Mama Cozzi’s Morning Pizza
We make no secret of our love for Aldi breakfast foods. Whether it is Regular Buys like the awesome hash browns or Special Buys like the pancakes and sausage on-a-stick, Aldi makes a mean, almost restaurant-like first meal of the day.
Now, pizza is not something we associate with the first meal of the day … but Aldi sometimes rolls out a Special Buy that is, in fact, designed to be the first meal of the day.
Mama Cozzi’s Morning Pizza is a take-and-bake Special Buy that shows up in the refrigerated section of the store. It’s a 12″ pizza loaded with cheese, egg, sausage, and bacon atop a cheese sauce, which in turn sits atop a croissant-style crust. Like other take-and-bakes, it doesn’t last as long as a frozen pizza, so you’ll want to pay attention to the expiration sticker on the side when you buy it.
Cooking it is pretty easy. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees, place the pizza on the center rack, and then cook for 14-16 minutes or until the cheese in the center is melted and the crust is golden brown. We are big-time fans of pizza crispers, so we recommend using one for cooking this pizza if you want a crisp crust but don’t want the mess of setting the pizza directly on the rack.
One other warning: the pizza comes on a cardboard tray, so be sure to remove the cardboard before setting the pizza in the oven.
We found the pizza took around 14 minutes to bake, and you might want to check it at 12 minutes just to be on the safe side.
It’s a solid-tasting pizza, especially if you like pork: the sausage and bacon go nicely with the egg and cheese, and the croissant-style crust is crisp. I can’t say that it’s my absolute favorite breakfast meal, but it’s solid and worth a try if you’re into the ingredients on top of the thing.
The Verdict:
Mama Cozzi’s Morning Pizza is a competent breakfast pizza, especially if bacon and sausage are your thing. (And they most definitely our ours.) Recommended.
Yeah this pizza is Bomb AF. Added 3 scrambled eggs to it and took it out of my gas oven at 13 minutes flat. Crust was perfect! Cheeses and toppings awesome. Check it out while you can. You know Aldis, here today gone tomorrow.
Just took out a Tuscan inspired chicken flatbread would add a picture to this post if I can nowhere near the toppings that the picture on the box showed I like all these and their products but was very disappointed in this one
I’m very disappointed that most of all the frozen Mama Cozzis thin crust pizza and flat bread pizza have been removed from a few Aldis store.
Would really appreciate them back
Aldi shopper
Wisconsin Rapids shopper.
When will mama cozzi being back the morning breakfast pizza!! It was the best ever
Expiration date doesn’t matter, just freeze it. I have ate ones 3-4 years expired and they were just fine. Just because they have a fictional date put on a sticker doesn’t mean it suddenly becomes inedible on that made-up date.