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I actually did a make your own pizza party a while back, I encouraged people to get weird with it and a lot of my my friends are kind of foodies, so here's a couple standouts

Goat cheese, hot honey, fig preserves, and capocllo

Spicy hawaiian - grilled pineapple, bacon, ham or spam, jalapenos, drizzle of hoisin sauce

Mac & cheese

Taco- taco meat, cheddar, red onions, jalapenos, lettuce tomato

Cheeseburger - ground beef, cheddar, mustard, ketchup, pickles, onions

Desert pizza- pie filling, vanilla glaze, crumb topping

Sort of a knock-off flammkuchen- creme fraise (sour cream would probably also work fine,) gruyere, onions, bacon

Buffalo Chicken - chicken, hot sauce, blue cheese crumbles, diced celery, shredded carrots

Breakfast pizza- eggs (we used quail eggs because my pizza oven is on the small side and we could get them, just crack them right onto the top of the pizza,) bacon, sausage, hash browns

Chicken Tika masala

Greek- kalamata olives, feta, spinach tomatoes, balsamic

And of course we had all of the standard pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, olives, peppers, etc.

A couple different sauces - standard pizza sauce, pesto, vodka sauce, Alfredo, etc.

Are you wanting like, a type of pizza? Or something to throw people off? If the former, you could try a bacon chicken ranch, those are always yummm. If the latter, you could bring a calzone, it’s technically a pizza but it’s different than the norm

Walnuts, figs, honey, mozzarella, blue cheese, rucola and parmesan

An authentic Katana sword used by a Shogun warrior for slicing pizza.

A pineapple.

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Shoarma is popular in my country on pizzas. I was never a fan but it grew on me.

Interesting? 30 cans of chopped pineapple. Bring it in a little red wagon.

Ricotta and dark chocolate for a dessert pizza

Gorgonzola, pear and balsamic dressing.

A calzone.

Anchovies. Severely underrated.

Artichoke hearts. Squeeze them to break apart the thin petals and spread them around.

Goes well with spinach and sundried tomatoes. Might try an olive oil and garlic base, put down the spinach, some of the cheese, artichoke hearts, rest of the cheese, then sundried tomatoes. Add anything you like, but remember that thin toppings can burn, so putting them under some cheese helps.

A raccoon

Smoked salt goes hard on pizza

Bechamel sauce, fontina cheese, mushrooms, thyme, lemon zest

I had a really good pizza topped with stinging nettle once. (It doesn’t sting after cooking.)

• Shrimp
• Apples (thinly sliced)
• Pears (thinly sliced)
• Pine nuts
• Goat cheese

Cheeseburger pizza - beef, pickles, grilled onions, french fries, cheddar /mozz blend

Taco pizza - carnitas, pickled red onions, sour cream, grilled seranno, chihuahua / mozz blend

PB&J - Figs and pistachios, drizzled with lemon-infused balsamic

A calzone or stromboli always go over big whenever friends/family want pizza. They're great to cut and dunk in your favorite kind of mari.

Chicken-Bacon-Ranch pizza is often overlooked.

Breakfast pizza is always a winner.

Garlic / white sauce pizza is basically garlic bread on roids.

Personal opinion but Anchovies are amazing on pizza / baked in 'zones and 'bolis. I know most people don't like them, but they're actually pretty incredible for flavor. It's the reason Ceasar dressing tastes so good!

Go the other way.

Bring a big antipasto for people to nibble on while they wait.

I used to work in the kitchen at a place that many fancy and non traditional puzzas, and had the opportunity to experiment a lot. Theres lots of good ideas mentioned but the main one i havent seen yet is Brie

You can pair it with lots of things, my favourite was 3 mushroom mix and a truffle honey drizzle. Some other good combinations include anything a bit sweet and savory/spicy. A spicy pear Chutney, mango, spicy red pepper jelly and prosciutto/bacon. Play around with it but brie is amazing on pizza. Id use like a quarter of the mozzarella i usually would and cut the brie into small pieces as it would melt a fair amount, and have little islands of it spread all over. Delicious.

Edit: another good one that comes to mind is a pierogi/potato bacon pizza. Potatoes can either be blanched and diced, sliced thin and fried like chips and added right before finishing cooking, or sliced thin and blanched like scalloped potatoes. Some scallions and bacon and a bit of creme fraiche to top is really nice also.

I have been using Caputo Gluten Free Pizza dough and wow it is very comparable to a regular Napoli pizza. I have zero affiliation, but as a pizza fan with gluten sensitivity I have tried many many recipes and gluten free flour brands and even my own flour blends, and somehow Caputo is the only one that is hard to tell from a real wheat flour pizza. No idea why either as the ingredients are very similar to other gluten free flours. Cannot recommend more as even your wheat based pizza fans will likely not be able to tell a difference.

Starchy potatoes, gruyère cheese and black pepper.

Scalloped potato pizza is good for cold weather.

The Teen-Age Mutant Ninja Turtles

Bring some chipotles, fresh garlic, and goat cheese.

I haven't made one myself before but I know that I like BLT pizzas. It's basically mayonnaise instead of pizza sauce, and it's topped with bacon, lettuce, tomato and whatever cheese(s) you want.

Quality Gorgonzola cheese. I prefer the picante (older and stronger) version, but dolce (younger and milder) can be great too.

Hard boiled eggs, sliced thin like salami.

Pineapple

Giardiniera (hot pickled veggies) and Italian Beef if you want to be a hero.

Cubes of fresh tuna Sweet Thai chili sauce Cilantro or Thai basil

Crazy toppings. I'd assume the host would be providing dough so I'd basically empty out my fridge. All the meats, veggies, and cheeses I got. All sauces are game. Hell I'd bring some sweet candy stuff, marshmallow fluff, for those weirdos who like "dessert pizza". Throw some fucking twizzlers on a marshmallow pizza with caramel and chocolate sauce for all I care. Related, a bowl of (CLEARLY MARKED) weed edibles would definitely spice it up depending on how cool the crowd is.

Steak chunks and bacon.

Tuna, pineapple and onions.