In grade school we used to get these fresh for lunch once a month. You could immediatelly smell the aroma as soon as they brought them into the school.

As a Charleston born and raised West Virginian, a pepperoni roll is as exactly as it is named a roll with pepperoni in it. Versions now come with cheeses and banana peppers in them but the originals were just the pepperoni inside the roll. I make them myself using the frozen rolls bought at any local grocery store. After following the directions on the bag. I roll each roll out and insert as much pepperoni as liked and make sure the pepperoni is completely in closed inside the roll. Bake at the temperature as instructed on the bag. You may butter the tops with garlic butter for your taste. Enjoy.

@caseyhafer2550

11 ай бұрын

You are doing your state proud. Almost Heaven salutes you 🖖🫡

@ArchaicDemon26

3 ай бұрын

I am from elkins

as someone who adores pepperoni, I want to experience this magical place.

@mybluebelly

Жыл бұрын

I advise you to travel to Italy if you like Pepperoni that much. The rolls you can get in WV.

@EminencePhront

3 ай бұрын

@@mybluebellyyou do realize they don’t have pepperoni in Italy, right?

@mybluebelly

3 ай бұрын

West Virginia, Italy, google it..@@EminencePhront

We love them in Pittsburgh too! But to be fair, WV is only about an hours drive from here.

@ohioalphornmusicalsawman2474

5 жыл бұрын

Sparkle Markets, based in Boardman, Ohio makes Pepperoni rolls in most of their bakeries.

@limezillaofficial

4 жыл бұрын

Im from.the nortern county, where weirton is

@DanzigFan-vq3zf

4 жыл бұрын

PeckedFreshMemes A meme man from where I live

I live in southwestern PA and pepperoni rolls are very popular here as well!

I'm from Logan WV,moved to Tampa in 2012. I've spread the pepperoni roll gospel to floridians and they love them.nobody had ever heard of them.

I grew up in Fairmont, home of the pepperoni roll. Thanks for covering this story!

@sunshinemishasmommy5352

5 жыл бұрын

I still live in Fairmont and I 💗 pepperoni rolls from Country Club bakery..I always thought pepperoni rolls were a part of the magic of WV..no matter where I may travel,WV will always be home 😀😊❤

@mybluebelly

Жыл бұрын

@@sunshinemishasmommy5352 Support "the homeless diary" with a free subscription if you have a heart.

I grew up in WV. The pepperoni rolls are delicious.

@jonathon6014

5 жыл бұрын

They make them at my school once a month

@weasleboi8467

4 жыл бұрын

Me to

@DwayneAdkins

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@d0nnap0wers15

3 жыл бұрын

I love

@CTguy203

3 жыл бұрын

Idk....I just don’t see how they can be that great.

I literally had a dream about the delicious Pepperoni Rolls that they served back in School while growing up in WV. I look up how to make my own and I come to find videos like this, West Virginians all over, eating and loving Pepperoni Rolls. There are still so many things that I don't know about my own State and it's amazing to learn about them all.

Love them in South West PA

@BillyBassBen

2 жыл бұрын

My grandparents are from there and I think they took that influence to where are family is now

My Italian grandfather was a WV coal miner. I remember my grandmother making pepperoni rolls for his lunch everyday. Grandad was a WWI veteran with two Purple Hearts and the Silver Star for gallantry. Preston county had a lot of Italian miners and pepperoni rolls were on every table.

Pepperoni rolls are around the area. I grew up in Fayette County, PA and we had them all the time.

This just made me want to go get a pepperoni roll from big loafer 😭

They are awesome. If you haven't tried them you need to❤☺ And if you haven't been to our beautiful State you need to do that too❤☺

Tudors Biscuit World has Peppis Biscuits, even better then pepperoni rolls! Born and raised Southern WV!

These are extremely similar to the Kolaches we have here in Texas (Houston) and I know for sure some of our more creative chefs have done a pepperoni filling :) We know the potential!!

@hugorivera8490

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I was thinking to myself, these are just kolaches with a different name lol. Still good 👌👌👌

we love these in Youngstown too

As somebody that grew up around the old mining towns of northern Wisconsin, we need this here 😂🤙

As a West Virginian, we absolutely adore pepperoni roles.

Never heard of these but, hey, folks are enjoying them so good for them!

Pepperoni rolls are life!!!

I love a good pepperoni roll. Western PA has plenty of places that have been selling them for at least the last 40 years I've been alive. Enjoyed the history lesson anyway.

