Alternative Pizza Crust Ideas

Good news for pizza lovers: You don’t have to mess around with yeast and warm water, and you don’t have to resort to the frozen variety to eat great pizza at home.

By choosing alternative pizza crusts like the ones listed below, you avoid the hassle but get in on all the great taste of traditional pizza.

You can pizza every day of the week if you want.

And you may even save a little money along the way.

Non-Traditional Pizza Crust Ideas

1: Tortilla Shell Pizza

Using a flour tortilla as your base results in a super crisp, cracker-like crust. I recommend baking it directly on the oven rack for optimal crunch.

To make this cheap pizza even cheaper, make your own tortilla shells at home.

Veggie hummus pizza (on a tortilla shell crust)

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2: Pita Bread Pizza

For a thicker, heartier crust, try using pita bread as a base. This sturdy crust stands up to more toppings and cheese.

Superfood pizza with a pita bread crust

Bruschetta-style pita pizza

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#3: English Muffin Pizza

These cute mini-pizzas are popular with kids and adults alike. Get your kids to join in and top their own pizzas.

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#4: Thin Crust Bagel Pizzas

These are extremely budget friendly if you use day-old bagels and pizza toppings that you already have on hand.

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#5: Naan Bread Pizza Crust

Use frozen or fresh naan bread to make this mango chicken (or other) naan pizza:

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#6: Garlic Bread Pizza

These genius little pizzas use frozen garlic bread as a crust.

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 #7: Cauliflower Crust Pizza (Gluten-free, Paleo-friendly)

• How to make Paleo cauliflower pizza crust
• Hawaiian pizza on a cauliflower crust

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 #8: Einkorn Flour Pizza Crust

Einkorn flour is a good alternative for people who may be able to tolerate traditional flour, but are looking for a less genetically modified version. Einkorn flour is the most genetically primitive flour available today. Give it a try! You can’t tell the difference in taste.

• Pizza crust made with einkorn flour

#9: Deep Dish Pizza

This is a special occasion pizza. Homemade deep dish, Chicago-style, with a cornmeal-based crust, and lots of toppings.

• Deep dish pizza

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Other Alternative Pizza Crust Ideas

• Pizza with French bread crust
• Pizza with crescent roll crust
• Pizza with biscuit crust
• Pizza with lavash crust
• Pizza with polenta crust
• Pizza with corn tortilla shell crust
• Pizza with black-eyed pea crust (gluten free)
• Three ingredient oatmeal pizza crust (gluten free)

Vegetable-Based Pizza Crusts

• Portobello mushroom cap pizza crust
• Butternut squash pizza crust
• Spaghetti squash pizza crust
• Sweet potato pizza crust
• Broccoli pizza crust
• Carrot pizza crust
• Potato pizza crust (made with leftover mashed potatoes)

Do you have other alternative pizza crust ideas? Please share your ideas below!