Pizza Hut is reappearing the “handheld category” with a new menu item that looks like a pizza-like sandwich.
Pizza Hut Melts are made with two folded-over slices of thin crust, melted cheese, meat and vegetables, as per a press release the chain released Tuesday, Oct. 18.
Four options are accessible for purchase now, including a Pepperoni Lover’s Melt, a Buffalo Chicken Melt, a Chicken Bacon Parmesan Melt and a Meat Lover’s Melt.
Every Pizza Hut Melt option is presented with a complementary dipping sauce, like marinara, buffalo and farm.
The Pizza Hut Melt succeeds its handheld predecessors the P’Zone, a pizza-calzone hybrid that debuted in 2002, and the P’Zolo, a pizza-sub sandwich hybrid that debuted in 2012.
“We like to say – pizza is for we, melts are for me because sometimes you want the delicious taste of pizza all for yourself without having to order and share an entire pie,” said Lindsay Morgan, Pizza Hut’s chief marketing officer, in a statement.
“With Melts, now there’s a new way to get the bold flavors of your favorite pizza – or what you might get on your favorite sandwich – just for you, whenever and wherever you want,” Morgan continued.
Partaking restaurants are selling Pizza Hut Melts for $6.99, as per the chain’s press release.
Contending non-pizza menu items in the handheld category at significant pizza chains incorporate Papa John’s Papadia, a flatbread sandwich, and Domino’s list of sub sandwiches.