According to a 2015 University of Michigan study, pizza is the most addictive food in the United States. Sitting proudly atop of chocolate, potato chips, cookies, ice cream, and cheeseburgers, the study of more than 500 people’s eating habits officially handed the craving crown to pizza’s undeniable combination of sweet sauce, fatty cheese, and fluffy (or crispy) crust.
And you know what?
I can’t argue that point. I’m not sure there’s been a single time in my life when I thought to myself, “Yeah… I’ve had enough pizza,” unless my stomach was on the verge of bursting. I have never grown tired of pizza’s immaculate flavor trifecta, and if it wouldn’t kill me, I’d eat it every day.
So, in 2021, how can it be made even more addictive? Stuff that crust. And not just with cheese, that’s so Pizza Hut circa 1995. Stuff it with more salty, fatty, and crave-able stuff, like pepperoni. Cue the applause for Little Caesars, who has graced us with its latest innovation, a large ExtraMostBestest pepperoni pizza with pepperoni and cheese stuffed in a parmesan and butter-flavored crust.
For those unfamiliar with LC’s lingo, an ExtraMostBestest takes its standard $5.99 pepperoni pizza and adds extra cheese and “the most” pepperoni for only $1 more. The new limited-time double stuffed offering ups the price to $10 but promises nine feet of pepperoni and three feet of cheese in the bread. Spoiler alert: it’s worth every extra (most bestest) penny.
The pizza is adorned with a noticeably admirable amount of pepperoni, and when taking my first bite, I’m immediately reminded of why pizza is the #1 most addictive food; I never want to stop. The topping has a slight curl and nice crunch that erupts with salty bliss made much more intense by the generous sprinkling of green seasoning on the top that amplifies every bite to 11. The seasoning is a combination of oregano, basil, and salt, and I’m sure it’s the same spice blend that comes with its Italian Cheese Bread; it’s delicious.
The cheese is also as advertised: lots of melty mozzarella sitting atop an acidic and slightly sweet layer of sauce that plays third fiddle to the two prominent salty, fatty toppings.
So how’s that groundbreaking new crust? It’s wonderful, with pretty flawless ratios of bread to cheese and little rolled pepperoni slices in every bite. It’s an impressive technique, but for how delicious it is, it’s hard to really taste the pepperoni with the amount of cheese and parmesan butter flavoring added to the crust.
I love every bite but not really getting any meaty or spicy notes because the salt is overwhelming my tongue. I wish I had a little marinara dip cup for the crust because at this point, with pepp and cheese inside, it’s the only thing missing, and I could use some sweet relief from the oncoming sodium overdose.
The pepperoni in the crust may not have popped as hard as I would like, but that was really only because the flavor throughout the whole pie was so strong that it never took its foot off of the salty flavor accelerator. For ten bucks, you can’t go wrong. Just consider adding a side of their Crazy Sauce to inject some extra life into the crust.
Purchased Price: $10.00
Size: Large Pizza (14 inch)
Rating: 7 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1 slice) 417 calories, 23 grams of fat, 10 grams of saturated fat, less than 1 gram of trans fat, 55 milligrams of cholesterol, 1,093 milligrams of sodium, 33 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 2 grams of sugar, 19 grams of protein.
Only a 7 out of 10? With so many superlatives (and the delectable-looking pics), I was expecting a 9 out of 10.
To be fair to the reviewer; it is Little Caesars.
Riiight? I thought the exact same thing!
Heresy, just plain heresy. 😉
The rating is really tough here, it’s definitely in that 7-8 range but ultimately, despite how good it was, the 7 was more fitting because the novelty of the pizza didn’t quite deliver. I was riffing on the idea that pizza is the most addictive food, thus all the superlatives, and even a bad piece of pizza is tasty. Ultimately while I don’t regret a single cent spent I don’t think I would go out of my way to eat it again or think it’s any better than the standard stuffed crust.
Hope that explains it, and thanks for reading! 🙂
Nice!!! I will most likely be trying this. DiGiorno’s does a bacon stuffed crust and I think it is a fun concept to be filling the crust with things aside from cheese!
That oregano seasoning soaking up the pepperoni grease sold me. I’m running to get one now.
Doesn’t it look glorious! Report back with your thoughts!
I would love this. My swelling ankles and feet would not. Sigh…….
I liked the stuffed crust, but not the rest of the pizza. I usually like LC stuff, but I was sorry I bought this one, I didn’t enjoy it at all.
So I’ve never had stuffed crust pizza but this sounds better than the Hut version.
Tried this a week ago and was really disappointed. LC’s basil on this and the Pepperoni Cheezer just taste disgusting to me. It’s absolutely a personal palate problem, but not being able to order “No basil” on the app is a dealbreaker to me because they put a ton of basil on it.
Just trying this now. Whoa, hello grease!!! I’m enjoying it though. Wish there was an option to have it without pepperoni on top, it’s a bit much; granted I’m not much of a pepperoni person. I think it’s a really solid pizza and couldn’t be happier about the ridiculous amount of cheese on top and in the crust. Also really digging the butter and parmesan on the crust too.
Nine feet is absolute BS. They may measure the slices laid flat end to end, but that is misdirection. Pepperoni is cylindrical and unless their cylinders are 1/2″ in diameter or less, the mathematics does not work
Buy a real pizza at a NY parlor.
Right, because everyone that visits this site lives in or near New York. ?