Mashed Potato Pizza

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One of my favorite things to make with leftover mashed potatoes is this Mashed Potato Pizza. It is SO good that you end up making mashed potatoes just to make this!

Mashed Potato Pizza shown while on a cutting board with fresh chives. Topped with cheese, chives and bacon. Mashed potatoes in a pizza crust. Mashed Potato Pie.

Are you ready for the most fun and tasty savory pie recipe?? This Mashed Potato Pie will get everyone excited!

Once I became a mom and my first child got to the point where he enjoyed the food, I started to get excited by making fn and interesting food for hime to try.

Years ago, thinking of an appetizer I had at Pizzeria Uno, you know the one, a mini pizza pie with mashed potatoes. The call it Pizza Skins. It was love at first bite!

I decided to whip up a Mashed Potato Pizza myself and see what he thought about it.  Connor loved it and since then I make it once or twice a year.  

Adults also go crazy for this Pizza Skins recipe as well!

This simple recipe is a fabulous way to use up leftover mashed potatoes! All you need to add is a pizza crust, cheese and a few additional toppings and you are set!

Now that my kids are confident kitchen helpers, they take the lead on this and so many dishes we enjoy at home.

Ingredients Needed

  • Pizza Dough (for 1 pie)
  • Bacon
  • Leftover mashed potatoes or fresh made mashed potatoes
  • Shredded cheddar cheese
  • Butter
  • S&P
  • Toppings: Chopped chives or scallions and sour cream
Mashed Potato Pizza topped with cheese, bacon and chives. Shown one thick and deep slice being lifted out of pie plate with cheese pull.

Who doesn't love potatoes??  Potatoes and cheese!!! Or Pizza dough??  And BACON!! Don't forget the BACON!! Repeat after me... " I will make this Mashed Potato Pie immediately!" It hits all the notes!

Tip: Purchase your pizza dough from your local pizza shop. That way, you support a local business that I am sure helps with many fundraisers and team sports in town, PLUS they make it all day, every day! Better than we can! It's pretty inexpensive as well without unnessary preservatives, etc.

Mashed Potato Pizza Variations

  • Use leftover mashed potatoes or make them fresh just for this. You can even use store-bought (your secret is safe with me).
  • Add sour cream to your potatoes or serve some on the side.
  • Make vegetarian by omitting the bacon or use an alternative bacon like turkey bacon.
  • Top with whatever else you feel you will enjoy and feel free to change up your potato mixture to Colcannon (which are Irish Mashed Potatoes...that would be so good!!) or whichever variation you enjoy most.
a slice of Mashed Potato Pizza Pie, its so delicious Mashed potatoes in a pizza crust topped with cheese, bacon and chives.

I hope you and your family enjoy this potato pie! XO Colleen

Recipe originally published in 20134. Updated December, 2025.

Colleen Kennedy is the author of 3 cookbooks and has appeared on QVC and other shows inspiring home cooks of all levels. She has a popular TikTok channel @ColleensCooking with hundreds of short recipe videos. Colleen lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and kids, she started the food blog, Soufflé Bombay in 2009. Read more about her here.

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Mashed Potato Pizza Recipe shown as a whole mashed potato pie. Leftover mashed potatoes in pizza crust baked topped with cheese, bacon and chives.

Mashed Potato Pizza

Colleen Kennedy
Recipe for Mashed Potato Pizza aka Mashed Potato Pie isimilar to Pizzaria Uno's Potato Skins Appetizer. So delicious & a perfect way to use up leftover mashed potatoes.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Appetizer, Entree
Cuisine American
Servings 6 servings
Calories 316 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • Pizza Dough for 1 pie
  • 8 strips of bacon
  • 3 large potatoes peeled and quartered (or 5 good-
  • sized red bliss potatoes)
  • 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
  • 4 TBS melted butter
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon salt more or less to taste
  • Black pepper to taste
  • Optional: Chopped chives or scallions and sour crean

Instructions
 

  • Make or purchase from a pizza place your pizza dough.
  • Use leftover mashed potatoes or boil the potatoes in salted water for 20 minutes or until tender and ready to mash. Drain.
  • While the potatoes are cooking, cook your bacon until crispy, when the bacon cools, crumble and set aside.
  • In a lightly greased round baking dish, pie or cake pan (6-8 inches in diameter, no more than 2 inches deep) spread the pizza dough evenly going up the sides of the dish at least halfway.
  • Mash your potatoes while adding in your butter, milk, salt and pepper.
  • Spread mashed potatoes over the dough, sprinkle with half the cheese and bake for 15 20 minutes at 400 degrees.
  • Pull it out, add the rest of the cheese and the bacon and put back in the oven just until the cheese melts. Top with whatever else you enjoy and serve after it rests for 5 minutes or so to firm up a bit.

Notes

Notes:  Leftover potatoes are perfect for making this Mashed Potato Pizza , however you can make fresh mashed potatoes as well.
Make sure your potatoes are not runny, you need them to hold up after slicing the pie. The amount of milk added will vary by the size of potatoes you use.  Think rich and flavorful potatoes.  Often I double the recipe and make a deeper pie. Serve with Sour cream (or drizzle the pie with sour cream for a pretty presentation).
You can sprinkle cheese on the crust (season crust with salt and pepper too). You can add cheese to the potatoes as well and mix in. No rules here, just make it how you would enjoy.
You may have extra dough if making the above recipe...if so, save it and make stuffed pizza balls....the kids seem to love those!  Just stuff them with pepperoni and mozzarella bake them on parchment until golden and dip in pizza sauce.
Storage: Store leftovers in a sealed container and enjoy within 3 days. Reheat in oven or microwave.

Nutrition

Calories: 316kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 12gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 60mgSodium: 735mgPotassium: 510mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 646IUVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 307mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Leftover mashed potato recipe, mashed potato pie, Mashed Potato Pizza
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  1. I would seriously devour this myself! I can see it's easy to make gluten- and dairy-free, and Paleo too.

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  11. This dish reminded me when I was a young teen my parents spent 2 years in Tunisia. Our cook smashed potatoes in a casserole dish with lots of kale cooked with ground meat mixed in, baked uncovered until crusty top. No dairy was used but darn it was good! Gotta try your pue!!

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