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Crazy Puffs, introduced in 2024, are handheld pizza pockets with mozzarella cheese, optional pepperoni and sauce, topped with garlic butter and herbs.—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 The pizza chain offers a litany of pies, ranging from cup-and-char pepperoni and Texas Barbecue to All-In Stuffed Crust and Spanish Garlic Chicken.—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 7 May 2026 Cut back on meats with nitrites, such as beef jerky, bacon, pepperoni and deli meats.—Eva Flowe
updated May 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026 And for many, the dish is defined as cheesy, tomatoey, thin-crust pies topped with sausage or pepperoni and cut tavern style.—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for pepperoni
Word History
Etymology
Italian peperoni cayenne peppers, plural of peperone, augmentative of pepe pepper, from Latin piper — more at pepper