I don't believe anybody loves a fun Halloween-inspired recipe as much as I do, but if you're a close second, these Jack O Lantern Pizza Rolls definitely need to make it into your October dinner rotation!
The all-butter homemade pie dough is wonderfully crisp, yet flaky and it perfectly sandwiches together the gooey pizza ingredients, like pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese, and pepperoni. You can dip them in ranch, like a traditional pizza, or just serve them as is with a side salad or roasted veggies. Either way, they're sure to be a hit with both kids and adults alike!

Every fall, I have a fun time creating Halloween-themed recipes full of delicious flavors and spooky whimsy. I've turned meatloaf into a wrapped mummy, chicken pot pie into a mummy's face, taco dip into a spiderweb complete with a black olive spider on top, and now I present these jack-o-lantern pizza rolls.
All of these recipes are excellent served at a Halloween party, as dinner before a long night of trick or treating, or simply just for a delicious meal during the month of October. Taking the little bit of extra time to decorate each one helps to make the holiday just a little more festive and special.
Pack these pizza rolls in your kids' lunches and they'll be the hit of the school cafeteria! You can also get them involved in creating them by making the dough and letting them cut out different shapes, assembling them, or decorating them however they'd like. Halloween treats, like this, are meant to be enjoyed and fun, so make it an experience your kids will remember forever!
Ingredients
Instructions
- Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
- Step 2: In a small bowl, whisk together 1 egg and 2 ½ tablespoons cold water.
- Step 3: Add flour and salt to a food processor. Pulse a few times to combine.
- Step 4: Add the cubed butter to the food processor. Pulse again until it forms a crumb.
- Step 5: Pour in egg/water mixture. Pulse until it forms a thick dough.
⭐️ Quick Tip! Keep the dough cold! It's important to use cold butter and cold water so the dough doesn't become too sticky. The dough will be much easier to work with, roll out, and cut into shapes if it's at a cold temperature. If your dough becomes difficult to work with, place it in the fridge for about 10 minutes before trying to use it again.
- Step 6: Flour a clean surface and a rolling pin. Form the dough into a disc and roll the dough over the floured surface until it’s ¼-inch thick.
- Step 7: Use the pumpkin cookie cutter to cut out pumpkin shapes.
- Step 8: Cut out jack-o-lantern faces on half the pumpkin-shaped dough.
- Step 9: Add pizza sauce in the center of each pumpkin. Spread into a thin layer, leaving a little space around the edges. Top each one with pepperoni and mozzarella cheese.
- Step 10: Place one jack-o-lantern dough on top of each pumpkin dough. Use a fork to crimp the edges of the top and bottom doughs together to seal in the fillings.
- Step 11: Whisk the remaining egg in a small bowl and add ½ teaspoon water. Brush over the top of each jack o lantern face. Sprinkle grated parmesan or flaky salt on top of the dough.
- Step 12: Bake pizza rolls for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the dough is lightly golden brown.
My Top Tips!
⭐️ If you're short on time, you can use store-bought pie crust (don't use pizza dough as it won't hold it's shape as well!), but I highly, HIGHLY recommend making the dough from scratch (as mentioned in the recipe below) for the best texture and flavor.
⭐️ The pepperonis are completely optional. If you prefer a plain cheese pizza roll, that's fine too! Although I haven't tried it myself yet, you can also experiment with other pizza toppings, but just keep in mind that any added moisture will cause the rolls to get soggy AND they're pretty small so only a few toppings will fit inside.
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Jack O Lantern Pizza Rolls
Equipment
- pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter (at least 4 inches wide)
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs, divided
- 2 ½ tablespoons + ½ teaspoon ice cold water, divided
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 10 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
- ¼ cup pizza sauce
- 10 small pepperonis, optional
- ⅔ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- Optional: grated parmesan or flaky sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, whisk together 1 egg and 2 ½ tablespoons cold water.
- Add flour and salt to a food processor. Pulse a few times to combine.
- Add the cubed butter to the food processor. Pulse again until it forms a crumb.
- Pour in egg/water mixture. Pulse until it forms a thick dough. If dough is sticky, place it in the fridge for about 10 minutes.
- Flour a clean surface and a rolling pin. Form the dough into a disc and roll the dough over the floured surface until it’s ¼-inch thick.
- Use the pumpkin cookie cutter to cut out as many pumpkin shapes as possible. Re-roll the dough scraps and cut more pumpkin shapes out of the remaining dough until you’ve used as much as you can.
- Cut out jack-o-lantern faces on half the pumpkin-shaped dough, leaving the remaining pumpkin-shaped dough fully intact for the bottoms of the rolls. If the dough is too sticky, you can place it back in the fridge for about 5 minutes to solidify a bit.
- Place pumpkin dough without faces on the prepared baking sheet. Add 1 teaspoon of pizza sauce in the center of each pumpkin. Spread into a thin layer, leaving a little space around the edges. Top each one with 1 small pepperoni and 1 tablespoon shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Place one jack-o-lantern dough on top of each pumpkin dough on the baking sheet. Use a fork to crimp the edges of the top and bottom doughs together to seal in the fillings.
- Whisk the remaining egg in a small bowl and add ½ teaspoon water. Brush over the top of each jack o lantern face. Sprinkle the top of the dough with grated parmesan or flaky salt.
- Bake pizza rolls for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the dough is lightly golden brown.
Notes
- This recipes makes around 12 pizza rolls depending on the size of your cookie cutter.
- You don't have to cut jack-o-lantern faces out of the dough if you don't want to. Instead, you can leave all (or half of) the dough in pumpkin shapes and just have some plain "pumpkin pizza rolls" as shown in the pictures above.
- If you're short on time, you can use store-bought pie crust (though homemade is highly recommended!). Don't use pizza dough, as it won't hold its shape like pie dough would.
- Make sure the eggs, butter, and water are cold when making the crust! If it's sticky, it'll be harder to work with. If needed, you can refrigerate the dough for 5 to 10 minutes to make it a little more solid and easier to roll/cut/shape.
Nutrition
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