I hate having to provide my own sauce but it worked. The latter was the big winner and had a nice American cheese base and complemented the hot dog perfectly. I tried it with marinara first, then with ketchup, and then with cheese sauce. My Pizza Hut informed me that I got their first one today. When I tried the same sequence without mustard, the marinara/pepperoni/hot dog wasn’t as jarring, but cohesion of complementing flavors was lacking. I couldn’t help but be turned off by a bite including marinara sauce and pepperoni followed by a bite with mustard. This knock is more against yellow mustard anywhere near pizza rather than yellow mustard on a hot dog. The French’s Classic Yellow Mustard product tie-in is nice from a marketing perspective only and I doubt it would be a popular dipping sauce choice (a better promo would be mini mustard bottles instead of just a dipping sauce container). For me, I like this flavor combination on a standard hot dog in a hot dog bun and since these hot dog bites are too reminiscent of pigs in a blanket, I don’t really feel mustard helps improve the meal in any way. The mini hot dogs work just fine on their own without the need of a dipping sauce, but you’ve got plenty of choices besides yellow mustard on the Pizza Hut menu. So, how’s the mustard? I guess the appropriate thing to consider here is whether or not you like yellow mustard on your hot dog. The hot dog bites are meaty enough to stand out as a nice side item but as a pizza crust, it’s pure novelty. I liked the pizza and I liked the hot dog bites… just not together.

The problem I found personally was with the flavors. The hot dog bites were pretty easy to pull apart from the pizza yet secure enough to provide a sturdy end crust so it’s not as odd to eat as you’d think. Think of the crust as a bread shell with a smooth outer coat and soft, chewy center.

It’s got a bagel dog vibe to it and that’s a great thing. The crust is kind of like pigs in a blanket, but not like a flaky croissant dough and not like typical pizza crust either. There were 4 bigger pizza slices with 4 hot dog bites each and 4 smaller pizza slices with just 3 hot dog bites each. That gives you an average of 3.5 hot dog bites per slice, so instead of 3.5 hot dog bites for each slice you’re left with some slices that are bigger than others. There are 28 hot dog bites within the pizza crust and traditionally you’ve got 8 slices to a pizza.

Does the pizza/hot dog combo work? I say the individual parts are just fine, yet the overall product itself is disjointed and a little confusing.

Doggo bites hot dog game