Snake Calzone

Ingredients
1 can (13.8 oz.) refrigerated pizza dough
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
pepperoni
1 egg white
1 drop each yellow and green food coloring
2 manzanilla olives
1 cup pizza sauce

Preparation

Heat oven to 350°F.

Unroll dough on lightly floured work surface; roll or flatten to 17x10-inch rectangle.

Cut 1 pepperoni slice to resemble a snake's tongue; set aside. Arrange remaining pepperoni slices over dough rectangle, leaving 1-inch border around all sides; top with cheese. Roll up dough, jelly-roll fashion, starting at one long side; pinch seams together to seal (use water on your finger to seal stubborn spots). Place, seam-side down, in "s" shape on baking sheet lined with parchment paper to resemble snake.

Beat egg white and yellow food coloring lightly; brush about half over dough. Add green food coloring to remaining egg white; brush randomly over dough to resemble a snake's splotched skin. Cut hole and insert olives into one end of dough for the snake's eyes. Add pepperoni tongue.

BAKE 30 to 35 min. or until golden brown. Meanwhile, heat pizza sauce just until warmed.

Serve calzone with the sauce.

Jack-o'-lantern Cheese Ball

Ingredients
3 green onions, divided
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened
1 pkg. (8 oz.) shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 cup finely chopped red peppers
2 slices pepperoni
crackers

Preparation

Cut 4-inch length from green end of 1 onion; slice remaining onions. Beat cream cheese and 1-1/4 cups Cheddar with mixer until well blended. Stir in sliced onions and peppers. Refrigerate 1 hour.

Shape into pumpkin shaped ball; roll in remaining Cheddar. Cut pepperoni into shapes for the jack-o'-lantern's eyes, nose and mouth; press into cheese ball to make face. Insert green onion piece into top for stem.

Serve with crackers.

Mummy Pizza Bites

Ingredients
1 plain bagel, divided in half
2 Tbsp. pizza sauce
2 sticks string cheese
4 slices black olives

Preparation

Heat oven to 400ºF.

Spread bagel halves with sauce. Pull cheese into thin strips; place in random criss-cross fashion on tops of bagels to resemble mummy bandages. Trim ends with kitchen shears and fill in holes with trimmings. Add olives for the eyes.

Place on baking sheet.

Bake 10 min. or until bagels are crisp and cheese is melted.