{"id":21306,"date":"2023-06-06T03:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/?p=21306"},"modified":"2024-09-26T16:58:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T23:58:40","slug":"best-frozen-pepperoni-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sporked.com\/article\/best-frozen-pepperoni-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Frozen Pepperoni Pizza for Your Next Pizza Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019re looking for the best frozen pepperoni pizza at the grocery store, you certainly have a lot of options. Apart from frozen cheese pizza<\/a>, frozen pepperoni pizza occupies the most real estate in the frozen aisle\u2014good news for fans of spicy meat, bad news for fans of spicy meat who also suffer from decision paralysis. Either way, you\u2019ve come to the right place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We recently taste tested nine frozen pepperoni pizzas to find the best. What were we looking for in a good pepperoni pizza? Lots of pepperoni, first and foremost (top quality pepperoni<\/a>, too). We tasted some really good pies that, sadly, were too sparsely covered in pepperoni (get it together, Home Run Inn, aka one of the best frozen pizza brands<\/a>). Pepperoni pizza should be meaty, spicy, and pleasantly oily\u2014I want the threat of imminent heartburn to be palpable when I eat one of these things. From thin crust pepperoni pizza to deep dish pepperoni pizza, here are the best frozen pepperoni pizzas to pick up at the grocery store. And don\u2019t forget the Tums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best Rising Crust<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

DiGiorno Rising Crust Pepperoni Pizza<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s always been funny to me that DiGiorno\u2019s tagline is \u201cIt\u2019s Not Delivery, It\u2019s DiGiorno.\u201d Like, yes. Duh. No pizzeria on planet earth makes pizza like this\u2014but that\u2019s not a dig. Sort of like McDonald\u2019s hamburgers or Taco Bell tacos, DiGiorno pizzas are their own thing altogether, especially the Rising Crust varieties. So puffy. So doughy. So unlike delivery pizza, but no less irresistible. Crust aside, I absolutely love the pepperoni DiGiorno uses. It\u2019s super smoky and flavorful, while the sauce is nice and mild. It complements the pepperoni rather than competing with it. All in all, this is one of the best pepperoni pizzas, especially if you\u2019re into a nice, puffy, totally un-pizza-like crust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: What Your DiGiorno Pizza Crust Preference Says About You<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Merc \/ Ralphs<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

8.5\/10<\/p>

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Best Deep Dish<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Motor City Pizza Co. Pepperoni<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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If you\u2019ve perused our frozen pizza rankings in the past, you know we love Motor City Pizza Co.\u2019s Detroit-style pies. They\u2019re just so good\u2014crispy around the edges, and soft and oily in the center. This pie is topped with a thick blanket of cheese with layers of pepperoni beneath it and<\/em> on top of it. It\u2019s also topped with a really healthy sprinkle of oregano, but not too much. (I don\u2019t love a lot of oregano on pizza, and this wasn\u2019t overpowering in my opinion.) It\u2019s the best frozen deep dish pizza<\/a> topped with pepperoni you can buy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: Detroit Style Pizza That Will Rev Your Engine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Merc \/ Instacart<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

9.5\/10<\/p>

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Best Thin Crust<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Red Baron Thin and Crispy<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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This was my personal favorite, and I really didn\u2019t expect that. Red Baron pizza always seemed low-rent to me (sorry!), but I keep loving their pies (and loaves\u2014their supreme French bread pizza<\/a> was our favorite). If you like Domino\u2019s thin crust pizzas, this is the best thin crust pepperoni pizza you can buy. It\u2019s practically a dupe. The crust is super crackery, but it\u2019s still buttery and indulgent. The sauce is savory and the pie is topped with plenty of pepperoni, which contribute a little bit of spice on the finish. I would buy this again in a heartbeat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: The Best Frozen French Bread Pizza: A Little Ooh La La for Your Freezer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Merc \/ Target<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

9.5\/10<\/p>

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Best of the Best<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Screamin\u2019 Sicilian Holy Pepperoni<\/strong><\/dt>\n\n\n\n
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When Screamin\u2019 Sicilian makes a frozen pepperoni pizza, they do not f*** around. And we love that. There\u2019s even a window in the pizza box so you can see how pepperoni-strewn this pie is\u2014you can\u2019t even see cheese, only pepperoni. In a previous ranking of the best frozen pizza<\/a>, we said Screamin\u2019 Sicilian tastes like arcade pizza, and that\u2019s definitely not a bad thing. It\u2019s nostalgic and harkens back to a time when you could eat whatever you wanted without shame or gastrointestinal retribution. All the same, this pie is stacked with peps, so, as I said earlier, don\u2019t forget the Tums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: Best Frozen Pizza: 10 Best Frozen Pizzas When Ordering Isn\u2019t an Option<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: Merc \/ Target<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n\n\n\n

Rating:<\/p>

10\/10<\/p>

Sporks<\/p><\/div>

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