'Weird' pizza toppings: We found grasshoppers, Peeps, waffle fries and more on SWFL menus

Addyson McCullough, Naples Daily News
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Have an odd pizza craving or feeling brave? SWFL has a plethora of pizzerias with a traditional menu, but there are a few that explore an array of flavors. From sweet and sugary to creepy and crawly these pizza places are for the traditional and the adventurous.

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Fine Folk Pizza

Aside from their traditional pizza menu, they serve an array of pizzas with toppings geared towards the brave.

1. The Young Grasshopper

  • Starting out fairly traditional, this pizza has a tomato sauce base with mozzarella cheese. Then it's topped with dehydrated garlic-dusted grasshoppers, jalape?os, caramelized onions and green bell peppers. A sprinkle of grasshopper salt and a whole Manchurian scorpion finish the pizza off.

The Young Grasshopper Pizza from Fine Folk Pizza in Fort Myers, FL.
The Young Grasshopper Pizza from Fine Folk Pizza in Fort Myers, FL.

2. Peepsa

  • Made with their standard pizza dough and a sweet cream base, this spring special is topped with chocolate chips, Cadbury Eggs, and Peeps. It is finished off with a chocolate drizzle and powdered sugar.

LOCATION: 11300 Lindbergh Blvd #114, Fort Myers, FL 33913. To see more pizzas, visit their website.

High Tide Social House

1. We Went Out Last Night

  • A traditional base with red sauce, mozzarella and parmesan starts this pizza off. It's topped with andouille, ground prime filet, sunny-side-up egg, avocado, tomatoes, spinach. Cilantro lime sour cream is drizzled on top.

2. Let's Taco 'Bout It

  • This pizza-taco combination is a normal pizza base with chorizo, ground prime filet, pickled jalape?os, iceberg lettuce, pico-de-gallo and lime sour cream. Doritos are crushed and sprinkled on top.

LOCATION: High Tide Social House is located at 6095 Silver King Blvd Cape Coral, FL 33914. For their full menu, visit their website.

Twisted Sheep Pizza & Brew

1. Chick Please

  • This veggie filled pizza strays away from a typical veggie lover pizza. With a smashed avocado hummus base, vegan mozzarella, red bell peppers heirloom tomatoes and red onions, topped with arugula, it is truly a veggie lover's dream.

2. Little Havanna

  • This pizza is seems mildly reminiscent of a Cuban sandwich with a twist. Topped with carnitas pork, cured ham, chopped Applewood bacon, pickles, cheese sauce swirl, mustard aioli and potato straws, this pizza is anything but traditional.

Twisted Sheep's Buffalo chicken pizza.
Twisted Sheep's Buffalo chicken pizza.

3. Eat More Chicken

  • Something about this pizza is eerily similar to a restaurant we all know and love. The Eat More Chicken pizza is has mozzarella and cheddar cheese chopped buttermilk fried chicken, crispy waffle fries and is topped with a counterfeit chicken sauce drizzle, according to their website.

LOCATION: Twisted Sheep Pizza & Brew is located at 3802 Tamiami Trail E Naples, FL 34112. For their full menu, visit their website.

Low Brow Pizza & Beer

1. Cortez the Killer Pizza

  • This Cortez Killer has chorizo, roasted potato, sweet corn, creme fraiche and scallion. The toppings are finished off with a chili lime drizzle, cilantro, cotija cheese.

2. Broccoli Rob Pizza

  • This zesty pizza is topped with broccoli rabe, garlic, house sausage, mozzarella, lemon crumbs.

LOCATION: Low Brow Pizza & Beer's address is 3148 Tamiami Trail E, Naples, FL 34112. For their full menu visit their website.

This article originally appeared on Naples Daily News: Where should I get pizza in SWFL

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