King's Hawaiian Pizza Bread Bowl Dip
This King's Hawaiian pizza bread bowl dip fills a sweet Hawaiian round loaf with cream cheese, pizza sauce, melted mozzarella, and pepperoni and bakes until hot and bubbly for an easy crowd-pleasing game day appetizer.
Print
Pin
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1 King's Hawaiian Original Sweet Round Bread
- 1 block cream cheese 8 oz, softened
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese shredded
- Pepperoni or mini pepperoni as desired
For Serving
- Toasted King's Hawaiian bread cubes from the hollowed loaf
- Pretzel crisps
- Garlic crostini
- Bagel chips
- Breadsticks
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Cut the top off the Hawaiian round loaf. Carefully hollow out the center leaving about a 1-inch border around the sides and bottom. Cut the removed bread into bite-sized cubes and set aside for dipping.
- Spread the softened cream cheese evenly across the bottom of the bread bowl.
- Spoon the pizza sauce over the cream cheese. Top with shredded mozzarella and pepperoni.
- Place the filled bread bowl on a sheet pan. Loosely tent the outside of the bowl with foil to keep the bread from getting too dark.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until the dip is hot and the cheese is melted and bubbly. Remove the foil for the final 5 minutes.
- During the last 8 to 10 minutes of baking add the reserved bread cubes to the sheet pan to lightly toast alongside the bowl.
- Serve warm with the toasted bread cubes and your favorite sturdy dippers.
Notes
- Use mini pepperoni across the top so every single scoop gets a little pepperoni in it. It also makes the finished bread bowl look extra cute for game day.
- Leave a solid 1-inch border when hollowing out the bread. Too thin and the bowl will not hold up through the full bake and the dip will start to leak through the sides.
- The cream cheese must be fully softened before spreading. Cold cream cheese tears the bread rather than spreading smoothly into the bottom of the bowl.
- Keep the foil tent loose around the outside of the bread bowl during baking. It protects the crust from getting too dark while the dip heats through completely.
