DiGiorno For One Garlic Bread Crust Supreme Pizza

May 23, 2008 | Reviewer: Abi

DiGiorno For One Garlic Bread Crust Supreme Pizza Price: Free from DiGiorno
Serving: 1 pizza, 10.2oz.
Servings per box: 1
Calories: 850
Fat: 68%, 44g
Cholesterol: 17%, 50mg
Sodium: 60%, 1450mg
Protein: 30g
Carbohydrates: 27%, 82g
Fiber: 20%, 5g
Sugar: 13g
Weight Watchers Points: 20 Points

DiGiorno says: Crust that’s crispy on the outside, soft & tender on the inside and loaded with big, juicy toppings. And, it’s ready in less than 5 minutes.(Pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, red peppers, onions)

Abi says: A certain reviewer on Heat Eat Review once had trouble telling guys that she just wasn’t that in to them. In one instance she told a guy that she was sick, only to go out with friends and run into that same guy. In a bar. The bar across the street from her house.

While she’s claimed to have learned her lesson, I have little doubt that the promotion accompanying this pizza could very well come in handy in her future dating exploits. She could can use DiGiorno’s people-avoidance technology to set up a handy excuse for bailing on a bad date.

But is it worth potential negative karma to use such evasive maneuvers? I say ‘no’ in the case of this pizza. Sure, DiGiorno got over the whole ‘We can make it rise in the microwave!‘ obsession, but they replaced that with conflicting flavor profiles.

When I first removed it from the packaging I thought that I’d somehow received a pesto pizza in the wrong box. It turns out that this pesto-looking layer is actually the ‘Garlic Bread’ base for the pizza. I find the whole pizza that is also another bread product amusing in an ‘Only in America’ sort of way. It is as though we can’t justify eating pizza and garlic bread so we combine the two and call it a meal. For one.

I was a bit apprehensive about putting such a potentially messy item into my microwave with only the crisping tray as protection, but the box didn’t say anything about placing a plate under the crisping tray, so I thought I was safe. That thinking was incorrect. When I opened the microwave later that night I was confronted with the scent of insane garlic oil and the congealed sheen of whatever hydrogenated fats they’re using on the pizza. Even though I scrubbed the microwave’s rotating glass plate, I still enjoyed the aroma of garlic with multiple other microwaved products. This is fine for vegetables. It is not okay for an apple turnover.

The pizza itself was fantastically decadent, most similar to a pizza that one would get from Pizza Hut: full of fat and cheese, with a few lumps of sausage and not quite enough pepperoni and a smattering of vegetables. While the descriptor ‘Supreme’ applies to the fat content on this pizza and adequately describes the variety of toppings, I am still not pleased with the ratio of insane amounts of (pretty good) pizza crust to very few toppings. But did I turn away from the pizza? Did I say ‘Sorry pizza, but I’d rather be out socializing than here eating you?’ No, I consumed it with relish.

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11 Responses to “DiGiorno For One Garlic Bread Crust Supreme Pizza”

Corey V. on May 23rd, 2008

What kind of relish did you pair with it? That kind of seems weird.
go309 on May 23rd, 2008

^Please tell me the above comment is a serious one.
Also, 44 grams of fat- eesh.
SideshowJill on May 23rd, 2008

That pizza is so tiny!
betty Woj. on May 23rd, 2008

Was a huge disappointment! Threw most of it away and left me hungry. Baked it per directions, even a little more, and it was gooey in the middle and could not eat it. Never would buy this one again. I always love the DiGiorno Thin Crust large pizza–not the self-rising one.
Abi Jones on May 23rd, 2008

@Corey V. - Very punny.

@go309 - No, he’s joking.

@SideshowJill - I didn’t quite convey the height of the pizza. But yeah, it is pretty small.

@betty Woj. - This personal pizza is tiny so it would leave anyone hungry if they tossed most of it. I think you may have confused this pizza size and others. These new pizzas aren’t self-rising, so that soggy crust issue isn’t a problem.
Red on May 23rd, 2008

I hope no one is using this as a way to control portions with 850 calories!

There seems to be a lot of “pizza for one” products coming out, for example by California Pizza kitchen as well. I wonder how this compares.
IE on May 23rd, 2008

The only decent frozen pizza i’ve had is the California Pizza Kitchen thick crust bbq chicken
bj on May 23rd, 2008

IE, you have to try pizzamore. They are delish.

And just a note…the review itself says 3 stars, but it is filed under 4 stars.
Abi Jones on May 24th, 2008

@Red - The CPK Pizza for One products are actually being released at the same time, but with a slightly different ad campaign.

@IE - I second bj’s opinion on the Freschetta brand. They’ve certainly bested DiGiorno when it comes to good traditional pizza styles.

@bj - Thanks! The correction was made. I gave the entire thing 4 stars. It isn’t something I’ll ever buy again, but it was definitely the most impressive pizza to ever come out of my microwave.
Jessica on May 26th, 2008

Really?? 850 Cals 60% of my daily sodium & 44 Grams of fat? Hell, sign me up for a Big Mac and a bypass. Life is short, right? Might as well make it shorter.
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