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Empty Food
review well hello ladies gentlemen and
everyone watching welcome one and all to
this newest edition of The Running on
Empty Food review series I'm your host
the report of the
week great to have you here I want to
get right down to business Little
Caesars has released a new side now
Little
Caesars they a chain that at least I
regard as they release items pretty
consistently but the quality thereof is
all over the place at this point and as
far as Little Caesars goes the way that
I look at it you could get an item from
them and it's either going to blow you
away by just how good it is or it's
going to be so bad that at the very
least you'll look at the price and
you'll be thankful that at least not too
much money was wasted on it that's
usually how it goes it's either really
good or really bad but the price for the
most part of many Little Caesars
releases is a pretty fair All Things
Considered so the latest release and I
can't say greatest because I haven't
tried it yet is a new side from Little
Caesars a couple days ago they premiered
the crazy Puffs and again you'll see
pretty quickly that they're they're
small I would regard them mostly as
being a side
and here's what they are they describe
them as being pizza
puffs essentially as you'll see in a
moment it's like a little almost a bow
shaped uh
concoction that's composed of the pizza
dough it's it's puffy and it's like a
pit and then on the inside it's packed
with mozzarella cheese pepperoni pizza
sauce covered with cheese and then it
has a buttery garlic drizzle and Italian
herb and Parmesan seasoning a top so
it's supposed to be a little something
that it's supposed to be puffy it's
supposed to have that garlicky uh butter
to it and then you bite in and stuffed
inside of it is the cheese the sauce and
in this case the most popular one is
with pepperoni but they do have a
variety where instead of pepperoni there
is a three cheese blend uh the most
requests I've seen are for the pepperoni
one that seems to be the one that
they're really advertising so that's the
one that I got they come in a four piece
and for four of them the price is around
$481 so not quite $5 for four of them
although I'm sure the price will
fluctuate but again around again 480 for
about a four
piece they come in their own little box
special
branding
crazy Puffs Little
Caesars doesn't have much to say about
them on the box just the fact that once
again they are crazy
Puffs and then opening
up there they are and you'll get an even
better understanding of them as I hold
them but you could see
already kind of what they
are four of
them I could already smell the
garlic and this is what I'm talking
about now this I think gets because I
wasn't sure how sound or or solid
perhaps my description was so this is an
instance where a Picture Tells a
thousand words so you have the exterior
which is composed
of their
dough it's puffy but then on the inside
it's like carved out a little
bit
and stuffed inside is
cheese
sauce pepperoni in this case and then on
top again is that garlic
butter
seasoning or the garlic butter with the
seasoning I should say
I have a feeling that this is
either going to be pretty good or it's
going to be like all Raw on the inside
and I really hope that's not the case it
looks like it has a nice bake to it so
I'm cautiously optimistic here but uh
either way that's all that there really
is to it there is no dipping sauce and
it's going to be interesting to see if
there's really any need for it because
this is it seems to me like the sort of
item that you would think would have a
dipping sauce with it and I almost
dropped it that would that would have
been disastrous if that
happened but disaster was averted but
nonetheless be interesting to see how it
all ends up being so let's try him out
the pepperoni crazy Puffs from Little
Caesars going
in
I wanted to pause the camera just while
I ate this time around cuz I just wanted
to get right into the review I just
wanted this to be a pretty quick and uh
and rather straightforward review
so here's the
crosssection
and I think you'll find this interesting
you know to see what's sort of inside
side of it you can
see that the uh I was I was going to say
tomato for some reason you know there is
tomato sauce but see that right there is
the
pepperoni right there now that that is
some of the sauce though that is some of
the pizza sauce and then you could see
the cheese mixed throughout so you could
see that it is loaded with all this
stuff and then at the bottom there that
is the um that's like the dough the base
the sort of shell and then again stuffed
inside as that blend of the cheese the
sauce and the
pepperoni and there's a good amount of
all of that uh when I when I tried this
out
sometimes what I've noticed with the
sorts of establishments that do these
these uh sort of stuffed
items is that you'll get the ad or
you'll see the ad I should say and it'll
give the implication that it's just
going to be absolutely loaded with all
sorts of toppings and cheese and the
sauce and all of that and then you bite
in and it's mostly air right and there's
there is practically nothing in there so
I will say first and foremost that
despite the smaller size of these uh you
know it might look pretty unassuming you
might go in there you might think well
it looks small how much can there really
really be in there right you know
there's more and more places that cut
corners but I was pleasantly surprised
there were several pieces of pepperoni
on the inside uh it's it's really like
just a bite of essentially their Pizza
just loaded inside of this uh this baked
