It always amazes me how fast-food chains like Taco Bell and Pizza Hut manage to keep creating new products using the same four or five ingredients.

Yesterday Pizza Hut introduced a new menu item called "Pizza Sliders," or miniature pizzas. (Yeah, people are already arguing whether these classify as "sliders" or not.)

The mini-pizzas measure 3 1/2 inches in diameter and go for $10 for a box of nine or $5 for three. Here's how Pizza Hut describes them:

Made with signature Pizza Hut Pan Pizza dough, these mega mini-pizzas are all about customization. Customers can choose up to three different recipe combos with up to three toppings each.

If you want to try 'em, head to a Pizza Hut tomorrow (Tuesday) from 4-7 p.m. local time, where they'll be given away for free.

Wait there is more!!!


Plus also tomorrow: HOP National Pancake Day  From 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., guests receive one complimentary short stack (dine-in only, etc.)

In return for the free flapjacks, guests are asked to donate something to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society or other designated local charities.

IHOP began its National Pancake Day in 2006, and since then, the company says, it has raised $10 million for charities and given away more than 14 million buttermilk pancakes.