America's Second-Largest Pizza Chain Has a Major New Pie

Spicy food fans can rejoice. Pizza Hut has rolled out a new menu offering that's sure to bring the heat with every bite: the Spicy Lover's Pizza.

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The new pie, available for a limited time at participating shops nationwide, has a hot marinara sauce, sliced red chili peppers, and "Fiery Flakes."

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Created for those with a "proclivity for adventurous flavors," Spicy Lover's Pizza has three variations. The Spicy Double Pepperoni has

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classic and crispy cupped pepperoni, while the Spicy Hawaiian Chicken has chicken and pineapple for a sweet and spicy taste.

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The "Lover's" pizza line—Meat, Pepperoni, and Veggie—has been expanded with the latest menu update. A press statement said Pizza

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Hut's new pie will "adapt to a new wave of pizza lovers." Customers' increased hunger for spicy cuisine and the "spicy void in the pizza space"

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The launch of Spicy Lover's Pizza comes as several pizza shops are experimenting with their menus. Little Caesars released their Batman

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Calzony in conjunction with the new Batman movie, and Mellow Mushroom released two limited-time vegan pizzas for Veganuary.

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Hungry Howie's four limited-time flatbread pizzas and Pie Five's Mike's Sticky Fingers Pizza are other recent pizza additions.

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