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My Unsplash Pizza Photo

A close-up photo of a pepperoni pizza

My most popular pizza photo on my Unsplash page has hit 250,000 downloads! It's also over 131 million views, across a lot of popular sites. It's used on lots of BuzzFeed articles, Medium articles, Notion and Trello boards, email newsletters, and lots of other stuff. This photo is one of my proudest accomplishments related to my pizza obsession.

The photo is of a Little Caesar's Stuffed Crust Extra-Most-Bestest Pepperoni pizza, first published to Unsplash in 2018. I love pizza, photography, and open licenses, so Unsplash was a perfect place to publish some of my better photos. I plan on adding more photos there soon, I have so many that aren't openly shared yet.

Deluxe - Marco's Pizza

Photo of a pizza with pepperoni, sausage, and green peppers in a pizza box.

Decided to try Marco's again, the last time was quite a while ago. This time I went for the Deluxe pizza, with pepperoni, sausage, and green peppers. It's a pretty solid pizza, definitely something I'd recommend, but it's pretty pricey. Even with a $3 discount, my order was ~$15 after tax for a single medium pizza, which is harder to justify when the $6.99 Domino's mix-and-match deal still exists.

Great pizza though, with a good crust, good toppings, good cheese, and a lot of grease.

Totino's Ultimate - Loaded Combination

Photo of a rectangular pepperoni and sausage pizza.

This is a weird one. The Totino's Party Pizza is typically known for being a very cheap, decent pizza. Over the last few years, like most other things, it's gotten both more expensive and less great in general, costing about double what it did at the start of this blog, and with noticeably less cheese than it had before.

The value on this one is tricky, but I really like it. It's a solid pizza, and I love the convenience of being able to quickly bake it in a toaster oven. At nearly $3 though, that's rapidly approaching the ~$5 for a much larger Red Baron or Great Value pizza. When I want a cheap, fast pizza, a regular Totino's Party Pizza is close enough that I don't see myself typically spending around twice as much for a slightly better mini pizza.

It's a weird middle ground, and I don't know how I feel about the value proposition here. Great pizza though, I'd definitely recommend giving it a try!

Rao's - Brick Oven - Five Cheese Pizza

Photo of a cheese pizza with a flaky crust and some seasonings.

This is an interesting pizza for me! The crust reminds me a lot of a home-made dough my mom used to make when I was growing up, and the overall texture and flavor are great. It's simple, but refined. If you want a great cheese pizza with a flavorful, flaky crust, give this a try!

Bacon and Pineapple - Domino's Stuffed Crust

Photo of a bacon and pineapple stuffed-crust pizza in a pizza box.

The last time I tried the Domino's stuffed crust I kept it fairly simple with pepperoni and green peppers. This time I tried bacon and pineapple, a combination that sometimes works great and sometimes is only okay. This time it was good but not amazing.

I definitely prefer the previous Domino's stuffed crust I had over this one, but it was still a good pizza. Solid 7/10. I still think pineapple works best with their pan crust though.

Little Caesar's Crazy Puffs

Close-up photo of three Crazy Puffs in a cardboard box.

These are so good. Too good.

I don't really like the pepperoni ones but the cheese ones are amazing. They're definitely very unhealthy but if you eat this you know what you're getting into.

Highly recommend trying them!

Great Value Detroit Deep Dish Supreme

Photo of a deep dish supreme pizza in a paperboard baking tray.

I love a good Detroit-style deep dish pizza, and this one is pretty great! The crust is nice, the toppings are good, and I like the way the baking turned out overall. A bit crispy on the edges, overall very enjoyable.

You should give this one a try for sure if you like deep dish pizzas.

Maverik Hot Honey Double Pepperoni

Photo of a slice of hot honey double pepperoni pizza on a cardboard tray.

Following up on last week's post, I tried another option from Maverik.

This is the Hot Honey Double Pepperoni, a slight addition to their regular pepperoni. It's sweet and delicious! Definitely recommend trying it, as it's a fun unique twist on a typical pizza. I'm not sure if I'd consistently pick it over a regular pepperoni slice, but it's good.

MiDici - Pepperoni, Margherita Prosciutto

Marketing photo of a double pepperoni pizza.

Marketing photo of a margherita prosciutto pizza.

I tried a couple of new pizzas today. They're both really good; I especially liked the sauce which is sweet and flavorful. I do wish that the cheese and toppings stayed on a bit better, as it was messy and difficult to eat, but these are great pizzas.

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