Dessert Pizza Recipe

This isn’t your average dessert pizza recipe. This fun to make dessert is one your kids will go wild over. It’s the perfect dessert for a pizza party!

INGREDIENTS:
3 Ounces Coarsely Chopped Unsweetened Chocolate
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 Cup All-Purpose Flour
1/4 Cup Butter
1 Cup Sugar
2Large Eggs
1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 Gallon Ice-Cream (strawberry looks cool for pizza color)
Canned Whipped Cream
Various Decorative Candies
1/2 Cup Walnut or Pecan Pieces (optional)

DIRECTIONS:
1. Line a large cookie sheet with aluminum foil.

2. Lightly butter the foil and set it aside.

3. Finely chop the nuts and set them aside (if you are planning to use nuts).

4. Melt the butter and chocolate in a double boiler (or in the microwave at half power, stirring every 30 seconds). Stir until smooth and set aside to cool.

5. In a large bowl, beat the sugar and eggs on high speed for about 5 minutes.

6. Blend in the melted chocolate and vanilla extract until smooth.

7. Stir in the nuts (optional).

8. Mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt.

9. Add flour mixture to the chocolate mixture and stir until evenly blended.

10. Let the dough sit for 2 to 3 minutes.

11. Scrape the dough into the center of the buttered foil.

12. Spread the dough into a more or less level circle 12 inches in diameter.

13. Refrigerate for 10 minutes while you heat the oven to 350º.

14. Bake the crust on the center oven rack for 13 minutes.

15. Transfer it to a cooling rack and cool it until it is just warm to the touch.

16. Invert the crust onto a second cookie sheet, then gently peel off the foil.

17. Invert it again onto the sheet or a serving tray and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

18. Smooth a layer of slightly softened ice cream 1/2 to 1 inch thick evenly over the crust.

19. Decorate with canned whipped cream and candies (if you’re presenting the pizza whole, consider using lines of whipped cream to draw slices).

20. Transfer the pizza to the freezer until you’re ready to slice and serve.