Heart Shaped Mini Pizzas
Last Updated on February 10, 2024 by Allison Lancaster
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, it’s important to start looking for fun recipes that your family can do together! Almost every kid out there LOVES pizza! These Heart Shaped Mini Pizzas are so good, you’ll want to make them a V-day tradition. Gather the recipes because you’re going to have a great time making these pizzas with the family!
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Valentine’s Day Pizza
Kids love anything that is holiday-themed. You can easily begin making these pizzas, and when you serve them, the kids will be so excited. Traditional pizza is fun, but when you make heart shaped pizzas, you are going to get the kids and adults so excited! You can serve these for a Valentine’s Day gathering, a birthday, or even an anniversary!
Don’t worry about wondering what you’ll make for dinner for V-day this year. The whole family will love these Valentine’s Day Pizzas! You can even let the kids decorate their own pizzas! They’ll have a blast putting sauce, cheese, and their favorite toppings on the pizzas.
What’s in Heart Shaped Mini Pizzas?
- Refrigerated pizza dough (or your favorite dough recipe) – This pizza dough that is pre-made will make creating these mini pizzas so easy!
- Pizza sauce – You can use your own OR you can buy pizza sauce from the store.
- Mozzarella cheese – You’ll want to make sure this is shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Pepperoni slices or mini pepperoni – Using pepperoni will make the pizza that much better, but most small kids prefer cheese!
- Heart shaped cookie cutters – You can grab these off of Amazon for cheap!
How to Make Heart Shaped Pizza
- Preheat oven to 375
- Roll out pizza dough evenly
- Use cookie cutters to make heart shaped pieces of dough
- Place hearts on parchment lined baking sheet
- Spread sauce on dough hearts
- Sprinkle on cheese
- Place pepperoni on top of cheese
- Bake pizzas 10-15 minutes until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown
- Serve and enjoy!
How do I Freeze Heart Shaped Pizza?
It’s best to make this pizza and serve it fresh, but you can freeze the dough or the completed pizza. If you want to freeze the mini pizzas, then make them as you normally would, wait for them to cool down, and then place them in a freezer-friendly container and place them in the freezer.
Now you can easily have mini heart shaped pizzas on hand whenever you’d like.
How do you Make Pizza Heart Shaped?
This is simple! You can use heart shaped cooked cutters. If you don’t have cookie cutters that are heart shaped, then make a stencil out of cardboard. Hold the stencil up to the dough and use a knife to cut the heart shape out of the dough.
Topping Ideas for Heart Shaped Pizza Recipe
Need topping ideas besides pepperoni? It’s amazing what you can add to pizzas! Some topping ideas include bacon, sausage, or chicken. You can also add your choice of veggies! Broccoli, tomatoes, squash, or green peppers are all excellent choices for pizza!
Other Valentine’s Recipes to Try
Heart Shaped Mini Pizzas
Almost every kid out there LOVES pizza! These Heart Shaped Mini Pizzas are so good, you'll want to make them a Valentine's Day tradition.
Ingredients
- 1 tube refrigerated pizza dough (or your favorite dough recipe)
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 15 regular size pepperoni slices or mini pepperoni
- Heart shaped cookie cutters
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375
- Roll out pizza dough evenly
- Use cookie cutters to make heart shaped pieces of dough
- Place hearts on parchment lined baking sheet
- Spread sauce on dough hearts
- Sprinkle on cheese
- Place pepperoni on top of cheese
- Bake pizzas 10-15 minutes until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown
- Serve and enjoy!