Pizza? Crackers? Why not both! These Crunchy Keto Pizza Hearts are a simple, satisfying snack — perfect for Valentine’s Day or any time you want a cute, low-carb treat for family, guests, or yourself.
How to make these 5-Ingredient Crunchy Keto Pizza Hearts
The cracker-style crust for these pizza hearts comes from my two-ingredient cracker method: super-fine almond flour and full-fat cream cheese. That easy dough is versatile and forgiving — ideal for quick keto snacks. For this recipe you make the dough, roll it thin, cut heart shapes, top with pizza ingredients and bake. I prefer a lower oven temperature (300 °F / 150 °C) so the crust bakes evenly without burning.
Step-by-step:
Place 2 cups (470 ml) super-fine almond flour into a medium bowl.
Add 2.5 oz (70 g) plain full-fat cream cheese and knead until a stiff dough forms. Pressing the mixture with your fist helps bring it together.
Shape the dough into a ball, place it on parchment paper and cover with another sheet of parchment. Roll the dough between the two parchment papers until it’s about 0.16 inches (4 mm) thick.
Remove the top parchment and cut out heart shapes (I use a 2.4 × 2.6 inch / 6 × 6.5 cm cutter). Arrange the hearts on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Re-roll scraps and continue cutting until all the dough is used — I got 24 hearts.
Spoon about 1/4 cup (60 ml) marinara sauce across the hearts, place a slice of pepperoni on each, and sprinkle with 1/4 cup (60 ml) shredded mozzarella.
Bake at 300 °F (150 °C) for about 20 minutes, until the cheese melts and the hearts take on a light color — avoid letting them get too brown. Remove from the oven, let cool until warm, and serve.
How I came up with this easy Keto Pizza Heart recipe
I started the week with several recipe ideas but needed something quick and dependable. After an experiment with skillet bread that didn’t turn out, I moved on to an older idea: pizza dippers and pinwheels based on my two-ingredient cracker dough. Rolling the dough into pinwheels failed — it cracked and wouldn’t hold together — but the flavored, topped dough still tasted great.
That’s when I realized the cracked dough would work perfectly as individual pizza crackers. While searching for a cutter, I found heart-shaped cookie cutters and decided that heart-shaped pizza crackers would be ideal for Valentine’s Day. I rolled out a fresh batch of dough, cut hearts, topped them with marinara, pepperoni and mozzarella, and baked. The result was crunchy, cute, and delicious — exactly what I wanted.
5-Ingredient Crunchy Keto Pizza Hearts
Pizza? Crackers? Why not both! These adorable Crunchy Keto Pizza Hearts make a hearty and heartwarming snack for Valentine’s Day — or any day when you want to pamper your family, guests, or yourself!
Ingredients
- 2 cups = 470 ml super-fine almond flour
- 2.5 oz = 70 g plain full-fat cream cheese
- 1/4 cup = 60 ml marinara sauce
- 24 pepperoni slices
- 1/4 cup = 60 ml shredded mozzarella
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 °F (150 °C).
- Combine almond flour and cream cheese; knead until a stiff dough forms.
- Roll dough between two parchment sheets to about 0.16 inches (4 mm) thick.
- Remove the top parchment and cut out heart shapes; place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Re-roll scraps and cut out additional hearts until the dough is used. Aim for 24 hearts.
- Spread marinara sauce evenly on each heart, top with a pepperoni slice and sprinkle with mozzarella.
- Bake 20 minutes, until cheese melts and edges gain a light color; avoid over-browning.
- Remove from oven, let cool until warm, and serve. Store refrigerated up to three days, though best fresh.
| Nutrition information | In total | Per serving if 24 servings in total |
| Protein | 73.2 g | 3.1 g |
| Fat | 142.6 g | 5.9 g |
| Net carbs | 16.7 g | 0.7 g |
| kcal | 1675 kcal | 70 kcal |
Tips for variations
If you prefer a softer crust, you can use Fathead (mozzarella) dough instead of the almond flour cracker dough. The easiest way to vary the recipe is to switch toppings. Ideas:
- Margherita: marinara, mozzarella, fresh basil (add basil after baking)
- Quattro stagioni: marinara, tomato, artichoke, mushrooms, ham or prosciutto, mozzarella
- Romana: marinara, tomato, mozzarella, anchovies, fresh oregano
- Quattro formaggi: marinara, mozzarella, ricotta, fontina, gorgonzola
- Seafood: marinara, shrimp, tuna, mussels or scallops, mozzarella
- Meat lover’s: marinara, cooked beef strips, ham, bacon, mozzarella
- Spicy meat lover’s: marinara, hot sausage, pepperoni, bacon, Parmesan
- Bolognese: bolognese sauce (add fried ground beef to marinara) and mozzarella
Notes
I enjoy seasonal cooking and developing recipes for everyday meals and special occasions. These pizza hearts are quick to make, portable, and appeal to both adults and kids. They’re best fresh from the oven but refrigerate up to three days if needed. Enjoy experimenting with different toppings to suit your tastes.
