--- title: Papa John's Now Sells A Pizza Topped With Fritos and Chili description: "I can't believe I waited 30 years to put Fritos on a pizza" canonical: https://time.com/3549504/papa-johns-pizza-fritos-chili/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-30T21:13:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:14.009Z og:title: Papa John's Now Sells a Pizza Topped With Fritos and Chili og:description: "I can't believe I waited 30 years to put Fritos on a pizza" og:url: https://time.com/3549504/papa-johns-pizza-fritos-chili/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8436eabbd1ff9e9/6987639e3c1639fabf44f5f9/screen-shot-2014-10-30-at-4-24-54-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 4.24.54 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Papa John's Now Sells a Pizza Topped With Fritos and Chili twitter:description: "I can't believe I waited 30 years to put Fritos on a pizza" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8436eabbd1ff9e9/6987639e3c1639fabf44f5f9/screen-shot-2014-10-30-at-4-24-54-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Papa John's Now Sells a Pizza Topped With Fritos and Chili by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 30, 2014 9:13 PM UTC  YouTube by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 30, 2014 9:13 PM UTC In a new ad, Papa John himself admits he’s ashamed of something: “I can’t believe I waited 30 years to put Fritos on a pizza!” A pizza topping that surely someone must have been asking for. Right? Maybe? Well, Papa John’s CMO Bob Kraut told _Businessweek_ a chili and Fritos-topped pizza was a “no-brainer,” so clearly someone thought it was a good idea. While we have yet to try the new dish, which is being marketed to NFL watchers, the staff of [_Esquire_](http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/papa-johns-fritos-chili-pizza?src=spr%5FTWITTER&spr%5Fid=1456%5F104598326) did it for us. In the words of the publication’s Anna Peele, “Eating this pizza is like having sex with a coworker: Primarily intriguing because it’s transgressive, then instantly regrettable.” American fast-food chains have a long way to go before entering the same league as its Asian-based locations’ weird fusions —[ Pizza Hut Korea](http://time.com/3512996/pizza-hut-korea-star-edge-pizza/) literally put shrimp, calamari, bacon, steak and sausage on a pizza and then stuffed the crust with either cranberry or cinnamon apple nut and cream cheese filling — but it’s good to know America is putting its hat in the ring. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3549504/papa-johns-pizza-fritos-chili/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3549504/papa-johns-pizza-fritos-chili/"},"headline":"Papa John's Now Sells a Pizza Topped With Fritos and Chili","datePublished":"2014-10-30T21:13:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:14.009Z","description":"\"I can't believe I waited 30 years to put Fritos on a pizza\"","url":"https://time.com/3549504/papa-johns-pizza-fritos-chili/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Retail"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8436eabbd1ff9e9/6987639e3c1639fabf44f5f9/screen-shot-2014-10-30-at-4-24-54-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8436eabbd1ff9e9/6987639e3c1639fabf44f5f9/screen-shot-2014-10-30-at-4-24-54-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-10-30 at 4.24.54 PM","caption":"","creditText":"YouTube","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3549504/papa-johns-pizza-fritos-chili/","name":"Papa John's Now Sells a Pizza Topped With Fritos and Chili"}}]}] ```