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Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe – These deep dish pizza cups make a fun and delicious way to serve everyone’s favorite pizza! 

Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe - These deep dish pizza cups make a fun and delicious way to serve everyone's favorite pizza! // addapinch.com

Does your family love pizza as much as mine does? Pizza nights have always been one of our favorites and one that I can absolutely depend on my whole family and any friends loving! But you guys, if you are looking for a super easy new twist for your pizza night or even to make as a quick lunch or afternoon snack, then you need the recipe for these deep dish pizza cups!

Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe

Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe - These deep dish pizza cups make a fun and delicious way to serve everyone's favorite pizza! // addapinch.com

One of the things that I love most is that I can easily customize these deep dish pizza cups for the people that I am serving!

How to Make Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe

Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe - These deep dish pizza cups make a fun and delicious way to serve everyone's favorite pizza! // addapinch.com

To make the Deep Dish Pizza Cups, start by preheating your oven and spraying a 12-cup muffin pan lightly with nonstick cooking spray or olive oil. Then, take your pizza dough and divide it into 12 equal pieces. For the pizza dough, while I love to use my homemade pizza dough, you can easily use store-bought as well.

Once you have your pizza dough portioned, press a piece of the dough into each of the individual muffin pan cups.

Now is the time to customize your Deep Dish Pizza Cups. I love to make at least two or three different types of deep dish pizza cups so that everyone has options. 🙂 For some, I’ll add in pizza sauce on top of the pizza dough and for others I’ll add ricotta cheese.

Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe - These deep dish pizza cups make a fun and delicious way to serve everyone's favorite pizza! // addapinch.com

Then, I top them with the cheeses.

Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe - These deep dish pizza cups make a fun and delicious way to serve everyone's favorite pizza! // addapinch.com

And for some, I add pepperoni and bake.

Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe - These deep dish pizza cups make a fun and delicious way to serve everyone's favorite pizza! // addapinch.com

Once they have cooked, I remove them from the oven and allow them to cool enough so that they can be safely eaten, about 5 minutes and serve.

Make-Ahead Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe

They also make a great make-ahead meal or snack!

How to Freeze Pizza Cups

Once they have cooled completely, place them onto a baking sheet and allow them to flash freeze for about 30 minutes. Then, package them in freezer-safe zip top bags or containers for up to 3 months. To serve from frozen, just thaw overnight in the refrigerator and then reheat in the oven for about 10 minutes until heated throughout.

Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe - These deep dish pizza cups make a fun and delicious way to serve everyone's favorite pizza! // addapinch.com

Here’s my Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe. Make ’em soon.

Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe

Pizza 25 mins

Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe - These deep dish pizza cups make a fun and delicious way to serve everyone's favorite pizza! // addapinch.com
Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Servings 6
Course Main Course, Snack
Cuisine American, Italian
Author Robyn Stone
Deep Dish Pizza Cups Recipe – These deep dish pizza cups make a fun and delicious way to serve everyone’s favorite pizza! 

Ingredients  

  • 1 recipe pizza dough homemade or storebought
  • 1/2 cup pizza sauce
  • 1/4 cup ricotta cheese
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese grated
  • 1/2 cup parmesan cheese grated
  • pepperoni

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 375º F. Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray or olive oil. Divide pizza dough into 12 equal portions and press each of the portions into the individual muffin cups. 
  • Customize your deep dish pizza cups. 

Pepperoni Pizza Cups

  • Top each of the pizza cups that you’d like as pepperoni pizza cups with about 1 tablespoon each of pizza sauce followed by about 2 tablespoons each of Mozzarella cheese and 1 tablespoon of Parmesan cheese. Top each of the pizza cups with pepperoni pieces. 

Cheese Pizza Cups

  • Top each of the pizza cups that you’d like as cheese pizza cups with about 1 tablespoon each of pizza sauce followed by about 2 tablespoons each of Mozzarella cheese and 1 tablespoon of Parmesan cheese. 

White Cheese Pizza Cups

  • Top each of the pizza cups that you’d like as white cheese pizza cups with about 1 tablespoon each of ricotta cheese followed by about 2 tablespoons each of Mozzarella cheese and 1 tablespoon of Parmesan cheese. 
  • Bake until the cheese is melted and the pizza cups are cooked throughout, about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to rest about 3 – 5 minutes before serving. 

Nutritional Information

Serving: 2cups | Calories: 271kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 837mg | Potassium: 100mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 325IU | Vitamin C: 1.4mg | Calcium: 217mg | Iron: 2.2mg

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    1. They are so easy – and delicious! And they are fun to make too, Shirley! Hope you enjoy them! xo

  1. I’m having a difficult time imagining ricotta in the pizza cups.  Could I just use more mozzarella instead of the ricotta?  

    1. Hi Bonnie,
      You don’t have to use the ricotta cheese in some of the varieties of pizza cups that I give – only the White Cheese Pizza Cups.
      I hope you enjoy them! Thanks!

    2. First of all, thank you so much for replying, Robyn!  Secondly, so quickly too!  I really appreciate it!   I’m anxious to make these!