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Hot Pizza Dip

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Hot Pizza Dip is super easy, kids and teenagers love to make it. Layers of any types of cheese, pizza sauce, vegetables, and meats. Dip with toasted crostini for that pizza “crust” component. This is the sure way to satisfy veggie and meat lovers at any party.
Hot Pizza Dip in a clear serving bowl

Doesn’t this look like a deep-dish pizza you’d get straight out of the oven at your favorite hometown pizza joint? Who can imagine that this is a hot pizza DIP that will rival any craving for the best pizza in town. Plus, you get to make it at home and let me tell you, it is GO-OOD!

Close up of Hot Pizza Dip

Starting with a standard 9-inch pie plate, layer cream cheese mixed with classic pizza seasonings of oregano, basil and garlic, then topped with jarred pizza sauce, mozzarella, Parmesan and whatever other toppings you love on your own pizza. I’ve heard appetizer connoisseurs call this “the best dip I’ve ever had!”.

One of the best things about this dip is you can customize it to fit your favorite toppings, plus you can lighten it up easily for a healthy-ish option.To lighten up the recipe, you can completely skip the cream cheese layer and cut back on the other cheese a little as well. Leave out the meat for a vegetarian option. Or you can go the other direction and pile on the meat and cheese for a meat-lover’s paradise.

Hot Pizza Dip with a scoop taken out

No matter what you pile on top of this amazing dip, or what type of bread (or not bread) you serve with it…

Hot Pizza Dip with a scoop taken out

…the most important thing to remember is,

Close up of pizza dip and melted cheese

…you really MUST make it! Truly, if you’re looking for the ultimate appetizer to please both kids and adults, and you want it to be super easy to put together…look no more.

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Hot Pizza Dip

This recipe can be modified to be as loaded with toppings as you want or easily lightened up depending on your cravings. Add a little or a lot of meat, make it purely veggie, and even skip the cream cheese layer. It's all good.
Course Appetizer
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 9 " pie
Calories 213
Author Good Dinner Mom

Ingredients 

  • 8- ounce package cream cheese, softened (Use neufchatal for less fat and calories, if desired)
  • 1 Tablespoon freshly shredded Parmesan cheese
  • ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ¼ teaspoon dried basil
  • ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 cup mozarella cheese, shredded and divided
  • 1 cup good quality jarred pizza sauce
  • ½ cheddar cheese, shredded
  • ½ cup fresh shredded Parmesan cheese
  • 1 Hot or Mild Italian sausage, removed from casing
  • 10 fresh mushrooms, sliced
  • ½ small onion, diced
  • 20-30 mini pepperoni, or 10-12 regular size pepperoni slices
  • ½ green bell pepper, diced
  • 10 black olives, sliced
  • Crostinis or sliced baugette for serving

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In a medium bowl, mix together 8 ounces cream cheese, 1 Tablespoon Parmesan and ¼ teaspoon oregano, ¼ teaspoon basil, ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes, ¼ teaspoon garlic powder. Spread mixture into the bottom of an oven safe 9-inch glass pie plate.
  • Top cream cheese mixture with ½ cup mozzarella and spread 1 cup pizza sauce over it to edges. Sprinkle remaining ½ cup mozzarella, ½ cup cheddar and ½ cup Parmesan cheese over the sauce.
  • In a small sauté pan, cook 1 sausage over medium heat until no longer pink, breaking up into small pieces. Remove sausage from pan with slotted spoon and spread over top of cheese in pie plate.
  • In same pan you cooked the sausage, add 10 sliced mushrooms and ½ diced onions and cook until just golden (add a little oil or butter if needed). Remove mushrooms and onions from pan and spread over other ingredients.
  • Sprinkle 20-30 mini pepperoni, ½ diced bell pepper, 10 sliced black olives over the top, adding more if desired. For a little spicier dip, sprinkle with extra red pepper flakes before baking.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the cheese is golden brown and bubbly.
  • Serve immediately with crostinis, garlic toast or sliced baugette.

Notes

  1. You can assemble the pizza dip ahead of time and then refrigerate it up to 24 hours before baking. I found that serving it fresh the first day it's baked was the best and gave the freshest flavor. Personally, the flavors were not as prominent when I reheated leftovers the second day.
  2. When I was first making this recipe, I would add the onions at the end along with the black olives, etc. Then my friend Angie, who makes the dip frequently, started sautéing the onions with the mushrooms and this small change became a game changer in elevating the flavors.
Nutrition Facts
Hot Pizza Dip
Amount Per Serving
Calories 213 Calories from Fat 153
% Daily Value*
Fat 17g26%
Saturated Fat 9g56%
Cholesterol 51mg17%
Sodium 562mg24%
Potassium 262mg7%
Carbohydrates 4g1%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 9g18%
Vitamin A 640IU13%
Vitamin C 8.4mg10%
Calcium 169mg17%
Iron 0.8mg4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  1. amy l says

    March 8, 2022 at 6:10 AM

    5 stars
    I wanted to try something different and this was a big hit!! I love it with breadsticks instead of chips. I bought the Pillsbury breadsticks and halved them before I baked them! I will be making this a lot! Thanks for a great recipe!

    Reply
    • Sally Humeniuk says

      March 9, 2022 at 12:14 PM

      Oh my gosh, Amy! This sounds so delicious and I love the idea of breadsticks instead of chips. Definitely going to do this one.

      Reply
  2. veronica smith says

    March 8, 2022 at 6:08 AM

    5 stars
    My guests devoured this dip in less than five minutes. Next time I’ll make two! This recipes is fabulous and so easy!

    Reply
    • Sally Humeniuk says

      March 9, 2022 at 12:15 PM

      Thanks, Veronica! I think that’s a good plan. Glad everyone liked it so much!

      Reply
  3. mila furman says

    February 2, 2015 at 12:37 PM

    OOOOH this looks really good! It’s like pizza…minus the carbs 🙂 Perfect!

    Reply
    • Sally says

      February 2, 2015 at 6:45 PM

      Alright Mila, I just went over to your site and I am in love! I have bookmarked your Peek Behind the Scenes and will be curling up with it tonight on the couch and then I want to make the skinny smashers featured in the post… for starters. Thanks for coming over to Good Dinner Mom, Girl and the Kitchen. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Jackie says

    February 1, 2015 at 3:32 PM

    It’s in the oven now! Ready for game day.
    I topped mine with sliced olives, jalapeños, andd sautĂ©ed mushrooms. Can’t wait!

    Reply
    • Sally says

      February 1, 2015 at 7:34 PM

      Jackie, thanks for making the pizza dip! I’m adding jalapenos next time.

      Reply
  5. Mel says

    January 30, 2015 at 3:06 PM

    This looks AMAZING, Sally! Seriously! Can’t wait to try it.

    Reply
    • Sally says

      January 30, 2015 at 4:56 PM

      Thanks, my friend! It IS ;).

      Reply
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