Jalapeño Popper Pizza
This Jalapeño Popper Pizza is made with store-bought pizza dough, a cream cheese base, lots of cheese, and topped with spicy jalapeños. If you love jalapeño poppers, you'll fall in love with this pizza because it has all the same flavors. This makes a fun appetizer or easy dinner!
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 ball of pizza dough homemade or store-bought
- 2 fresh jalapeños sliced and seeds remove (leave seeds if you want it extra spicy)
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 6 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 1/2 cups shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
- 1 cup shredded or sliced mozzarella cheese (about 4 slices)
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped chives to garnish optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Lightly coat a pizza pan or baking sheet with olive oil. Work the pizza with your hands to form a pizza dough about 10 inches in diameter. Transfer to pan lined with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl mix together softened cream cheese, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper until combined.
- Spread the cream cheese over pizza dough evenly. Leave about 3/4-1 inch of a border. Add mozzarella cheese slices, then sprinkle shredded jack cheese, top with jalapeño slices.
- Place in oven and bake for 15-20 minutes of until golden brown. Top with chives or toppings of choice. Let cool for a few minutes, then slice and enjoy!