Name: Mini Pizza Appetizers
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: Pizza crust dough, either homemade or store bought; 1 cup Pizza or marinara sauce; 8 ounces mozzarella cheese; Assorted pizza toppings such as pepperoni, green and red peppers

A fun recipe to serve as a first course this holiday season is these Mini Pizza Appetizers made with Christmas cookie cutters. Let me show you how easy it is to make fun cute pizza bite shapes the whole family is going to love!

This recipe has been updated since it first appeared in 2013 with new photos and a new printable recipe card that includes nutritional information. I hope you enjoy the updates as much as I enjoyed working on them!

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Mini Pizza Appetizers

Do you have any fun parties planned over the holidays? These Mini Pizza Appetizers would be perfect to serve as a first course. I think you’re going to love them as much as my guests did recently for a cookie exchange party I hosted at my house.

They were a big hit and I think they would be perfect for any type of party you are having over the holiday season; even if it’s just to serve for your own family for movie night.

We have a yearly tradition of watching a Christmas movie during the holidays. Mini Pizza Appetizers would be fun to make along with a few other snacks to serve while watching a favorite Christmas movie. Our family tradition is to watch Christmas with the Kranks.

Helpful Kitchen Tools

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Christmas Cookie Cutters
Parchment Baking Sheets – these are so incredibly easy to use.
Baking Sheets
Rolling Pin

Mini Pizza Appetizers Ingredients

Pizza crust dough, either homemade or store bought. You can get the recipe I use for Homemade Pizza Dough HERE.
Jar of pizza or marinara sauce
8 ounces mozzarella cheese
Assorted pizza topping such as pepperoni, green and red peppers

On a large floured surface, roll out the pizza dough until thin and then use desired cookie cutters to cut out shapes with the dough. Oh and don’t mind the red and white twine on a few of my cookie cutters. These hang on the little Christmas tree I keep in the kitchen.

Try to place the cookie cutters close enough together on the pizza dough so you don’t waste too much of the dough. You can easily roll out the scraps again to cut more shapes.

How to Add the Sauce, Cheese and Toppings

Arrange the shapes 1 to 2 inches apart on a baking sheet that has been lined with baking parchment sheets.

Feel free to add your favorite toppings to the mini pizza appetizers. This tray has chopped green peppers on top.

Bake the pizza in a hot preheated 425 degree oven until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted. Your family and friends are going to love them.

Tips for Making Mini Pizza Appetizers

You can prepare the mini pizza appetizers ahead of time by putting the pizzas together, cover lightly with plastic wrap and then placing the tray in the refrigerator until you’re ready to bake them.
These mini pizza appetizers work great all year round and would be really cute for a child’s birthday party using animal or flower shaped cookie cutters.

More Easy Appetizer Recipes:

Bacon Wrapped Jalapenos
Caprese Antipasto Skewers
Homemade Queso Cheese Dip – no fake cheese!
Mini Spinach and Bacon Quiche
Homemade Guacamole
Zucchini Pizza Bites – low calorie and low carb!

Mini Pizza Appetizers

Yield: 15 - 20 mini pizzas depending on the size cookie cutter you select.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

A fun recipe to serve as a first course this holiday season is these Mini Pizza Appetizers made with Christmas cookie cutters.

Ingredients

Pizza crust dough, either homemade or store bought
1 cup Pizza or marinara sauce
8 ounces mozzarella cheese
Assorted pizza toppings such as pepperoni, green and red peppers

Instructions

On a large floured surface, roll out the pizza dough until thin.
Use desired cookie cutters to cut out shapes with the dough.
Arrange the shapes 1 to 2 inches apart on a baking sheet that has been lined with parchment paper.
Spread a thin layer of marinara sauce over each pizza.
Add the cheese and toppings to the pizzas.
Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven until the dough is cooked through and the cheese is melted and bubbly; about 5 - 7 minutes.

Notes

You can prepare the mini pizza appetizers ahead of time by putting the pizzas together, cover lightly with plastic wrap and then placing the tray in the refrigerator until you're ready to bake them.
These mini pizza appetizers work great all year round and would be really cute for a child's birthday party using animal or flower shaped cookie cutters.
You might want to try my Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe.