Name: Mummy Pizza Braid Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 13.8 ounces refrigerated pizza dough (1 package); ½ cup marinara sauce; 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese; 6 ounces sliced pepperoni (for topping); 2.25 ounces sliced olives (for topping); 1 Tablespoon butter (melted); ¼ cup Parmesan cheese

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I love making fun Halloween party foods for my kids. This Mummy Pizza Braid is easy to make so you can throw it together before you head out trick-or-treating!

A rectangular piece of dough is spread out on a baking sheet.

Pizza dough topped with sauce, shredded cheese, and a row of pepperoni slices down the middle, ready to be folded or rolled.

Recipe Ingredient Notes

To make our mummy pizza braid, you need the following ingredients:

Refrigerated Pizza Dough
Marinara Sauce
Mozzarella Cheese
Sliced Pepperoni
Sliced Olives
Butter
Parmesan Cheese

Unbaked braided pizza dough topped with sliced pepperoni, tomato sauce, and shredded cheese, laid out on a baking sheet.

A bread dough made to resemble a wrapped mummy, with slices of olives peeking through for eyes and pepperoni visible underneath.

Equipment Needed

For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:

How to Make Mummy Pizza Braid

Preheat oven to 400 ℉. While the oven is heating up, roll out some store-bought pizza dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
It can be a little hard to use a rolling pin once the dough is on the baking sheet, so just use your hands to spread it out on the baking sheet.
Add marinara down the center of the pizza dough, being sure to leave a few inches of dough on each side.
Top the sauce with shredded mozzarella cheese and pepperoni. You can also add other pizza toppings if you want!
Use a pizza cutter to cut in about 3 inches from the outside of the pizza crust. You want the strips to be about ½ inch wide.
After cutting the edges of the Mummy Pizza into strips, alternate folding them over the center of the pizza. As you can see in the picture, I didn’t alternate the strips perfectly. I like the look of them being a little unorganized and messy, just like the wraps of a mummy would be.
When you reach the top of the Mummy Pizza Braid, be sure to leave an opening for the eyes. I placed 2 olive slices on the top where I wanted the eyes to be.
Brush melted butter on the top of the Mummy Pizza Braid.
Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese on top and place in the oven.
Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown.
Cut into slices and serve.

A red silicone brush is applying an egg wash to a pastry designed to look like a mummy, with strips of dough crisscrossed over a baked surface with small black eyes visible.

Close-up of raw, braided dough topped with grated cheese, resting on a baking tray.

Recipe Tips

Generally, dough will stretch best when it is at room temperature. So, if you are looking for a thinner crust, pull the dough out about 45-60 minutes before you need it so the dough will stretch better without breaking.

A close-up of a braided, baked bread loaf with a golden brown crust and a few visible slices showing a filling likely of cheese and tomato sauce.

A breaded dish resembling a mummy with olive slices for eyes wrapped in golden-brown dough strips on a wooden surface.

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A baked pastry shaped like a mummy with two sliced black olives representing eyes peeking out from between the pastry layers.

Mummy Pizza Braid Recipe

5 from 1 vote

This Mummy Pizza Braid is the perfect, festive Halloween dinner recipe, made with pepperoni, refrigerator pizza dough, mozzarella, and olives.

6 servings

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

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Ingredients

▢ 13.8 ounces refrigerated pizza dough, 1 package
▢ ½ cup marinara sauce
▢ 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
▢ 6 ounces sliced pepperoni, for topping
▢ 2.25 ounces sliced olives, for topping
▢ 1 Tablespoon butter, melted
▢ ¼ cup Parmesan cheese

Equipment

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 ℉.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
Spread pizza crust out on baking sheet and use hands to make a large rectangle.
Spread marinara down the center of the pizza crust, leaving a few inches of crust on each side.
Sprinkle cheese, pepperoni and any other desired pizza toppings over the sauce. You can add the olives here, just save 2 olive slices for the eyes.
Use a pizza cutter, and cut strips down the sides of the pizza. Cut strips 3 inches long and ½ inch wide.
Alternate folding strips over the center of the pizza braid.
Save a space at the top for the mummy's eyes.
Place two olive slices on for eyes.
Brush melted butter on top of pizza braid.
Sprinkle on grated Parmesan cheese.
Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until golden brown.
Cut into slices and serve.

Notes

Nutrition

Calories: 411 kcal · Carbohydrates: 33 g · Protein: 18 g · Fat: 23 g · Saturated Fat: 9 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 2 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 8 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 53 mg · Sodium: 1440 mg · Potassium: 171 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 5 g · Vitamin A: 351 IU · Vitamin C: 2 mg · Calcium: 155 mg · Iron: 3 mg

Cuisine: American

Cost: $12

Author: Steph Loaiza

Course: Main Course