Review: Arby's Chocolate Turnover

Arby's Chocolate Turnover features a puff pasty turnover filled with a rich chocolate filling and decorated with a zig zag pattern of chocolate icing. It's a limited-time value menu item for $1.

Around the World: KFC - Boxmaster

Before KFC ever got around to plopping the Double Down in our laps, they had another eye-brow-raising menu item that made the rounds internationally: the KFC Boxmaster. While it never made it to our shores, it did make its way around to the UK and Canada, and for all you jetsetters, is currently making its home in India, France, Greece and probably other countries I'm sure.

Review: Sonic - Peach Flavored Sweet Tea

Sonic's Peach Flavored Sweet Tea features their sweetened iced tea flavored with peach syrup. It's available for their Happy Hour promotion for half price between 2 and 4pm. Since it was Happy Hour and ice tea doesn't have carbonation to lose, I bought a Route 44-sized (Sonic's name for a 44-ounce drink) Peach Flavored Sweet Tea for half-off at $1.30 (regularly $2.60). It's also available unsweetened for a single-digit calorie drink.

Review: Seattle's Best - Iced Mocha Can

Seattle's Best Iced Mocha Can boasts of "an uncommonly smooth blend of coffee and milk flavored with chocolate." They retail for around $6 dollars for a pack of four 9.5 ounce skinny cans (usually about $1 or $2 less than a 4-pack of Starbucks Frappuccino).

News: Chipotle - Boorito 2010 - $2 Burrito, Bowl, Salad, Etc.

This year, Chipotle is pushing its philosophy a bit more for its annual Boorito event than the last.

Rather than dressing up as a Chipotle food item on Halloween for a free burrito, this year, customers who visit a Chipotle restaurant after 6pm on Sunday, October 31, 2010, dressed up as a "horrifying processed food product" can get a burrito, bowl, salad, or an order of tacos (basically any entree on the menu) for $2.

While you're picking up your $2 burrito, you can snap a picture of it inside Chipotle to enter their online costume contest (details here) with prizes up to $2,500.

Proceeds from the event will be donated to Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (up to $1,000,000).

You can check out the video promoting their message and event, featuring celebrity chef Jamie Oliver below:

News: Jack in the Box - Pumpkin Pie and Egg Nog Shakes Return

Seasonal shakes in Pumpkin Pie and Egg Nog flavors are back at Jack in the Box. Retail pricing is $2.49 for a regular (16-ounce) and $2.99 for a large (24-ounce).

Both shakes features a base of vanilla ice cream, their respective flavors, and are topped with whipped topping and a maraschino (preserved and sweetened) cherry.

Nutritional info after the jump.

News: Domino's - New Wisconsin 6 Cheese Pizza

Domino's new Wisconsin 6 Cheese Pizza

Domino's Wisconsin 6 Cheese is the first extension to their American Legends pizza line up, and their first new menu item for 2010.

The Wisconsin 6 Cheese is topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella, feta, provolone, cheddar, parmesan and asiago on an oregano-sprinkled crust.

Domino's current national deal is two medium, 2-topping pizzas for $5.99 each. For $2 more, you can make one of them a specialty pizza which includes the Wisconsin 6 Cheese pizza.

Frozen Friday: Marie Callender's - Chicken Pot Pie

Marie Callender's Chicken Pot Pie features over a pound of food and is filled with white meat chicken, peas, carrots, celery, and potatoes.

It costs $3.99 but can be found on sale for around the $2 range. They're also available in a smaller size in bulk at some warehouse stores.

News: McDonald's Testing Chicken Flatbreads

Similar to their Snack Wraps, McDonald's is testing a four Chicken Flatbreads. The four varities are BBQ Bacon Ranch, Four Cheese, Southwest, and Tuscan Tomato Basil. Test markets include Baltimore, Nebraska and New Mexico. Pricing is within the $1.89 range or 10 cents less than an Angus Snack Wrap.

Each Flatbread features a base of grilled boneless chicken breast pillowed by warm, toasted flatbread.

The BBQ Bacon Ranch builds on that with bacon, a four cheese blend (Fontana, Cheddar, Mozzarella, and Monterey Jack), garlic aioli (read: garlic mayo made with oven-roasted garlic), and a barbecue ranch sauce.

Review: Arby's - Steakhouse Onion Rings

Arby's new Steakhouse Onion Rings are battered, breaded, and deep-fried. They come five to an order in a box for $1.99 and are made-to-order (at least mine were).

Review: Taco Bell - Orange 'N Cream Frutista Freeze

Taco Bell's latest Frutista Freeze, the new Orange 'N Creme Frutista Freeze features an icy slush of orange slush blended with vanilla soft serve.

