--- title: Pizza Hut Offers Stuffed Garlic Knot Crust Pizza description: Tt's not quite as decadent as KFC's pizza with a fried chicken crust. canonical: https://time.com/4195819/pizza-hut-garlic-knot-crust/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-27T16:54:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:18.343Z og:title: Pizza Hut Is Now Selling Pizza With Garlic Knots as the Crust og:description: The garlic knots are stuffed with cheese, obviously og:url: https://time.com/4195819/pizza-hut-garlic-knot-crust/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a0aa27d0cfb39fc/69887ac3a988ca641d6b64c5/garlicknot.jpeg?branch=production&width=680&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 680 og:image:height: 383 og:image:alt: Pizza Hut Stuffed Garlic og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pizza Hut Is Now Selling Pizza With Garlic Knots as the Crust twitter:description: The garlic knots are stuffed with cheese, obviously twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a0aa27d0cfb39fc/69887ac3a988ca641d6b64c5/garlicknot.jpeg?branch=production&width=680&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Pizza Hut Is Now Selling Pizza With Garlic Knots as the Crust > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 27, 2016 4:54 PM UTC  Pizza Hut introduces new Stuffed Garlic Knots Pizza, combining an appetizer and pizza all in one (PRNewsFoto/Pizza Hut) Pizza Hut introduces new Stuffed Garlic Knots Pizza, combining an appetizer and pizza all in one (PRNewsFoto/Pizza Hut) PRNewsFoto/Pizza Hut by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 27, 2016 4:54 PM UTC Back in June, Pizza Hut debuted the greasy monstrosity known as the [Hot Dog Bites Pizza](http://time.com/3917555/pizza-hut-hot-dog-pizza/), which was a pie with pigs-in-a-blanket as the crust. Now, the chain is back with another over-the-top invention: the Stuffed Garlic Knots Pizza. This pizza [features](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/knot-your-average-pizza-the-all-new-pizza-hut-stuffed-garlic-knots-pizza-is-an-appetizer--pizza-all-in-one-300208824.html) 16 cheese-stuffed garlic knots around the perimeter and comes with marinara dipping sauce. It costs $12.99 and is available for a limited time, so you should probably get moving if you want to get your hands on this bad boy. You may recall that Jon Stewart had some really, uh, [graphic things ](http://time.com/3924402/pizza-hut-hot-dog-pizza-jon-stewart/)to say about that hot dog pizza, so we’re definitely curious what he thinks about the garlic knot version. Either way, it’s not quite as decadent as KFC’s pizza with [a fried chicken crust](http://time.com/3951289/krc-fried-chicken-crust-pizza-kfchizza/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4195819/pizza-hut-garlic-knot-crust/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4195819/pizza-hut-garlic-knot-crust/"},"headline":"Pizza Hut Is Now Selling Pizza With Garlic Knots as the Crust","datePublished":"2016-01-27T16:54:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:18.343Z","description":"The garlic knots are stuffed with cheese, obviously","url":"https://time.com/4195819/pizza-hut-garlic-knot-crust/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a0aa27d0cfb39fc/69887ac3a988ca641d6b64c5/garlicknot.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6a0aa27d0cfb39fc/69887ac3a988ca641d6b64c5/garlicknot.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pizza Hut Stuffed Garlic","caption":"Pizza Hut Stuffed Garlic","creditText":"PRNewsFoto/Pizza Hut","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/4195819/pizza-hut-garlic-knot-crust/","name":"Pizza Hut Is Now Selling Pizza With Garlic Knots as the Crust"}}]}] ```