Review: Pizza Hut - Big Pizza Sliders

Pizza Hut's new, limited-time Big Pizza Sliders are basically mini pan pizzas sold in a set of nine for the same $10 as Pizza Hut's regular large pizza.

You can choose up to 3 toppings for each set of three mini pizzas, essentially giving you three different combinations of toppings per order. It's good for when you're feeding a few people and they all want different toppings.

News: KFC Offers Chicken Pot Pie for $3.99

KFC returns the $3.99 promotional price for their Chunky Chicken Pot Pie for a limited time. They ran the same promotion around this time last year.

The Chunky Chicken Pot Pie comes filled with chunks of chicken, potatoes, peas, and carrots in a creamy sauce and covered buttery, flaky crust. They're normally offered for $5 to $6.

News: Krispy Kreme - Valentine Donuts Return

Krispy Kreme once again offers a limited-time selection of Valentine's Day Donuts leading up to Valentine's Day. Additionally, they're bringing back the promotion where you get 12 Valentine's Day cards (each good for a free donut) when you purchase a dozen Valentine donuts.

The Valentine Donuts available this year are:

News: Carl's Jr./Hardee's - New Charbroiled Atlantic Cod Fish Sandwich

While most fast food chains are offering some sort of battered and deep-fried fish option around this time of year, Carl's Jr. and Hardee's are offering a grilled fish option with the new Charbroiled Atlantic Cod Fish Sandwich.

The sandwich features a charbroiled Atlantic cod fillet, tartar sauce, lettuce, and tomato on a honey wheat bun.

News: Dairy Queen - February 2013 Blizzard of the Month

To get you in the Valentine's Day mood, Dairy Queen's featured Blizzard of the Month for February 2013 is the Choco Covered Strawberry Blizzard. The flavor features choco chunks with strawberries blended into DQ's vanilla soft serve.

If you want to go big, there's also a Choco Covered Strawberry Blizzard Cake available for order. In addition to the Blizzard flavor, it's layered with vanilla soft serve and fudge crunch.

Review: Taco Bell - Cheesy Bean & Rice Burrito

Taco Bell's Cheesy Bean & Rice Burrito comes off from their $1 Cravings value menu test and features nacho cheese, refried beans, and seasoned rice wrapped up in a flour tortilla.

It costs $1 and is listed as a "Cheesy" craving.

2013 Super Bowl Fast Food Ad Round Up

In case, you missed it, here are the fast food ad spots that ran during the Super Bowl (technically only the Taco Bell ad ran during the Super Bowl, the others ran before or after and are therefore "Big Game" ads).

News: IHOP - Red Velvet Pancakes Return

IHOP returns Red Velvet Pancakes to their menu. Introduced in the summer of last year, it looks like this time, its stay might be an extended one as it's now designated as a "Signature Pancake" (update: they're only around until April 14, 2013).

The dish comes in a four-stack featuring chocolaty Red Velvet Pancakes topped with a cream cheese icing, powdered sugar, and a dollop of whipped topping for good measure.

News: Pizza Hut - New Big Pizza Sliders

Pizza Hut's latest pizza novelty is new, limited-time Big Pizza Sliders, which aren't really sliders at all, but instead, are 3.5" mini-pizzas meant to be an alternative to the pizza slice.

Each "slider" can be topped with up to three toppings and come in orders of three and nine. The bonus is that you can top each slider individually (in the 3-piece order; with the 9-piece, you choose the toppings for each set of three), which leaves for a fair bit of variety.

Review: Trader Joe's - Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies

Trader Joe's Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies feature small round cookie sandwiches made with ground hazelnuts with a "creamy" chocolate hazelnut filling.

A 10-ounce box cost me $3.99.

Around the World: KFC Japan - Double Down with Rice Between the Chicken...

KFC Japan takes the Double Down a step further with the oddly translated "Kentucky Chicken Rice." The new, limited-time item is so named because it introduces rice between the two fried chicken filets the infamous Double Down is known for.

