'I Tried Viral Pizza Lava Toast and It’s My New Fave Dinner'

For years, you knew that the end of the school day usually guaranteed the best after-school snacks waiting for you at 4 p.m. Nothing has to be any different now that you’re an adult but the quality of your snacks should be turned up a notch. TikTokers have been creating a pizza snack lately called pizza lava toast, which has gone viral even in the celeb world, with Hailey Bieber making her own version and revealing the delicious details on her TikTok page. The best part about this viral recipe is there’s no dough involved and it comes together in less than five minutes.

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What is the pizza lava toast?

The pizza lava toast is a trend where TikTokers are taking two slices of bread, making a pseudo-grilled cheese, then covering the top with sauce, more cheese and Italian seasonings. The whole thing is baked in the oven until it’s gooey and melty. It’s a much more grown-up version of a pizza bagel; kind of a cross between a slice of pizza and an inside-out grilled cheese, and it’s incredible.

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What are the ingredients for the pizza lava toast?

Like other TikTok trends, this one can be customized to your liking. Hailey Bieber’s pizza toast recipe is slightly different than the other ones, calling for truffle oil, burrata and sliced tomatoes. Her recipe also calls for buttering and grilling the bread on both sides before building your pizza. The basic recipe calls for Rao's pizza sauce, cheddar, mozzarella and Italian seasonings on fresh slices of sourdough. Toppings are optional. You can’t go wrong with either recipe as each will yield an ooey gooey, grilled snack that you won’t regret making.

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What are the recipes for the pizza lava toast?

Viral Pizza Lava Toast

Ingredients:

• 2 slices of sourdough bread

• Pizza sauce (I used Rao’s Pizza Arrabbiata)

• Sliced cheddar

• Shredded mozzarella

• Italian seasoning

• Toppings (optional)

Directions:

1. Take one slice of bread and lay the slices of cheddar along the edges.

2. Place the other slice of bread on top and press in the middle to create a divot.

3. Fill the divot with pizza sauce and sprinkle on cheese, Italian seasonings and whatever toppings you wish.

4. Bake in the oven at 375°F for 8 to 10 minutes.

Hailey Bieber’s Pizza Toast

Ingredients:

• Sourdough bread

• Butter

• Tomatoes

• Marinara sauce/pizza sauce

• Parmesan cheese

• Burrata

• Olive oil

• Truffle oil

• Lemon

• Salt

Directions:

1. Marinate your sliced tomatoes in lemon, olive oil and salt.

2. Spread butter on your sourdough slices, drizzle with truffle oil and place in a hot pan to toast on both sides.

3. Layer on your sliced tomatoes and burrata.

4. Bake at 375°F until the cheese melts (you can use your air fryer for this too).

5. Warm up your marinara sauce and pour over the top of your toast, adding a sprinkle of Parmesan and/or Italian seasonings.

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What does the pizza lava toast taste like?

This was a spicy, saucy snack that took me less than five minutes to throw together. I loved it from the first bite since the melty cheese, toast and simple Italian seasonings took me right back to sitting at my parent’s kitchen table after school in a nostalgic, Bagel Bites-and-math-homework kinda way. The tangy, slightly spicy sauce got absorbed deliciously into the sourdough and softened it without making it mushy. The combo of different cheeses, and even the different forms of cheese—slices and shreds—meant that the toast took on a lot of flavors.

In Bieber's version, she uses sliced burrata, which is a soft ball of mozzarella that's filled with stracciatella and cream. Burrata is the absolute king of Italian cheeses on its own but baked into this toast, it is soft and velvety, oozing over the marinated tomatoes in lemon and truffle oil-soaked bliss.

Baking this open-faced sandwich in the oven takes it to a whole different level since the crispy bits that stuck to the bottom of the grilled bread (the best part) were pure heaven. It’s definitely one I’ll be making for quick dinners when I have nothing on hand and don’t feel like cooking.

Tips for making the pizza lava toast even better

• Turn that oven on! It may be tempting to use the microwave for this one, but the truth is that cheese melting in the oven is so much more superior.

• Get creative with the ingredients you use to top your pizza. I used turkey pepperoni à la Hailey Bieber, but any veggies or meats your little heart desires would work in this recipe.

• If you have other cheeses on hand in your fridge (even string cheese), get to experimenting! A lot of TikTok recipes are all about customization and coming up with different combos is half the fun.

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