Pizza French Toast Is Having A Moment On TikTok

The Italians may have created pizza, but Americans have taken the dish to new (and sometimes interesting) heights. In fact, three billion pizzas are sold every year in the United States, according to Alto-Hartley. It is safe to say Americans love pizza, or at least their version of it. Pizza French toast is one of the latest food recipe trends taking hold of TikTok making us change our mindset on pizza. Think bagel bites meets grilled cheese sandwiches. 

French toast is commonly known as "bread that has been covered in egg and fried." Pizza French toast will meet this definition despite the major changes to the traditional recipe. Some people enjoy cinnamon in their French toast, while others prefer a certain type of bread or add-on. One of the great things about the dish is how versatile it can be.

The trend traces connecting pizza and French toast goes back to 2017 when Internet Shaquille on YouTube recommended using leftover pizza to make French toast in a video that has received over 970,000 views since then with one Reddit commenter stating, "This video changed my leftover pizza game for life." Pizza French toast does this method in reverse, using ingredients used for pizza and using a simpler french toast recipe. The way the cheese rips makes it attractive to watch on camera.

Pizza French toast has quite a few popular videos with one made by TikTok user @giorgiafitfood. In her video she claims the dish can be made in 2 minutes and has received over 584,000 views. Her special ingredient is using hot dog buns for flavor, however, there is no right way to do this. Ingredients in the video include hot dog buns, pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese slices, pepperoni, an egg, milk, oregano, and butter. One user commented, "I'm making pizza with bread right now and now I wish I made this instead."

The version made by TikTok user @fitwaffle uses actual white bread and makes a pizza sandwich before proceeding to cut it up, dip it in eggs, and pan fry it. Some users argue in the comments that the lack of cinnamon in the dish makes it "eggy bread" and not French toast. 

Most recipes call for pan-frying the pizza French toast. However, one recipe even uses an Air Fryer instead of pan frying. Pizza French toast has become so popular that even traditional news outlets, such as Eyewitness News 3 in Hartford, Connecticut, began cooking it on television on Great Day Connecticut. The way TikTok impacts cooking trends shows the power of the social network and its influence in food. Pizza french toast is just the latest trend on the chart.