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If you’re just getting started with a pie iron, get ready to fall in love with your new favorite campfire companion. One of the tastiest things you can whip up? Hot pie iron pizzas. These personal-sized pizza pockets are not only quick and easy but also totally customizable—fill them with your favorite ingredients and make each one your own. Whether you’re craving classic pepperoni, gooey cheese, or a veggie-packed creation, the options are endless. It’s a fun, delicious way to turn a simple campfire into a pizza party in the woods!
A crispy pizza dough crust is filled with pizza sauce, plenty of melty cheese and all your favorite pizza toppings in these fun-to-make and tasty pie iron pizzas.
You might also like this pie iron breakfast bake, pie iron pineapple upside down cakes, campfire mac and cheese, or some cozy cowboy soup.
Why You’ll Love It
So easy to make: This is a really easy recipe that’s also quick to make.
You can customize it: Anything you like on top of your pizza will be delicious in your pizza pocket too!
Ideal for campfire cooking: You can cook this over the campfire flames or the campfire embers.
It’s pizza! And everyone enjoys pizza, right?
Pie Iron Pizza Ingredients
A complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.
Country biscuit dough: I used a can of dough but you can make your own pizza dough if you prefer.
Pizza sauce: Any brand will work here.
Cheese: I used a shredded cheddar mix and some parmesan cheese.
Black olives: Choose pitted olives (nobody wants to bite down on an unexpected olive pit!)
Pepperoni: One of the most popular pizza toppings of all time.
How to Make Pizza Pockets in a Pie Iron
For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.
Prepare a campfire: You can cook pizza pockets over flames or embers so prepare the fire as needed.
Divide up the dough: Divide the biscuit dough into 8 even-sized squares.
Fill the pie iron: Add a piece of the dough to the bottom plate of your greased pie iron and then load up the toppings followed by another piece of the dough on top.
Cook the pizza pockets: Close and secure the pie iron and cook the pizza pocket over the campfire for a few minutes, until the crust is golden brown, flipping it over as needed. Carefully unlock the pie iron and remove the pizza pocket.
Repeat and enjoy: Repeat with the remaining dough and fillings until you’ve cooked all four pizza pockets. Serve them hot and enjoy!
Substitutions and Variations
Gluten-free option: If you want a gluten-free version, use gluten-free dough.
Toppings: I used sliced black olives, cheese and pepperoni but anything goes! Mozzarella cheese is always good or just use your preferred pizza pie toppings. Any proteins (chicken, sausage and so on) should be cooked through before adding it.
Pizza sauce: You can use anything – homemade marinara is always good, or you could use a creamy sauce instead of a tomato-based one.
Serving Suggestions
Appetizers: Begin your campfire dinner with one of these foil packet recipes.
Side dishes: Next up, enjoy your pie iron pizza pockets with other camp cooking recipes like pie iron cheesy tater tots or cowboy stew.
Desserts: Finish off with campfire apple crisp or banana boats.
How to Store Pizza Pockets
Store: Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator or a cooler and eat within a couple of days.
Freeze: I guess you could make them ahead and freeze them but where’s the fun in that?
Reheat: You can warm a pizza pocket back up over the campfire or (if you’re home) in the microwave, air fryer or oven.
Top Tips
Grease the pie iron: Lightly oiling the inside of your pie iron with olive oil or similar is recommended. You don’t want your pizza pocket to stick to the plates!
Be careful: Take care when cooking over an open flame. Also, take care not to burn yourself on the pie iron when refilling it between pizza pockets. If this is a concern, invest in several pie irons.
Shaping the pizza dough: You need to make squares that are slightly larger than your pie iron, as it has to fill the complete concave shape on either side.
Check for doneness: The dough needs to cook and the filling just needs to warm up, so a few minutes is likely all you need, although the exact timing depends on the heat of your campfire and whether you’re burying the pie iron in campfire embers or holding it over the flames.
Even cooking: Rotate the pie iron or at least flip it often during cooking, so your pizza cooks evenly.
Pie Iron Pizzas FAQs
It’s not compulsory but I heartily recommend you do. You don’t want any injuries while enjoying your camping trip in the great outdoors! I use these to move the grill grate, pick up cookware and even rearrange logs if you’re burning those.
Anything goes! Cooked sausage, cooked bacon, rotisserie chicken, cooked shrimp, or cooked steak would be good, and perhaps some veggies too like bell pepper or mushrooms. Once you start making pizza pockets, you’ll want to try lots of different variations.
Easy Campfire Pie Iron Pizza Recipe
Pie Iron Pizzas
Ingredients
- 1 Package canned biscuits, 10-count, or use homemade dough if preferred
- oil, for greasing the pie iron
- 1/3 Cup pizza sauce
Optional Toppings:
- cheese, shredded
- pepperoni, sliced
- black olives, sliced
- and anything else you like!
Instructions
- Prepare your campfire.
- Divide the biscuit dough into 8 pieces and shape each piece into a 4 ½ square.
- Grease your pie iron and add one dough square to the bottom.
- Add pizza sauce and your preferred toppings. Add another dough square on top.
- Lock the pie iron and cook over the campfire flames or embers, flipping often for an even heat. Check after 2 or 3 minutes. Once the dough is cooked and golden brown, the pizza pocket is done.
- Remove from the fire, unlock the pie iron and remove the pizza pocket.
- Repeat with the remaining dough squares and toppings to make the rest of the pizza pockets. Either let the pie iron cool between pizza pockets or be very careful not to burn yourself!
Notes
Be careful: Take care when cooking over an open flame. Also, take care not to burn yourself on the pie iron when refilling it between pizza pockets. If this is a concern, invest in several pie irons.
Shaping the pizza dough: You need to make squares that are slightly larger than your pie iron, as it has to fill the complete concave shape on either side.
Check for doneness: The dough needs to cook and the filling just needs to warm up, so a few minutes is likely all you need, although the exact timing depends on the heat of your campfire and whether you’re burying the pie iron in campfire embers or holding it over the flames.
Even cooking: Rotate the pie iron or at least flip it often during cooking, so your pizza cooks evenly.
Nutrition
Pie iron pizza pockets are one of the tastiest dishes you can make over hot coals! The cooking time depends on your campfire intensity but mine was done in just a few minutes. All you need to do is add your bottom piece of dough to a pie iron, add your chosen toppings/fillings and then your top piece. Then just cook until perfectly done! Pie iron pizzas are a great recipe for your next trip.
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Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause. Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts.
They’re like mini pizza pockets with crispy edges and gooey cheese, and you can throw in whatever toppings you’re into. I did classic pepperoni and it was perfection. It’s such a fun way to upgrade a camping trip
I finally tried making pie iron pizzas while camping and now I’m hooked. These are officially my new favorite campfire treat!