Maple Bacon Jalapeno Pizza

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Make this maple bacon jalapeno pizza for a unique sweet and savory dinner that’s perfect for cold winter nights. And if you love unique pizzas like this one, check out our hot honey pepperoni pizza with ricotta.

We’re always on the search for new and fun pizza ideas. Pizza is just one of those foods that can be eaten an endless number of ways, and is great in all of them. This recipe comes from one of the most unique pizzas I’ve ever eaten. It was a thin crust pie topped with gooey cheese, crispy bacon, jalapenos, and maple syrup, of all things. It sounded so strange that I just had to try it, and it was so amazingly delicious that I still think about it to this day. So we decided to recreate it at home and make our very own maple bacon jalapeno pizza recipe.

This maple syrup and bacon pizza is the perfect combination of sweet and savory, with a little kick from the jalapeno and a gooey 3-cheese blend to warm your insides. It’s so comforting and so simple to make on a cold winter’s night when you’re craving something a little extra special. With just 3 toppings and some pizza dough, sauce, and cheese, this maple bacon jalapeno pizza comes together in 30 minutes for an easy winter dinner.

Maple Pizza Ingredients

While you can probably guess most of the ingredients from the name of this recipe, we wanted to break it all down for you anyway. Here is everything you need to make our maple bacon jalapeno pizza:

• Pizza dough – We think this pizza is best on a homemade thin crust pizza dough. Flour Water Salt Yeast and Mastering Pizza are our two favorite cookbooks for making dough from scratch. Both have amazing thin crust recipes. However you can also use a one pound store-bought dough for this recipe.
• Pizza sauce – We recommend making pizza sauce from scratch so you can adjust it to your tastes.
• Three cheese blend – You’ll need mozzarella, sharp cheddar, and monterey jack cheeses. It is best to buy block cheese and shred it yourself. It’s a little extra work, but it makes for a better pizza!
• Jalapeno – if spice isn’t your thing, you can use bell pepper instead.
• Maple syrup – You’ll want a real Vermont maple syrup instead of a generic brand like Log Cabin to get the bold maple flavor this pizza deserves.

Making specialty pizza is one of our favorite date night activities at home. There is always plenty of prep and topping for you to make your pizza together. There’s nothing like sharing a pizza that you both helped create.

To make a restaurant style maple bacon jalapeno pizza at home, here’s what you’ll need to do:

1. Stretch the dough. This Roman dough fits perfectly on a 14-inch pizza pan.
2. Prepare the toppings. Chop bacon into small pieces and cook, dice the jalapeno, and combine the three cheeses in a bowl using your hands.
3. Assemble the pizza. Spread the sauce evenly over the stretched dough then sprinkle the pizza with cheese, bacon bits, and jalapeno.
4. Bake. If you don’t use our recommended pizza dough, please follow the baking directions for your specific dough. 
5. Drizzle. Drizzle your favorite maple syrup over the pizza in a zig-zag or spiral. And if you don’t have a favorite can we recommend some Vermont maple syrup?
6. Slice and serve. Try using pizza scissors like these for easy, clean cuts.

Serving Suggestions

This unique pizza is one of the best lunch or dinner recipes for winter and so easy to make. Its contrasting textures and flavors of crunchy, gooey, sweet, and savory give you that comforting, nostalgic feeling of eating your favorite pizza on a cold night – but with an unconventional twist.

Try making this pizza for:

• Dinner after a cold day on the mountain.
• A cozy fall or winter date night at home.
• Your weekend staycation paired with a maple old fashioned.

If you’ve never had maple syrup on pizza before, now’s your chance! Try our maple bacon jalapeno pizza recipe below and let us know how you feel about putting maple syrup on pizza in the comments. If you love this recipe, don’t forget to leave a rating and share with your friends and family!