With only a few minutes prep, these pizza bagels are easy to make at home for a quick lunch, dinner or snack. Add your favorite pizza toppings to customize it how you like!
Want more easy, family friendly pizza recipes? Try French bread pizza, sheet pan pizza or stick with a classic pepperoni pizza recipe!
Why I Love These Homemade Pizza Bagels
- Quick and easy recipe: In 15 minutes, you can make a pizza bagel for lunch, snack or dinner! Plain bagels, pizza sauce, cheese and your favorite toppings make it easy.
- Crowd favorite: Pizza Bagel Bites are popular with kids and adults and this pizza bagel recipe will disappear as fast you make them!
Substitutions and Variations
- Other toppings: My family loves pepperoni pizza bagels but you can get as creative as you want! Italian sausage, black olives, onions, bell peppers, mushrooms or even pineapple and Canadian bacon.
- Sauce: Use a simple marinara sauce or mix it up with garlic white pizza sauce!
- Bagels: Plain bagels are my go-to for the pizza ‘crust’ but you could use homemade bagels, mini bagels or gluten-free bagels. Swap bagels for my homemade English muffins!
- Pepperoni: I find that mini pepperoni slices are just the right size for pizza bagels, but regular pepperoni works just as well.
- Garnish: Parmesan cheese, red pepper flakes, fresh basil or a dash of oregano add the perfect finish to this recipe for pizza bagel!
How to Make Pizza Bagels
Spread tomato sauce evenly over the bagels then sprinkle with shredded mozzarella and your choice of pizza toppings. Place cut side up on baking sheet.
Bake bagel halves for about 10 minutes at 375°F, or until the tops are golden brown and bubbly.
Allow to cool for a couple of minutes, then serve the bagel pizza while warm.
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Pizza Bagels
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Ingredients
- 3 bagels , sliced in half
- ½ cup pizza sauce or marinara , more as needed
- 6 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese , more as needed
Optional toppings: pepperoni, bell peppers, olives, onions, mushrooms
For dipping: extra marinara or ranch
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a large baking sheet with foil and spray lightly with cooking spray.
- Spread pizza sauce evenly over the bagels. Top with shredded mozzarella and your choice of pizza toppings. Place on baking sheet.
- Bake for about 10 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown and bubbly.
- Allow to cool for a couple of minutes, then serve while warm.
Notes
- Pepperoni: Pizza sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni
- Veggie: Pizza sauce, mozzarella, chopped veggies of choice
- BBQ chicken: BBQ sauce, chicken, mozzarella, red onion
- Pesto: Pesto sauce, mozzarella, chicken, tomatoes
- Buffalo: Buffalo sauce, mozzarella, chicken, ranch
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Categorized as: American, Dinner, Kid-Friendly, Pizza, Snacks, Super Bowl
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
My kids love these!! They can make them up themselves, so it’s a win win for all! They are a perfect snack or meal!
Glad your family enjoyed them!
What an easy snack for the kiddos. Of course, everyone gobbled them up. Love those little pepperoni slices!
So glad that the family enjoyed them!
This was such a fun and tasty recipe that does not disappoint! Quick, easy and delicious; the best way to enjoy pizza, indeed!
So glad you enjoyed it!
I love using the mini bagels for a snack size!
These are so easy to make for a lunch, even the teens can handle making these, win-win! :)
So glad the family enjoys them!