Chocolate pizza facts for kids
Chocolate pizza is a fun and tasty treat that uses chocolate as its main ingredient. It's like a regular pizza, but instead of savory toppings, it's covered in chocolate! There are many ways to make it, and it can be a sweet dessert or even a savory dish. Sometimes, it's just chocolate shaped like a pizza, but it's not actually a baked pizza base. Some companies even specialize in making only chocolate pizzas!
How It's Made
Some chocolate pizzas have chocolate mixed right into the pizza dough itself. This makes the whole base taste like chocolate! You can enjoy chocolate pizza as a sweet dessert, often topped with even more chocolate. But did you know it can also be a savory dish? This means it might have a mix of sweet and salty flavors.
Often, chocolate pizza is made by spreading cooking chocolate onto the pizza base before it's baked in the oven. Another popular way is to spread a yummy hazelnut chocolate spread, like Nutella, onto the pizza after it has been baked. People get creative with toppings, adding things like icing sugar, sliced bananas, fresh strawberries, fluffy marshmallows, colorful sprinkles, chocolate candies like Smarties, and white chocolate chips.
A Bit of History
Chocolate pizza brings together two things many kids love: pizza and chocolate! This delicious idea popped up in different Western countries around the same time. Now, you can often find chocolate pizza as a dessert in many popular restaurant chains.
It's also become a special treat for holidays like Valentine's Day, Easter, and Christmas. It's a sweet way to celebrate!
Companies That Make Chocolate Pizza
Several companies focus on making amazing chocolate pizzas.
- The Chocolate Pizza Company in the United States is one of them. Their main office is in Marcellus, New York.
- In England, The Gourmet Chocolate Pizza Company in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, makes chocolate pizzas using delicious Belgian chocolate. These are usually cold dessert pizzas where the chocolate is molded into the shape of a pizza.
- The Papa Murphy's take-and-bake pizza company also offers a special "S'mores Dessert Pizza." This one is made with chocolate chips, marshmallows, and a sweet topping, just like the campfire treat!
See also
In Spanish: Pizza de chocolate para niños