shell essentially that's uh that's
pretty much what it is and then that
leads me of course because of the
quantity of everything that's in there
that I'm trying to say is sufficient and
I would say that it is loaded with a
good amount of toppings but then of
course the most important question is
okay well it's good right it's good and
all that it has a good amount of
everything on the
inside but what does that even matter if
it doesn't taste good
right why bother then
so the the thing that I find most
analogous as far as how this tastes is
just their
pizza because you think about it the
flavor profile is almost going to be
almost identical has the same base as
their Pizza essentially I'm talking
about there um for the most part not
really they're hot and ready it reminds
me more of their deep dish pizza
especially with the base just the sort
of the sort of
uh it just reminds me of the same base
is what I'm trying to say where it's
very oily but it still has this little
lightness to it as far as the dough is
concerned and then it has the same
cheese the same sauce the same pepperoni
and the only difference is that it is
topped with that garlic uh parmesan
Italian herb blend but all things
considered it tastes very similar to
like how for the most part I would say
their deep dish pizza is where again you
taste the cheese it has that robust
sauce which I always like from a Little
Caesars I am a fan I am a proponent of
their sauce and I'm also happy to say
that there is a good amount of the sauce
inside each of these Puffs because
otherwise I was worried as is sometimes
the case especially knowing Little
Caesars that a lot of their items can be
very greasy very oily and sometimes that
could just get too much it could be to
excess so the thing that I always am a
fan of and I know I say this with every
review but it continues to hold true the
very robust flavorful tomato sauce
really helps moderate everything out and
uh it really does a nice job with some
balance and it's most welcome
so it's pretty Pleasant for what it is
the pepperoni does have a little bit of
a little bit of like a spicy note it's
salty though don't get me wrong it's
salty it's oily you can definitely taste
also that butter on the top and the
garlic as well the only criticism
because for the most part I would say
that it actually is pretty Pleasant
tasting and if you're familiar again
with what their deep dish pizza tastes
like you just add the garlic and the
butter note to it and it's very similar
to that so if you're a little Caesar
regular then essentially with that
comparison you already know what to
expect and the flavors are all
inoffensive I like the addition of the
sauce there's a good amount of
everything they're actually more filling
then again you might think based on the
smaller size and there's four of them so
factoring that in I would say it's
actually a a pretty decent
deal but the only thing to take note of
and I don't even say this as an overt uh
criticism I say it more or less as just
something to be aware of and this is
purely going to depend on your
preferences and how you like things so
here's what I
mean if you like all the
toppings having a bake to them and you
only like the pepperoni when you know
it's crisp
and has a bake to it right and you only
like the cheese when it is just totally
and fully
melted and that is the only way you
you'll you'll get things then this might
not necessarily be for you because
obviously uh when especially some of the
cheese and the pepperoni is cooked
inside you know you think of it more
analogous to again like a sort of
calzone in a sense where everything on
the inside is obviously cooked it's warm
nothing was raw I'm pleased to say
however again you'll just notice that
texturally you know the pepperoni while
cooked of course there's not going to be
any sort of bake to it there's not going
to be any sort of uh crisp to it either
you know I would say it's more of akin
to not quot not quite but sort of like a
like a deli meat of of sorts and not
some sort of ultra crispy you know
crunchy pepperoni that you would find on
top of a
pizza sometimes I think does that even
really need to be said but I wanted to
mention that anyway you know just so
that you're aware of that but despite
all of that everything is still of
course cooked on the inside I think it
tastes fine for what it is and if you're
still looking for that more crunchy
texture it's still going to be there
because again the outside has a nice
bake to it so you're still going to be
biting in and yeah things on the inside
are going to be a little soft but you
still have especially toward the top
that ring of the cheese that still has a
real nice bake to it um but all in all
for what it is not bad it's a side it's
pretty in offensive I would say I think
the Little Caesars did a uh did a fine
job with it and I do like that garlic
butter addition it's flavorful
compliments it nicely and uh all in all
it tastes good you know no sort of brand
new flavor that says wow I've never
tasted this combination from Little
Caesars before or anything like that but
it's a pleasant side and that's really
what I could say they're easy to eat
they're pretty inexpensive they're
filling and uh I think they're fine for
what they are again $4 or four of them
I'm sorry for
$481 so therefore out of 10 I am going
to be rating the pepperoni crazy Puffs
from Little Caesars I'm going to give it
a 7.4 out of 10 you know Little Caesars
they're not absolutely perfect but are
they fine for what they are absolutely
I'd say so and that's all that I have
for you thank you for watching and until
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