Pizza Tater Tot Casserole

This easy to make pizza tater tot casserole is family friendly, fun, and relatively inexpensive to make. It’s the perfect weeknight meal for those busy seasons!

Tater tots are a great ingredient to use for weeknight or anytime of the day meals because they’re cheap, easy to store in the freezer, and everyone loves them.

If you are looking for a great way to put smiles on the faces around the dinner table, this is the one! It’s super easy to prepare so you will be smiling as well.

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If you have never made a tater tot casserole this pizza version is a great place to start. It’s really flexible and forgiving. There’s pretty much no way to mess this one up.

For those of you who have tweens and teens in the house who are becoming more independent, this is a pretty good option for them to try and make on their own. This garlic pizza recipe is another great option to get kids in the kitchen making meals they will love.

Can I change the toppings on these pizza tater tots?

Keep in mind that you can tweak this recipe to fit what you need and like. You can add toppings or take them away. Swap out the meats and types of cheese. It’s up to you.

I like to use simple ingredients so things aren’t too fussy but you could add different cheese or more cheese, you could also swap out the pepperoni for sausage, bacon, or just about anything else you can think of throwing on a pizza.

Feel free to add things like mushrooms, peppers, olives, etc. if you have adventurous eaters who like more interesting toppings on their pizza!

What will I need to make a pizza casserole with tater tots?

As written, keep in mind the substitutions I mentioned above, you will need frozen tater tots, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, and pizza sauce. That’s it!

It doesn’t take much to throw this one together and it is 100% easier than making homemade pizzas. A lot ess cleaning up, too.

Keep an eye on your tater tots to make sure they’re not hiding any gluten but for the most part this recipe should be gluten free as written which is nice if you have allergies or sensitivities to deal with.

Kitchen essentials for tasty recipes for dinner:

When you head into the kitchen to make some of these great recipes you’ll want to have the best tools on hand.

I like half sheet baking pans that are quality (hello no noisy pops or sloshed cookie dough from twisting), I line my cookie sheets with silicone baking mats. These are great for all kinds of baking and not just cookies! My husband loves them for making biscuits, pizzas, and more!

Of course mixing bowls, a mixer, spatula, and some whisks should be on your list for cooking must haves. I also like to have a set of cooling racks so that my recipes can properly cool before they’re scarfed down by my family!

How to make pizza tots:

This one is very simple. I wasn’t kidding about kids being able to make this one on their own. If you have younger kids who like to help in the kitchen this is a great one to let them help with. You can handle the oven and they will love doing the prepping!

In just a few steps dinner can be on the table. This recipe takes about 20 minutes all in so it’s not very time consuming either. Let’s dive in and take al look at these step by step instructions for making this tater tot casserole for dinner.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Lay out tater tots onto a baking sheet. 

Bake tater tots for 10 minutes.

Remove from the oven. 

Layer with pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese and pepperoni.

Place back into the oven for 10 minutes.

Serve & enjoy.

Looking for more delicious ways to use tater tots in your meal plans?

There’s just something about tater tots that makes everyone happier with a meal, right? Kids and adults alike think they’re great. The really nice thing is that you can keep them on hand in the freezer and throw any of these meals together at a moments notice.

Try out some of these other tatertot recipes today.

• Cheesy Tater Tot Casserole
• Easy Tater Tot Recipes
• Tatertot Breakfast Casserole
• Easy Tater Tot Casserole Recipe
• How to Reheat Tater Tot Casserole

Printable Pizza Tater Tot Casserole Recipe: