Pizza cereal is the latest food trend, and you only need 3 ingredients to make it
- A food influencer has created pizza cereal, and you can make it at home with just three ingredients.
- Valentina Mussi was inspired by the trend for pancake cereal and how much everyone on social media loved all the "cereals" that followed.
- Essentially, it's just making mini pizzas and serving them in a bowl — but people are loving them.
- "I've had a lot of people thank me for not adding milk to the 'cereal.' I could never!" Mussi told Insider.
First came pancake cereal. Then that inspired waffle cereal, cookie cereal, donut cereal, muffin cereal, and even Pop-Tart cereal.
But if all these sugary "cereals" have left you desperately craving salt, good news: You can now have cereal for your main course as well as dessert.
Enter, pizza cereal — or more literally, mini pizzas in a bowl.
Food influencer Valentina Mussi, the woman behind many of the whipped milk drinks that have been trending in recent weeks, created the recipe, and she says it has gone down a treat with her 302,000 Instagram followers.
"I have seen so many desserts made into tiny 'cereal' versions, but there were no savory options," Mussi, who's based in Miami, told Insider.
"Everyone loves pizza so I decided to make pizza cereal."
To make the pizza cereal, all you need is three ingredients: pre-made pizza dough, shredded mozzarella, and tomato sauce, plus any toppings you want.
The method is super simple, too: Just roll out your pizza dough, cut small circles with a cookie cutter or knife, transfer the mini pizzas to a baking sheet, top with tomato, cheese, and toppings, and bake for eight minutes at 400 degrees farenheit or until crispy.
Mussi believes there are two main reasons people are loving the cereal trend.
"Firstly, due to quarantine a lot of people have more free time," she said, adding that many are willing to spend more time cooking, or "making tiny versions of food which happens to be a tad labor intensive."
She added: "Secondly, I think the fascination with the cereal trend has to do with the tiny versions of food being cute and small."
The reaction Mussi has received to the pizza cereal has been "very positive" overall, she says.
"Most people think it's a super fun take on the cereal trend," she told Insider.
"I've also had a lot of people thank me for not adding milk to the 'cereal.' I could never!"
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