Robicelli's

In Fridays post, I made mention of Matt’s #1 lifelong dream of eating at a Pizza Hut. I suppose you can argue that it’s wrong to judge a person’s dreams, or maybe it’s understandable as we’ve been tempted all our lives with their commercials, yet we don’t have real sit-down Pizza Huts in New York City to indulge our stuffed crust fantasies at.

But you know what? It’s a STUPID dream. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Regardless of my personal beliefs, I love my husband, and I promised him seven years ago that for the rest of our lives, I’d stand by him and believe in these dreams, even if they are the dumbest freaking thing that I’ve ever heard in my entire life. So a few weeks ago during a family visit out in Jersey, we had dinner in a Pizza Hut. 

I don’t think we need a full recap here. I will say that Matt found his dream “less than fulfilling”, and said that we need to maybe go to another Pizza Hut somewhere for a “Do-Over”. Perhaps that Pizza Hut will have a salad bar that doesn’t look as if it’s been hosed down with salmonella.

And then yesterday, we saw THIS:

I don’t know what to say about that. I mean, I’d love to say “This is what’s wrong with the world” or “You wonder why everyone thinks Americans are fat and lazy”, or most of all- “I REALLY don’t want to ever eat that”, but I honestly can’t. I’m totally hypnotized by this thing. And I’m wondering why the most exciting menu item at Pizza Hut I went to was small nuggets of pizza dough rolled in cheap Parmesan cheese, and Pizza Hut Middle East has…..

I don’t even know how you’re supposed to eat that! And yes, I know it’s more than likely horrible, but I can’t stop thinking about it! 

You may also remember earlier this year when I posted about how they have 10 billion different flavor varieties of many American products in other parts of the world, like Clam Chowder Doritos or Caviar Lay’s Potato Chips.  Most notably, my favorite candy of all time- KitKat- is insane overseas. Pizza Hut Middle East thew their hat into the ring with this:

I really don’t care what that does to my body. I’m positive just looking at that picture shaved 5 years off my life, and I’m totally ok with that.

Now to the point of this post: last December I received an email from a person in Saudi Arabia inquiring about how they could open a Robicelli’s franchise in Dubai. If you are still out there and read this blog, I’m sorry I said we couldn’t do it! I was probably drunk and didn’t know what I was talking about. You should TOTALLY call me and I’ll be happy to discuss business while slowly killing myself with Pizza Hut.

Also of note: This may be the first time that today’s cupcakes look like the healthiest thing on this page. 

Clockwise from front: Bourbon Caramel Apple, Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake, Caramel Macchiato, Cinnamon Bun

Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake: Pumpkin cake, cheesecake buttercream, chocolate fudge

Bourbon Caramel Apple: Apple cake, bourbon salted caramel buttercream, roasted apple, bourbon caramel drizzle

Cinnamon Bun: Cinnamon sugar spotted cake, cream cheese buttercream, cinnamon streusel, cinnamon butterscotch

Caramel Macchiato: Chocolate espresso cake, caramel macchiato buttercream, crushed chocolate espresso beans, ganache, salted caramel