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Copycat Little Caesars Crazy Bread
Soft, chewy, butter-soaked breadsticks coated in garlic Parmesan — Little Caesars' Crazy Bread is even better when you make it at home with fresh dough.
copycat · little-caesars · fast-food · bread
🕑Prep15 min
🍳Cook12 min
⏱Total27 min
🍽Serves8
⭐DifficultyEasy
Ingredients
- 1 pound pizza dough (store-bought or homemade)
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup marinara sauce, warmed, for dipping
- 1/4 teaspoon dried parsley
Instructions
- 1.Preheat and prep. Preheat your oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and brush lightly with olive oil.
- 2.Shape the dough. On a lightly floured surface, roll or press the pizza dough into a rectangle about 10x8 inches and roughly 1/2 inch thick.
- 3.Cut into sticks. Using a pizza cutter or sharp knife, cut the dough into 8 equal strips, each about 1 inch wide and 10 inches long.
- 4.Arrange and bake. Place the strips on the prepared baking sheet about 1/2 inch apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes until puffed and light golden brown.
- 5.Make the garlic butter. While the bread bakes, combine the melted butter, garlic powder, onion powder, and dried parsley in a small bowl.
- 6.Coat with butter and cheese. Remove the breadsticks from the oven and immediately brush generously with the garlic butter. Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese and salt over the top while the butter is still wet so it sticks.
- 7.Serve hot. Serve immediately with warm marinara sauce for dipping. These are best eaten within 15 minutes.
Copycat Little Caesars Crazy Bread
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 12 minutes
Servings: 8 breadsticks
Little Caesars Crazy Bread is proof that simple things done right can be extraordinary. It’s just pizza dough baked into sticks and slathered with garlic butter and Parmesan. That’s it. No fancy technique, no secret ingredients — just bread, butter, garlic, and cheese doing what they do best.
The key to nailing this at home is using the butter generously and hitting the breadsticks with Parmesan while they’re still glistening. The cheese melts slightly into the butter and creates that salty, savory crust.
Getting That Crazy Bread Texture
- Don’t overbake. You want these light golden, not deeply browned. The soft, slightly underdone center is what makes Crazy Bread different from regular garlic bread.
- Pack them close together. Placing the sticks close on the pan steams the sides, keeping them soft rather than crusty.
- Brush twice if needed. If the first coat of butter soaks in immediately, hit them again. You should see butter glistening on the surface.
The Value Proposition
An order of Crazy Bread at Little Caesars costs $3.99 for 8 sticks. This recipe makes 8 sticks for about $2.50 — and you get to use real butter and fresh Parmesan instead of whatever comes in those little packets. Sometimes the cheap version is worth upgrading.
