Taco Pizza - The BEST Easy Dinner Recipe (2024)

This delicious taco pizza is a crowd-pleaser with my kids every single time I make it. It’s a hit with adults too—and how could it not be? This dinner recipe us the best of both worlds: Italian and Mexican food!

Plus, taco pizza is super fast and easy to make. Don’t bother with homemade dough—instead, use a crescent roll crust and top it with fresh and simple ingredients.

You can whip up this quick dinner idea in 30 minutes or less!

Taco pizza – yup, it’s possible! Two of my favorite foods really can be combined into one incredibly delicious dinner.

I’m always on the lookout for easy meals my family will enjoy. I enjoy cooking, but with four children, I’m busy, and if I’m going to make dinner, it needs to be quick.

A few years ago, I discovered this taco pizza recipe with a crescent roll crust. With a few small adaptions, it quickly became a favorite family dinner that we make once a week.

Every time I make taco pizza, I can never be sure who loves it more – the kids or my husband. They all gobble it up and ask for more! Of course, I really enjoy it too.

With a cream cheese and sour cream “sauce” and spicy taco flavor, Mexican taco pizza works well as a regular family meal, but it’s also great as an appetizer and for parties.

I love recipes that work for many things, don’t you? It saves a lot of time and effort!

Try these homemade baked chicken nuggets for an easy, picky-eater-approved recipe.

Ingredients

You’ll need:

• Refrigerated crescent rolls
• Softened cream cheese
• Sour cream
• Ground beef or turkey
• Taco seasoning
• Tomato
• Shredded cheese
• Shredded lettuce

Feel free to adjust or add any toppings your family prefers with tacos. That’s another great thing about this easy meal – you can easily tweak it!

Optional Taco Toppings to Try

Here are a few more taco pizza topping suggestions from readers:

• Taco sauce
• Chopped onion
• Avocado
• Black olives
• Hot sauce
• Fritos
• Doritos
• Refried beans
• Black beans
• Enchilada sauce

How to Make this Taco Pizza Step-by-Step

1. Preheat the oven and roll out crescent roll dough onto a large baking sheet

You can buy Pillsbury crescent roll dough without the perforations, which makes it simpler to roll out. If not, just pinch together the perforations to seal it.

You want a large cookie or baking sheet. If you use a small one, you will have leftover crescent rolls.

Bake for 8-10 minutes.

2. Beat the softened cream cheese and sour cream together

Let the crescent roll pizza crust cool for a few minutes, then spread the cream cheese / sour cream mixture over it.

3. Brown the ground beef and stir in taco seasoning

If you want a cold taco pizza or you are making this ahead of time to store until later, chill the cream cheese/crescent roll crust.

Brown the ground beef in a skillet and drain any grease. Stir in the taco seasoning and water (according to the package directions on the taco seasoning packet). Add more taco seasoning if you prefer more!

Then, simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Tip: if you want more protein or would like to have your meat go farther, add a can of drained black beans to the meat mixture.

4. Layer the meat over the cream cheese / sour cream

You won’t completely cover the cream cheese layer with the ground beef; there are plenty of other toppings, so don’t worry.

5. Add the remaining toppings

Sprinkle with the lettuce and tomatoes…

And shredded cheese, along with any other toppings you prefer. We sometimes add sliced avocado and homemade taco sauce.

6. Cut your homemade taco pizza into slices

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You can eat it with your hands – it is taco pizza, after all!

Serve immediately or store in the refrigerator.

How to Make This Recipe Ahead of Time

If you plan to make Taco Pizza the night before, I recommend waiting until just before serving before adding the lettuce, tomato, and cheese to prevent sogginess.

Although I made this recipe in the morning (complete with all toppings and covered lightly with plastic wrap in the refrigerator), it was perfectly fine hours later for dinner.

This family-favorite taco pizza recipe is perfect for hot summer days, too, since it can be made ahead of time. You could even bring it in a cooler for family outings.

FAQs

How do you make a gluten-free version of this pizza?

You can find gluten-free crescent rolls in some grocery stores – that’s the simplest way to make this recipe gluten-free. You’ll want to check your other ingredients as well, but they should all be naturally gluten-free.

If you can’t find gluten-free crescent rolls (we had a hard time finding them until recently), you can try a gluten-free pizza dough recipe and follow the package instructions.

Do you eat taco pizza warm or cold?

Good news: you can serve this taco pizza cold or warm.

For most recipes that may sound gross, but trust me, cold taco pizza really works. This is what allows you to make it ahead of time, store it in the fridge, then serve a super delicious, filling dinner your family can gobble up immediately.

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