These Mini Taco Pizzas are perfect to serve for lunch, dinner or as a snack. They also make great appetizers for parties.
Nothing beats pizza when it comes to dinner. Kids love these for an after school snack or in their lunches. Adults love them too!
It's one of the most versatile foods on the planet. You can customize it to your own tastes and be really creative with it.
Whether you love a traditional pizza or something over the top, we have a Pizza Recipe just for you.
Dessert pizzas are always fun to make with kids as well. Cherry Cobbler Pizza or Mini Fruit Pizzas are always a hit in our household.
The options are endless. Think outside the pizza box and recipes like my Pizza Pasta or Mini Pizza Sandwiches.
You can even make your own pizza dough and pizza sauce. Or use store-bought. You do you, boo!
Ingredient Notes:
Pizza Dough - I used Pillsbury French bread for this but you can use their biscuits or pizza dough if you like. In a pinch you can tortillas but for this recipe I wanted a puffy pizza crust.
Pizza Sauce - You can use store bought pizza sauce or you make your own. I always add a little sugar to store bought. Just a personal preference for taste.
Cheese - I used cheddar cheese but feel free to use any kind of cheese you like on tacos or pizza. You can even do a combination of cheeses for added flavour.
Taco Meat - This recipe calls for cooked ground beef with taco seasoning already in it. I typically make these with leftover taco meat but you can make a batch just for these. I would recommend 1 pound of meat and 1 package of taco seasoning, or half if you like less meat on your pizza.
Optional Toppings - I used tomatoes, shallots, onions, peppers, lettuce, and salsa on mine. You can also a dollop of sour cream on top.
How to Make Mini Taco Pizzas:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Normally I cook pizza at a higher temperature but the Pillsbury dough is better cooked a bit lower so you don't burn the bottom.
- Spray two muffin tins with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- Open the package of French bread, do NOT roll it out, leave it in the shape it's already in. Then, slice into it so you have round pieces of dough for the taco pizzas. Depending on the thickness you cut them, you should get between 18 to 24 pieces. Place a piece of dough into each muffin tin well.
- Add a little spoonful of pizza sauce over each piece of dough and smooth with a spoon.
- Sprinkle cheese evenly over each mini pizza.
- Top each one with a spoonful of taco meat. Use more or less to your own taste.
- Place the muffin tins in the preheated oven and bake for about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Carefully remove the pans from the oven and use a butter knife of small offset spatula to remove the pizzas from the pan.
- Top with whatever taco toppings you love.
- Serve immediately or store for later.
How to Store Leftover Taco Pizza:
Wait until the pizzas cool, then store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They are good for about 2 days in the fridge.
Can I Freeze Mini Taco Pizzas:
Yes, you can freeze them. Allow them to cool completely first before freezing.
I suggest wrapping each one individually with plastic wrap, then place them all in an airtight container and store in the freezer. They will last for up to 2 months but personally I try to use them within a month.
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- Roasted Red Pepper and Italian Sausage Pasta
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- Easy Steak and Peppers
- 10 Easy Recipes for Leftover Chicken
- Mac n Cheese
- Sesame Chicken
- Hussy Pasta
- Seafood Chowder 2.0
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Mini Taco Pizza Bite
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 package Pillsbury french bread
- 1 cup prepared pizza sauce
- 2 cups cheddar cheese
- 1 cup prepared and seasoned taco meat
Optional Toppings:
- Tomatoes diced
- Shallot sliced thinly
- Onion sliced thinly
- Peppers sliced thinly
- Lettuce shredded
- Salsa any kind you prefer
- Sour cream to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray two muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Pop the package for the french bread. Lay it on a cutting board but don't roll it out. Leave it intact and then cut slices off it, sort of like slicing cookie dough. You should be able to slice off 18 to 24 pieces.
- Place one piece of french bread dough in each muffin tin well. It helps to take your palm and flatten the dough a bit.
- Spread a little pizza sauce on each one, to taste.
- Sprinkle the cheddar cheese over each one.
- Spoon on the taco meat over each one evenly.
- Place in the preheated oven and cook for about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and use a spoon or knife to help remove the pizzas.
- Top each with whatever toppings you dig.
- Serve with a big old back to school smile!
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John@Kitchen Riffs
Love those little pizza bites! Great recipe. And it sounds like you scored some really good deals. Wireless printers rock, don't they?
Kim Beaulieu
Thanks John. As you know I'm totally addicted to pizza and tiny food, seems sensible to combine them as often as possible. We did great on our trip. My son is here now so hoping he can get the printer working, mini-me's pc doesn't have a disc drive so I think we have to download it another way. He popped in at the perfect time. Love our wireless printers. The only way to go nowadays.
Helene D'Souza
Yeah pizza bites!! I just fell in love, again. =)
We would have needed them during the world cup.
I hate buying printers, it's just a problem every time and in time they all go down due to the high humidity and continues electricity cuts. The printer on top looks quite solid though.
Hope you have been doing fine Kim =)
Kim Beaulieu
Bite sized is perfect for soccer, among so many other things right.
We are having a ton of luck with HP products lately. I was able to purchase any brands I wanted and I headed right for HP. We had the last one for years, and the whole family abused it like mad and took it. And it was on sale too, so I think the previous one was $50. Have you tried going to a camping store, or ordering online even, that stuff that you put in a dish in humid spots to absorb moisture? We use it in our cellar to keep the moisture down and the smells too. But I think you can only find it in camping stores. I think it likely has charcoal in it, which helps a ton. Do you want me to find the name of the stuff so you can try to find it? My sis suggested it to us and it had never occurred to me to use something like that.
I'm good. Summer is crazy busy so I barely visit blogs, but September is right around the corner and I'll be back into my routine again. My son flew in today so he's with us for 10 days. I'm essentially taking 10 days off, but as you know, super hard to actually take 10 days off blogging right.
