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and everyone watching welcome one and all to this newest edition of The Running on
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the future is here I mean it is here right now this is a concept that has never been
explored before ever and it's not like I'm just making this up on the spot to
try to make this sound more interesting because that's obviously not the case
Pizza Hut did it Pizza Hut said you know what we're just gonna do it
we're gonna be brazen obviously I mean they have the reputation as being a bunch of Risk Takers
so we're going to throw caution to the wind we're just gonna go for it right
to revisit the great Trend that existed back in 2011 or 2012 or so YOLO as they say
because they did it Pizza Hut has released their new Pizza Hut melts
that's right what they decided to do they said yeah we've got thin and crispy crust pizza right
yeah you could just get it as a normal Pizza forget that what there's nothing cool about
eating Just Pizza regularly anymore I mean this is 2022. see I shook my hands there for emphasis
so instead we're going to take two slices of thin and crispy crust
we're gonna load it with toppings then we're going to fold it over and they created this concept
known as a melt so you have imagine my hands are the the slices of the crust and the toppings go
on top of my hands and then they fold them over like that and thus the Pizza Hut melt was born
it comes with some dipping sauce you could get it in four flavors at the price of eight dollars and
forty cents per amount all right now I know I kind of get a little bit sarcastic or whatever
in the in the introductions I try to have fun with this stuff but here's what it is it's exactly as I
described you've got the two slices of the dough you load up the toppings on them then they fold
them over and as you'll see in a moment when I show you thus you have that outer shell of the
dough inside is cheese and toppings and then it comes it comes with sauce on the side that you
can dip said melt in so if you remember Pizza had a couple years back they had their pizzon
this is kind of similar to that it's not 100 the same thing but it is pretty similar now the four
flavors that it comes in you could get pepperoni lovers which obviously has pepperoni and cheese
in it comes with marinara sauce for dipping you can get a buffalo chicken melt which obviously
has chicken with some buffalo sauce on it you've got meat lovers which has you know your standard
variety of meats you've got some pepperoni some sausage in there I think some meatball as well and
then you can get the chicken bacon parm uh Pizza Hut melt as well I went with the pepperoni lovers
one that seems to be the one they're promoting the most that's the one that caught my interest anyway
and that one again comes with pepperoni some cheese and some marinara sauce for dipping on
it or I should say to the side of it no actually on it it has a little bit of a sprinkling of some
of the little Pizza Hut seasoning as they call it again price for this eight dollars 40 cents
so here's the Box going with some distinct branding which is actually nice to see
melt right there was it say go solo with our new Pizza Hut melt cheesy crispy loaded and they do
emphasize the crispy nature of the outer shell anything noteworthy on the side eat melts earn
free stuff easy as that what Pizza Hut said so so that is the case because no one out pizzas the hut
here we go
so these are the melts and I'm going to take one of them out obviously you know
I'll hold it up to the camera so you can get a better view thereof
here's the sauce that I'll be dipping it in let me grab this one all right so
here's what it looks like
see that's the outer shell right there
and see it comes with a little seasoning on it so it's got It's like a crispy crust you can see it's
not very doughy so it's thin and crispy then it's loaded with the toppings and then it's folded over
and inside there you could see the cheese and pepperoni that's what this one is cheese and
pepperoni with the sauce there's no sauce in this the sauce is there on the side for dipping so
it's pretty straightforward pretty simple pretty self-explanatory so what I'm going to do now is
I'm going to try it out first what I shall do is I'll take a few bites without any sauce just to
see how it is on its own then I'll crack open this sauce and of course try it out with that and then
I'll give you my uh my assessment so the Pizza Hut melts the pepperoni lovers Edition going in
now try it out with the sauce
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I'll say this actually this isn't bad I know that some people have said in in regards to my reviews
oh you know you're very negative lately You You Hate Everything
Etc and I know that's not the case because I mean I I sit here and I do the reviews myself all that
I could say is that in the world of fast food these days there are a lot of hits and misses
there are many items out there that just these places miss the mark completely on and I just
try to honestly realistically describe what it is that I get and I figure if it's good it's good if
it's bad it's bad and that's all that there is to it uh whether I get a whole you know Spate of good
reviews in a row or bad review whatever it is I just I try to describe what it is that I consume
to the best of my abilities and in this case this is actually better than I thought it would be
I'll tell you what my initial concern was I wasn't concerned at all about the uh the
