Halloween mummy pizzas: a recipe to make with the kids

A dinner that's frightening (in a fun way)

On 31 October, children love dressing up. What if their pizza dressed up too? With homemade dough, a few strips of mozzarella and two olives, each little pizza becomes a mummy staring back at you. In the kitchen, two rules: a well-risen dough, and an oven that's very hot, with bottom heat, for a crispy base.

The steps

1. Make the batter. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, sugar and yeast. Add the lukewarm water and olive oil. Mix with a spoon, then knead by hand for 8 to 10 minutes on a floured work surface, until you have a smooth, supple ball. The children can take turns kneading!
2. Leave to rise. Put the ball back in the oiled bowl, cover with a tea towel and leave to rise for 1 hour somewhere warm: it should double in size. Tip: a switched-off oven with the light on is a good spot, at around 30 °C.
3. Prepare the topping. Mix the tomato sauce and oregano. Slice the mozzarella thinly, then cut it into strips 1 cm wide. Drain them on kitchen paper: less water means a crispier base.
4. Preheat the oven. Slide the baking tray (or a pizza stone) onto shelf 1, at the bottom, and preheat to 250 °C in pizza mode for at least 20 minutes. Without a pizza mode, choose fan oven with bottom heat, or bottom heat alone.
5. Shape the small pizzas. Divide the dough into 8 balls. Roll each into a 12 to 14 cm disc on a sheet of baking paper. Set a small ball aside if you also want pastry strips.
6. Fill. Spread a tablespoon of sauce on each pizza, leaving a small border. Add a little ham if you like. Place two olive slices for the eyes in the top third.
7. First bake. Slide the pizzas on their paper onto the hot tray. Bake for 8 minutes, until the edge begins to turn golden.
8. Dress the mummies. Take the tray out. Lay the mozzarella strips over each other a little, like bandages, without covering the eyes. Add a caper or a small dot of pepper in the middle of each olive. Return to the oven for 4 minutes, just to melt the cheese.

Appliance settings

The pizza mode combines bottom heat and fan heat: the base goes crispy while the top cooks. Only bake one tray at a time to keep the heat in.

Variations

• Pastry strips : roll out the small ball you set aside, cut thin strips and lay them in a cross from the start. They turn golden during baking, like old bandages.
• Pumpkin pizzas : a round pizza with tomato sauce, grated orange cheddar, and a stem made from a slice of green pepper.
• Spider webs : a spiral of crème fraîche pulled outwards with a cocktail stick, and an olive as the spider.
• Quick version : mini flatbreads or English muffins instead of the dough, 8 minutes in the oven.

Storage

Cooked pizzas keep 2 days in the fridge, wrapped. Reheat them for 5 minutes at 200 °C in fan mode (the microwave makes the base soggy). Raw dough keeps for 48 hours in the fridge, as an oiled ball in a container, or 2 months in the freezer : thaw it the night before in the fridge.

Which appliance?

A good pizza needs an oven that gets really hot and that heats properly from below.

Public prices noted on 15 October 2026: the product page is definitive, and Nimesclub members often get a reduced price.

Pizza ovens in store

Built-in oven CANDY CA6N3B3YTX€499.00SIEMENS HB774G2B1 Built-in Oven€1,229.00Built-in oven SMEG SOP6602TNR€1,299.00Built-in oven WHIRLPOOL OMR55RR0B€749.00Built-in oven HISENSE BI64211EPX€449.00

Base heat, pizza mode, fan heat: find out what each symbol means in our guide to oven functions. And if you enjoyed the dough, move on to crusty homemade bread.

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