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Prep time
30 minutes
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Serves
8-10
Author Notes
With Halloween right around the corner, we have a spooky, yet delicious dish to help you become the ghostess with the mostest during your Halloween night bash! The Wisconsin Cheese Fresh Mozzarella Ghost Pizza Dip sure is tasty and features the freshest of ingredients, including Burnett Dairy Mozzarella cheese and Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics Fresh Mozzarella cheese! This creamy and smooth dip recipe is bound to be a Halloween-hit, so be sure to head over to WisconsinCheese.com for more details!
—Wisconsin Cheese
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Ingredients
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1 package (8 ounces) Crystal Farms Original Cream Cheese, softened
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1 jar (12.5 ounces) pizza sauce, divided
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1/2 cup sour cream
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1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
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1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional
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8 ounces Burnett Dairy® Mozzarella cheese, shredded (2 cups)
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1 package (6 ounces) diced pepperoni
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1 can (2.25 ounces) sliced ripe olives, drained
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1 package (16 ounces) Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics Fresh Mozzarella cheese – Log
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Pita chips
Directions
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Heat oven to 350°F.
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Beat cream cheese in a large bowl until fluffy. Add the 1/2 cup pizza sauce, sour cream, Italian seasoning and red pepper flakes if desired; beat until mixture is combined.
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Stir in mozzarella and pepperoni. Set aside 10 olives; fold in remaining olives.
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Transfer to an ungreased 11 x 7-inch baking dish. Bake for 15 minutes.
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Meanwhile, cut fresh mozzarella lengthwise into 1/4-inch slices. Cut slices with a 2 1/2-inch ghost cookie cutter. Cut reserved olives into eyes and mouths; place on ghosts.
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Remove dip from oven. (Pan will be hot!) Carefully spread on remaining pizza sauce. Arrange ghosts on top. Bake for 2-5 minutes longer or until bubbly. Serve with pita chips.
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