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CiCi’s has been long known for its delicious dessert pizzas. With chocolate pudding and pizza dough, you can turn a couple of basic ingredients into much more. You can make this easily at home.

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Chocolate Dessert Pizza

If you thought pizza was just confined to the basics of cheese and tomato, you are in for a pleasant surprise – especially if you are a chocolate lover! Why not have pizza for dessert with this delicious copycat Cicis Chocolate Dessert Pizza?

Cicis has long been famous for their delicious dessert pizzas, although a chocolate pizza does not appear to be on their current menu. However, you can easily make this yummy chocolate dessert in your own kitchen.

This chocolate pizza is easy and fun to make and is the perfect dessert for any meal. Made with simple ingredients like chocolate pudding and pizza dough mix, this sweet and salty pizza is sure to hit just the right spot on your tastebuds. So try this chocolate dessert recipe for a one-of-a-kind dessert experience.

Homemade Pizza Crust

Have you ever wanted to make pizza dough at home but have been afraid to try? Well, making your own pizza from scratch, including the crust, is a lot of fun and not really difficult at all. All you need is a good pair of hands and a food processor.

I love to replace processed and pre-packaged foods with homemade alternatives because you know exactly what is in your food – you don’t have to be concerned about strangely-named or chemical-sounding ingredients that you have no idea about. Click here to learn how to make your own wonderful pizza dough.

  • If you think that making your own pizza dough is too time-consuming, it’s easy to make several batches and freeze them for whenever you feel like a pizza.

Ingredients

  • Pizza dough
  • Chocolate pudding
  • All-purpose flour
  • Sugar
  • Brown Sugar
  • Butter
  • Salt

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How to Make Chocolate Pizza

Spread pizza dough on a pizza baking pan.

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Bake crust for 5 minutes at 450 degrees.

Spread pudding on top of the crust.

Sprinkle crumb topping on top of the pudding.

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Bake for 18 to 20 minutes at 450 degrees.

Slice and enjoy!

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Ci Ci’s Chocolate Dessert Pizza

You can make CiCi's famous chocolate pizza at home.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cherry Pizza, Chocolate, Chocolate Pizza

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 8

Calories: 287kcal

Author: Stephanie Manley

Ingredients

  • 1 pound pizza dough
  • 1 package instant chocolate pudding mix 4 serving size, prepare according to package directions

Crumb Topping

  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 3 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup softened butter
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt

Instructions

  • Prepare pizza dough as directed on the package. Spread and shape dough on greased pizza pan. Pierce dough with fork 8 or 10 times. Place in a preheated oven at 450 degrees for 5 minutes.

  • Remove crust from oven and spread 3/4 cup of chocolate pudding on the crust. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup of crumb topping. Place back in the oven and bake for 18 - 20 minutes. Crumb topping should be a little crisp.

Crumb Topping

  • Mix flour, sugar, brown sugar, and salt. Place butter in mixture and blend with a fork or pastry blender until the crumb topping resembles cornmeal. This is a great topping for fruit pies or desserts.

Nutrition

Calories: 287kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 669mg | Potassium: 36mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 175IU | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 2.1mg

About Stephanie Manley

I recreate your favorite restaurant recipes, so you can prepare these dishes at home. I help you cook dinner, and serve up dishes you know your family will love. You can find most of the ingredients for all of the recipes in your local grocery store.

Stephanie is the author of CopyKat.com's Dining Out in the Home, and CopyKat.com's Dining Out in the Home 2.

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  1. Keziah Brown

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    It’s absolutely delicious! Thanks so much for the recipe!

    Reply

  2. Terry

    Cicis still has the Bavarian Cream. It’s just not on the buffet so they have room for more pizza selections. To get it all you have to do is ask and they will put it in the oven and have it ready for you in a few minutes.

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    • Stephanie

      oh good to know!

      Reply

  3. Gloria

    This recipe does not make sense. It says at the very end how to make the crumb mix but you’re only supposed to put a fourth a cup of it on the item before you bake it well what do you do with the rest of it then?

    Reply

  4. Rubyred407tn

    can it be made the day befor the party

    Reply

    • Stephanie

      I would not make this the day before a party.

