KFC, Pizza Hut roll out new menu items to test or for limited time

KFC will test fried chicken and donuts in Virginia and Pennsylvania while Pizza Hut launches a new stuffed Cheez-It Pizza nationwide.

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Illustration picture shows the opening day of the first Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fastfood restaurant in Belgium, Wednesday 05 June 2019 in Brussels. Now KFC is testing Fried Chicken & Donuts in Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia, and Pittsburgh restaurants.

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Fried chicken and waffles, move over.

Regular stuffed crust pizza, step aside.

In today’s crazy food mash-ups news, KFC is sweetening up the Chicken Sandwich War with its test of Fried Chicken & Donuts in Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia, and Pittsburgh restaurants.

KFC’s test includes the Kentucky Fried Chicken & Donuts Sandwich with a chicken fillet between two glazed doughnuts for $5.99 and the Kentucky Fried Chicken & Donut Basket meal, with choice of chicken on the bone and a doughnut for $5.49 or $7.49 for a big basket.

Pizza Hut also announced a combination of its pizza with Cheez-It cheese snacks: Stuffed Cheez-It Pizza.

The new pizza is available nationwide for a limited time at the regular price of $6.49 and includes four baked jumbo squares that look like giant Cheez-It crackers. The squares are stuffed with cheese or pepperoni and cheese and served with marinara dipping sauce. 

Starting Sept. 24, they will be added to Pizza Hut’s $5 N’ Up Lineup and will be $6 when you buy two or more $5 N’ Up Lineup menu items.

KFC said through its pilot, it is “evaluating consumer appetite for bringing this growing food trend to its customers on a national scale.”

Read more at USAToday.com.

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