Mini Pizza Faces with Veggie Toppings

These silly little pizza faces get kids to eat veggies without a single complaint because they are too busy laughing at their food. ♡

English muffins are the perfect canvas for pizza faces. They are already round like a head, and kids get to use veggies as the features. Olive eyes, bell pepper smiles, mushroom noses. When kids design the face, they are way more likely to actually eat the veggies on top because they chose to put them there.

Set out bowls of different veggie toppings and let each kid create their own face. Let’s make it together.

Ingredients

Mini Pizza Faces

• 4 English muffins, split in half (8 faces)
• 1/2 cup marinara sauce
• 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• Sliced black olives (for eyes)
• Sliced bell peppers, red, yellow, green (for smiles and eyebrows)
• Sliced mushrooms (for noses)
• Cherry tomato halves (for cheeks)
• Corn kernels (for teeth)

Optional face features:

• Pepperoni for ears
• Broccoli florets for hair
• Shredded carrot for mustaches

How to Make Mini Pizza Faces with Veggie Toppings

1. Prep. Preheat oven to 375F. Place English muffin halves cut-side up on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Slice and prep all veggie toppings into face-friendly shapes.
2. Sauce. Spread about 1 tablespoon of marinara on each muffin half. This is the face’s skin color base.
3. Cheese. Sprinkle mozzarella over the sauce. Leave enough space to see where the face features will go once the cheese melts.
4. Design. Let kids arrange veggie toppings as faces. Two olive slices for eyes, a bell pepper curve for a smile, a mushroom slice for a nose. Every face will look different and that is the fun part.
5. Bake. Pop in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes until the cheese is melted and bubbly and the muffin edges are golden. Let cool 2 minutes before serving.

Tips

• Pre-slice all veggies into face-feature shapes before calling kids to the table. Thin strips, circles, and curves work best.
• Let kids design their faces BEFORE baking so the veggies stick into the melted cheese.
• Take a photo of each kid’s pizza face before they eat it. They love seeing their creations.
• Use broccoli florets as “hair” on top of the face. Kids who normally refuse broccoli will eat it this way.
• This is a great activity for playdates and birthday parties. Set up a face-making station.

Variations

• Monster Faces: Use green pesto instead of red sauce for a green monster base.
• Animal Faces: Make cat faces with olive ears and whiskers made from shredded carrot.
• Emoji Faces: Try to recreate favorite emojis using different colored peppers.
• Pita Pizza Faces: Use mini pita rounds instead of English muffins for a thinner crust.
• Tortilla Faces: Use flour tortillas for a crispy, thin-crust pizza face that bakes in 8 minutes.

FAQ

Mini Pizza Faces with Veggie Toppings

Fun English muffin pizzas decorated as silly faces using colorful veggie toppings that get kids to eat their vegetables.

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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 4 English muffins halved
• 1/2 cup marinara sauce
• 1 1/2 cups mozzarella
• Black olives bell peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, corn

Method

 

1. Prep. Preheat to 375F, prep veggie toppings into face shapes.
2. Sauce. Spread marinara on each muffin half.
3. Cheese. Sprinkle mozzarella over sauce.
4. Design. Let kids arrange veggies as face features.
5. Bake. 10-12 minutes until cheese is bubbly and golden.

Notes

Press veggies into cheese before baking so they stay in place.
Let kids design their own faces for maximum veggie-eating motivation.

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