@robertspencer703

Жыл бұрын

Mostly stores closely to the West Virginia border right

I never had a pepperoni roll till I moved to Western Pennsylvania.

I moved to Hedgesville from England 6 years ago-had my first pepperoni roll and haven't looked back!

I grew up in NC but was introduced to these amazing rolls traveling through WV en route to OH and Western PA via Interstates 77 and 79 on many occasions. Regular pepperoni rolls are great but IMHO they're much better with some pepper jack cheese and banana peppers added to the inside of the rolls and served hot from the oven with some marinara sauce. I like to serve them with chili or spaghetti.

I grew up in Erie PA where you can get pepperoni bread, which is very similar. We used to have it as a Sunday lunch treat when we got home from church.

@paulandrews298

5 жыл бұрын

Duane Butler I was raised in Erie, also, and pepperoni balls/bread were a family staple. I live in Minneapolis and miss it.

@wvwild1

5 жыл бұрын

@@paulandrews298 You can make them at home.....frozen bread dough and sticks of pepperoni!!

@paulandrews298

5 жыл бұрын

Debby King I've tried making them at home, but they lack something.

@robertamooney7781

5 жыл бұрын

I prefer sliced pepperoni, not sticks. Rhodes frozen bread dough makes the best for an easy fix. Depending on what type you are used too, it might be the difference in the bread that isn't right. Most are made with italian bread dough not just regular bread dough.

@MT-tu8qd

5 жыл бұрын

Duane Butler . Yep very popular in Western PA....

Something so simple but I bet they are good.

@sunshinemishasmommy5352

5 жыл бұрын

They are VERY good 😊 I grew up and still live here in WV 👍

Oh, I miss pepperoni rolls. I'm from WV but moved out of state some years back and had no idea that they were a special West Virginia treat.

Morgantown raised 💛💙

@miraculoser64

5 жыл бұрын

heck yeah same here! ✌️

I had no idea until recently that not everyone had heard of pepperoni rolls. Make one right now. Youre missing out.

Tomaro’s vs D’Annunzio’s is where WVians draw their battle line.

@kahleesaangelofthenight2895

3 жыл бұрын

I have tried dannunzio spit it out tomaros is the best!

@Eric-zc9zw

3 жыл бұрын

Home Industry Bakery in Clarksburg makes good ones

@nunyafinbiz

3 жыл бұрын

I had to move to the Pacific Northwest... and I missed home so bad I love Tomaro's and missed it so much I paid an enormous amount to have a couple dozen shipped here... thankfully I'm moving back home to WV and will be able to go and get them fresh and warm!

@DanW451

24 күн бұрын

I think we can all agree that Robin and Mazza's pepperoni rolls belong in the trash.

I live in WV but the first pepperoni roll I ever had was in New Castle, PA, at Pizza Joe.

I would get them at a small italian baker, in Royal Oak, Michigan.

They are also a big hit in Dearborn Allen park area of Michigan. Jack’s Italian bakery is known for them

I grew up in wv the pepperoni roles are the best

I live in fairmont, wv born n raised I LOVE LOVE PEPPERONI ROLLS WITH CHEESE N OLIVERO PEPPERS N VHEESE

Peperoni rolls are epic, it’s a common thing in the stare, love from wetzel

Pepperoni rolls are fabulous. We have the in South-west PA.

You find them on SE Michigan & the Detroit area

I was born and lived in Huntington, WV from 1955 until 1995 and my parents were from Southern WV. We had never heard of a pepperoni roll until my job started taking me to Morgantown. It was only then I learned of them & that they were as common as hotdogs in the area above Clarksburg. I don't agree they are a dish common across ALL WV.

@coreypreece9798

2 жыл бұрын

They certainly are now. Maybe not 25 years ago, but I'm from Putnam County and they are available at any convenience store and most restaurants serve them as an appetizer.

When I was a kid circa 2005, we had Asetta Bread Co. In downtown Mt. Vernon, Ohio, which served these!

Pepperoni rolls are popular in Appalachian Ohio. Every good pizza place makes, as do most grocery store bakeries

This is something new to me.

Augusta Georgia has had these as long as Baldino's subs has been in business here. They sell out first thing, you have to order ahead.

We made them in school and would sale them .. they were really good... We put different kinds of cheese in them.. I also grew up in WV

@MsThorne2009

9 ай бұрын

Same here. I still remember smelling them in the hallways when they were in the oven and how hungry it made everyone. 😊

In Michigan, we had pizza bread: sauce, cheese and pepp baked inside of Italian bread. Always sold warm. 😋

Love pepperoni rolls they used to sell them in a grocery store where I'm from. But I've always lived in town that bordered West Virginia

I've had pepperoni rolls somewhere in Colorado. I can't remember where though. I was really surprised by how good they were.

