Little Caesar's $5 pizzas are the cheapest calories you can get at any fast food restaurant

[NoTine42]

I bougHt 2 this weekend with crazy bread. It was good price though.

Look at the Moneybags, here, adding on the big money Crazy Bread.

(The Crazy bread used to be the super cheap $1.99 lunch, but since they started the $5 hot and ready, they’ve been increasing the crazy bread prices instead of the pizza)

 

[kn51]

You have to be careful to not go too far though. I know someone who got banned from olive garden pigging out on some of their unlimited pasta. He's a really skinny guy too. I don't know how he can eat so much.

That's worse than getting banned at Applebees.

 

[darkswordsman17]

I used to like Little Caesar's. When they started the Extra Most Bestest I gave them a try (hadn't had them in like 3 decades). And they were pretty good as long as you got it fresh or without sauce (which they'd have to make fresh). But then we kept getting undercooked pizzas so we stopped going there (think the last one I got was the pretzel crust and it was ok but wasn't much different from their normal crust other than had salt and butter flavor added). I'd get their thin crust but then you're getting like half the pizza and its only good fresh.

Pizza Hut isn't too terribly priced (can get 2+ medium 1 topping pizzas for $5 each, recently they've had specials for large 3 topping for $7.99). They have other stuff on the $5 menu too (double order of breadsticks, their P'zone, some pasta thing, I think wings, and some deserts). And if you love toppings they do 50% off specials pretty often (so their Lover's line is like ~$9 for a large).

Costco is tough to beat on price. Although I didn't find their pizza to be great non-fresh either. And its often really greasy (and the grease being nuclear hot). I usually just settle for a slice or two in the food court versus getting a full pizza to take.

I've recently tried a pizza from a couple of convenience store chains here since they were promoting and figured why the fuck not. QuickTrip is offering a good size (larger than the chains, but not Costco sized) pizza for $9.99. It was decent (not spectacular but pretty good, I'd put it roughly in line with a normal cheap option from Pizza Hut). Circle K's is about the same size (but less crust to theirs) special one topping for $5.99. Its closer to Little Caesar's in quality (I'd take their crust over Little Caesar, but the rest is similar I think, maybe cheaper on the cheese and pepperoni).

I think they're pretty good, actually, but yeah they gotta be fresh. Otherwise they're kinda "meh."

Their Crazy Bread is off the f'ing hook, though. So good. Oh and that butter garlic sauce (I use it for dipping the crust in) is awesome.

Did you permanently fry your taste buds so its the only way you can taste flavor? Their Crazy Bread is terrible. Its like they just put shitloads of awful flavoring into cheap overcooked breadsticks. The flavoring is fucked up too, almost like they put cilantro or something in there, where it mostly tastes like "italian herbs and spices" but then has some extra weirdness that you know isn't right.

Oh and fuck garlic butter sauce. I don't know who the fucking assholes that convinced all the pizza chains to be slathering that shit on everything for awhile there but it made pizza worse (and often even if you asked them not to put it they'd either still put it or their pans would be coated with it from cooking other pizzas so it'd still end up on your pizza), and makes leftover pizza an abomination. Garlic bread is good. Garlic butter on pizza is for people that want to pretend they're being true to pizza's origins but too cheap to order from an authentic Italian pizza place and get authentic Italian pizza. Thankfully that fad is mostly dying.

You can gar-lick my balls after I dip them in that shitty garlic sauce.

 

[kn51]

I think the person that works on the Papa John's garlic sauce works at a paint factory. You basically have to toss it into a paint can shaker to make it whole again.

 

[nakedfrog]

I used to like Little Caesar's. When they started the Extra Most Bestest I gave them a try (hadn't had them in like 3 decades). And they were pretty good as long as you got it fresh or without sauce (which they'd have to make fresh). But then we kept getting undercooked pizzas so we stopped going there (think the last one I got was the pretzel crust and it was ok but wasn't much different from their normal crust other than had salt and butter flavor added). I'd get their thin crust but then you're getting like half the pizza and its only good fresh.

Without sauce? They've barely got any sauce on them in the first place, I order them with extra sauce.

Pizza Hut isn't too terribly priced (can get 2+ medium 1 topping pizzas for $5 each, recently they've had specials for large 3 topping for $7.99). They have other stuff on the $5 menu too (double order of breadsticks, their P'zone, some pasta thing, I think wings, and some deserts). And if you love toppings they do 50% off specials pretty often (so their Lover's line is like ~$9 for a large).

