This Is Happening: The Philly Cheesesteak Pretzel

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This Is Happening: The Philly Cheesesteak Pretzel

POSTED: Friday, May 14, 2010, 6:06 PM

Filed Under: Weird Regional Foods

This coming Monday, May 17, all 100+ Philly Pretzel Factory locations are launching this thing. It is a cheesesteak stuffed inside a soft pretzel. It is called the "Cheesesteak Pretzel." There's not much more to say other than that on May 24, all PPFs will give them out for free from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. That's about a week and a half from now, which leaves you plenty of time to think about how this is going to change your life.

danya

Posted 2010-05-14 13:11:18

How do they get the cheesesteak inside the pretzel? Did they borrow machinery from a Twinkie factory?

Drew Lazor

Posted 2010-05-14 13:14:07

I'm not sure I want to know...

John Q.

Posted 2010-05-14 13:53:28

Looks like a hot pocket, wretch.  Who is making it for them?

Michelle C.

Posted 2010-05-14 14:36:58

At first I thought, "yum!" 

A few seconds later I thought, "gross."

Gross.  Final answer.

Paul Curci

Posted 2010-05-14 15:02:48

So much for fighting childhood obesity with a sugar tax.

deeney

Posted 2010-05-14 17:30:48

One of the Amish vendors in the Reading Terminal sells these, they are little tubes full of sex for your tastebuds.

mcr

Posted 2010-05-14 18:57:43

where did they steal this idea from, like every other one.

Umaguma

Posted 2010-05-14 21:33:10

Look at that sucker man. Everything depends on the cheese they use. The pretzel looks like it could stand to be somewhat thicker. I'd try one but I can't promise to get the whole thing down. Maybe we'll see 'em at Wing Bowl.

Alex

Posted 2010-05-19 00:42:36

"It could stand to be somewhat thicker. I'd try one but I can't promise to get the whole thing down."

That's what she said.

Drew Lazor

Posted 2010-05-19 10:55:01

HEYOOOOOOOOO

gourmand jk

Posted 2010-05-24 13:37:16

Just got my free one.  I'd say that the wayyy shorter line than what I heard about for the 500 degrees giveaway correlates with the hot-pocket-like quality.  Don't think I'd pay $3.50 for this.

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