This easy pizza dip recipe features layers of mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses, pizza sauce, and your favorite pizza toppings. Always a hit!

A pie plate with pizza dip and a bowl of bread cubes for dipping.

One of my favorite weeks of the year (aside from the week before Christmas) is the week before the Super Bowl. At no other point in time is it possible to find so many amazing appetizer and dip recipes. Right behind my love of desserts comes my love of appetizers, specifically dips.

Which means that on a day like Super Bowl Sunday, I am in a state of food nirvana. I love the excuse to try out new recipes and declare new favorites. This easy pizza dip is super simple and combines all of the crave-worthy flavors of a pizza without the need to toss dough, preheat a pizza stone, or bust out the pizza peel. An awesome compromise for the sake of dip.

Easy Pizza Dip!

An overhead shot of pizza dip in a pie plate.

This crazy delicious baked pepperoni pizza dip is made with cream cheese, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses, pizza sauce, and your favorite pizza toppings!

Bust out your favorite pie plate and slather the bottom with a layer of cream cheese, top that cream cheese with shredded mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Then add a layer of your favorite pizza sauce (I love DeLallo when doing store-bought, but I also have a favorite homemade pizza sauce, too), top with more shredded cheese, and then finish it off with your favorite pizza toppings.

I am definitely a purist when it comes to pizza – I am a pepperoni pizza girl pretty much 100% of the time, but I do love the combination of pepperoni, black olives and green pepper for a variety of flavors here. Feel free to switch it up though, whatever you like – mushrooms, sausage, bacon, veggies – possibilities are endless!

What do you serve with pizza dip? So many options!

  • Baguette slices (toasted or un-toasted)
  • Crusty chunks of bread
  • Pita chips
  • Tortilla chips

You could certainly serve this with other things, but I really like very lightly toasted baguette slices or chunks of crusty bread, like a country sourdough. They hold up well to the sauce and melted cheese, and they mimic a crust beautifully.

Happy pizza dipping, everyone! What would your ideal toppings be?

Scooping up pizza dip with a chunk of bread.

One year ago: Anitpasto Appetizer Squares
Two years ago: Seven Layer Dip

A pie plate with pizza dip and a bowl of bread cubes for dipping.

Pizza Dip

This easy pizza dip recipe features layers of mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses, pizza sauce, and your favorite pizza toppings. Always a hit!
4.60 (5 ratings)

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces (226.8 g) cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 4 ounces (113.4 g) mozzarella cheese, shredded (about 1 cup), divided
  • 4 ounces (113.4 g) Parmesan cheese, shredded (about 1 cup), divided
  • 1 cup (245 g) pizza sauce
  • 2 ounces (56.7 g) sliced pepperoni
  • 2 tablespoons chopped green pepper
  • 2 tablespoons sliced black olives

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  • Spread the cream cheese over the bottom of a 9-inch pie plate. Top with ½ cup of the shredded mozzarella and ½ cup of the Parmesan cheese.
  • Spread the pizza sauce on top of the cheeses, and then top with the remaining ½ cup of mozzarella cheese and ½ cup of Parmesan cheese.
  • Top with pepperoni slices, chopped green pepper and sliced black olives.
  • Bake until the cheese is melted and bubbly, about 20 minutes. Serve with your favorite bread, toasted baguette slices, or chips.

Notes

  • I like the "supreme" style topping combo of pepperoni, green peppers and black olives, but feel free to use your favorite pizza toppings, whatever they may be!
Nutritional values based on one serving
Calories: 192kcal, Carbohydrates: 3g, Protein: 9g, Fat: 16g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Cholesterol: 47mg, Sodium: 578mg, Potassium: 147mg, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 590IU, Vitamin C: 3.2mg, Calcium: 218mg, Iron: 0.6mg

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