The Marion County CVB introduced the West Virginia Pepperoni Roll Trail in Spring 2025 with 15 stops, including Mannington's New Year's Eve event, the Great Pepperoni Roll Drop.

The trail has been a huge success with over 1,300 users and bakeries seeing an increase in sales. In 2025, the trail won the Governor’s Award for Regional Tourism Impact at the West Virginia Governor’s Conference on Tourism.

To celebrate the one year anniversary, we are adding TWO new bakeries to the trail with locations in Wood County and Monroe County. Additionally, users who visit all bakeries can win an awesome art piece done by a local artist! 

The Dough Ball, located in Gap Mills, offers interesting takes on the classic with modifications like jalapeno dough and when in season, ramp dough. 

Located in Parkersburg, JR’s Donut Castle offers a modern traditional roll with softer dough, pepperoni slices and choice of pepper jack cheese and pizza sauce.

Get on the Trail

Accessing the Pepperoni Roll Trail Passport is easy

1. Navigate to https://marioncvb.com/wv-pepperoni-roll-trail/.

2. Register to get your West Virginia Pepperoni Roll Trail Passport by filling out your contact information.

3.  After signing up, the digital passport for the Pepperoni Roll Trail will be delivered to your phone via text or to the email provided.

4. Discover the Italian Appalachian bakeries of West Virginia! Open the passport on your phone, scroll to find the location you’re visiting and check in to mark it off your list.

Visit All Bakeries, Win Prizes

Once a user has checked into all bakeries on the trail, they will earn an 11 x 14 inch print done by local artist Ben Kolb. Kolb, a Mannington resident, owns Nativibes and teaches art classes. In his personal art, he has used coal as a medium with Appalachian inspiration such as mountaineers, nature, fish and maps. 

This art piece features WV's favorite crpytid's Mothman, Braxxie, Veggie Man, Ogua and the Grafton Monster eating pepperoni rolls at the Great Pepperoni Roll Drop!