Cheesy Bites Pizza
Rare revivals only. The original run was a 2006 limited-timer; it has come back in 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 and most recently March 2025 — always with an expiration date.
Last verified Nov 7, 2026
Pizza Hut ringed its pizza with pull-apart, cheese-stuffed bites and launched it in January 2006 behind a $50 million Super Bowl campaign. It was designed as a limited-time stunt — and became a recurring houseguest.
Filed under: Fast Food · the ’00s & later
📅 Timeline
- 2006Launched January 22 as a limited-time offer at $11.99, backed by a $50 million Super Bowl campaign — Pizza Hut's big product push of the year.
- 2007Back by January 29 — trade press reported the original as "record-selling" and the chain's most successful new-product introduction.
- 2012Returned in April with the "pull, dip and pop" campaign; further encores followed in 2014, 2015 and 2018.
- 2019Returned June 17, billed as "back by popular demand."
- 2025Returned March 26. Pizza Hut's own announcement dates the original to February 2006; contemporaneous trade coverage says January 22.
❓ People also ask
Is Cheesy Bites Pizza still available?
Only when Pizza Hut feels like it. The original 2006 run was a limited-time offer, and it has returned roughly every few years since — 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 and most recently March 2025.
When did the Cheesy Bites Pizza come out?
January 22, 2006, as a limited-time Super Bowl season offer at $11.99. Pizza Hut's later announcements round that to February 2006.
🧾 Sources
- Pizza Marketplace, Pizza Hut launches new Cheesy Bites Pizza (2006)
- Pizza Marketplace, Pizza Hut's Cheesy Bites Pizza returns for Super Bowl (2007)
- Franchising.com (Pizza Hut release), Back by popular demand: Cheesy Bites Pizza (2019)