Pizza Hut launches 'Italian Taco' in a humorous take on Taco Bell's Mexican Pizza

According to The Street, Pizza Hut’s new menu item is channeling people's undying love for tacos and pizzas. The brand has just launched Italian Taco and many people are viewing it as a response to the super-hit Mexican Pizza by Taco Bell. But the launch comes with a humorous twist.

The Mexican Pizza has been such a success that Taco Bell has been unable to keep up with the demand and ultimately had to discontinue it. However, it is slated to return on 15 September.

Pizza Hut’s Italian Taco

As per the reporting by Brand Eating, this Pizza Hut’s Italian Taco creation would be in the form of a hand-tossed taco shell which would have a marinara sauce, melted mozzarella cheese and fillings of your choice. This is: it's basically a pizza folded in the shape a taco.

The photo accompanying the 'launch' shows a hand holding a pizza from Pizza Hut which has been folded in the shape of a taco. Clearly, the photo was meant to poke fun at other combinations of taco and pizza while presenting a fresh view on existing menu items.

The Street quoted Pizza Hut's statement that said,

The best part? This nearly unbelievable innovation will never run out.

The Italian Taco has been here and will be here forever.

Pizza Hut’s discontinued Taco Pizza

However, Pizza Hut did have something akin to an Italian Taco in its 1980s era menu. According to Mashed,Pizza Hut'sTaco Pizza was first introduced in 1979, where the pizza combined the best of two words: having all the qualities of a yummy taco with lettuce, diced tomatoes, shredded cheddar cheese, and ground beef, which was eaten on a delicious pizza dough.

The article mentioned the discontinued item as one of Pizza Hut classics that need to be brought back. It seems that this has been the general opinion of most Pizza Hut fans.

The Street writes that the Taco Pizza was in fact given pride of place in many Pizza Hut commercials through the 1980s and it even has a Facebook group dedicated to it, called ‘Bring Back the Taco Pizza.’

Sources used:

'Pizza Hut Turns to Discontinued 1980s Classic For Inspiration', The Street,

'Discontinued Pizza Hut Items We Miss The Most', Mashed,

'Pizza Hut Reveals "Italian Taco" Because It's Always Been There', Brand Eating

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