and garlic salt to taste.

Step 5

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