How to make the best heart-shaped mini pizza recipe - This quick and easy DIY tortilla pizza gets crispy when baked in the oven and makes a simple appetizer or light supper for kids. Use whatever toppings you like.
Joe, Grace, and I made heart-shaped pizzas on Valentine's Day. They were yummy, and 2-½ year old Grace was delighted to make a silly food that is similar to something she loves (that being pizza).
Little kids love taking familiar things and making them silly. That's what makes these pizzas the perfect fun meal.
Joe and I recognized that these pizzas weren't going to be very filling, so we put mushrooms and black olives on ours. Grace made hers with only cheese and pepperoni.
Joe's pizza, before it was cooked:
My pizza, after it was cooked -
I didn't get to photograph Grace's pizza before or after cooking. She ate it too fast. Hers had only sauce, cheese, and pepperoni on it.
How to make an easy heart-shaped pizza
This is so easy, it can hardly be called a recipe.
- Gently fold the tortilla in half and cut it into a heart shape with kitchen shears. Don't crease it or it will break in half.
- Spread with pizza sauce. Don't use too much or your tortilla will get soggy.
- Sprinkle with shredded cheese.
- Cut pepperoni into heart shapes with a mini cookie cutter and add to the pizza.
- Cut the sliced cheese into heart shapes and add to the pizza.
- Add any other desired toppings.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees. Keep your eye on it to make sure it doesn't get too crispy or too brown.
Note: These pizza make great portions for young children. Grown ups will want more food, so don't rely on one pizza for your meal. In fact, this is barely an appetizer for an adult. Plan on having your pizzas with a heartier meal. Here are a few quick and easy meals that would be good alongside the heart-shaped pizzas:
Heart-Shaped Tortilla Pizzas
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 tortillas one per person
- ½ cups pizza sauce
- 4 slices cheddar or cheddar jack cheese
- ½ cups shredded mozzarella or pizza cheese
- 1 package pepperoni or mini pepperoni
- Other pizza toppings as desired
Instructions
- Gently fold each tortilla in half and cut it into a heart shape with kitchen shears. Don't crease it or the tortilla will break in half.
- Spread the heart-shaped tortillas with pizza sauce. Don't use too much or they will get soggy. Sprinkle with shredded cheese.
- Cut pepperoni into heart shapes with a small cookie cutter. Add the pepperoni. Cut sliced cheese into hearts and add that to the pizza too.
- Add other pizza toppings as desired.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees. Keep your eye on it to make sure it doesn't get too crispy or too brown.
MarineCorpsNomads says
I like how you made heart-shaped pepperoni and cheese. I have a heart-shaped pizza scheduled to post. **grin**
Denise says
That is too cute! I bet Grace had a blast making that! I bet it tasted "lovely" too. Get it? LOVE-ly. lol 😀
Thanks for the WW link up! You stole my heart! 🙂
AuntieE says
I love it!
My WW link for you
secretmomthoughts says
Too cute! Looks yummy too.
Sarah says
Oh my goodness! That is adorable! My kids would love that.
Harriet says
YUM! Bet it tastes good!
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aquamarine76 says
Cute heart shaped pizzas. 🙂
nightowlmama says
Looks yummy and so creative. Now I'm hungry!
Anonymous says
What a cute idea!
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Jenna @ Newlyweds says
Cute Cute Cute, I love hearts. I am sure grace just loved this.
sierra says
Heart shaped pizzas would go over so well with my 7 year old! What a great idea. No wonder Grace plowed through hers.
Olivia says
What a great idea! Maybe next year we'll start our Valentine's Day with heart shaped pancakes and end it with heart shaped pizzas! (See Of Such is the Kingdom for our heart shaped pancake recipe!)
FeelsLikeHomeBlog says
Fun! When?
upstatemomof3 says
It looks yummy!! I love pizza.
FeelsLikeHomeBlog says
That's exactly what we did. 🙂 I posted a couple different heart-shaped things for Valentines Day. We had heart-shaped omelets, heart-shaped banana chocolate chip pancakes, and then these pizzas for dinner. It was a lovey kind of day.
dawniemom says
Ok, that's even cuter than the heart shaped pancakes I made for V-Day breakfast!
ealguire says
I made little ones for my boys that weekend. too. Such a cute idea. Although mine didn't have heart-shaped pepperoni and cheese! I'm so impressed! 😀
Mel's Box of Chocolates says
That is the cutest pizza ever! We love making pizzas but can't say we have made ours heart shaped before.
FeelsLikeHomeBlog says
Oh, Mel, it was so easy. I used scissors to cut the tortilla and a tiny Pampered Chef cookie cutter to do the pepperoni and cheese.
Trina says
I love to cook with my kids and pizza making is so much fun! Great way to get their hands really into it. I use my breadmaker and make Whole Wheat dough. I love the heart shape...cool idea!
Trina says
I love to cook with my kids and pizza making is so much fun! Great way to get their hands really into it. I use my breadmaker and make Whole Wheat dough. I love the heart shape...cool idea!