Mini Pizzas
on Jan 16, 2019, Updated Jun 25, 2025
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Mini pizzas are fun, customizable, and perfect for parties, snacks, or kid-friendly dinners. Use store-bought dough and get creative with toppings!
Mini pizzas made with classic pizza dough are the perfect way to serve up big flavor in small, crispy bites. Whether you’re using homemade dough or a store-bought shortcut, these two-or-three-bite-sized pizzas bake up with a chewy golden crust showcasing your favorite toppings. They’re ideal for casual entertaining, game day parties, and kids will love customizing their own mini pizza creations.
Prep all the toppings ahead, let the dough rest, and make this a group project. Everything you love about pizza in a snackable form.
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“We have these regularly as a variation on Pizza Friday, great idea!” – Annie
Toppings for Mini Pizzas
This is where everyone can get creative! You can prepare as many toppings as you like, and then mix and match them on the pizzas. Chopping the toppings finely allows them to cook quickly in the time it takes for the pizza dough to bake, so you don’t have to cook them first. However, for a more expansive list of pizza topping options, check out Cast Iron Pan Pizza.
Don’t overload the pizzas with sauce or cheese or toppings—you don’t want things slipping and sliding off the little pizzas.
While there are more sophisticated appetizers in the world, few things are more popular than mini pizzas with the toppings of your choice.
More Pizza Recipes:
- Burrata and Prosciutto Pizza
- Four Cheese Pizza with Caramelized Onions
- Fontina and Havarti Cast Iron Pan Pizza
- Mushroom, Mozzarella, and Cherry Tomato Pizza
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Mini Pizzas
Ingredients
- 1 pound store-bought or homemade pizza dough
- 1 cup tomato sauce such as a simple jarred pasta sauce
- Cornmeal for sprinkling
- Shredded mozzarella
- Other shredded or crumbled cheeses such as feta, cheddar, Monterey Jack, smoked mozzarella, fontina, gouda, Swiss-style cheeses
- Finely chopped red onion
- Finely chopped bell peppers or roasted peppers
- Finely chopped tomatoes
- Sliced pepperoni or try different kinds of salami or cured meats
- Chopped fresh oregano or dried oregano
- Red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Bring the pizza dough to room temperature in a bowl, draped with some plastic wrap.
- Preheat the oven to 500°F. If you have parchment paper, line the baking sheets with that. Lightly oil the baking sheet or the parchment, or spray with nonstick cooking spray. Sprinkle the parchment or baking sheet lightly with cornmeal.
- Divide the dough in half, and then each half into halves again. Then divide each quarter into 5 pieces. This way your pizzas will all be very close to the same size. Use a rolling pin to press each piece of dough into a flat circle about 2 inches in diameter, and 1/8 inch thick; you can also press with your fingers but a rolling pin is easier). Place them on the baking sheet and let sit for about 15 minutes.
- Spoon about 1 teaspoon of sauce onto each round, spreading it almost to the edges. Sprinkle over about 1 tablespoon of the cheese(s) of your choice. Top each pizza with about 1 to 2 teaspoons of toppings, choosing the combo you like best. Sprinkle the pizzas with oregano and/or red pepper flakes as desired.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the dough is cooked through and the cheese is melted and started to turn golden brown. Remove from the oven, transfer to a serving platter and serve hot or warm.
We have these regularly as a variation o. Pizza Friday, great idea!
i try this recipe and it is amazing
thank you for sharing mini pizza recipe
Hi thank you for a great recipe.Do you think I could air fry these in my ninja foodie…..Donna
I have been playing with my air fryer like crazy, and think – sure, why not??
These are gorgeous! What a perfect party appetizer for both kids and adults.
glad you like them!