Specifically, the Kentucky Chicken Rice comes with a patty of ketchup rice, a slice of cheddar cheese, tomato sauce, and a special sauce (i.e. the Colonel's sauce) sandwiched between two Original Recipe fried chicken filets.

News: Taco Bell - Free Churro with Purchase on February 4th

Taco Bell is offering a free Churro with any purchase tomorrow, Monday, February 4, 2013.

Taco Bell is calling the one day promotion "Live Mas Monday" in support of their Live Mas marketing campaign, which was most recently pushed with two Super Bowl ads: one for the tagline in general entitled "Viva Young" (which was teased earlier in "Grandpa Goes Wild") and one for the new Cantina Steak Burrito entitled "Grande Papi" (i.e. "Big Daddy").

Review: Kellogg's - Special K Sweet and Salty Popcorn Chips

Kellogg's Special K Popcorn Chips promise the "rich, irresistaible taste of popcorn" with a "unique crunch and texture." They're baked snacks meant to satisfy a craving without too much in the way of calories or fat.

A 4.5-ounce box is $3.69 at my local supermarket.

News: Kashi - New BBQ Recipe Chicken Pizza

If you're into eating Kashi brand thin crust pizza, your options just expanded by one with new Kashi BBQ Recipe Chicken Pizza. It features white meat chicken, caramelized onions, mozzarella and cheddar cheese, cilantro, and cherrywood smoke-flavored barbecue sauce.

Of course, the pizza crust is wood-fired and made with Kashi's 7 Whole Grains, but also adds sesame to the mix. The actual trademark is "Kashi 7 Whole Grains & Sesame."

News: Hershey's - New Special Dark Milkshakes

Hershey's line of single-serve refrigerated milk and milkshakes adds a new Special Dark Chocolate Milk Shake flavor starting March 2013.

The new flavor comes in 12-ounce single-serve, plastic bottles and is available at retailers nationwide.

I've never tried one of these before. Looking at the ingredients, they don't seem to be made with any ice cream or any cream at all; just thickeners for creamy texture.

Frozen Friday: Trader Joe's - Aloo Chaat Kati Pouches

Trader Joe's Aloo Chaat Kati Pouches are a savory crispy pastry filled with potatoes, chick peas, chaat masala, and tamarind chutney.

An 8-ounce box of two pouches were $2.29.

News: Subway - February 2013 Featured $5 Footlong

It is once again FebruANY at Subway this February, which means this month's Featured $5 Footlong is every regular Footlong sub on the menu.

"Premium" or "Special" Footlongs (basically Steak, Roast Beef, and Chicken & Bacon) are also on sale this year at $6 a piece.

Like last year, Subway is also running an instant-win promotion dubbed "Footlong Frenzy" with "Free Footlongs for Life" up for grabs as well as other prizes. You can find game codes on specially-marked 30-ounce cups as well as specially-marked Doritos Nacho Cheese and Cool Ranch tortilla chip bags.

News: Dickey's Barbecue - New Spicy Chicken Sandwich

Dickey's Barbecue introduces some heat with the new, limited-time Spicy Chicken Sandwich.

The sandwich features a toasted buttery roll filled with marinated chicken breast, smothered in a zesty Louisiana hot sauce blend and topped with Onion Tanglers (their version of onion strings) and Romaine lettuce.

Around the World: KFC Malaysia - New Goldenwrap Chicken

In Malaysia, KFC is offering new Goldenwrap Chicken. The unique thing about this new dish is it's wrapped in parchment paper and deep-fried according to this report.

The parchment paper is oil-proof, water-proof, and non-stick to seal in the juices (and presumably keep out the oil). The practice is used in baking, but I've never heard of it being fried (but I guess it would cook faster).

News: Jack in the Box - New Hot Mess Burger

Jack in the Box creates a faux '80s rock band back story for their faux founder for the release of their latest burger, the Hot Mess Burger, named after Jack's new '80s-themed Hot Mess music video.

The Hot Mess Burger features a jumbo beef patty seasoned with salt and pepper, sliced jalapenos, onion rings, and melted white cheddar and pepper jack cheese between two sliced of grilled sourdough bread.