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They're made of sweet dough stuffed with pepperoni slices and make for a quick and delicious bite.—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 1 May 2025 There are several pizzas to choose from, including the Güero with chicken, pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, jalapeños, chiffonade basil, and cheese.—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2025 However, research showed him that there was a specific kind of pepperoni that when baked, the outside curls up and forms a cup and the fat renders in the middle.—Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 Avena said pizzerias in Connecticut that do slices often offer only the basics, cheese and pepperoni.—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pepperoni
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Etymology
Italian peperoni cayenne peppers, plural of peperone, augmentative of pepe pepper, from Latin piper — more at pepper
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