I remembered liking the P'zone something like a decade ago, so I tried one when they brought it back, and wow, what an absolute disappointment. The sauce might as well have been tomato pudding for as sweet as it tasted.

Did you permanently fry your taste buds so its the only way you can taste flavor? Their Crazy Bread is terrible. Its like they just put shitloads of awful flavoring into cheap overcooked breadsticks. The flavoring is fucked up too, almost like they put cilantro or something in there, where it mostly tastes like "italian herbs and spices" but then has some extra weirdness that you know isn't right.

I'm with you on the Crazy Bread though, I don't see the appeal.

 

[JM Aggie08]

I will never turn down a $5 Little Caesar pizza...unless there is a Costco nearby.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Did you permanently fry your taste buds so its the only way you can taste flavor? Their Crazy Bread is terrible. Its like they just put shitloads of awful flavoring into cheap overcooked breadsticks. The flavoring is fucked up too, almost like they put cilantro or something in there, where it mostly tastes like "italian herbs and spices" but then has some extra weirdness that you know isn't right.

Kind of sounds like you might be thinking of Italian Cheese Bread. Crazy Bread sticks just have butter and a smattering of parmesan powder. Not much flavor to them. I can do without them.
Italian Cheese Bread is delicious, on the other hand - with seasoning and cheese, cut into rectangles.

 

[rh71]

Maybe I have it confused (with Red Baron?) - but if their pizza is the same quality as their frozen, you couldn't pay me to eat it. I was all about cheap frozen eats with low standards and even I threw away that crap they called pizza.

 

[nakedfrog]

Maybe I have it confused (with Red Baron?) - but if their pizza is the same quality as their frozen, you couldn't pay me to eat it. I was all about cheap frozen eats with low standards and even I threw away that crap they called pizza.

I think you do have it confused, no such thing as frozen Little Caesar's that I'm aware of.

 

[eng2d2]

little caesar is better than box anything. I am defending my purchase this weekend

 

[nakedfrog]

little caesar is better than box anything. I am defending my purchase this weekend

I think overall I might actually rank frozen Freschetta as equal to or better than LC, but some of that comes down to consistency (LC being a bit hit-or-miss at times).

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

little caesar is better than box anything. I am defending my purchase this weekend

Try some of these, they stomp all over little caesars:

 

[nakedfrog]

Try some of these, they stomp all over little caesars:

Overpriced at $7, definitely not better than LC in my book. They're okay on sale/with coupon.

 

[pete6032]

Has anyone had the Aldi pizzas you can get in the refrigerated section? Those are decently priced and good for what they are.

 

[Mayne]

I fucking hate little ceasars for numerous reasons.

 

[nakedfrog]

Has anyone had the Aldi pizzas you can get in the refrigerated section? Those are decently priced and good for what they are.

Are those take-and-bake style? I'd probably give that a try if they were more conveniently located.

 

[Mayne]

I quit my job and moved to another city for my nieces. First reason now...they hated everything on a pizza...so it was always cheese no sauce and no dough...that was my dinner and i wanted to kill.

 

[Mayne]

sometimes no cheese or dough or sauce.

 

[nakedfrog]

I quit my job and moved to another city for my nieces. First reason now...they hated everything on a pizza...so it was always cheese no sauce and no dough...that was my dinner and i wanted to kill.

WTF? That's not a pizza, man.

 

[RossMAN]

Back in the day (2005-ish) Little Caesars had great crazy bread or whatever they call it. We tried it recently and it's not as great.

 

[Mayne]

left my job to raise my brothers kids while he went thru a divorce. thats what bro's do. didn't expect come across little ceasars nightmare for 5 years.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Try some of these, they stomp all over little caesars:

These are what we buy, usually have 1 every week on Fridays. Overall better than delivery IMO without the grease and shit.

Honestly the best frozen brand I've had. Usually we go with their supreme or meat lovers and top it off with some more shredded cheese and red pepper. Nom nom.

 

[eng2d2]

Just ordered one tonight because no one cooks in the house. Sad existence.

 

[Raincity]

Jack and Box two Jumbo Jacks with cheese for $3 if you fill out the customer survey. 1200 calories on the cheap.

 

[Captante]

Little Caesar's will make you throw up now and later.

ftfy.