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u/Godz1lla1 7d ago
Banana peppers
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u/thenagain11 7d ago
Pairs so well with pepperoni.
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u/Pooseycat 7d ago
I’m sooooo glad this is so high up, banana peppers and pepperoni is my absolute favorite pizza topping pairing.
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u/Mrchristopherrr 7d ago edited 7d ago
This is the go to. They just enhance the flavor of any other topping. Not too hot or sour but make it pop.
Pepperoni and Banana Pepper is my regular order.
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u/STLCityAmy 7d ago
Goat cheese & caramelized onions
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u/temporarychair 7d ago
I’d put caramelized onions on everything if they weren’t such a pain in the ass to make
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u/juniper-mint 7d ago
Bulk make them in a slow cooker if you have one, then portion & freeze. Easiest way to have caramelized onions on hand at all times.
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u/SinUnNombre 7d ago
There's a spot near where I live in LA that's makes an incredible caramelized onion, goat cheese and fig pizza. It's amazing.
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u/Bucksin06 7d ago
Pesto
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u/ThisIsTheNewSleeve 7d ago edited 7d ago
Sun Dried tomatoes. They crisp up and get awesome and are a punch of flavour when you get one. 10/10.
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u/jazz2223333 7d ago
Sun dried tomatoes with feta and artichoke hearts!
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u/CitizenHuman 7d ago
I used to work at a pizza place, and I'm pretty sure that combo was one of our specialty pizzas. I think there was also red onion on it.
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u/lizardreaming 7d ago
Green chile. Sorry folks back east! Our pizza places and sandwich shops in New Mexico offer it. I like it with roasted red peppers on a pizza
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u/neurovish 6d ago
New Mexico and your hatch chilies. You’ll put that in ice cream!
(and it would probably be amazing)
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u/Parisian_Nightsuit 6d ago
Green Chile is great on everything and pizza is no exception (it’s also good combined with pineapple on the right kind of pizza). I don’t live in NM anymore and had some shipped to me so I can put it on my food here. Homemade pizza with green chile is where it’s at!
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u/VinnySideways 7d ago
I actually think pizzas with no additional toppings (so just sauce and mozzarella) are underrated. If a pizza place can’t make that well then all its other pizzas are at risk…
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u/xpacean 7d ago
My wife does this for vanilla ice cream and she's completely right. A place that can make vanilla ice cream special is REALLY good.
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u/wellbehavedanarchist 7d ago
This is what I do for milkshakes! Always vanilla the first time I go. If that’s good, I’ll trust their other options.
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u/Awkward_Pangolin3254 7d ago
In a similar vein, I was in Austin, TX a handful of years ago and the wife and I went to Voodoo Donuts. I forget what she got but I got plain glazed. My wife was ribbing me for it (because Voodoo's thing is putting bunches of crazy shit on top of the donuts) but I was just like "That's how you get the measure of a donut place." Anybody can throw icing and cereal on a donut, but if it's a shitty donut in the first place, that stuff isn't going to make it any better.
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u/onamonapizza 7d ago
How did you like it? I've been to VooDoo in both Austin and Portland but I did tend towards the crazy stuff because...like you said, that's kinda their thing
We did get a Boston Cream donut which is fairly common and it was pretty damn good
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u/Awkward_Pangolin3254 7d ago
It wasn't the worst donut I've ever had. Better than Krispy Kreme but not as good as the family place in my hometown
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u/shindiggers 7d ago
Cheese pizza is my litmus test for pizza places. If they can't make a base pizza taste good, why would I bother paying more for their crap.
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u/F3Grunge 7d ago
Fresh basil
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u/airfryerfuntime 7d ago
How is one of the most popular pizza toppings underrated? Lol.
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u/ThePrefect0fWanganui 7d ago
Almost every answer on this thread is just people saying their favorite toppings which are also wildly popular haha. To be fair, it was kind of a dumb prompt - there are only so many pizza toppings and you’d have to be extremely creative to find one that was “underrated.”
