Last Updated on July 17, 2026 by PorchLightReading
Easy campfire pizza recipe that everyone will love! This camping dinner uses simple ingredients that are camping friendly, with almost no clean up! Cook over the campfire with tin foil or a cast iron skillet.
Some of our favorite camping meals are the ones that bring us together around the campfire, and these individual campfire pizzas do exactly that!
They are simple to make, require very little prep, and everyone gets to create their own favorite combinations of toppings. Spicy for dad, savory for mom, and pineapple or pepperoni for the kids!
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- Table of contents: Campfire Pizza Recipe
- Why you’ll love this recipe
- Ingredients list
- How to make campfire pizza
- Our favorite campfire pizza combinations
- Campfire cooking tips
- What to serve with campfire pizza
- Frequently Asked Questions
Campfire Pizza
The fire was just getting started and Hozier- Too Sweet, was playing over the speakers. The kids were playing down near the woods where they made a little fort that consisted of hammocks, my outdoor rug (they stole so their feet wouldn’t get dirty), and everything that makes them happy.
Head phones, squishmellows, at least 5 different books because who could choose?
I gathered all the ingredients on my little camping tray and called them over to help chop the veggies and make their own individual pizzas for dinner.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Who doesn’t like pizza? But more than that, for this campfire pizza recipe we picked simple ingredients with little to no clean up. Premade dough and toppings that can be used in other meals.
- Everyone gets to make their own individual pizzas
- Easy camping meal with minimal prep
- Fun family activity that gets everyone helping
- Little clean up!
Campfire Pizza Ingredients
- For the pizza
- Refrigerated pizza dough (our favorite camping shortcut)
- Pizza sauce
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
- Optional toppings
- Pepperoni
- Chicken
- Ham
- Bell peppers
- Mushrooms
- Onions
- Pineapple
- Equipment
- 3 in 1 Cast Iron Skillet with Lid or
- Heavy Duty Tin Foil with heat safe grill lid
How To Make Campfire Pizza
Prep the fire- For this recipe we’ll need a fire pit that has a cooking grate. Allow the fire to burn down until you have a nice bed of hot coals.
Medium, even heat will allow the crust and toppings to cook and not burn.
Assemble the pizzas- Give each family member a “plate” of tinfoil. Spray with cooking oil and roll out your pizza dough. For this recipe we used pizza crust/dough that rolled out kind of like those dinner rolls in a can. Making it extra easy!
Spread a thin layer of pizza sauce over each crust, leaving a small boarder around the edges.
Top with cheese and your favorite toppings.
Cook over the campfire- Once the coals are at the right heat, place the tin foil “plates” over the campfire grates or on a cast iron skillet with lid.
Cook over hot coals for about 8-15 minutes, depending on the heat source, until the cheese is melted and the crust is crisp.
*Note- Since we have a limited amount of space on the campfire grate, you may need to cook these pizzas in batches. For us, we start with the kids pizza and then move on to the adults.
Serve- Remove carefully using heat-resistant gloves and let it cool for a couple of minutes before slicing and serving.
*Note- Having a heat safe lid is what makes the campfire pizza recipe work so well as it acts as an oven. We’ve done this recipe over a cast iron skillet using a lid, and simply using heavy duty tin foil with the lid from our charcoal grill. Just be sure that the lid you use is heat safe and always use heat safe gloves.
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Our Favorite Pizza Combinations
- Classic Pepperoni
- Pizza sauce, mozzarella, and pepperoni
- Veggie Lover
- Bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, and mozzarella
- BBQ Chicken
- BBQ sauce, cooked chicken, red onions, and cheese
- Meat Lover
- Pepperoni, sausage, bacon, and mozzarella
- Kid Favorite
- Extra cheese with mini pepperoni
Campfire Cooking Tips
Cooking over a campfire can take some practice when it comes to maintaining a medium enough heat/fire that will cook, and not so hot that it burns.
- Cook over coals, not flames
- Hot coals provide much more even cooking than direct flames.
- Use heavy-duty tin foil
- It helps prevent burning and makes moving the pizza much easier.
- Keep the lid on
- The lid acts like an oven and helps the crust cook much better. Use a cast iron skillet with lid (we used our charcoal grill cover over medium coals so it wouldn’t melt or burn)
- Rotate as needed
- Cooking over a campfire can be uneven with hot an cold spots. Use long tongs to rotate the pizza every so often for a more even cook.
What to Serve with Campfire Pizza
Since you might need to cook these pizzas in batches, putting out a small tray of veggies and fruit allows for everyone to eat a little something while the rest of the pizzas are cooking.
- Easy camping side dishes
- Pasta salad
- Fresh fruit
- Cole slaw
- Salad
- Watermellon
- Veggie tray
- Campfire corn on the cob
- Camping Desserts
- Campfire apple cobbler
- S’mores
- Grilled peaches
- Chocolate covered banans
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! Campfire pizza cooks well on heavy-duty foil or in a cast iron skillet with a lid placed over hot coals.
Absolutely. We’ve used several different refrigerated doughs but recently we tried a roll out crust that was even simpler and tasted just as good.
Cook over glowing coals instead of direct flames and rotate the pizza as needed for even cooking.
This campfire pizza recipe is a simple enough idea, but it’s a camping dinner that brings everyone together. The older kids can help chop up the veggies while the little ones can help set out silverware, napkins, and drinks.
It does take a minute for everyones pizza to cook in batches over the fire, but that’s half the fun. Tonight we’re not rushing dinner, we’re enjoying everyones company and talking about the adventures we’re about to have on this trip.
So put on the music, set out the chairs, and smile at this family camping memory in the making.
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Campfire Pizza Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 Refrigerated pizza dough
- Jar pizza sauce
- 16 oz Mozzarella cheese
Toppings
- Pepperoni
- Mushrooms
Instructions
- For this recipe we'll need a fire pit that has a cooking grate. Allow the fire to burn down until you have a nice bed of hot coals. Medium, even heat will allow the crust and toppings to cook and not burn.
- Give each family member a "plate" of heavy duty tinfoil. Spray with cooking oil and roll out your pizza dough. For this recipe we used pizza crust/dough that rolled out kind of like those dinner rolls in a can. Making it extra easy!Spread a thin layer of pizza sauce over each crust, leaving a small boarder around the edges. Top with cheese and your favorite toppings.
- Once the coals are at the right heat, place the tin foil "plates" over the campfire grates or on a cast iron skillet with lid.
- Cook over hot coals for about 8-15 minutes, depending on the heat source, until the cheese is melted and the crust is crisp.
- Remove carefully using heat-resistant gloves and let it cool for a couple of minutes before slicing and serving.
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