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It used to seem like a culinary marvel when Pizza Hut introduced the stuffed crust pizza. But really, it's just a little surprise rolled into the crust of your pizza dough.

And it can get a lot better than cheese. Meal Ticket created the Stuffalo Pizza -- a dough and cheese marvel that takes the stuffed crust to Buffalo territory. Oh yes, they stuffed Buffalo chicken into the pizza crust. One was popcorn chicken simmered in Buffalo sauce, another was sauteed skinless chicken, and another was fake Buffalo wings. The results, they say, were triumphant, and the final word: "We can really go in any direction with this - and knowing as much fills my heart with radioactive levels of joy." You can head over there to see how they did it -- complete with a step-by-step gallery.

I'm not even a big chicken wing fan, but man, my mouth is salivating at the thought. Do you ever make stuffed crust pizzas? If so, what's in your crust?

[via Serious Eats]

For a long time now, I've been dreaming of guacamole on pizza. I've done the meats, seafood, and vegetables, the spicy and mild, the thick, crust-crumbling toppings and the less-is-more toppings, and I've even subbed pestos for tomato sauce, but I never got around to the other creamy green. A lot of this had to do with price -- I didn't want to spend a lot, or potentially waste the delicious avocado, on a pizza that might not turn out well. But then I saw a guac-centric pizza at a restaurant last week, and I rue my hemming and hawing.

If you love pizza, and you love Central American dishes, you must try fusing the two. The guacamole offers a great twist on the classic tomato sauce, and it teams well with sauteed veggies, pork (Cuban-style!), and a nice sprinkling of cilantro. It's like a larger and more diverse taco, and the tomato doesn't even have to be forgotten. Rather than the sauce, try adding some tomatoes broiled with spicy seasoning, or even a little bit of salsa.

Just like a towering pile of nachos, the South of the Border pizza is up for almost anything.