California Pizza Kitchen Spooky Jack-O-Lantern Pizza

California Pizza Kitchen  wanted me to share a ‘treat’ from the CPK Family Cookbook for  Halloween to get kids and parents into the Halloween spirit. Whip up a spooky Jack-O-Lantern pizza from America’s favorite casual dining destination at home. The pizza is easy to make, a great family activity and so much fun for kids. We can’t trick you! This is really a pumpkin pie on a pizza crust!

Ingredients: Pizza dough, confectioners’ sugar, pumpkin pie filling, mini chocolate chips, chocolate kisses, whipped cream, candy corn.

Preparation:

1)     Place the sugar in a fine-mesh strainer and sift a then, even layer of sugar over the dough. This will caramelize as the pizza bakes

2)     Transfer the pizza to the oven and bake for 5 min to set the dough. Once the crust has been partially cooked, spread with a thin layer of pumpkin pie filling and return to the oven for another 5 -10 minutes, or until the filling is set. Remove and allow the pizza to cool

3)     Decorate the pizzas using mini chocolate chips to represent the vertical lines, whipped cream for the eyes and mouth, chocolate kisses for the eyeballs, and the candy corn for the teeth.