Pizza Hut is offering deep-fried frog pizza in China

Chris Morris

<p>Forget the debate on whether pineapple should be on top of a pizza. How do you feel about bullfrogs?</p><div class="paywall-selector"></div><div class="paywall">



<p>Chinese Pizza Hut locations are offering a special pie, which <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/china-pizza-hut-frog-fried-new-menu-b2650994.html">features a deep-fried frog</a>, along with a hard-boiled egg, cut in half, and two black olives. It’s all served atop a bed of parsley in red sauce on a thick crust. The egg halves and the olives are positioned so as to replicated the amphibian’s eyes.</p>



<p>The protein-heavy pizza is called the “goblin pizza” and was reportedly launched in a collaboration with the Dungeons &amp; Dragons fantasy game.</p>



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Per <a href="https://twitter.com/technomic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Technomic</a> Global Navigator, in proof that other countries/cultures prefer different types of proteins, Pizza Hut is offering a pizza topped with a frog for a limited time offer in China &#8211; and frog is trending.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/restaurant?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#restaurant</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/menutrends?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#menutrends</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/menu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#menu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/global?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#global</a> <a href="https://t.co/PYgPfQhSvp">https://t.co/PYgPfQhSvp</a> <a href="https://t.co/YvhG9eEYrg">pic.twitter.com/YvhG9eEYrg</a></p>&mdash; David Henkes (@davidhenkes) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidhenkes/status/1859273718758768864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



<p>No word, just yet, on how the goblin pizza pairs with Pizza Hut’s <a href="https://fortune.com/2024/11/19/pizza-hut-tomato-wine/">recently released tomato wine</a>.</p>



<p>Social media reaction to the pie was…pretty much exactly what you’d expect.</p>



<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PizzaCrimes/comments/1gv3zcw/deep_fried_frog_pizza_by_pizza_hut_china/">One Redditor labeled it</a> “pure blasphemy.” Another declared it a “pizza felony” and one insisted “whoever made that pizza should go to a gulag.”</p>



<p>“I’m fine with frog, but bones do not belong on pizza,” said another user.</p>



<p>Pizza Hut hardly has the sole claim to <a href="https://fortune.com/2015/04/25/weirdest-craft-beers/">stunt foods</a>. <a href="https://fortune.com/company/kfc/" target="_blank">KFC</a>, a few years ago, put “<a href="https://fortune.com/2015/08/11/kfc-pink-burgers/">pink and black burgers</a>” up for sale in China. And Burger King <a href="https://fortune.com/2015/06/17/burger-king-red-burger/">offered a red hamburger</a> in Japan.</p>



<p>And they’re not just limited to overseas locations. In years past, McDonald’s has offered pumpkin-spiced French fries, while Burger King rolled out the Whopperito. And Pizza Hut, in 2015, put a <a href="https://fortune.com/2015/06/10/pizza-hut-hot-dog/">hot-dog stuffed crust</a> pizza up for sale in the U.S. (It didn’t catch on.)</p></div>

Pizza Hut offers deep-fried frog pizza in China.

Pizza Hut selling deep-fried frog pizza in China

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