Description
Mini Spider Pizza Bagel Bites are a fun and spooky snack featuring mini bagels topped with pizza sauce, vegan cheese, black olives arranged like spiders, and optional fresh basil and veggies. Perfect for Halloween or any playful gathering, these crispy little pizzas are baked to melty, savory perfection.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients
- 4 mini bagels
- 1 cup pizza sauce or thick marinara sauce
- 1 cup vegan cheese (optional)
- 8 whole black olives
- A handful of sliced black olives cut in half
Optional Toppings
- 2 tablespoons minced basil
- 2 tablespoons minced veggies (like mushrooms or bell peppers)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius) to prepare for baking the bagel bites.
- Prepare Bagels: Split the mini bagels in half horizontally and place them face up on a baking sheet, ready for topping.
- Add Sauce: Spoon a generous layer of pizza sauce or thick marinara sauce onto each bagel half, spreading evenly.
- Add Cheese and Toppings: Sprinkle vegan cheese over the sauce. If desired, add minced basil and minced veggies evenly on top before the cheese melts.
- Create Spider Design: Place one whole black olive in the center hole of each bagel half, then arrange 3 to 4 halved black olive slices on each side to mimic spider legs.
- Bake: Place the baking sheet in the preheated oven and bake for 12 minutes until the bagels are crispy, cheese is melted, and veggies are tender.
- Serve: Remove from oven, allow to cool slightly to avoid molten sauce and cheese, then serve your mini spider pizza bagel bites.
Notes
- Use regular-sized bagels if you want larger pizza bagels instead of mini ones.
- To prevent sogginess, lightly toast the bagels before adding sauce or brush a thin layer of olive oil to create a moisture barrier.
- For best appearance, spread any diced veggies or protein underneath the vegan cheese to keep the spider design prominent.
- Allow the pizza bites to cool a few minutes after baking, as hot marinara sauce and cheese can be very hot and molten.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini pizza
- Calories: 120 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 18 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
