Home Slice Pizza Party!
Home Slice Pizza Party!
It’s birthday time for our little home slice! We are stuck in quarantine but I still wanted to celebrate and make this 8th birthday special. I racked my brain for easy ideas I could pull off from the safety of our home. And something that he could look back and be reminded of during this time in his life. I finally got inspired by his quarantine favorite, my homemade pizza recipe. Here he is with the shaggiest head of hair after almost 6 months of staying at home! I found this shirt here: Home Slice T Shirt.
The Invitations.
I always have fun making his invitations and I didn’t want to skip them. So I made a fun pizza inspired invitation set for one. I delivered it to him when he woke up so he could be formally invited to his own party. He didn’t know what his party was going to be until I gave him his invitation and the shirt.
Personal Pizzas!
This recipe is for the best pizza dough I’ve ever tasted. It was a labor of love to create during the quarantine. You can find it here: Homemade Pizza Dough Recipe. I divided it into 4 parts for these personal-sized pizzas. After they fermented in the refrigerator for a few days, we baked them with our own favorite toppings.
Pool Party Float.
Pizza slice pool floatie for my home slice! A really easy way to decorate your pool for a theme and add an extra detail that can be reused for everyday life! You can find this float here.
Matching Wrapping Paper
I like to find subtle ways to add to a cute theme for kid’s parties. The chef hats and pizza name tags were all I did for the table other than the actual pizzas which doubled as table decor. I found this adorable wrapping paper on amazon! And matched all his presents to the party theme.
Dessert!
There was ONE custom thing I had to have, adorable pizza macarons. I found them on Believe Cakes’ Etsy shop. She has so many fun macarons and she ships!
This s’mores pizza was a huge hit with the birthday boy! It was super simple to put together from scratch while he was swimming in the pool. So I was able to serve it up right out of the oven, yum. Check out the recipe below!
S’mores Pizza Recipe
Makes: 1 pizza, 6-8 slices/servings
Ingredients:
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs, divided
- 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, tightly packed
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
- chocolate syrup and/or other chocolates for drizzling/topping (optional)
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line an aluminum baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Using a food processor, finely process the graham crackers into fine crumbs. It will take 1 package of rectangle graham crackers.
- In a medium bowl whisk together ¾ cup of graham cracker crumbs, the flour, and baking soda.
- In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, cream together the butter, sugars, and salt.
- Add the egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Add in the dry ingredients and slowly mix until fully combined.
- Using your fingers, press the dough onto the parchment paper-lined baking sheet to form an extra-large round circle. About a 1/8″ in thickness.
- Use a fork to pierce the dough all over.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes or until the crust begins to brown and is baked through.
- Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle with the chocolate chips, leaving a rim around the outside untouched for the pizza crust.
- After a few minutes, the chocolate chips will have warmed enough to spread out smooth like pizza sauce.
- Sprinkle the remaining ¼ cup graham cracker crumbs, then the mini marshmallows and the remaining ¼ cup chocolate chips.
- Place under a broiler set to high for 1-3 minutes or until the marshmallows are just browned. Watch closely so the marshmallows don’t burn.
- Remove from the oven and drizzle with chocolate syrup and any other toppings you enjoy. I love chopped peanut butter cups on my slice!
(This recipe is inspired by The Cookie Rookie)