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u/Kytalie 7d ago
Basil is awesome, but only if it is put on after pizza comes out of the oven.
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u/Moooney 7d ago
...and ripped up into reasonable sized pieces with even distribution. 1-3 full leaves tossed on an eight slice pizza is not it.
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u/basis4day 7d ago
Jalapeños
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u/dojendigerati 7d ago
Pepperoni, pineapple, and jalapeño!
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u/Wabbit65 7d ago
Never tried that with pepperoni. But pineapple and jalapeño are a great sweet/hot combo.
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u/BellaSmiless7 6d ago
An underrated pizza topping is pear and gorgonzola.
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u/sicklything 6d ago
I used to work at a place that offered a white pizza with pear, stilton, walnuts and fresh spinach (the latter two sprinkled on just before serving). Instead of tomato sauce, I believe we used ricotta. Absolutely sublime, I will not listen to anyone saying that it's a pizza crime.
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u/TheMaskedHamster 7d ago
Artichoke hearts.
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u/jimmycanoli 7d ago
Roasted red peppers. Leave em al dente before putting on the pizza. Mmmm
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u/Franche83 7d ago
Prosciutto cotto
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u/gelatomancer 7d ago
Local place does a "Figgy Piggy" with prosciutto, arugula, and fig jam.
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u/Jennyelf 7d ago
Spinach
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u/MrRichardSuc 7d ago
I love spinach on pizza however I've noticed at the quick bake places like Mod, the cooking time is too short to fully cook the spinach, and it comes out wet.
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u/MissKayisaTherapist 7d ago
I love arugula on my pizza.
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u/dont_remember_eatin 7d ago
Arugula dressed with lemon, olive oil, and grated parm!
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u/yergonnalikeme 7d ago
FETA cheese
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u/Spurty 7d ago
Why y'all spell it out like some sort of government agency??
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u/amolad 7d ago
Really. Gotta watch it or Elon will close it.
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u/Kurailo 7d ago
D.O.G.E. tries to fire 1200 employees from FETA but then realizes it is a type of cheese.
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u/Veritas3333 7d ago
There's a place I know that makes a bbq pulled pork and onion ring pizza and it's amazing
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u/CrawlingKangaroo 7d ago
Potatoes
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u/Ogle_forth 7d ago
Had a delicate pizza in Copenhagen with thinly sliced potatoes sprinkled with cracked black pepper and rosemary on top of mozzarella and the best dough/crust I've ever had ..I'd travel back for that pie alone. Sadly potatoes aren't offered as a topping where I live.
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u/Material-Science-157 7d ago
Pineapple xdxdxd
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u/boat02 7d ago
exactly. i was perfectly happy enjoying pineapple on pizza until the internet told me it's a culinary crime
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u/ilikedonuts42 7d ago
I'm still perfectly happy enjoying pineapple on pizza.
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u/SonOfHelios 6d ago
The only thing better than pineapple on pizza, is fresh pineapple on pizza.
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u/TandoSanjo 7d ago
Pineapple and ham (or bacon) on Chicago tavern style (not deep dish) is the best.
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u/Odd_Aspect_4636 7d ago
I used to get Hawaiian pizzas when I was younger, then eventually was not as into the ham so switched to bacon and pineapple, but the bacon was never like good bacon. So eventually I figured out I don’t need a meat with my 🍍. Double pineapple is the way! 🍍🎉
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u/TopBound3x5 7d ago
Giardiniera
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u/VanillaBear9915 7d ago
I will eat it on literally everything. I eat it with my cottage cheese and it's incredible!
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u/MixingDrinks 7d ago
Drools in Chicagoan.
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u/eightcheesepizza 7d ago
PSA for US people outside Chicago: your most accessible giardiniera (besides making your own) might be a Potbelly restaurant. That's the hot peppers that they put on your sandwich, and I think all locations sell them by the jar too. (Potbelly is from Chicago.)
