Spider Pizzas

I saw this Spider Pizza in Phyllis Hoffman’s Celebrate Magazine. I think it may have been last year’s fall issue. It’s super easy to make and will get everyone in the mood for some Halloween festivities.

I used some refrigerated pizza dough that I got in the deli section of my local grocery store. I spread some pesto on it and I love how the pesto gives the pizza a creepy look. It tastes great too. Sprinkle on some mozzarella cheese and form a spider figure out of pepperoni slices, bacon, and black olives. Couldn’t be simpler!

I used Hormel Fully Cooked Bacon for this Spider Pizza. You could cook your own bacon, but I would undercook it a little so that it’s still pliable enough to shape. It will crisp up in the oven. Everyone will want a slice with at least one bacon leg. 🙂

We have a family tradition of making holiday-themed pizzas. Candy canes or Christmas trees for Christmas, heart-shaped pizza on Valentine’s Day, Bunny Pizza for Easter. Only thing is, now that I have a food blog, I usually end up making holiday things weeks in advance. We’ll probably be eating a turkey shaped pizza on Halloween.

Luckily my kids are teenagers now and don’t think much of it. I know there are probably some confused blogger children out there wondering why they are eating Shamrock cupcakes on Valentine’s Day and doing Valentine’s crafts for New Years Eve.

Do you ever make crazy shaped or decorated pizzas for holidays?

Adapted from Celebrate Magazine