      Reply

  5. C3rdxacharm

    What is the crumb topping mix made of?

    Reply

  6. Sandy McPherson

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    Thanks for the Cici’s Chocolate Desert Pizza. My particular favorite was a carmel or butterscotch creamy topping on Cici’s pizza. Much to my disappointment, it seems to have been discontinued. Can you help? Thanks for whatever you can do.

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    • Jen

      I bet you it could be done the same as above. Look for the long-cooking pudding and make it the same way. It’s worth a shot, esp. if you make your own pizza crust or find it really cheap.

      Reply

  7. admin

    I believe that was bavarian creme that it used to be.

    Reply

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FAQs

What is cici dessert pizza? ›

Who said pizza can't be sweet? Finish your meal with our Bavarian dessert pizza featuring a buttery dessert pizza crust finished with Bavarian cream, sweet crumb topping and drizzled with icing (14 count). Available at participating locations.

Why did Cicis pizza go out of business? ›

He cited a number of factors leading to the Chapter 11. "We had $83 million in bank debt, owed to four banks, and as the volumes of the stores dropped in the pandemic, and we lost 100 stores in the pandemic, during that time the company wasn't worth $83 million," he said at the time.

What is the name of the Italian dessert pizza? ›

But long before cheese pizza took the world by storm, there was another, more widely known dish in Italy called “Neapolitan pizza.” This was a baked dessert pie stuffed with almond custard.

Is Cicis making a comeback? ›

However, despite having 4% fewer locations between 2020 and 2022, Cici's increased its sales by 30% between 2021 and 2022. This increase is all thanks to the new marketing plans the company implemented after bankruptcy. Instead of declining as it had been for years, the chain suddenly climbed in sales again.

How many Cicis locations are left? ›

276 CICIS LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.

Is Cicis a Texas thing? ›

In 1985, Cicis opened its doors for the very first time in Plano, Texas – and just like that, the Original home of all the pizza, pasta, salad, and desserts you can eat was born.

Who makes a dessert pizza? ›

Sweet on desserts? You've come to the right place! Pizza Inn is home of the world's first and only Pizzert® dessert pizza.

What is a Coca pizza? ›

Coca (the plural is coques) is basically a Catalan pizza — a flat base made of a simple bread dough usually in the shape of an oval and covered with a wide variety of sweet and/or savory toppings.

Does chocolate pizza exist? ›

Chocolate pizzas can come in many different varieties, from those described above with a sweet dough base topped with chocolate sauce and fruit, through to confectionery-based pizzas, like ours, which see the introduction of a solid chocolate base topped with various sweets in the style of a pizza.

What is the oldest Italian dessert? ›

Crostata is perhaps the oldest Italian dessert.

What Italian dessert is similar to a cannoli? ›

Cartocci. If we think of a fried Italian dessert, cartocci could not be missing. To put it simply, they are a kind of churro; in fact, they are usually eaten for breakfast. Like cannoli, cartocci are Sicilian and are filled with ricotta sweetened with vanilla or orange essence and chocolate.

What is a famous dessert in Italy? ›

Perhaps the most iconic Italian dessert, tiramisu appears on menus at restaurants not only throughout Italy but also all over the world.

What is dessert pizza made from? ›

First things first, you need a crust: The base of a dessert pizza can be made with cookie dough, brownies, or even a big slab of melon! Next up, it's time for the toppings: the crusts are topped with fruit, candy, and other confections. There are so many ways to customize these chocolate desserts and s'mores desserts.

What is on a Treatzza pizza? ›

The DQ® Treatzza Pizza® is a dessert pizza made with a base of Dairy Queen's signature soft-serve ice cream, topped with layers of fudge, cookie pieces, and your choice of toppings such as Reese's Peanut Butter Cups or M&M's.

What is the Cicis challenge? ›

(WEVV) — The Czech Republic's number one competitive eater is in the River City to take on Cici's Pizza's 28-inch Pizza Challenge. The rules for the challenge include eating the entire 28-inch one topping pizza within 60 minutes, as well as consume two large drinks without ice.

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