Jalapeno Popper Pizza with Bacon (made with a Frozen Pizza!)
Grab that gloomy frozen cheese pizza out of the freezer and transform it into a Jalapeno Popper Pizza with bacon and cream cheese! Cheaper than take out! This is the best pizza for those nights you want a quick dinner but still crave something delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 whole Cheese OR Pepperoni Pizza FROZEN
- 1 cup Sharp Cheddar Cheese shredded
- 2 - 3 oz Cream Cheese
- 1/2 Jalapeno, fresh or canned chopped
- 2 - 3 tbsp Bacon Bits homemade or store-bought
- Salt & Pepper lite dusting
- Onion Powder and/or Garlic Powder lite dusting (OPTIONAL)
- fresh onion and/or bell peppers chopped (OPTIONAL)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to the temperature instructed on the pizza packaging. Remove packaging from the frozen pizza and evenly sprinkle the cheddar cheese on top.
- With a knife slice the cream cheese or (with your fingers) make hunks of cream cheese that are about 1-inch in size. Evenly place the cream cheese pieces onto the pizza so that each slice will have 2 to 4 pieces of cream cheese.
- Now, evenly sprinkle on the jalapenos and bacon bits to desired taste.
- Sprinkle on a lite dusting of salt & pepper to enhance the flavor of the added ingredients
- Bake for 10 - 15 minutes or until the crust is golden brown. Also, refer to the baking instructions on the pizza packaging for recommended bake time.
Notes
This pizza tastes best fresh! You can store leftovers in the fridge for 2 or 3 days, in an air-tight container. Re-heat in the oven or microwave.
Keep these ingredients on hand for a quick meal. TIP - you can freeze cream cheese, shredded cheese, bacon bits, and chopped fresh jalapenos (in an air-tight container or bag) for 2 to 3 months!
SUBSTITUTIONS: Use frozen cheese or peperoni pizza - Use cheese/pepperoni take and bake pizza - Use canned, fresh, or freeze dried jalapenos - Use cheddar, Monteray Jack, extra mozzerella, or Mexican blend cheese - Use homemade or store-bought bacon bits (make sure to buy soft, not crunchy, bacon bits)
Feel free to add extra jalapenos, bacon, and/or cheese if you so desire!
WAYS TO COOK PIZZA: on a pizza pan, pizza stone, provided cardboard for softer crust, or directly on the oven rack for a crispy crust (lay a cookie sheet or sheet of foil on the rack below pizza to catch drips and crumbs) Consider cooking pizza in a toaster oven, air-fryer, or on the grill!