PLANO, Texas, May 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Pizza Hut, the pizza
restaurant company that serves and delivers more pizzas and
desserts than any other pizza company in the world, is making it
easier than ever to savor the traditional campfire s'mores flavor,
thanks to the new Hershey's Toasted S'mores Cookie,
delivered directly to your door.
Available for a limited time beginning May 23, the Hershey's Toasted S'mores
Cookie combines the familiar flavors of a classic campfire treat –
s'mores – without leaving the comforts of home. The new cookie
features the Ultimate Hershey's Chocolate Chip Cookie topped
with toasted mini marshmallows, chunks of Hershey's Milk
Chocolate Bar and graham cracker pieces, all for just $6.99.
"The new Hershey's Toasted S'mores Cookie builds on our
history of innovative, delicious desserts, and brings familiar
flavors together into one quality dessert that everyone will gather
around the table – or campfire – to enjoy," said Jared Drinkwater, vice president of marketing,
Pizza Hut.
The eight-inch Hershey's Toasted S'mores Cookie is the
latest exclusive dessert offering in partnership with
Hershey's. Other Hershey's desserts available only at
Pizza Hut include the Ultimate Hershey's Chocolate Chip
Cookie and Hershey's Triple Chocolate Brownie.
"Hershey's chocolate is synonymous with s'mores and
summer, making this new dessert, from Pizza Hut, a perfect twist on
the summer classic. The new Hershey's Toasted S'mores
Cookie builds puts an innovative twist on the classic summer
s'mores dessert," says Herb Ring,
director foodservice, The Hershey Company.
The Hershey's Toasted S'mores Cookie is the perfect
dessert to follow any combination of items from the Pizza Hut
$5 Flavor Menu. The
nationally-available value-focused menu, which Pizza Hut introduced
earlier this year, features nine delicious items, including stuffed
garlic knots, a medium one-topping pizza, eight bone-out
WingStreet® Wings, the Ultimate Hershey's
Chocolate Chip Cookie, Hershey's Triple Chocolate Brownie,
Tuscani Pasta, a double order of breadsticks or flavor sticks and
four 20-oz. beverages, for just $5
each when ordering two or more.
As the first national pizza chain to remove
artificial flavors and colors from its core pizzas, Pizza
Hut also has the world's busiest website in the pizza category
at www.PizzaHut.com, with nearly 50 percent of the company's
orders coming through digital channels and more
than 30 percent via mobile device.
The Hershey's Toasted S'mores Cookie will be available
for a limited time beginning May 23
for dine-in, carryout or delivery at participating Pizza Hut
locations around the country. For more information, visit
blog.pizzahut.com or to order now, visit www.pizzahut.com.
About Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM),
delivers more pizza, pasta and wings than any other restaurant in
the world. The company began 58 years ago in Wichita, Kansas, when two brothers borrowed
$600 from their mom to start a
pizzeria.
What started out small has become the biggest pizza company in
the world and today operates more than 15,600 restaurants in more
than 97 countries serving innovative pizzas, traditional favorites
like the signature Pan Pizza, and much more. Pizza Hut also is the
proprietor of the BOOK IT!® Program, which is a
long-standing children's literacy program used in more than 630,000
classrooms nationwide. For more information, visit
www.pizzahut.com. Follow Pizza Hut on Facebook
(www.facebook.com/PizzaHut), Twitter (www.twitter.com/pizzahut) and
Instagram (www.instagram.com/pizzahut).
About The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company, headquartered in Hershey, Pa., is a global confectionery leader
known for bringing goodness to the world through its chocolate,
sweets, mints and other great-tasting snacks. Hershey has
approximately 21,000 employees around the world who work every day
to deliver delicious, quality products. The company has more than
80 brands around the world that drive more than $7.4 billion in annual revenues, including such
iconic brand names as Hershey's, Reese's, Hershey's Kisses, Jolly
Rancher, Ice Breakers and Brookside. Building on its core
business, Hershey is expanding its portfolio to include a
broader range of delicious snacks. The
company remains focused on growing its presence in key
international markets while continuing to extend its competitive
advantage in North America.
At Hershey, goodness has always been about more than delicious
products. For more than 120 years, Hershey has been committed
to operating fairly, ethically and sustainably. Hershey
founder, Milton Hershey, created the
Milton Hershey School in 1909 and since then the company has
focused on giving underserved children the skills and support they
need to be successful. Today, the company continues this social
purpose through 'Nourishing Minds,' a global initiative that
provides basic nutrition to help children learn and grow. From
neighborhoods across the United
States to the streets of Shanghai and Mumbai and villages of West Africa, our goal is to nourish one
million minds by 2020.
To learn more -
Visit: www.thehersheycompany.com
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*For all media inquiries, please contact Pizza Hut:
Doug Terfehr, 972-338-6992,
Doug.Terfehr@yum.com
Courtney Moscovic, 972-338-8288,
Courtney.Moscovic@yum.com
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