Copycat Pizza Hut Breadsticks

A copycat recipe for Pizza Hut breadsticks, made from scratch. Chewy, buttery, loaded with seasonings and an easy dipping sauce!

Does anyone else have the same nostalgic soft spot that I do for Pizza Hut? I honestly can’t remember the last time I actually got pizza from them (maybe 10 years ago?), but growing up, I LIVED for a trip to Pizza Hut! Thankfully those were back in the days of Book It! so I often had a great excuse to convince my parents to go. Fast forward to high school when a large group of us would routinely go to the movies on Friday nights and walk over to the Pizza Hut for food afterwards (and then call our parents from the PAY PHONE for a ride home… oh my gosh I’m old!).

I loved the little video game console you could play while you waited, the amazing crushed iced and pitchers of pop, the salad bar, the personal pan pizzas, and oh those breadsticks! I’m a sucker for any type of appetizer or snack you can throw at me to curb my hunger before a meal arrives, so breadsticks with a pizza order is a no brainer.

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Last week when we had our families over to drop the gender reveal news, we decided to order pizzas. I thought it would be a great opportunity to try my spin on a copycat recipe for Pizza Hut breadsticks. If you’ve never had them, they are light and chewy with a buttery crust and tons of seasoning on top. I could actually make an entire meal just out of breadsticks, truthfully.

I saw this recipe some time ago and have been meaning to try it… I was thrilled with how it turned out given some of my tweaks!

Here’s how I altered it:

The original recipe called for lots of (butter-flavored?) oil, but I used melted butter instead in all instances. Butter always trumps oil in my world.

There is enough dough for two pans of breadsticks, so that’s what I made. If you don’t have two 9×13-inch pans, I think you could probably use one 13×18-inch pan.

I cut the amount of seasoning in half because I only ended up using half of what I made and I thought it was more than enough!

I got rid of the garlic salt in the topping (too salty for my taste!) and upped the garlic powder a bit and added a little salt on its own.

Based on comments on the post, I brushed the dough with butter before it started to rise, then again as soon as it came out of the oven and immediately sprinkled the seasoned topping on. I don’t remember the topping being baked on; I think adding it afterward gives these breadsticks more of an authentic flavor.

Everyone LOVED these breadsticks and at least two people asked if I made them myself, from scratch.

Why yes, yes I did!

If a breadsticks order is a must for you, definitely give these a try! They’re easy, don’t take very long, and are DELICIOUS!

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