What pizza toppings do you put on your homemade pizza? Want some inspiration and new ideas? If so, you have come to the right place! Here’s a list of links to pizza recipes from around the web with toppings as wild as sliced duck, bananas, mussels, Thanksgiving leftovers, and more! (Not all on the same pizza, thankfully!)
If you’ve never ventured away from pepperoni or sausage before, some of these ideas might surprise you. But, when you view pizza as a “blank canvas,” it’s easy to let your creative side shine and put together a pie that makes your taste buds sing.
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Most people don’t think of pizza as breakfast food unless you eat a cold slice the morning after delivery. This one has a crust made of cauliflower, with sunny-side-up eggs and homemade spicy garlic honey.
Many people prefer pineapple for a sweet topping, but have you ever considered trying soft butternut squash topped with even sweeter caramelized onions? The onions are even roasted in apple cider for an extra autumn kick!
This recipe uses whipped cream cheese (or whipped goat cheese) and sour cream as a base instead of a traditional red sauce and adds little pizazz with onion powder and garlic powder. You’ll feel like you’re scooping up a big bite of hot, bubbly spinach and artichoke dip with every slice.
This recipe is excellent for beginners, and you can adapt it to fit your needs. Simply add your favorite marinara sauce to an unbaked pizza crust, and top it with cooked broccoli, cooked chicken, and shredded cheese.
5. Taco Pizza
Combine a zesty enchilada sauce base with Mexican-style cheese with your favorite taco toppings to make this authentic, from-scratch taco pizza!
Okay, seriously, why did we not think to put beef, ketchup, mustard, and other cheeseburger toppings on a pizza sooner? This Cheeseburger Pizza combines all of the classic flavors of a diner burger in one pie.
This one might seem a bit adventurous, but if you’re willing to try something different and somewhat elegant, give it a try! Roast beef and veggies are tossed with a delicious horseradish cream before making their way on top of the pie, so instead of a quick “grab and go” item, this pizza truly eats like a meal.
Dill lovers, rejoice! With the combination of fresh dill, dill pickles, and bacon; this pizza is a dill lover’s dream come true.
Why not make a veggie pizza based on the classic vegetarian pizzas found across Italy?
One small tip is to roast the veggies for 20 minutes in olive oil, salt, and pepper before placing them on your pizza.
It sounds strange at first, but when caramelized, apples and onions make an interesting sweet-savory combination that works with the creamy richness of a pizza.
We all have our favorite ways of consuming Thanksgiving leftovers, but seriously – adding sweet potatoes, cranberries, and turkey to a pizza is genius.
These different pizza toppings may sound strange, but imagine spreading a pizza with strawberry jam, fresh strawberries, applewood smoked bacon, and a little chicken. You can even make your own balsamic with our recipe here.
Seafood does not typically feature on most popular pizza toppings lists, but calamari is a different story, especially since this recipe features the beer-battered variety. Adding a little lemon zest, Greek yogurt, and hot sauce makes a fabulous medley of flavors that bring the calamari to life!
Adding sauteed apples and caramelized onions with some scrambled eggs and thinly-sliced sausage seems like an excellent way to spice up a pizza in the morning.
Baked potato slices, garlic powder, sour cream, bacon strips, green onions, and a few types of cheese come together easy peasy. Substitute ranch for sour cream for something a little zestier.
If you don’t want to use feta, you can always substitute with a similar crumbly cheese like cottage cheese or goat cheese. Red pepper flakes give this dish a kick and lemon juice adds some acidity to each delectable slice.
Pine nuts add some crunch to this pie and two types of cheese amp up its cheesiness.
You can use your favorite pizza sauce for this or, as the recipe dictates, use a ready-made marinara sauce for it.
Fruit, corn, and chiles with honey on a pizza? Sweet, spicy, and fresh, this pie is completed with the addition of tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese.
This recipe uses iceberg lettuce but you can opt for a mixture of greens, like arugula and romaine, if these are the greens you love in your salad.
Eggplant parmigiana is a popular Italian dish that can be easily likened to lasagna, but without the pasta. With tomato sauce, loads of mozzarella, and some pancetta on top, you already have the staples of a good pizza to begin with.
While this recipe only mentions diced chicken (this can be leftover rotisserie chicken or breasts that you roast and cut up), you can amp this pie up by making your own shawarma chicken.
Marinate your chicken breasts or chicken thigh filets in a combination of lemon juice, olive oil, cumin, paprika, garlic, ginger, oregano, cinnamon, cayenne, and turmeric along with salt and pepper.
This recipe produces a pie that’s smoky, spicy, and fresh, with the combination of Mexican cheeses, chilies, spicy chorizo, and salsa verde on top.
Stuff store-bought pizza dough with your favorite spaghetti recipe, add meatballs and pepperoni for a pizza/pasta dinner extravaganza.
For a decadent pie, this lobster and spinach pizza is a must try! This is a dish you can make when you have leftover lobster that you might not know what to do with.
This pizza lets the lobster shine through, with gouda, mozzarella, and spinach complementing the buttery and sweet seafood perfectly.
You can use any kind of slice of beef for this pie, but just make sure that these are sliced thinly enough to cook through together with the other ingredients once popped into the oven.
This is a pizza you can make with leftover tandoori chicken or you can make tandoori chicken specifically for this pie, it’s your call. The sprinkling of mango chutney in this recipe gives it a sweetness you rarely expect from pizza but it goes real well with the spiced chicken in this dish.
27. Banh Mi Pizza
This pie features some of the usual ingredients you can find in your typical banh mi, such as sriracha mayonnaise, pickled vegetables and shredded Vietnamese pork. The shredded pork, which you’ll make from scratch, is the star of this pizza, with its savory, sweet, spicy, and aromatic flavors.
If you’re one of those who think pineapple on pizza is a travesty, I wonder how you will react to a pie with banana on it! So, if you’re thinking of making a Hawaiian pizza, but don’t have pineapple in your fridge, you should try it with bananas instead.
With the popularity of Korean food in the US, it was just a matter of time before someone came up with a Korean-inspired pizza dish. This recipe teaches you how to make bulgogi from scratch, but you can use ready-made bulgogi if you want to.
Now, here’s a pizza that literally has whole mussels on top of it! This pizza has fresh mussels, shells and all, baked on it, giving you a salty, sea-infused pie that is an experience all in itself.
31. Greek Lamb Pizza
You’ve tried beef on pizza, pork on pizza, and chicken on pizza, so now let’s try lamb on pizza! This pie has a Greek flair to it, not only because of the lamb but also because of the olives, the feta, and the roasted tomatoes.
Spicy, sweet, creamy, and savory all come together to give your tastebuds a meal you won’t soon forget. With a little lime and cotija cheese on top and some hot sauce for zing, you get the full range of flavors that make this pie memorable.
Who would’ve thought that a pizza crust, some sliced duck breast, and hoisin sauce can come together to create a tasty pizza dish? The hoisin sauce also takes the place of the usual tomato sauce used in traditional pizzas.
You can even make this for breakfast the day after St. Patrick’s with leftover corned beef.
Top each slice with a sunny-side up egg for a truly filling meal.
What better way for us to end this list than with a dessert pizza that everyone is sure to love? This pie is as messy as they come, but it’s also crazy good.
The bottom line
And of course, you may have leftovers, so here’s how to reheat pizza. (Or more specifically, how to reheat deep-dish pizza.) And our recipe for homemade pizza pockets with easy puff pastry. Read how we eat more pizza than you thought. See pizza recipes that use the Ooni pizza oven.
