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Chocolate Pizza Recipe – an easy homemade chocolate dessert pizza with a soft, golden crust and all your favorite toppings, just like from your favorite pizzeria!
This chocolate pizza recipe is one of the easiest and most fun desserts you can make at home. When you go out for pizza, you might sometimes spot a dessert pizza or chocolate pizza on the menu, now you can recreate it yourself with a simple no-knead dough and whatever toppings your family loves.
The toppings is where you can really customize this and get creative! I went simple for this example, but you really can use whatever you and your family like.
Pizza Dough
The base of this chocolate pizza does start with a pizza dough. Below I give instructions for a homemade dough, because I really think it is the best. It is a super easy NO KNEAD dough that makes about 30 minutes (including 20 minutes of letting it rest) to make. So just about 3 minutes of work, and the dough is done.
You can use any store bought dough you like. You can even pick up a ball of dough from your favorite pizzeria. Really anything will work.
What You’ll Need
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For the Dough
- All-Purpose Flour
- Salt
- Olive Oil
- Warm Water
- Active Dry Yeast
- Sugar
For the Toppings
- Chocolate Hazelnut Spread – you can use Nutella, any other brand, or you can make a Homemade Nutella.
- Chocolate Sauce – Homemade Hot Fudge is a great chocolate topping as well.
- Candy – M&M’s, Reese’s Pieces, Peanut Butter Cups, Chopped Snickers or Butterfinger – really anything goes!
- Nuts – chopped peanuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds, pecans etc.
- Fruit – strawberries and raspberries are my favorite with chocolate
- Miscellaneous – you can go crazy with anything. Use marshmallows and graham crackers for a S’mores theme. Use a variety of chocolate chips or drizzle with white chocolate. Lots of options to make it yours.
Chocolate Pizza
Ingredients
Pizza Crust
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup water, 110-115º F
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
Pizza
- Nonstick spray or butter for greasing tray
- 1-2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup chocolate hazelnut spread or other chocolate spread
- 1 cup candies, nuts, sprinkles etc.
Instructions
- In a liquid measuring cup mix together warm water, sugar, and yeast. Let stand for 5 minutes until it starts to foam up.1/2 cup water, 1 teaspoon granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl mix together flour and salt.1 cup all-purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Add foaming yeast mixture and olive oil to the flour and mix until well combined and forms a rough dough.1 tablespoon olive oil
- Cover with a towel and let rest for 20 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 425° F.
- Meanwhile, grease a baking sheet and sprinkle with 1-2 tablespoons sugar.Nonstick spray or butter for greasing tray, 1-2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- Once dough has rested, spread into a 10-12 inch circle on the baking sheet.
- Use a fork to prick holes all over top of dough, and brush with melted butter. Bake crust for about 12 minutes until it is golden brown and cooked through.2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Remove from oven and let it cool for about 10 minutes. Spread chocolate hazelnut spread over your pizza crust and sprinkle with your desired toppings.1/2 cup chocolate hazelnut spread or other chocolate spread, 1 cup candies
- Slice into wedges and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
How To Make Chocolate Pizza
- In a liquid measuring cup mix together warm water, sugar and yeast. Let stand for 5 minutes until it starts to foam up.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl mix together flour and salt.
- Add the foaming yeast mixture and olive oil, and mix until well combined and forms a rough dough.
- Cover with a towel and let rise for 20 minutes.
- Once the dough has rested you want to spread it on a baking sheet that has been greased and sprinkled with sugar. Spread the dough into a 10-12 inch circle.
- Use a fork to prick holes all over the top of the dough, and brush with melted butter.
- Bake crust for about 12 minutes until it is golden brown and cooked through.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool for about 10 minutes, you don’t want it too hot or the chocolate will just melt and slide off.
- After 10 minutes, spread the chocolate hazelnut spread over your pizza crust and sprinkle with your desired toppings.
- Slice into wedges and serve immediately.
Recipe Tips
- Traditionally when you bake pizza you grease your baking sheet and then sprinkle with cornmeal so it doesn’t stick or get soggy. Here you use sugar! This accomplishes the same thing, but gives you the sweetness you want for a dessert. Cornmeal would just be an odd flavor with dessert, so trust me and use the sugar for the best results.
- Get creative – I kept is simple for this, but it really is just a concept. Use whatever toppings you like to make it your own. In the summer, fresh berries with a little white chocolate drizzle is my favorite combo.
- This really is best served right when it comes out of the oven. You can have the pizza dough ready, but it is best to bake and top when you are ready to serve dessert.
- Don’t skip the homemade dough! It is really super easy to make, there is no kneading involved at all. So as long as you can measure the temperature of the water, you should have an easy dough you can make over and over again for any pizza recipe.
You can definitely make the dough ahead of time and have in the fridge resting (bring to room temperature before you roll onto the baking sheet) ahead of time. But once you bake the pizza crust, and add your toppings you really want to serve immediately. It is best served slightly warm.
You can! If you have leftovers, place slices on a baking sheet and warm them in a 300°F oven for 5–8 minutes. You will want to keep an eye on it to make sure the chocolate doesn’t melt and spread to become a mess. The chocolate spread will soften back up and the crust will crisp slightly. A microwave works in a pinch for about 20–30 seconds, but the crust won’t be as good. Honestly, though, this chocolate pizza is best enjoyed fresh right after it’s made.
