Donatos Just Made Its Own Sauce And It Comes With A Deal

Donatos has decided ranch deserves the spotlight and it’s giving the stuff away to prove it.

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Starting August 24th, the pizza chain is rolling out a brand-new house-made ranch and for a limited time, you’ll get a free sample of it with every large pizza you order. The launch also brings two new permanent pizzas built specifically to show the ranch off. But make no mistake: the ranch is the star of the show.

Donatos Has A New Ranch

Here’s what’s actually changing.

The headliner is the ranch itself, which Donatos has completely reworked. The new version is made fresh in-house with real buttermilk and served in dipping cups instead of packets. Donatos says it’s good for both drizzling and dipping, which is the kind of range you want from a ranch that’s suddenly asking to be taken seriously.

The free-sample offer is Donatos’ way of getting the new recipe into your hands, betting that once you try the buttermilk version, you’ll understand what the fuss is about. It’s a confident move, though “free ranch with a large pizza” is a pretty low-stakes bet for everyone involved.

There Are Two New Pizzas

Then there are the two new pizzas, both permanent additions rather than limited-time specials.

The first is the Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza, which is about as straightforward as the name suggests. It layers sliced chicken breast, fresh Roma tomatoes, crispy bacon, and Donatos’ Romano cheese blend on the brand’s Famous Thin crust, then finishes it with a drizzle of the new ranch.

It’s the crowd-pleaser of the two. Chicken, bacon, tomatoes, cheese, ranch. There really isn’t a controversial ingredient in the lineup.

The second is the more ambitious one: the Buffalo Chicken Dip Pizza, designed to taste like the party-tray dip of the same name. It’s loaded with boneless chicken wings seasoned with Hot Chicken Rub, jalapeños, Gorgonzola crumbles, and a Mariachi spice mix, all over Alfredo sauce and shredded provolone, then finished with a mild wing sauce drizzle.

The ranch comes on the side, doing what ranch does best: cooling down the heat.

If you’ve ever demolished a bowl of Buffalo chicken dip at a party, this is that energy in pizza form.

Here’s When You Can Try It

The new ranch and both pizzas launch August 24th at Donatos.

The free ranch sample with a large pizza is a limited-time offer, so if you want to try the new recipe without paying extra for it, that’s your window. The two pizzas are sticking around permanently, so there’s less urgency on those.

Ranch fans, this one’s for you.