As a lifelong X-Men fan, I have a bone (claw?) to pick with DiGiorno. Over his fifty-some-odd-year publication history, Wolverine has been many things, but “spicy” isn’t one of them. Now, if they were to release a Spicy Gambit Pie with Cajun seasoning, that would be thematically appropriate and fairly innovative for a frozen pizza. Why not opt to do this? The concept was right there!
“But Karen,” you say, “The movie being promoted is called Deadpool & Wolverine. Gambit is probably not even in it.” Oh, you think you’re so smart. Did you know that Gambit was in Wolverine: Origins back in the day with both Wolverine AND Deadpool? Did we get any pizzas for that movie? I think, after sitting through that, a Gambit-themed pizza is the least Marvel can do for me.
Nevertheless, the Wolvie Pie is the one we were given, thus the one I will review. If you’re interested in these Deadpool & Wolverine DiGiorno tie-ins, there are actually four to choose from: The Wade Special (pineapple and black olives), Gimmi Chimi (spicy cumin sauce, beef topping, jalapeno and cheddar and mozzarella), Maximum Pep (lots of sliced and diced pepperoni), and the Spicy Wolvie Pie (pepperoni, chorizo and bacon.) The idea behind the Wolvie pizza is that Wolverine likes eating meat, so you should too. Clearly, Wolverine also likes sodium.
All varieties come with a Deadpool mask except the Spicy Wolvie. Why wasn’t a Wolverine mask included? That’s just lazy.
I was a little confused about the toppings. It’s obvious what the pepperoni is, of course, but which of the tiny little bits of meat were the bacon and which were the chorizo? The taste of the chorizo was dominant, so if you’d told me all the little bits were chorizo, I would have believed you. Not a lot of bacon flavor here.
The chorizo gave the pizza a nice level of heat. It was more than a “subtle” level, but definitely not as spicy as something like Wendy’s Spicy Nuggets. I kept trying to decide whether or not this pie was spicy enough; sure, there’s some spice there, but “Spicy” is literally in the title. I think it should have been pushed a little further.
That said, it’s still an enjoyable meal. If you’ve had any DiGiorno pizza before, you’ll know exactly what to expect here, but the funny branding adds a little bit of joy to the proceedings. If you find you enjoy role-playing Wolvie and mirroring his eating habits is not enough, you could always go out and hit on a few redheads, although I doubt DiGiorno would take responsibility for that.
Hey, that makes me think about what a Jean Grey pizza would be like. Maybe a strawberry dessert pizza to honor her color scheme? Or a much more spicy Ghost Pepper pie to allude to the universe-scorching heat of the Phoenix Force? DiGiorno, when the MCU finally starts churning out X-Men movies by the dozens, you really have no excuse not to go down this road. Just get on making that Spicy Gambit pizza, and maybe I’ll give you my ideas for the perfect pizza incarnations of all twelve million X-Men characters.
Purchased Price: $6.49
Purchased at: Shop Rite
Rating: 7 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1/4 pizza) 350 calories, 17 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 35 milligrams of cholesterol, 810 milligrams of sodium, 34 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of sugar, 2 grams of fiber, and 16 grams of protein.
Looks awful, hard pass on the chicken pepperoni.
This will be clogging up the freezer section at Grocery Outlet in a few months, just like that surfer boy crap is now
I’m confused. Where is chicken mentioned?
Chicken? What on Earth are you talking about? I read it twice, and there are exactly 0 mentions of chicken or even the word chicken. Different strokes for different folks, but if you’re gonna diss something, at least diss it correctly.
pepperoni (made with pork, chicken and beef) it says it right under “spicy wolvie pie”
Get some glasses and read it 3 times if your gonna come at me, idiot
Really? Name-calling? I’m so sorry that I couldn’t see the 1mm print on a photo of a pizza box. It’s really sad that someone hurt you so badly and you’re in so much pain, that you feel the need to lash out. Perhaps seek therapy and grow up.
LOL, that’s the second or third time I’ve read that drivel from you today, do you copy and paste it, or type it out each time?
You called me out, you were wrong, and now you’re trying to play the victim. Your “advice” reeks of transference.
It’s a food blog, maybe try sticking to the topic of food instead of critiquing peoples posts that you can’t comprehend. Your first post would have been answered respectfully, the second (in less then a minutes time) was a shot and me, and I don’t suffer fools.
Ugh. Seriously!? This is how this conversation should’ve gone:
Person one: I don’t see chicken mentioned. Can you point out where it says chicken?
Person two: It’s right there under Spicy Wolvie Pie on the front of the box. It says “Pepperoni (made with pork, chicken, and beef)”
Person one: Ohhhh! Now I see it. I totally missed it. Thanks for pointing it out.
Person two: Marvo should’ve made that photo bigger so it’s easier to read.
Person one: Yeah, this is all Marvo’s fault.
Person two: Let’s blame Marvo! Off with his head!
But person two could read it, and it’s just bad form to blame he who works the ban button!
Also, all my pikes are full at the moment. 😉
My apologies Marvo,
It’s cool.
Where did I ever say I was placing any blame on Marvo? What are you talking about? You’re the one who was name-calling in the first place. Seek therapy.
And Marvo, I’m really confused. How I am giving you crap about the photo? I never mentioned you or was referring to you. I was talking about Big Belly being snarky and then name-calling. I feel like I’m being doubly bullied now.
You’re misinterpreting what I wrote and BigBelly’s previous comment. It was a hypothetical conversation that I wish happened between you two that didn’t involve name calling or being rude to each other. I ended the conversation with blaming me to make my hypothetical conversation end with you two agreeing on something without name calling or being rude to each other, instead being rude to me – my poor attempt at ending it with low-level humor. I apologize for not making it clearer.