I
Don't even know how to say it. I I don't even know I'm just gonna show it to again. We'll just go from there. Okay?
Papa John's
Says that the jack-o'-lantern pizza is coming back
Right there see there it is there's a depiction of it
and
This is probably the scariest thing that I've seen so far
ever
no exaggeration
because I was going through the newspaper clippings and I saw this and I froze
In the literal sense mind you I was that shocked I was that surprised
Because you know around this time of year. This is when all these creatures come out you have ghosts and skeletons and
goblins and
costumes that should never even exist and you also have jack-o'-lanterns and
Jack-o'-lanterns are sentient beings
I mean, there's no denying that and they are by far the most dangerous and the most terrifying at that
Because they're deceptive you see the smiling face right here. Don't let that fool you
Okay
That's the problem
But you know what they say, right
Sometimes the best way to conquer your fear is to face it head-on
That's what I'm gonna do
So I'm gonna go out to Papa John's right now. I'm gonna get this jack-o'-lantern pizza
We're gonna deal with it. We're gonna overcome this. We're gonna face it together
We're gonna try this out
Stay tuned and please
Wish me luck
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food review
Well, hello
Ladies and gentlemen and everyone watching we are once again back here now with the pizza and here to try it out
so
officially
It's here got the table set Oh got everything. We're gonna see how spooky it is
We're gonna see how crazy it is and we're just gonna see how good it is now having been so hyped up
I know you saw a picture of it earlier. You kind of know what it is, though
Not entirely you might be saying well, you know, what? Is it exactly it? Is it even a pizza?
Is it really like some Deluxe type of burger? Does it does it have pumpkin in it?
Is it spicy what's going on?
here's what it is and we're gonna look we're gonna verify and then we're gonna see what it tastes like
the pizza itself
The the best analogy to make in regards to to really the best description of it
I don't know if you saw the review or not, but I guess it was yeah, it was over a year ago
Pizza Hut
released a heart-shaped pizza
For Valentine's Day and I mean that was a big deal and all it was was a pepperoni pizza that was shaped like a heart
It's all that comes down to so dramatic intros aside. I don't mean to be a
let down or any of that but it's pretty much a pepperoni pizza
That's shaped like a pumpkin or a jack-o'-lantern. That's what they say. It's not the pumpkin pizza
That's for another day. But it's the jack-o'-lantern pizza. So that's exactly what it is and
On it. It's pretty basic
Here's what it comes with
Pepperoni and it's arranged and there will smiley face and two olives for the eyes. So for all of you olive
Lovers you are in luck. It is a thin crust pizza
So it only comes in one size or all you can get is the pizza in this box
The stain it doesn't normally
Come along with it. Unfortunately. I spilled some sauce. That's why I had to change the shirt also
but nothing special in the box, but once you open
the box
There it is
There it is right there. You can see in all its glory the jack-o'-lantern
Pizza
There it is
And you can see it's a thin crust pizza. It is not cut. Okay, so it is
Well, that's me trying to hold it, right?
