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The Easiest Spider Web Pizza Recipe (Fun And Delicious)

ByWendy Mallins
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Treat the kids to spooky spider web pizza muffins this Halloween. They're super easy, super yummy and fun!

Get busy in the kitchen and cook up a spooky snack! These little Halloween spider pizza muffins are great as an after-school snack, or as a Halloween party food.

Making Spider Web Pizza Muffins Is A Good Thing! Here's Why! 

Super easy! - spider web muffin pizzas are super easy to make and great for getting kids helping out in the kitchen.

Low cost - this is a low cost recipe, so it's a good Halloween snack if you're feeding a crowd before heading off trick or treating!

Spider Web Pizza Muffins Recipe 

Makes – 2 muffin pizzas (really easy to make loads)

Prep Time – 5 minutes 

Cook Time – 2-3 minutes

Total Time – around 10 mins 

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Close up shot shows a muffin with melted cheese on in the shape of a spider web as well as a tomato sauce base, and a olive chopped up to look like a spider

Equipment Needed

  • Chopping board
  • Sharp knife
  • Baking tray
  • Tablespoon
  • Teaspoon

Ingredients For Spider Web Pizza Muffins

You just need five ingredients to make our easy Halloween snack recipe

Image shows an orange saucer with chopped olives on, beneath is a blue saucer with grated cheese on, on the right in a wooden chopping board with a bowl of tomato sauce with a spoon in and a muffin sliced in two
  • 1 muffin - split into two halves (these will be your pizza crust)
  • ¼ teaspoon dried oregano - sprinkled into the pizza sauce for extra flavor
  • 1 slice cheddar cheese - cut into thin strips
  • 2 black olives - 1 cut in half and one cut into strips - these will make the black olive spiders
Close up shot shows a muffin with melted cheese on in the shape of a spider web as well as a tomato sauce base, and a olive chopped up to look like a spider

How To Make Spider Web Pizza Muffins 

You'll love how easy the mini spider pizza is to make!

Step One - preheat the grill to high

  • Preheat the grill to a high setting

Step Two - add the pizza sauce

  • Spread each muffin half with pizza sauce to the edges.
Image shows on the left two saucers, one is blue with grated cheese on, the other is orange with chopped olives on, next to the bowls on the right is a wooden chopping board with two muffins tops with tomato sauce on

Step Three - build the spider web

  • Use the strips of Cheddar cheese to make a spider web shape on the pizza. Start with 8 longer strips in a star shape, then fill in the gaps using shorter pieces of cheese.
Image shows on the left two saucers, one is blue with grated cheese on, the other is orange with chopped olives on, next to the bowls on the right is a wooden chopping board with two muffins tops with tomato sauce on and grated cheese organised to look like a spider web

Step Four - add the spider to the web

  • Use the half a black olive to make the spider body, and the black olive slices arranged around the body to be the spider legs.
Close up shot of a muffin on a wooden chopping board with a spider web cheese design and an olive cut up to look like a spider

Step Six - cook the spider web pizza muffins

  • Put the pizza muffins under a hot grill until the cheese has melted into lines.

Step Seven - serve the spooky spider pizzas

  • Then remove the cooked pizzas from the oven and serve.
Image shows a spooky background with grey fake cobwebs and on the cobwebs are two muffin tops with a tomato sauce base, and melted cheese designed like a spider web and in the middle of the design there is a chopped olive with looks like a spider

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What To Serve With Pizza Muffins 

Spider Web Pizza Muffins For Tea - go with...

If you're just making these as a Halloween tea for the kids, serve with sweet corn, hot dogs or a pot of baked beans for dipping.

Spider Web Pizza Muffins For A Halloween Party - add some more spooky food....

