Description
These adorable Pepperoni Pizza Pumpkins are everything you love about pizza—wrapped in golden dough and shaped like little pumpkins! They’re stuffed with melty mozzarella, zesty marinara, and savory pepperoni, making them a crowd-pleasing appetizer or festive fall snack.
Ingredients
1 can refrigerated pizza pie crust
2 tablespoons marinara sauce (plus more for serving)
16 slices of pepperoni
8 mini mozzarella balls (or 8 cubes of mozzarella)
1 egg, slightly beaten with 2 tsp water
Long kitchen twine
Optional: parsley or Italian seasoning for garnish
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
Roll out the pizza dough and cut out 8 circles using a 3½ to 4-inch cutter.
In the center of each circle, add a small spoonful of marinara sauce, 2 pepperoni slices, and 1 mozzarella ball or cube.
Bring the edges up and around the filling, pinching tightly to seal. Form a round dough ball.
Take a piece of kitchen twine and gently tie it around each dough ball to create pumpkin segments—wrap 3–4 loops to mimic pumpkin ridges (don’t tie too tight).
Brush each dough ball with egg wash.
Bake for 15–20 minutes, until golden brown and puffy.
Let them cool slightly, remove twine, and serve warm with marinara sauce for dipping.
Notes
Want extra flavor? Sprinkle garlic powder or parmesan on top before baking.
You can use crescent roll dough or biscuit dough in a pinch.
Be gentle when removing the twine after baking to keep the pumpkin shape intact.
These are best served fresh but can be reheated in the oven or air fryer.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Snack
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pumpkin
- Calories: 190 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 400 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg