Domino's Pizza Introduces Bread Bowl Pasta


Domino's Pizza Introduces Bread Bowl Pasta

Chain follows Pizza Hut's lead by offering pasta dishes for delivery
by Sara Bonisteel / Photo by Domino's


Just days after two Domino's Pizza employees were arrested on charges of tampering with food at work in a YouTube video, the chain has introduced a new product, "Bread Bowl Pasta."

The new penne pasta dishes -- served in bread bowls -- are available in six flavors: chicken carbonara, Italian sausage marinara, chicken alfredo, pasta primavera, three cheese mac-n-cheese and a "build your own" pasta. The build-your-own option lets diners choose up to three ingredients from Domino's pizza toppings.

The new product comes after two Domino's employees were arrested last week following a YouTube video that allegedly showed them doing unsavory things to food. One employee is seen sticking what appears to be a piece of cheese up his nose and then placing it on a sandwich order.

Both employees have been fired and face felony charges, though they maintain they never delivered the food shown in the video.

Prices for the Bread Bowl Pastas range from $5.99 to $7.99 and are available without the bread bowl for a dollar less for customers concerned about carbs. For a limited time, those who buy the pasta online can get $1 off their order.



Domino's would not discuss the new product Tuesday, but AOL Food has learned it hit stores this week for a soft launch before a nationwide advertising campaign.

Nation's Restaurant News reported that the chain introduced the new item on Monday via Twitter, a social-networking messaging site.

Frozen Pizza Taste Test

    Cheese Pizzas - Worst to Best

    Ellio's
    Our Verdict: Worst Cheese Pizza
    Style: Cheese Pizza 16 oz
    Cal./Fat g/Fiber g: 320 / 7 / 3
    Crust (1-5): 1
    Cheese (1-5): 1
    Sauce (1-5): 1
    Toppings (1-5): n/a
    Flavor (1-5): 1
    Overall appeal (1-5): 1

    Comments: "How is this considered food?" "Not even in the middle of the night." "Looks like brain." "Tastes like dough. Tasteless dough."

    Rachel Been, AOL. Shot on location at The Lofts at 45 White Street

    Betzio's

    Style: Cheese Pan Pizza 24 oz
    Cal./Fat g/Fiber g: 175 / 5 / 1
    Crust (1-5): 1.25
    Cheese (1-5): 1.25
    Sauce (1-5): 1
    Toppings (1-5): n/a
    Flavor (1-5): 1.5
    Overall appeal (1-5): 1.5
    Comments: Our five-year-old friend Izzy thinks this slice is "Yummy!"; adults were less enthusiastic, calling it "Prison food." Final verdict: "Unbearable."

    Rachel Been, AOL. Shot on location at The Lofts at 45 White Street

    Lean Cuisine

    Style: Deep Dish Margherita 6 oz
    Cal./Fat g/Fiber g: 320 / 9 / 4 Microwave Only
    Crust (1-5): 1
    Cheese (1-5): 1
    Sauce (1-5): 2
    Toppings (1-5): 2
    Flavor (1-5): 1.5
    Overall appeal (1-5): 2
    Comments: A microwave mess: "Just awful." "This should not be mass-produced."

    Rachel Been, AOL. Shot on location at The Lofts at 45 White Street

    Jenos Crisp & Tasty

    Our Verdict: Highest Calorie Cheese Pizza
    Style: Cheese 6.9 oz
    Cal./Fat g/Fiber g: 440 / 20 / 1
    Crust (1-5): 2
    Cheese (1-5): 2
    Sauce (1-5): 2
    Toppings (1-5): n/a
    Flavor (1-5): 2
    Overall appeal (1-5): 2
    Comments: "Not awful tasting, just has zero taste."

    Rachel Been, AOL. Shot on location at The Lofts at 45 White Street

    Tony's

    Style: Original Crust Cheese Pizza 15.10 oz
    Cal./Fat g/Fiber g: 360 / 15 / 2
    Crust (1-5): 2
    Cheese (1-5): 1.5
    Sauce (1-5): 2.5
    Toppings (1-5): n/a
    Flavor (1-5): 1.5
    Overall appeal (1-5): 2
    Comments: "Sauce is not bad," was the highest praise we could muster. Otherwise, tasters "did not like the cheese at all." Also, "crust tastes too doughy."

    Rachel Been, AOL. Shot on location at The Lofts at 45 White Street

    DiGiorno

    Our Verdict: Biggest Letdown
    Style: Rising Crust 4 Cheese 28.2 oz
    Cal./Fat g/Fiber g: 320 / 11 / 2
    Crust (1-5): 3.5
    Cheese (1-5): 1
    Sauce (1-5): 1
    Toppings (1-5): 1
    Flavor (1-5): 1.5
    Overall appeal (1-5): 2
    Comments: "Looks amazing, but tastes like plastic." "Tastes weirdly artificial."

    Rachel Been, AOL. Shot on location at The Lofts at 45 White Street

    Stouffer's French Bread Cheese

    Style: 10 3/8 oz
    Cal./Fat g/Fiber g: 360 /15 / 4
    Crust (1-5): 3
    Cheese (1-5): 2.5
    Sauce (1-5): 3
    Toppings (1-5): n/a
    Flavor (1-5): 2.5
    Overall appeal (1-5): 3
    Comments: "Not good. Not bad. Just frozen."

    Rachel Been, AOL. Shot on location at The Lofts at 45 White Street

    Tombstone

    Our Verdict: Middle of the Road (Which Is Just Fine With Us)
    Style: Original Extra Cheese 20.5 oz
    Cal./Fat g/Fiber g: 350 / 15 / 4
    Crust (1-5): 2.5
    Cheese (1-5): 3
    Sauce (1-5): 3
    Toppings (1-5): n/a
    Flavor (1-5): 3
    Overall appeal (1-5): 2.5
    Comments: "Tastes exactly how you'd think frozen pizza should taste." "Most average pizza ever, which is not really a bad thing." "Cheese is its strong point."

    Rachel Been, AOL. Shot on location at The Lofts at 45 White Street

    Red Baron

    Style: Singles French Bread 5 Cheese & Garlic 8.8 oz
    Cal./Fat g/Fiber g: 410 / 22 / 2
    Crust (1-5): 4.5
    Cheese (1-5): 4
    Sauce (1-5): n/a
    Toppings (1-5): n/a
    Flavor (1-5): 3.75
    Overall appeal (1-5): 4
    Comments: "Love the garlic, but it's a little too salty." "Too salty." "Tastes artificial and cheap. Made me feel dirty inside."

    Rachel Been, AOL. Shot on location at The Lofts at 45 White Street

    Red Baron

    Our Verdict: Great for Late Night Munching
    Style: Singles Thin & Crispy 4 Cheese 7.2 oz
    Cal./Fat g/Fiber g: 300 / 14 / 1
    Crust (1-5): 2
    Cheese (1-5): 3
    Sauce (1-5): 3
    Toppings (1-5): n/a
    Flavor (1-5): 3.5
    Overall appeal (1-5): 3.5
    Comments: "Do you think I could grab that whole thing before anyone else gets to it?" "That's just how I remember it tasting, and that's a good thing."

    Rachel Been, AOL. Shot on location at The Lofts at 45 White Street

"Sounds like a lot of you have already tried them but our new BreadBowl Pasta came out today," the company said on its Twitter site Monday.

Domino's isn't the first pizza chain to go into the pasta market. Last year, Pizza Hut began selling its own pastas. The chain now sells chicken alfredo and marinara as well as bacon mac and cheese and lasagna, Nation's Restaurant News reported.

04-21-2009


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krodriguez466 02:24:05 PM May 20 2009

yummy

kplmsprngs 02:08:37 PM Apr 30 2009

yeah, pasta in a bread bowl is carbsville! pasta with a small salad entree would be much better. as a pasta NUT, i'll be trying their pasta. hope its a bit al dente and not too bloated as occurs when pasta is cooked ahead and then reheated.

kplmsprngs 02:05:24 PM Apr 30 2009

yeah, pasta in a bread bowl is def carbville! pasta with a small salad entree would be better. as a pasta NUT i'll be trying their creation. hope its a bit al dente, not too bloated as occurs with reheating.

bobfrombwwilson 03:20:52 PM Apr 29 2009

Local Domino's required a coupon then wouldn't tell me how to get said coupon.

catsfats2 09:10:28 AM Apr 29 2009

turn out the lites its over

avice728 12:11:49 AM Apr 22 2009

sekseewon98: I will NEVER eat dominos again after seeing that nasty booger youtube video===========================You think that's the only place things like this happen? If you want to be booger-free, better just grow your own.

avice728 12:10:21 AM Apr 22 2009

rshepherd79: Snot nosed liberal kids put boogers in your food, be it Domino's, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Hardee's etc...it's the "Change" you folks want. You got it!=============================Beats having your pimply repuke ass stuck in anything.

unforgetable2667 10:42:40 PM Apr 21 2009

pasta served in bread... holy carb-fest Dr. Atkins... yuck.. talk about a crash and burn after you eat...

sacmom3 07:56:25 PM Apr 21 2009

Umm...can I get mine with no boogers, extra farts?

santherose 07:52:52 PM Apr 21 2009

BRING THE SUBS BACK THEY WERE OUTSTANDING MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

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