--- description: Carls Jr now testing pepperoni pizza fries in Anaheim area of Southern California title: Pepperoni Pizza Fries Are the Snack Hybrid of Your Dreams image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pepperoni Pizza Fries Are the Snack Hybrid of Your Dreams ## Video: Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s fries made of? [Watch (HLS stream): Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s fries made of?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nGOOAY0j.m3u8) (5:05)  _Published 2015-01-20. Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s fries made of?_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 7, 2015 9:26 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 7, 2015 9:26 PM CUT You’ve probably seen pizza burgers on a menu, but pizza fries? Carl’s Jr. is testing “Pepperoni Pizza Fries,” fries topped with mozzarella cheese, parmesan marinara sauce and pepperoni slices, at select locations in Southern California. But the $2.39 item is more than just a stoner’s dream. It’s also an attempt by the burger restaurant chain to appeal to male millennials, or “Young, Hungry Guys,” as a statement to TIME refers to them. (Think the demographic that drools over [“Epic Meal Time”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEQuwGqy4VU "undefined") videos.) Carl’s Jr. says the pepperoni pizza fries are piling onto the trend of “loaded fries.” Varieties that the chain has previously offered include gravy, chili cheese, bacon cheddar, and bacon ranch.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3774588/pepperoni-pizza-fries-carls-jr/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3774588/pepperoni-pizza-fries-carls-jr/"},"headline":"Pepperoni Pizza Fries Are the Snack Hybrid of Your Dreams","datePublished":"2015-04-07T21:26:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:28.150Z","description":"Carl's Jr. is appealing to pizza bros","url":"https://time.com/3774588/pepperoni-pizza-fries-carls-jr/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/3774588/pepperoni-pizza-fries-carls-jr/","name":"Pepperoni Pizza Fries Are the Snack Hybrid of Your Dreams"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Should I Eat Pizza?","description":"You might be surprised that four out of five health experts give pizza the thumbs up. But don’t be fooled: these are not greasy thumbs.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/NvpgAWn5/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-12T19:00:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NvpgAWn5.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3774588/pepperoni-pizza-fries-carls-jr/","duration":"PT1M39S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3774588/pepperoni-pizza-fries-carls-jr/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s fries made of?","description":"Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s fries made of?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/nGOOAY0j/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-20T22:40:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nGOOAY0j.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3774588/pepperoni-pizza-fries-carls-jr/","duration":"PT5M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3774588/pepperoni-pizza-fries-carls-jr/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```