Description
Spiderweb Pizza Bites are a fun and easy Halloween-themed snack. These cheesy bites feature a decorative spiderweb made from string cheese and olive spiders, perfect for parties or a festive treat.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated crescent dough sheet or mini pitas
- 1/3 cup smooth pizza sauce (approximately)
- 1/2 cup string mozzarella, pulled into thin strands
- 6 large black olives, halved for bodies and sliced for legs
- Optional: Shredded mozzarella for base sprinkle
- Optional: Garlic powder or garlic butter
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350–400°F, depending on your chosen base, to ensure a quick melt and light browning.
- If using crescent dough, seal any perforations and punch out 2–3 inch rounds. Place these rounds on a baking sheet.
- Spread a thin layer of pizza sauce over each round, ensuring it doesn’t bleed and the base remains crisp.
- Create the spiderweb by arranging the thin mozzarella strands in a starburst pattern, then add two concentric rings.
- Bake for 10–12 minutes for crescent rounds, or until the cheese is melted and the edges are golden. Adjust time for other bases like crackers or mini pitas.
- While the bites bake, prepare the olive spiders: use halved olives for heads and bodies, and slice additional olive halves for legs.
- Once the initial bake is complete, carefully place one olive head and body onto each bite, then arrange 6–8 leg slices snugly around the body.
- Return the bites to the oven for an additional 2–3 minutes to set the spider design without melting the web lines.
- Let the Spiderweb Pizza Bites rest for 2 minutes on the baking sheet to set the web lines.
- Serve hot for the best gooey texture and clear web design.
Notes
- For larger pizza bases, par-bake them first, then add the web and spiders and finish baking for 2–3 minutes to set the design.
- Keep the sauce layer thin to prevent the spiderweb from bleeding.
- For parties, bake in batches and hold finished bites in a 200°F oven for up to 15 minutes to keep them warm without over-melting.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3 bites
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 360mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 23g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 7g
- Cholesterol: 15mg