It costs $1.99 for a 16-ounce regular and $2.29 for a 20-ounce large at my local Taco Bell.

News: White Castle - Free Garlic Cheese Sliders on Facebook

For a limited time, you can visit White Castle on Facebook and receive a coupon for a free Garlic Cheese Slider. The Garlic Cheese Sliders are a series of three new limited edition sandwiches available at White Castle through October 30, 2010. The three versions are Garlic Cheese, Garlic Cheese & Mushroom and Garlic Cheese & Chicken Marinara.

To receive the coupon you must "Like" White Castle on Facebook at www.facebook.com/whitecastle and print the coupon to use at any location nationwide. The coupon will be available on White Castle's Facebook page through October 22 and expires on October 30, 2010.

The Garlic Cheese Slider begins features a steamed beef patty, a slice of White Castle's garlic cheese. The Garlic Cheese Slider and Mushroom adds mushrooms in a savory sauce. And the Chicken Marinara Slider consists of a lightly breaded white-meat chicken breast topped off with garlic cheese and marinara sauce.

Nutritional info after the jump.

News: McDonald's - McRib Returns November 2, 2010

The polarizing McDonald's McRib sandwich is slated to return nationwide on November 2, 2010 according to Eater and will stick around for approximately six weeks.

For those who don't know, the McRib sandwich has very little to do with ribs the way most people think of them. Instead, the McRib features ground pork meat shaped in a very rough approximation of a mini rack of ribs (like if it came from a really, small pygmy pig) and then slathered in barbecue sauce with pickles and onions and served on a roll.

I've never tried one myself because they served a similar product in the school cafeteria back in the day, so why buy it right? I might try one this go round just to say I did though.

Nutritional info after the jump.

Review: Taco Bell - Verde and Fire Roasted Salsas

Taco Bell recently added two new Border Salsas to their menu: Verde and Fire Roasted which come in a green and reddish brown sauce packets respectively (almost like Christmas!). Like Taco Bell's Border hot sauces, they're complimentary and yours for the grabbing.

I recently tried them to see what they're about and have to say they're a welcome addition to Taco Bell's repertoire. For one, they actually bring new flavors to the Taco Bell menu rather than familiar combinations of the same old stuff.

Review: Taco Bell - XXL Chalupa

Taco Bell's new XXL Chalupa features a kitchen sink selection of an XXL Chalupa flatbread (roughly double the size of a regular), Fiesta salsa (tomatoes, onions, and cilantro), reduced fat sour cream, Taco Bell's three cheese blend (mozzarella, monterey jack, and American), lettuce, nacho cheese sauce, red tortilla strips, and seasoned ground beef. Pricing stands at $2.79 for one.

Around the World: McDonald's Japan - iCon' Chicken

Apparently, chicken is what is being pushed at McDonald's Japan.  I have to say McDonald's Japan seems to get a lot more limited-time and outlandish items on their menu. In the month of October - early November, they are getting four different chicken sandwiches... complete with a somewhat long chicken dance, it feels like a children's show:


Inexplicably, the dance is lead by an American guy... in English and has caused my eye to start twitching. But on to the limited-time iCon' Chicken sandwiches:

News: Subway - New Sunrise Subway Melt

A breakfast version of the Subway Melt, Subway's Sunrise Subway Melt features sliced turkey deli meat, bacon, Black Forest ham, and egg whites with your choice of cheese and veggies.

It's promoted in pictures with flatbread, but you, as always, you also have your choice of bread.

Subway is running a promotion where from 7am to 11am, you can get a Footlong Sunrise Subway Melt or Steak, Egg & Cheese Sub for $5.

Nutritional info after the jump.

Review: Wienerschnitzel - Chili Cheese Dog

Probably the most well known item at Wienerschnitzel, the Chili Cheese Dog features a regular size hot dog and bun topped with cheese and chili for $1.69.

Frozen Friday: Hungry-Man - Beer Battered Chicken

The Hungry-Man "Pub Favorite" Beer Battered Chicken frozen dinner features beer battered chicken strips with seasoned potato wedges in a cheddar cheese sauce. As with all Hungry-Man dinners, this one boasts of a pound of food. They're regularly around $3.69 but can be found on sale for $1.50 to $2.00.

News: Arby's - New Steakhouse Onion Rings

A new limited-time menu item, Arby's Steakhouse Onion Rings feature (like most onion rings) battered and deep-fried onion rings. They priced at $1.99 for five onion rings.

They already serve Onion Petals which is almost the same thing, no? (Update: they replaced Onion Petals, at least at my local Arby's)

Nutritional info not yet available.