Choc Chip Uru
What an adorable idea (though I would very much eat enough to equal one whole pizza :P)
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Kim Beaulieu
Ha, you and me both. I am such a pizza addict.
Lauren Kelly Nutrition
I love pizza bites! I love anything portion controlled (although I bet it's difficult to just eat a couple of these!) I am sharing, pinning and stumbling these babies! 🙂
Kim Beaulieu
Thanks Lauren. I love bite sized food. Any small food really. Something about it just makes me way too happy. Thanks for the love. I'll pay it forward this evening.
Are you going to IFBC? I can't remember. I start K's bootcamp Monday so I'll likely be visiting your site often for inspiration. This is going to be interesting as it unfolds. My goal is to be running again by Christmas. Wish me luck. xx
Toni | BoulderLocavore.com
We too did all of our school supply shopping at Staples, in July as I can't take the craziness of last minute shopping. I love how well stocked they always are. Your little pizzas are going on my Back to School dinner list too my dear! Genius.
Kim Beaulieu
I'm the same way, I think from being an at home mom I've gotten sort of spoiled about not having to shop on weekends or busy days. I get twitchy if the stores are packed.
Thanks. I love small food. It's like an addiction at this point.
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet
Oooo! Pizza bites! I bet these were gone in a flash! Also, LOVE Staples!!!
Kim Beaulieu
They were. Mostly because I'm a little piggy when it comes to pizza.
Love Staples, we have two nearby and frequent them often. Heading back there soon to get some stuff to organize my new blog room.
Lori @ RecipeGirl
We bought all of our back to school supplies at Staples this year- one stop shopping!! I'm thinking these pizza bites would be awesome for football season too!
Kim Beaulieu
It really is, their back to school centre is amazing. I love that place. Plus they have wicked good stuff for home offices too. I'm headed back there when my blog room is finished. I need some more baskets and things to keep things handy.
We love these for football season, bite size is the way to go for that. They are wonderful as appetizers too. And even kids parties. I'm a bit of a pizza addict. I must make some form of it 2 or 3 times a week. We do it a lot on weekends when the kids are busy or have friends around.
sue/the view from great island
Other people love wandering around the mall, I'm happy haunting the aisles of Staples --- it's my favorite store! Love the pizza bites, btw!
Kim Beaulieu
Same here. I'm addicted to organizing things and Staples rocks for that, as well as school stuff.
Thanks. I am a sucker for pizza.
Miss @ Miss in the Kitchen
My boys would go crazy for these little taco pizzas! Staples is my go to place for back to school and office supplies!
Kim Beaulieu
I think the love of pizza is like a universal thing right. Kids and adults alike. I love these for after school snacks, or also for a light meal before sports. My daughter horseback rides so we'd do stuff like this instead of heavy meals before jumping lessons. Safer. Lol.
Love Staples, I can't wait to go back and grab some stuff to organize the new office.
Shawn @ I Wash You Dry
I'm super excited to start back to school shopping! Just a few more weeks till my kids start! I love these mini taco pizza bites too, taco pizza is one of my family's favorites!
Kim Beaulieu
I went early to avoid the crowds, but my kids are older so we don't have to wait for those lists from the teacher these days. One nice perk of them getting older. But then they start dating and driving and moving away. Scratch that, I want them young again.
We are total pizza addicts. My daughter worked in a pizza place for years and makes a mean pizza. She'd beat my butt in a pizza-off. She can toss it, and she hand stretches it. She always complains if I don't do homemade dough, but I really like the store bought on occasion.
Nikki @Seeded at the Table
I really wish we had a Staples here! We had one right around the corner from us in California, but none here in the Jackson, MS area! 🙁 Staples, can you hear me? We need you!! 🙂 Although I can't back to school shop at Staples, at least I can make these taco pizza bites for them! 😉
Kim Beaulieu
Ha, I love it Nikki. A plea for a new Staples. We should start a petition for you.#NikkineedsStaples
You will love these. I love pizza bites. Not sure what it is about tiny food that makes me so happy.
Diane {Created by Diane}
loving these taco pizza bites, my kids will be begging me to make them I'm sure! I love that Staples has such great items, it a great place for one stop shopping.
Kim Beaulieu
Your kids will love them. Mine go nuts for pizza bites.
I loved you ALS ice bucket challenge, you did great.
I'm a Staples girl, love popping in there on a regular occasion. I need to pop in this week for baskets for K's closet. I got her some of those cubes when we swapped rooms. Her closet looks awesome.
Christi @ Love From The Oven
These look amazing, I can't wait to try them! I am hopelessly addicted to school supplies. I might get a little too excited for all the pens and highlighters and post its! 🙂
Kim Beaulieu
Ha, a girl after my own heart. I was like a kid in a candy store. I love all the colourful supplies out there. I am dying to make your board that you posted some time ago to organize the kids activities. I actually picked up supplies awhile ago, I just need to settle in and make it. I'm thinking it would be cool for menu planning too. After my son moved away I'm finding myself throwing out food for the first time ever. So we're going to go back to planning to avoid so many leftovers.
Carla
I don't have any kids, so obviously no back to school shopping for me. However, I do use Staples for their print center and their post office (because my post office decided to close for a random hour when I needed to buy stamps....). Even though I don't have any kids, I'm always looking for quick, easy dinners so I can finish the rest of my day's to-do list. Usually I do veggie pizzas, but I think it may need to be taco pizza night soon!
Kim Beaulieu
It's funny because I just did a mini veggie pizza but now you have me thinking the taco ones with mounds of extra veggies would be wicked good.
I love Staples. I go in there for school stuff, office supplies and they actually have really cool organization supplies which I totally dig. I need to go back when my blog room gets finished.