Menu Prices AUPepperoni Lovers Copycat Recipe — Make It at Home
Pizza Hut copycat · ⏱ 30 mins · Difficulty: Medium · Serves 2–3 · By Sophie Bernard
A home-kitchen take on Pizza Hut’s Pepperoni Lovers. The original is sold two ways: Large / Original Pan at $11.45, 8,153 kJ, and Large / Pepperoni Stuffed Crust at $16.40, 8,314 kJ — the two rows behind the old contradiction. This recipe follows the Original Pan version, and the comparison box shows that row.
The Original
Pepperoni Lovers
Price: $11.45 (pickup)
Energy: 8,153 kJ (1,949 cal)
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Ingredients
Home-kitchen amounts for 2–3 — standard home-cooking quantities for this dish, not the chain’s recipe (chains do not publish theirs). Difficulty: Medium.
- 300 g pizza dough (a pan-style base: stretch it into an oiled 28 cm pan)
- ½ cup (125 ml) pizza sauce
- 250 g mozzarella, grated (a low-moisture block grates best)
- 100 g pepperoni slices (about 30 slices — Lovers means a double layer)
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tbsp olive oil, for the pan
Method
- Oil the pan well and press the dough to the edges. Rest 20 minutes for a puffier pan crust. Heat the oven to 240°C.
- Spread the sauce to the edge — pan style carries sauce and cheese right out to the rim.
- Scatter two-thirds of the mozzarella, then a full layer of pepperoni, then the rest of the cheese, then a second pepperoni layer on top so it cups and crisps.
- Bake 12–15 minutes until the edge is deep golden and the pepperoni edges are curled.
- Rest 3 minutes in the pan, then slide out, slice and serve.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How close is this to the real Pepperoni Lovers — Large / Original Pan?
This is a home-kitchen copycat, not the chain’s recipe — the chain does not publish its recipe. It is built to sit beside the original: the real Pepperoni Lovers is $11.45 for pickup with 8,153 kJ (1,949 cal). Compare the two before you cook — the home version trades the chain’s equipment for a frypan and an oven.
How long does it take, and how hard is it?
About 30 minutes, rated Medium difficulty, serving 2–3.
What do I need to make it?
The ingredients are listed below — starting with 300 g pizza dough (a pan-style base: stretch it into an oiled 28 cm pan), ½ cup (125 ml) pizza sauce, 250 g mozzarella, grated (a low-moisture block grates best), and 3 more. Quantities are home-kitchen amounts, written to serve 2–3.
What does the original cost at Pizza Hut?
The real Pepperoni Lovers is $11.45 (pickup), 8,153 kJ. Prices vary by location and delivery is higher.
Where can I check the original dish?
On its own dish page — open the Pepperoni Lovers at Pizza Hut page for the price, kJ and calories.
Is this recipe the chain’s official recipe?
No — no Top 10 chain publishes its recipes. Every recipe on this site is a copycat written from the dish’s published description and the home-kitchen method below, and the comparison box shows the real dish’s price and kJ so you can judge it yourself.
Written & checked by Sophie Bernard
Sophie reads every menu directly from each chain’s official Australian ordering site and records the store and price basis on the page. No price is published without a source.