It isn't cut it's just one big jack-o'-lantern
so
I mean you can go you can I
Don't know staple it to your front door and hang it there as a decoration if you want
You can go ahead and eat it all in one
sitting or you can cut it up into tiny little pieces any way you want we have the
First layer of the pepperonis right there and we have the smiley face now
we got the eyes and there's the olives the famous olives and we got the little
Supposed to be like a sprout coming up and it also of course comes with your pepper
Everyone's favorite some garlic sauce as well. So that's what it looks like
Again, see up close and personal and it's a thin crust pizza
Also came with this
going very very
formal says
special seasoning by Papa John's and
Doesn't really say what it is. It's special seasoning so
Then go I suppose the special seasoning for special pizza
To me. It looks like it's probably a garlic powder
But we'll see use that and then it also comes this this got me by surprise
I was thinking to myself since you have to be the one that cuts it I guess they they actually
They gave me a cutter I was shocked by this
papa john's
Pizza cutter right there. I think that's pretty crazy, honestly
So I'm gonna cut it with the pizza cutter is this
Caution
sharp-edged
Pizza slicer only this product is not designed or intended
to cut for slice other food items or objects
So I know you wanted to use this as a sandwich cutter, but that can't be done. I'm sorry, and I know
Maybe you were thinking of using that as a little tool
for some
Work but now just
Your pizza cutting I guess that's the sharp edge that they're talking about looks pretty dull but
Whatever works, you know
They wouldn't hand out something with a blade in it go home. Hey, there we go. You'll be able to cut it with this
So with that we got the pizza right there. Let's let's begin the pizza cutting process
Let's cut the first slice you can cut it any way you want
It's actually pretty effective honest
Well for the most part anyway good enough
So
There's the first slice right there. I'm just gonna try it out. I'll let you know what it tastes like, really thin crust
Hang in there
And then what we'll do, of course, I'm gonna have to try to part with the olive. So we're gonna do that
But first I'm just going to try a little bit of this out
I'm let you know what it tastes like it is the jack-o'-lantern pizza from Papa John's going in
Not the biggest fan of it than I thought I would be
Granted
my complaint
Has absolutely nothing to do with any of the toppings at all
Now that olive might do me in though. All right, so we got to be careful with that
But otherwise the other toppings so far by fine
It's very standard when it comes down to how the toppings themselves are
Right. I do like the richness that the sauce has to it pepperoni is fine as is tiny little bit of spiciness to it
nothing crazy and
Certainly, of course, you're gonna have a many a bite that doesn't have any pepperoni on it because of the spacing of it all
But the cheese, you know is fine. The sauce is fine. Nothing
Nothing too crazy there. So you might be saying yeah, but but review brah then what's the problem?
the issue that I have
It's the thin crust
Now I myself. I don't mind thin crust pizzas at all. They don't bother me
I don't have any sort of I don't detest the thin crust pizzas or anything like that
Problem is that I don't mind if it's light
I don't mind if it's light and if it's you know, just there's not much to it, but when it gets to this type of
It gets to like you're eating the cheese and sauce on a little cracker
I'm not a fan of that, you know more often than that either prefer
Usually like the hand-tossed has a little bit of a dough to it
Also balanced with that that bake to it mate I'm fine with that. That's what I like. So
Personally, I think it's just too thin. That's my problem. It's like just very dry
not a lot of substance to it and it's like you're eating it off of a cracker and I'm not a fan of that to
Be quite honest toppings are fine
but just I
Mean I've seen places that will do something like this when a hand-tossed pizza. I think that's even how the heart-shaped pizza was
Granted from pizza different chain, but very very similar concept. So I think if they just went kind of more with their
Original just what would kind of know them for might be a bit more satisfying than that no real quick
Because I said I would
I'm gonna try out I
Got I got I got to try out one of those two olives, may as well!
Now and the pizza cutter itself is I
Mean a little dull but it gets the job done. All right. There we go. There's the olive right there
Let's put it toward the corner here and chomp away
It was about as remarkable as I thought it would be
But the pizza itself is an is a niche thing
It's not something I would say go ahead and get every single night or anything like that
But hey, it's something if you want to really get it go for it
I'd say it's like get it once for fun get it around Halloween time or whatever you would like
But from there, I would just say go with a regular pizza
it's a little bit of a hassle to slice it up and it's just a little too thin and you
Know just it's not something I would get again, you know once it's enough for me
Yeah that little um
Seasoning that they gave is like it's like garlic salt
So we'll just add a lot of salt to saltiness to to what you're eating. It's okay though for what it is
Alright price for this pizza eleven dollars. I mean out of ten, what would I give this? I
Mean, you know what the toppings are
Okay, but the biggest problem again is the fact that it's just too thin and it just doesn't work out
I'm not ban of that. They're four out of ten
I'll give it a four out of ten its gimmicky get it if you want
But I could be a little more satisfied with it and no pumpkin flavor. Just looks like a pumpkin
Whoops can sometimes be deceiving but it tastes like a pizza
So with that, that's all that I have for you
ladies and gentlemen
I'm your host the report of the week and I'll be seeing you again in a couple days with another video. Take care