Healthy Halloween: Ghost Pizza
My absolute favorite dish to make on Halloween is Ghost Pizza.
It’s incredibly quick, easy, healthy and delicious — oh, and totally adorable.
As you can see, I’m a sucker for making faces out of my food.
I made this ghost pizza a couple of years ago for a Halloween party I threw and it was a huge crowd-pleaser. I mean, you really can’t go wrong with pizza.
You can use white or whole wheat crust (I like Whole Foods 365 brand or Rustic Crust
) or you can modify it with gluten-free crust if necessary.
Non-dairy mozzarella cheese serves as the ghosts with olives for their eyes and mouths. Feel free to make yours happy, sad or boooooing. I, of course, chose all three ghostly emotions.
Sliced orange cherry tomatoes serve as mini pumpkins.
As a fun activity for kids, buy mini pizzas and let everyone make their own.
Some additional topping ideas: mini jack-o-lantern’s carved out of orange peppers, “spider olives,” or monster eyes (round cheese slices with an olive in the middle).
Check out the uber-easy recipe followed by my favorite Halloween trick!
- 1 whole wheat pizza crust (Rustic Crust
) - ½ cup marinara (or pizza sauce)
- 6 slices of vegan mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup orange cherry tomatoes
- ¼ cup fresh basil, chopped
- 2 tablespoons black olives
- extra virgin olive oil
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Cut ghost shapes by hand out of the cheese slices.
- Lightly grease a baking sheet or pizza pan with olive oil and lightly brush (or spray) your crust as well.
- Top pizza with sauce, cheese, basil and cherry tomatoes.
- Cut a few of your black olives in half for mouths and the rest into little pieces for eyes. Decorate your ghosts.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Enjoy!
And you thought pizza couldn’t possibly get any better.
OK, so now that you’ve got your treat for the night squared away, it’s time for a trick!
If you’re in a neighborhood that gets trick-or-treaters, fill one bowl with candy and one bowl with fruits and vegetables.
Watch the hilarity ensue as you offer little Elsas and Batmans beets and butternut squash, instead of Butterfingers.
I did this last year at my parent’s house where we get tons of trick-or-treaters and the kids’ expressions were priceless.
I will say though, a couple of times the joke was on me when the kids actually got excited to take a banana or apple. I had to be like, “Um, actually that was a joke and that’s my last banana so…..”
Give it a try!
On that note, you’ll be happy to know I finally figured out my Halloween costume:
No idea what I am? It’s OK, you’re not alone.
A total of zero people at the Halloween party I went to last night knew either.
I’m a Boxtroll!
This costume cost me absolutely nothing to make.
I ground up blue and pink eyeshadow and mixed it with water for the face paint, printed out the box sign, and “borrowed” this box from a Ralph’s parking lot.
Mr. Chow decided on an outfit as well…
Indiana Chow. He takes the role very seriously as you can see.
Wishing you all a happy, healthy Halloween!
Weigh-in: What are you dressing up as tonight? Any fun plans? Will you try my Halloween trick?!
GiselleR @ Diary of an ExSloth says:
I feel like I haven’t been here in forever! October has been way too busy.
Anyway, that ghost pizza is the bomb. I’m gonna attempt it with my sweet potato crust so it’s orange and even more ‘halloween-y, right after I figure out how to make the ghosts dairy-free :(
p.s. awesome costume haha
Whitney English says:
Thanks girl! Maybe try Almond or Soy Cheese?
Caroline Kaufman Nutrition says:
Ghost PIZZA?! That looks awesome! You’re so clever. And a boxtroll. Amazing.
Linda @ TheFitty says:
I think the ghosts won’t turn out as pretty by the time I bake the pizza.
Another ghost pizza would be for me to eat the pizza and it to POOF be gone.
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner says:
How totally cute! Have fun tonight :)
Ellen says:
Ahhhh! I love the ghost pizza. That’s adorable. I Got invited to about five different events tonight therefore think I may stay in with a book, haha.
Ashley @ A Lady Goes West says:
Hi Whitney! Happy Friday! Your costume is quite clever. I wish I could see some trick-or-treaters this year, but alas, city living in SF doesn’t allow for that. I’m sure to see some drunk adults though! Have a good one:)
Kim says:
What a fun pizza idea!!!
And, your dog is hilarious!!!
Brittany says:
“That’s my last banana sooo…” HAHA. That’s a good idea for a trick, I’ll have to remember that. This pizza is SO cute, LOVE.
Arman @ thebigmansworld says:
out of all the halloween recipes I’ve seen, this takes the … pie. Genius idea and I think Mr.Chow’s costume is bloody epic.
Krissy @ Pretty Wee Things says:
Oh my goodness I am seriously in love with that pizza! What an awesome idea! I am pinning that to make next year!
Hahaa, I loved your halloween trick too. Perhaps we should have suggested to the girl that took handful after handful of candy that there was a fruit bowl. I could only imagine her face!
xx
Dale Janee says:
OMG, this pizza looks so cute and adorable with the ghosts. Indiana Chow is sooo cute and I have to admit I had no idea what you were, I was looking at first trying to figure it out…like ‘fragile smurf’ or something but I had no clue!! Love it and I have never seen Boxtrolls so I guess I’ll have to check it out. :))
xoDale
Sam Brown says:
Omg that is the cutest puppy outfit I have ever seen! Mr Chow is the cutest!
Sam xx
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Angela says:
What cheese slices do you use?
Karen says:
Haha! Mr. Chow is sooo cute and your costume is too cool! I didn’t know what you were either. The pizza is a great idea!
Liz says:
Thanks for the recipe! It is so cute – and gives me other ideas for how to use the olives to make shapes or ever write a few initials.
Whitney English says:
You’re welcome! Initials would be great with olives!
lussy says:
hhahahahaha ghost pizza… i think it would be fun… surely i ll try
Kyle Farrell says:
It’s not very funny to me, because I saw a ghost with my own eyes when I attended a psychic seance. And if you ever doubted that ghosts or mediums are not real, you are very much mistaken. I advise you to read are mediums real to find answers to your questions concerning the reality of people with superpowers and paranormal phenomena.