This Is Not A Drill: Pizza Hut® Unleashes Latest Cheesy Goodness In All New Grilled Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza

Bringing together two classic American favorites, Grilled Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza is available nationwide starting Sept. 19

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Sep 19, 2016, 08:00 ET

PLANO, Texas, Sept. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --Grilled Cheese. Good. Original Stuffed Crust® Pizza. Good. Grilled Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza? REAL GOOD.

In a pizza that needs little explanation, the newest Pizza Hut mash-up combines two of the most beloved foods of all-time – grilled cheese and pizza.

The new Pizza Hut Grilled Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza features extra gooey cheddar and mozzarella cheese stuffed in and baked onto the crust. To finish off the grilled cheese crust, it is topped with toasted breadcrumbs and melted butter for the ultimate grilled cheese experience. A large one-topping Grilled Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza is available beginning Sept. 19 for just $12.99.

The Grilled Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza features extra gooey cheddar and mozzarella cheese stuffed in and baked onto the crust. To finish off the grilled cheese crust, it is topped with toasted breadcrumbs and melted butter for the ultimate grilled cheese experience. A large one-topping Grilled Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza is available beginning Sept. 19 for just $12.99.

"The Grilled Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza is the perfect combination of a classic grilled cheese and a traditional pizza," said David Timm, chief marketing officer, Pizza Hut. "The result is a delicious, flavorful and indulgent pizza that packs the punch of a gooey, cheesy, crunchy grilled cheese."

Cheese is rapidly becoming one of America's favorite foods. Related, pizza is often ranked as the most popular food in America. To round out the equation, grilled cheese has been pegged as one of the most comforting foods ever imagined. Now, all of these "favorites" can be enjoyed as one.

The Grilled Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza can be topped with any one of the following fresh Pizza Hut ingredients: Fresh mushrooms, fresh spinach, fresh red onions, fresh green bell peppers, sliced banana peppers, sweet pineapple, sliced jalapeño peppers, Mediterranean black olives, Peruvian cherry peppers and diced Roma tomatoes as well as pepperoni, Italian sausage, premium salami, classic meatballs, slow-roasted ham, hardwood smoked bacon, grilled chicken, beef and seasoned pork. Pizza lovers can customize their pizza with a choice of five sauces, including Classic Marinara, Premium Crushed Tomato, Creamy Garlic Parmesan, Barbeque and Buffalo. They can also top their pizza with a choice of sauce drizzles, including Balsamic, Barbeque and Buffalo.

The Grilled Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza is available for dine-in, carryout or delivery at participating Pizza Hut locations nationwide. For more information about Pizza Hut, visit blog.pizzahut.com or to order now, head to www.pizzahut.com.

About Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), delivers more pizza, pasta and wings than any other restaurant in the world. The pizza restaurant began 58 years ago in Wichita, Kansas, when two brothers borrowed $600 from their mom to start a pizzeria.

What started out small has become the biggest pizza restaurant in the world and today operates more than 16,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries serving innovative pizzas, traditional favorites like the signature Pan Pizza, and much more. Pizza Hut also is the proprietor of the BOOK IT!® Program, which is a long-standing children's literacy program used in more than 630,000 classrooms nationwide. For more information, visit www.pizzahut.com. Follow Pizza Hut on Facebook (www.facebook.com/PizzaHut), Twitter (www.twitter.com/pizzahut) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/pizzahut).

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