Description
Create spooky and delicious Spiderweb Pizza Bites for a quick and cheesy Halloween snack. These mini pizzas feature a fun spiderweb design made from string cheese and olive spiders, perfect for parties or a festive treat.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tube (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent dough sheet or mini pitas
- 1/3 cup smooth pizza sauce (for about 8 minis)
- 1 cup string mozzarella, pulled into thin strands
- Large black olives, halved for bodies and sliced for legs
- Optional: shredded mozzarella for base sprinkle
- Optional: garlic powder or garlic butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350–400°F depending on your chosen base, aiming for a quick melt and light browning.
- If using crescent dough, seal perforations and punch out 2–3 inch rounds. Place them on a baking sheet.
- Spread a thin layer of pizza sauce on each round, ensuring enough sauce for flavor but not so much that the base becomes soggy.
- Arrange thin strands of mozzarella in a starburst pattern over each mini round, then add two concentric rings to create a clear spiderweb design.
- Bake for 10–12 minutes for crescent rounds, or until the cheese melts and the edges turn golden. Adjust time for other bases like crackers or pitas.
- While the webs are setting, prepare the olive spiders. Cut the halved olives into bodies and slice additional olive halves for legs.
- Place one olive body and one head onto each mini pizza. Add six to eight leg slices snugly around the body.
- Return the bites to the oven for 2–3 minutes to set the spider design without melting the web lines.
- Let the Spiderweb Pizza Bites rest for 2 minutes on the baking sheet to set the web lines before serving. Serve hot for the best gooey texture and defined design.
Notes
- For larger pizza bases, par-bake them first, then add the web and spiders and finish baking for 2–3 minutes to set the design.
- Keep the sauce thin to prevent the web from bleeding.
- For parties, bake in batches and hold warm in a 200°F oven for up to 15 minutes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3 bites
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 360mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 23g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 7g
- Cholesterol: 15mg