@sunshinemishasmommy5352

5 жыл бұрын

Wow,really?Colorado?cool 😊

Chunky Joe's pepperoni rolls were amazing

@mybluebelly

Жыл бұрын

I bet a plain hamburger is 10 times better than one of those rolls.

I'm not crazy about pepperoni, but damn that looks delicious!

@sunshinemishasmommy5352

5 жыл бұрын

They are delicious 😊 I grew up in WV and they are a big part of life around here..they are AWESOME 😊

@8cladgamer210

3 жыл бұрын

They are. That’s the whole point. Simple, delicious, don’t need anything fancy. They have them in school lunch lines here.

Clarksburg has the best variety hands down!

We call them alley Apple's in my neighborhood of Pittsburgh called Swissvale

@mikevaluska7313

Жыл бұрын

In Steubenville Ohio an ALLEY APPLE was a rock thrown at someone during a fight. 🥴🥴🥴

Love them here in PA near Delaware.

They’re delicious af. Yall should try some. :)

Yum

I grew up near Beckley WV

We have them in the Detroit Metro area in Mom & Pop Italian Bakeries (Dearborn)

@KeithsReviews

5 жыл бұрын

Eww I heard there are a lot of muslims in Dearborne

One of many reasons why it's Almost Heaven

Many day they saved me on a very hard tough day mining coal.

@Houndini

5 жыл бұрын

I notice got lot of response & contacted over this one comment. One True story happened about 25 years ago. Do to a major roof fall in low seam coal mine. Only like 36" high. I got almost totally trapped in mines but I had crawl out on hands & knee's, Took me about 12 hours. Only way out!!. But I started out with 2 pepperoni rolls & around 1/2 gallon water . Them pepperoni rolls sure tasted great that day. Outside bosses know I was OK & working my way out I talked to them on mine phone, but them days we had no way to track any 1 miner. True story. Never forget that day. I earned my pay that day for sure.

Born & raised in Philadelphia and seriously considering moving to WV. Such a beautiful state and the people seem so friendly. And those pepperoni rolls look delicious 😋

As someone who grew up in Huntington and now live away from WV, the white bread just makes think it becomes pure fat

Never heard of pepperoni rolls until I watched gramma and Ginga.

Western Pennsylvania is pepperoni roll territory as well. Can get them everywhere.

@mctraveller8539

3 жыл бұрын

I'm eating one now! I'm in western Pennsylvania. They are good

NW PA.. Erie has had pepperoni "balls", a half size version since the 1800's

i may live in NC but i am WV born and raised............ you havent had a pepperoni roll until youve had one that also has Olivero peppers in it too........... the peppers are made in Clarksburg wv by the Olivero family btw, i was born in Logan.

The pepperoni roll was invented by Giuseppe "Joseph" Argiro at the Country Club Bakery in Fairmont, West Virginia, in 1927. My dad Enrico Trotta went to high school with Mr. Argiro's son - Frank "CHEECH" Argiro! He used to give us kids free ones as we visited Fairmont, West Virginia. They are the best - pepperoni rolls! We make them at home using my grandmother's bread & pizza recipe for the dough.

From Martinsburg!!

As a Pennsylvanian I Eat them to they're BUSSIN

Come to Cleveland Ohio where a lot of West Virginians live. Our Italian places like Maxim's in Mentor Oh make pizza dough ones. We are also known for pizza bagels like at Buettners Bakery.

We've got them in Pittsburgh but that doesn't entirely count as somewhere else than WV.

@mrsmith2876

5 жыл бұрын

South western PA might as well be part of WV, culture is very similar. It's not uncommon to hear a Pittsburgh accent in WV or a Appalachian accent in Pittsburgh.

@couches5257

2 жыл бұрын

I recently heard someone call Pittsburgh “The Paris of West Virginia” and that seems pretty true honestly. Us mountaineers love our Steel brothers, except on certain Saturdays.

if ur having a bad day, just have a good ol' homemade made West Virginia pepperoni roll.

Never heard of these...but sounds good!

@justakidfromwestvirginia9199

5 жыл бұрын

Trust me, they’re freaking awesome

WE have them where I live and always have in east central Ohio.

I want to try one

I like pepperoni rolls with cheese and banana peppers.

