Pepperoni Recipes: Dishes Made With The Italian-American Sausage (PHOTOS)

This sausage makes everything better!

What's your favorite pizza topping? More than likely it's pepperoni -- it's estimated that 36 percent of pizzas ordered in the U.S. are topped with pepperoni, a sausage that was actually invented in the U.S. The problem is most people don't think about pepperoni as anything but a pizza topping. But we've got recipes that prove pepperoni can go beyond pizza.

In these recipes from across the web, pepperoni makes it into grilled cheese sandwiches, breads, muffins, pasta dishes and more. Now you don't have to wait until pizza night to enjoy the Italian sausage.

What's your favorite way to cook with pepperoni? Leave a comment.

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