exterior shell or any of that I thought all right structurally speaking this looks fine
it doesn't look like it's going to fall apart of any of that it looks like it'll be pretty easy to
eat it doesn't look like it'll be as messy as I thought it would be my initial concern was that
the consistency wise the inside would wind up a being because it sometimes happens when you have
something that's like a melt or it's folded over sometimes it just doesn't cook right or
at least as as well as you'd expect it to and then the inside becomes all gross and slimy and
um and it just it's it's kind of disgusting but in this case I am pleased to report that that
was not an issue at all everything cooked as far as I'm concerned very evenly and uh
and that's great now when you factor in that there aren't a ton of ingredients in this
it's not like there are a ton of twists and turns here and really this tastes when once you once you
think of it this way then it makes sense it really just tastes like the pizza so it's not like this
has a distinct flavor of its own uh this is really no different than if you had a slice
of the thin and crispy pizza and then you know you've folded it over and just ate it that way
it's really no different from that at all and when you think of it this way then it makes sense all
right you think well the pizza has the cheese the base the topping if you wish to have one in this
case the pepperoni and of course the marinara sauce what does this have has the base which is
the exact same dough that they would use for the thin and crispy crust pizza same cheese they would
use on that same toppings they would use on that and then the marinara sauce which accompanies it
nicely so it's really no different than having a slice of their thin and crispy crust pizza which
I think for some folks you might be breathing a sigh of relief because you think all right
if I like Pizza Hut's pizza especially the thin crust
if I like that this is no different from it so then you would like this by extension if you
hate their pizza and you're thinking well maybe this is going to be like the this is going to
redeem itself and this is going to have qualities that their Pizza doesn't have and it's going to
bring it up to the next level then you might be a bit disappointed but as far as I'm concerned
everything tastes good here M80 cheese the cheese is uh more flavorful than I thought it would be
but what really makes this not only you can taste the freshness of the toppings but what really ties
it all together is actually that little bit of the garlic seasoning that's on the top of it
just the notes of that really tie everything together and it's really just there's a lot
of flavor to it it adds a lot it contributes a lot and then likewise the marinara sauce always
works nicely with anything of theirs that's Pizza related or it works really really well with their
cheese and their base I always like that sweet note that the marinara sauce has as well so
this is one of those instances where everything ties together everything works quality wise it's
good and on another note it structurally sound it has that nice crispy note once again in the shell
that isn't overwhelming but it provides texturally some nice structure to it all and the crunchiness
of it like I said it just gives it it gives it some structure it's not overwhelming it's not one
of those things that you know you try to bite into it and it's like you're breaking your teeth or or
something like that and it just tastes good it doesn't seem overly dry either I'm sure when you
heard me eating it uh you could obviously hear it crunching away and you might think is that thing
like is it is it bone dry or something but it really isn't there's sufficient moisture not only
in the cheese but likewise in the sauce so that isn't an issue at all so it tastes good flavorful
there's a there's actually a little bit of a decent spicy note in the pepperoni as well nothing
overwhelming it's it's just something that's there just gives it a little extra flavor and uh
as I mentioned the marinara sauce is a key component definitely utilize it the sweetness
in it is excellent and those garlicky notes on the seasoning as well it's just a really nice touch so
it's better than I thought it would be it's easy to eat it wasn't a mess so I didn't notice stuff
you know dripping out of it or or any of that easy to eat uh price wise the only thing that I could
really say in terms of that is that it is a little more expensive than I I would have hoped for eight
dollars and 40 cents for this so uh again yeah it is a bit overpriced in my opinion but pretty much
everything is at this point so there's you know there's only so much you could say about that
but it's pretty good I really haven't any major criticisms about this at all it's enjoyable I'm
a fan of it so Pizza Hut I think they did a good job if this is something that seems interesting
to you get it while the getting is good but I'm happy with it I think Pizza Hut did a good job
here I found this to be enjoyable and again it may not be overwhelmingly exceptional in terms of its
inventiveness but at the very least it's basic but it's good for what it is therefore out of 10 what
am I going to be rating the pepperoni lovers Pizza Hut melt out of 10 . honestly I haven't anything
bad to really say about this sure it's Pizza Hut sure it's fast food takeout pizza type item but
I'm gonna give it a nine out of 10. they did a good job here and I'm happy with it that's all
that I have for you and until next time I'm your host the report of the week thanks for watching