@saiges._

4 жыл бұрын

Ha what a coincidence I actually had them for dinner yesterday(: first time having banana peppers in them and its really good🙃

Should put some ramps in there yum

I'm from Texas and I'm about try one lol

The best ones are in tomaros in Clarksburg!

Grew up in Wellsburg, too. 🤗

@itsmecamroy

5 жыл бұрын

I grew up in next town over Follansbee

It is likes pastes/pastries from Hidalgo State in Mexico, but it was the British miners from Cornwall that created them.

Pepperoni rolls are good but the pizza rolls at T&D’s in east Kermit are DIVINE.😋

They look tasty and similar to the pepperoni rolls I buy in the local pizza place in NJ. The WV rolls look like the bread is lighter. I'll have a couple. Interesting about the miners.

@tnm2684

Жыл бұрын

Pizza places usually make them with pizza dough and dont have the same italian bread goodness that soaks up all the pepperoni grease as they cook

You can find these in Michigan as well

Western Pennsylvania here. We have roni rolls too. So good. Though we add mozzarella cheese to ours, which is probably sacrilege to the people from WV.

Delicious all the way from San Francisco 😋😋😋

Love me a good homemade pepperoni roll!

@charliehenderson38

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely love them….👍

Colacessinoes in fairmont is amazing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🥴

I’m from Logan , WV & I love pepperoni rolls ❤️♥️

@DwayneAdkins

3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Lincoln County. Their sooo good.

They look absolutely delicious!!! Do they mail order them???? Anyone know? I'm hungry for pepperoni rolls NOW!!!🤗

@kamronspencer4910

3 жыл бұрын

You can make them yourself easy. Buy some frozen roll dough. Some pepperoni and some cheese, mozzarella is most common but you can use whatever kind you like. Just bake them it’s simple but delicious.

@nunyafinbiz

3 жыл бұрын

You can get Tomaros shipped but it is mega expensive!

@XXspikeXXwhiteXX

6 ай бұрын

​@nunyafinbiz living in NE but raised in WV, i saw Tomaros prices and cried. Between Pepperoni rolls, stovetop boiled sweet tea (not tea with sugar in it😉) and that damn salad that was served in schools with that dressing I'll never be able to find, that was literally the best about being a West By God Virginian.

that lady looks like shes eaten more than her share of the rolls LOL. also i am from WV. krogers makes the best ones.

and we eat them all the time

I have tried to find pepperoni rolls outside my region which includes West Virginia and Western Maryland and you can't find them anywhere.

@ag-bk5wf

3 жыл бұрын

Martin's and local supermarkets have them. In Cumblerland has a bakery known for them.

They are very popular and well known all over Michigan too.

Honestly I never heard of pepperoni rolls before this video.

@kyleebrock

5 жыл бұрын

Really? Frozen Pizza Rolls? Pizza/Hot Pockets? How have you avoided these things!?

@lochnessamonster1912

5 жыл бұрын

Kyle Brock Not the same thing.

@robertamooney7781

5 жыл бұрын

A pepperoni roll is just bread baked with pepperoni inside, sometimes with cheese. Only sauce, chili, or peppers are added by the person eating them or if a resturant sells them with that as an extra.

@jamescook5216

5 жыл бұрын

@@lochnessamonster1912 You are very correct! They definitely are nothing like Pizza Rolls or Hot Pockets! They are much better! :)

@lochnessamonster1912

5 жыл бұрын

James Cook Yes, it’s hard to believe that two simple ingredients can combine into something so delicious! The key, and no one who has had a pepperoni roll outside of West Virginia will understand this, is in the flour. The flour used is a high gluten version that adds to the chewiness and greasiness of a perfect roll. Gluten-free eaters need not apply.

Pepperoni rolls are delicious. WV is the only place you can find them. I keep having to explain what it is lol

You can find pepperoni rolls all throughout NYC at pizza shops

I live in WV. I like mine with two slices of pepper jack cheese melted over it with a slice of tomato and mayonnaise. I had just posted a youtube video about it. This video segment was ok but left stuff out. How they usually are sold with a choice of two different cheeses inside. You can get them around the country. I think Sheetz started selling them or in the frozen section of stores which I don't recommend. This origin story has the Italian immigrants but if you look at welch minors they had similar foods which they brought here.

Umm, they are very popular in Western PA.

@thenthson

5 жыл бұрын

I know northern panhandle of West Virginia here.

I am still surprised no one knows what they are by name in other states.

I live in WV and pepperoni roles are life