FOOD NEWS: Happy National Pasta Day!

Happy National Pasta Day!

Seven Stats for National Pasta Day

It's National Pasta Day! But for 1 in 20 people, that's EVERY day. 5% of Americans say they eat it daily.

A few national chains have pasta deals. Nothing too crazy, but Today.com did a round-up if you want to check it out. They went with the excellent headline, "Eight Pasta Day Deals to Save a PENNE or Two."

Here are a few more stats on our pasta-eating habits . . .

1. What's your favorite pasta shape? Spaghetti is #1 with 33% of the vote. Then it's penne, 12% . . . macaroni, 11% . . . and tortellini, 7%.

2. What's the best pasta shape specifically for mac-and-cheese? Macaroni got the most votes. But 12% prefer shells . . . 7% prefer corkscrews . . . 6% said bowtie pasta . . . 5% like penne . . . and 5% think rotini is best.

3. What's your favorite sauce . . . alfredo, pesto, or spaghetti sauce? 52% said spaghetti sauce, and 44% said alfredo. Just 4% said pesto is their #1.

4. 93% of Americans always have at least one box or bag of pasta in the house.

5. 21% of us use a fork and spoon to eat spaghetti. The spoon is for twirling.

6. When you make spaghetti, do you usually break it in half? 50% of us do, mostly because it's easier to fit in the pot. 38% don't . . . 4% said it varies . . . and 8% said they never make spaghetti.

7. And finally: Only 3% of us never eat pasta. 75% have it at least once a week.

Have you seen the pesto girl TikToks yet? Some woman posted her pesto recipe last month and started her video with, "Call me CRAZY if you want, but I've never liked store-bought pesto."

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Papa John's Is Selling Crushed-Up Twix Wrapped in Pizza Dough

This almost sounds like a TikTok hack to use up leftover Halloween candy . . .

Papa Johns just debuted a new dessert item . . . crushed-up TWIX BARS wrapped in pizza dough.

They've also got cheesecake filling inside, and come with a caramel dipping sauce. (Here's a video of them being made.)

They're called Twix Papa Bites. Papa Johns already has another version that uses crushed-up Oreos.

You get eight for $5. They don't officially hit their menu until next Monday. But rewards members can get them this week.