If you're making spider web muffin pizzas as part of a Halloween party buffet, then add in some more spooky dishes, try:

air fryer mummy hot dogs on a platter with pumpkins and skulls
Image shows a square halloween themed pizza with olive and mozzarella eyeballs on, in front of a rustic decorative pumpkin and a cream pumpkin
jack o lantern pots filled with homemade vegetarian pasta with melted mozzarella
Halloween cheesecake with Oreo biscuit base topped with creamy vanilla frosting and decorated with edible eyes and Halloween sprinkles
halloween jelly - wormy jelly pots on a tray with jack o lantern fairy lights
halloween burgers made to look like monsters

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Recipe Tips And Variations 

Make Ahead - Spider Web Pizza

When making ahead of time we serve these as a cold pizza snack. If you make ahead, cook, cool quickly and then store in an airtight container in the fridge.

Alternatively, just prep the pizzas so they're ready to cook. Add the toppings, store in the fridge in an air tight container or trays wrapped in cling film. Then cook and serve.

You can make them up to 1-day in advance.

Different Toppings

You can get creative in the kitchen and use different toppings to make your spider shapes from. You could try mushrooms or peppers to make the spiders. And if you fancy a kick of heat, sprinkle over some red pepper flakes.

I don't recommend using mozzarella cheese as it tends to melt more and ruin the spider web pattern.

Can I Use Pizza Dough To Make Spider Web Pizza?

Yes, if you prefer you can make larger versions of these mini pizzas using sheets of ready to use pizza dough, or ready to top round pizza bases in stead of English muffins.

Can I Make Them Gluten Free?

Yes, and it's really easy! Just swap the English muffins for a gluten free version and double check that all the toppings you use are labelled up as gluten-free too.

Vegan Mini Spider Pizzas

You can swap this to be a vegan pizza, just use vegan cheese and make sure all other ingredients you choose are vegan too.

Can I Bake Pizza Muffins In The Oven?

Yes, if you prefer to bake these little spider pizza in the oven, you can place them on a baking sheet and cook at 200C for around 8-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and turning golden.

If you're cooking a large batch of pizza muffins, then oven baking is probably easier than the grill.

Can I Cook Them In The Air Fryer?

No, the toppings are too light, the air circulation in the air fryer is too strong and blows the toppings off!

Close up shot shows a muffin with melted cheese on in the shape of a spider web as well as a tomato sauce base, and a olive chopped up to look like a spider

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Close up shot shows a muffin with melted cheese on in the shape of a spider web as well as a tomato sauce base, and a olive chopped up to look like a spider

Spider Web Pizza Recipe

Yield: Makes 2
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 8 minutes

Whip up these spooky little snacks in just minutes!

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Ingredients

  • 1 English muffin
  • 1 tablespoon tomato pizza sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 slice Cheddar cheese - cut into thin strips
  • 2 olives - one cut in half, one cut into 8 strips

Instructions

  1. Preheat the grill to a high setting
  2. Spread each muffin half with pizza sauce to the edges.Image shows on the left two saucers, one is blue with grated cheese on, the other is orange with chopped olives on, next to the bowls on the right is a wooden chopping board with two muffins tops with tomato sauce on
  3. Use the strips of Cheddar cheese to make a spider web shape on the pizza. Start with 8 longer strips in a star shape, then fill in the gaps using shorter pieces of cheese.Image shows on the left two saucers, one is blue with grated cheese on, the other is orange with chopped olives on, next to the bowls on the right is a wooden chopping board with two muffins tops with tomato sauce on and grated cheese organised to look like a spider web
  4. Use the half olive to make the spider body, and the olive slices arranged around the body to be the spider legs.Close up shot of a muffin on a wooden chopping board with a spider web cheese design and an olive cut up to look like a spider
  5. Put the pizza muffins under a hot grill until the cheese has melted into lines. Image shows a black tray with two muffins with tomato sauce and a spider web design with an olive spider on, as well as a wooden chopping board, a bowl of tomato sauce with a metal spoon in, an orange saucer with an olive on, and a blue saucer with cheese onThen remove and serve.

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Wendy is the creator of Daisies & Pie, a UK food blog sharing easy meals and home lifestyle tips since 2012