It’s odd, Pillsbury is typically a very good brand for quick cooking items such as this, their crescent rolls with I love come to mind. However, when it comes to their canned pizza dough they leave a lot to be desired. To me it tends to be a bland, hard texture. Pillsbury pizza dough does work if you’re in a pinch and simply need a crust, or don’t care how it tastes, but I cannot help but think you’d be better off purchasing little Totinos Pizzas for a $1.50 and adding to them rather than doctor up the Pillsbury crust. Some people I’ve seen complain that the crust gets rubbery, however, I haven’t experienced this. Instead, I find that the crust simply gets harder or stale especially if you try to eat as a leftover from the day before.
Whether you’re looking at the thin or classic crust varieties, the calories in Pillsbury pizza crust isn’t too bad. The Classic, thicker crust comes at 160 calories a serving or 960 calories for an entire roll/can. The thin crust goes a little higher at 180 calories per serving but has one less serving, making it only 900 calories. Pizza is never a low calorie affair and, assuming you’re only having a couple servings, you shouldn’t be to bad off. Still, homemade crust would probably be lighter in calories and much tastier in the end. Additionally, Pizza dough isn’t nearly as difficult to cook as other breads are. But if you don’t have the time and don’t have a favorite frozen pizza to doctor up, then Pillsbury pizza crust dough would probably be the next best thing. Just don’t expect all that much from it.