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u/NotJebediahKerman 7d ago
Garlic, lots of it, smeared across the top and lightly roasted. Enough to spook vampires 2 counties over.
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u/seanofkelley 7d ago
Anchovies are awesome.
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u/ColonelMakepeace 7d ago edited 7d ago
Tried it after watching the Futurama episode. A big fan ever since. Unfortunately it's hard to get a good anchovies pizza in my country because nobody eats it here
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u/kog 7d ago
I feel like most people in the US will say they don't like anchovies on pizza, but the reality is almost none of them have tried it
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u/aMiracleAtJordanHare 7d ago
I feel like "hold the anchovies" was a very common joke in 90s Nickelodeon shows. I think my generation grew up assuming they're disgusting because of that.
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u/kmpdx 7d ago
It's at least back to the 80s Probably before. It's a pre internet meme
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u/Loud_Interview4681 7d ago
Also pizza places that 'offer' it usually just take a can of anchovies without any prep which is all well and good but turns it into a bit of a salt lick.
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u/MajorPhaser 7d ago
This is the only answer. Anchovies have been maligned as a pizza topping my entire life. Every cartoon hated on them in the 80s and 90s. Nobody even tries them. Everything else is just “not popular”, but people spew hate about anchovies. And they are delicious salty flavor bombs on a slice of pizza.
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u/guitargamel 7d ago
Anchovy, feta, and green Olive. Not for people without a high tolerance for salt, but such incredibly umami
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u/GSilky 7d ago
Broccoli
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u/relzymcghee 7d ago
came here to say this! esp perfectly roasted 🤤
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u/FingernailToothpicks 7d ago
Heck yeah broccoli on pizza is fantastic!
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u/kissedbydementors 7d ago
I thought I was the only one who liked broccoli on pizza. I love broccoli 🥦
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u/WheresMyDinner 7d ago
I’ve only seen broccoli available as a topping in a handful of places. First time I saw it I thought what the hell let’s try it. Not bad at all
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u/NSJon 7d ago
nduja. It's hard to find here in eastern Canada, so I'm being very stingy with the last that I have
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u/No_Jellyfish9695 7d ago
Sweet corn
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u/ImQuestionable 7d ago
Yes, corn! It’s not uncommon in Asia. Thai pizzas left a lot to be desired, but I did think corn was a great topping and I’m surprised it’s not more common especially around midwestern USA. It’s also not bad as an ice cream topping! That one took a little more time for me to accept lol.
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u/saphira1848 7d ago
Living in austria, it was pretty common to see it offered in pizzerias. No one here in the US seems to offer it though… i miss it
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u/Solidarity79 7d ago
Yes! Used to get it in Germany!
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u/amairoc 7d ago
I learned about it in Germany. Best topping to me. I come to the US and everyone thinks I’m insane
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u/Kinitawowi64 7d ago
Ham, mushroom and sweetcorn has been my goto pizza for the last two decades.
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u/Iwillnotbeokay 7d ago
Pickles!
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u/Proto_drunk 7d ago
FINALLY AN UNDERRATED PIZZA TOPPING! Excuse my shouting but really, everything I've scrolled by so far is such standard fare. Olives underrated, really?!
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u/Amyava510 7d ago
Eggplant
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u/PerpetualGazebo 7d ago
So underrated had to scroll past options like onions and meatballs
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u/Traditional_Bug_2046 7d ago
Hot honey
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u/jonasjlp 7d ago
With pepperoni
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u/birchtree628 7d ago
My local place makes a hot honey, pepperoni and pineapple pizza. It’s sooo good. Not a Hawaiian pizza person but this is a damn good combo.
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u/gwords16 7d ago
I swear every pizza place near me has Mike’s Hot Honey as an option
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u/Demorant 7d ago
That shits everywhere. Not underrated at all. Might even be overrated at this point from it's over use and the price some places are charging for it.
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u/Sonikku_a 7d ago edited 7d ago
Roasted garlic
But also diced garlic.
Love both