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The menu includes everything from traditional cheese and pepperoni to their take on pineapple and meat-lovers pizzas.—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2026 Bar bites including pepperoni chips, personal pies and signature hot chicken wings are also $8 a pop.—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026 Attendees also get bubbles and pepperoni rolls to snack on before the big drop.—Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025 There was also an unhinged Italian hoagie recipe, consisting of pepperoni, shredded mozzarella, raw garlic, mushrooms, and black olives.—Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 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