Chocolate pizza
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Chocolate pizza is a type of pizza prepared using chocolate as a primary ingredient.[1] Various styles and preparation techniques exist. Chocolate pizza may be prepared as a dessert dish and as a savory dish. Some companies specialize in chocolate pizzas.
Preparation
Some chocolate pizzas incorporate chocolate into the pizza dough.[2][3] Chocolate pizza may be served as a sweet, dessert-style dish,[4][5] or as a savory dish that includes chocolate. Chocolate pizza may be prepared using cooking chocolate as a spread before baking in the oven. Another variety is the use of a hazelnut spread after the pizza is baked.[5] Chocolate pizza preparations have included icing sugar, banana, strawberries,[5] marshmallows,[5] sprinkles,[5] smarties, white chocolate chips and sometimes even ice cream.[6]
History
Chocolate pizza combines chocolate and pizza, two popular ingredients among school-aged children.[7] The confluence of pizza and chocolate developed in parallel in several Western countries and has become a dessert purveyed in franchise and chain restaurants.[citation needed]
Chocolate pizza is also known as a Valentine's Day,[8][9] Easter[10] and Christmas holiday[11] treat.[12]
In Italy, pairing pizza with sweet flavors is very rare and considered "whimsical". Despite this norm, pizza bianca, stuffed with Nutella is sometimes eaten.[13]
Companies
Chocolate Pizza Company in the United States specializes in Chocolate Pizza.[14] The company's headquarters is in Marcellus, New York.[15] The Gourmet Chocolate Pizza Company in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, England, purveys chocolate pizza prepared with Belgian chocolate.[16] These are dessert chocolate pizzas that are cold, with the chocolate shaped as a pizza.[17][16] The Papa Murphy's take-and-bake pizza company purveys a S'mores Dessert Pizza, which is prepared with chocolate chips, marshmallows and a topping.[12]
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