Easy Hummus Cups Recipe

These cute hummus appetizers are perfect for parties and entertaining! We make mini cups using pizza dough and then fill them with hummus and veggies. They are so much fun!

If you’re a regular reader, you know how much we adore hummus, especially this simple homemade hummus! We love it so much that we’ve found many ways to serve it. And what better way to enjoy it than with these adorable hummus appetizers made with baked pizza dough cups?

For more hummus inspiration, check out our roasted red pepper hummus and this hummus with spiced beef. You can also use hummus in our honey dijon chicken lettuce wraps or create a delicious platter with hummus, homemade falafel, tahini sauce, and creamy homemade labneh!

Key Ingredients

Pizza Dough: I’ve experimented with different pizza doughs for these cups, both store-bought and homemade. One thing to keep in mind is that many doughs puff up during baking, which can fill in the cup and leave less room for the hummus. While we have included some tips to minimize this, I’ve found that Pillsbury pizza dough works best. It doesn’t puff up as much as my favorite homemade pizza dough (which I prefer for my pizza recipes because I love a bubbly crust!).
Hummus: Use your favorite hummus for these appetizer cups. I love our easy hummus recipe. You can swap the hummus for other dips, too. Think about baba ganoush (roasted eggplant dip), labneh, smoked salmon dip, or onion dip!
Cucumber and Tomatoes: I love adding something fresh, and love cucumber and tomatoes with a tiny sprinkle of salt. I’ve also made this chopped cucumber tomato salad and spooned it into the cups, and I loved it!

How to Make Hummus Cups

Let’s start by making the pizza cups! It’s super easy, but we’ll use a couple of tricks to make sure the dough bakes up perfectly with plenty of room for the delicious fillings.

First, roll the pizza dough into a thin rectangle and use a cookie cutter to cut out rounds. Press each round into a mini muffin cup, then grab a fork and poke a few holes in the bottom. This helps prevent the dough from puffing up too much.

How to Make Hummus Cups: Pressing pizza dough in to a muffin tin

For extra insurance, I like to place a mini muffin liner inside each cup and fill it with pie weights (dried rice or beans work great, too!). It’s the same idea as when you par-bake a pie crust.

Once the pizza cups are baked and cooled, it’s time to fill them with hummus and your favorite veggies! Then, you can enjoy them!

Easy Hummus Cups

PREP
15mins
COOK
10mins
TOTAL
25mins

These are such a fun appetizer! You can fill the hummus cups 1 hour in advance. Cover them with plastic wrap and store them in the fridge to prevent the tomatoes, cucumber, and hummus from drying out.

Makes 20

You Will Need

1 (13.8oz) roll Pillsbury Classic Pizza Crust, see tips

1/2 cup hummus, try homemade hummus

1/2 cup diced cucumber

5 cherry tomatoes, quartered

1/8 teaspoon sea salt

Directions

1Preheat oven to 400°F (204°C) and lightly spray 20 mini muffin cups with cooking spray. Set aside 20 mini muffin paper liners, as well as pie weights, uncooked rice, or dried beans for baking the pizza cups.

2Form pizza dough into a 14-inch by 12-inch rectangle (this doesn’t have to be exact, just close).

3Use a 2 ½-inch round cookie cutter to cut out 20 circles of dough. Press each circle of dough into the muffin cups. Use a fork to pierce the bottom of each pizza cup. Three to four pricks with a fork should do it.

4Place a muffin liner inside each pizza cup and fill it with pie weights, uncooked rice, or dried beans.

5Bake the pizza cups for 8 to 10 minutes or until the edges are light golden brown. Transfer cups to a cooling rack to cool completely.

6When cooled, fill each pizza cup with a heaping teaspoon of hummus and top with a few pieces of cucumber and a tomato quarter. Finish with a light sprinkle of salt.

Adam and Joanne’s Tips

Pizza dough: While homemade pizza dough is delicious, we’ve found that Pillsbury pizza crust works best for pizza cups. Many doughs, like our homemade dough, puff up in the oven, making it hard to get a deep cup for your hummus. If you want to try your favorite store-bought or homemade dough, here’s a trick: press a cupcake liner into each cup and fill it with pie weights, dried beans, or rice. This will keep the dough from puffing up too much. I’ve added this tip to the recipe instructions so everyone has success.
Rolling the dough: If your pizza dough keeps bouncing back on you as you roll it out. Leave it for 5 to 10 minutes on the counter to rest and come to room temperature, and then try again.
Nutrition facts provided below are estimates.

Nutrition Per Serving
Serving Size
1 hummus cup
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Calories
69
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Total Fat
3.5g
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Saturated Fat
1.2g
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Cholesterol
0mg
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Sodium
78.2mg
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Carbohydrate
8.6g
/
Dietary Fiber
0.9g
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Total Sugars
1g
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Protein
1g