Pizza Hut® Unites Pizza And Breadsticks With New Twisted Crust Pizza

PLANO, Texas, Sept. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Pizza Hut, the company that brought pizza lovers legendary products like BigFoot, the Big New Yorker, and Cheesy Bites Pizza, is introducing another epic pizza creation that finally brings pizza and breadsticks together: The Twisted Crust Pizza.

Launching Sept. 21, the large hand-tossed Twisted Crust pizza features a tearable, dippable breadstick crust served with a choice of two dipping sauces and one-topping for $11.99.

"We are not afraid to experiment with new and innovative flavor combinations for our food, but sometimes it's the most obvious innovations that amaze us the most – and Twisted Crust is an example of an innovation that has done just that," said Jared Drinkwater, vice president of marketing, Pizza Hut. "We know America loves our pizza, but we have enormous, loyal group of Pizza Hut breadstick lovers out there, too. We believe our new Twisted Crust Pizza is the ultimate flavor combination of these two popular items that consumers will absolutely love."

For added flavor, Pizza Hut is launching two new dipping sauces to accompany the Twisted Crust Pizza. The pizza will be delivered with a traditional marinara sauce for dipping and a choice of either Buffalo Ranch or a Cheddar Cheese sauce.

The Twisted Crust Pizza is available for dine-in, carryout or delivery at participating Pizza Hut locations around the country beginning Sept. 21. For more information, visit www.pizzahut.com.

About Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), delivers more pizza, pasta and wings than any other restaurant in the world. The company began 57 years ago in Wichita, Kansas, when two brothers borrowed $600 from their mom to start a pizzeria.What started out small has become the biggest pizza company in the world and today operates more than 15,600 restaurants in more than 90 countries serving innovative pizzas, traditional favorites like the signature Pan Pizza, and much more. Pizza Hut also is the proprietor of the BOOK IT!® Program, which is a long-standing children's literacy program used in more than 630,000 classrooms nationwide. For more information, visit www.pizzahut.com. Follow Pizza Hut on Facebook (www.facebook.com/PizzaHut), Twitter (www.twitter.com/pizzahut) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/pizzahut).

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