News: Boston Market- Two Half-Chicken Meals for $10.40 on Tax Day

Boston Market will be offering a "Tax Day Deal Chicken Meal" on April 15 (i.e. the day when income tax returns are due), where you can buy two half-chicken individual meals for $10.40 (as in the 1040 form most people use to file their taxes).

The half-chicken individual meal includes a half-chicken portion of the chain's signature rotisserie chicken, two regular sides and cornbread. It normally goes for about $8.29 (may vary).

News: KFC - Boneless Chicken Discontinued... for Now

It looks like KFC's Boneless Chicken wasn't quite the draw that was hoped: The company has relegated the product to "limited time offer" status and it is currently unavailable at many KFC restaurants (i.e. it's being discontinued).

Addressing a customer's recent Facebook inquiry of "Why did you stop selling boneless chicken?" KFC had this response:

Frozen Friday: Ben & Jerry's - Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream

Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup ice cream is a Walmart-exclusive flavor featuring chocolate peanut butter ice cream with mini chocolaty peanut butter cups.

A pint was $3.48.

Around the World: Chocolate Banana Frappuccinos Coming to Starbucks Japan

The latest in Starbucks' seemingly never-ending rotation of limited-time flavors in Japan is a chocolate banana Frappuccino that they're calling the "Fresh Banana & Chocolate Cream Frappuccino." There will also be a caramel and banana version. Both are set to arrive on April 16, 2014.

The Fresh Banana & Chocolate Cream Frappuccino blends a whole banana with a chocolate Frappuccino, and tops it off with whipped cream, chocolate brownie crumbles, and chocolate sauce.

News: Jamba Juice - $2.99 Peach Pleasure & Banana Berry Smoothies

Jamba Juice is offering two of their classic smoothies, Peach Pleasure and Banana Berry, at a discounted $2.99 for a small.

News: Fazoli's - New Nutella Cheesecake

Fazoli's is now offering a new, limited-time Nutella Cheesecake. The decadent dessert features cheesecake made with Nutella hazelnut spread topped with a layer of Nutella, on a chocolate graham cracker crust.

Fazoli's Nutella Cheesecake is priced at $2.49 per slice.

Review: KFC - Orange Ginger and Bacon Ranch Dip 'Ems Sauces

Along with the return of KFC Dip 'Ems (i.e. chicken tenders with dipping sauce), came the return of two limited-time sauces at KFC: Orange Ginger and Bacon Ranch. Since I missed them the first time around, I decided to remedy that and try them now.

The sauces are available (in varying amounts) with the purchase of any number of Extra Crispy Chicken Tenders (I bought two Go Cups, which were $2.49 each and came with two sauces in total).

Around the World: McDonald's Singapore Offers Spicy Chicken Sandwiches from Sizzling to Flaming Hot

McDonald's is offering a limited-time line of spicy chicken sandwiches with varying "levels" of heat ranging from mildly spicy to tongue-burning hot with the return of "The Spicy Challenge."

The Spicy Challenge line up consists of four sandwiches in all; three are new with one yet to be revealed.

News: Krispy Kreme - New Pie Donuts

Krispy Kreme attempts to capture the flavor of two classic pies with their new Pie Donuts. Available in Key Lime Pie and Caramel Dutch Apple, the new donuts will stick around through May 18, while supplies last at participating Krispy Kreme locations in the US and Canada.

The Key Lime Pie Donut features a blend of key lime and custard filling inside of a yeast donut, topped with key lime icing and graham cracker crumbles.

News: Del Taco - New Breakfast Tacos

Del Taco adds a new way to enjoy their bacon (or steak), egg, and cheese with new Breakfast Tacos.

Prices start at 75 cents for standard Breakfast Taco, which comes with fresh-grilled eggs and hand-shredded cheddar in a warm, flour tortilla.

News: Baskin-Robbins - April 2014 Flavor of the Month

Baskin-Robbins' Flavor of the Month for April 2014 is new "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" ice cream, named after the upcoming movie.

Besides what I'm assuming is a decent amount of food coloring, the new ice cream features red and blue vanilla ice cream swirled with a dark chocolate-flavored "web" and popping candies (because the featured villain in the new movie is Electro).

Review: Taco Bell - Steak A.M. Crunchwrap

Taco Bell's Steak A.M. Crunchwrap features marinated slices of steak, scrambled eggs, a hash brown patty, shredded cheddar, and creamy jalapeno sauce all folded up in flour tortilla to assume a hexagonal shape before grilled.

I bought one for $2.99, which makes it the highest priced item on the new breakfast menu (unless you count a 12-pack of Cinnabon Delights).

Around the World: Pizza Hut's Latest in Hong Kong is Crust Stuffed with Fish Eggs

Pizza Hut's latest limited-time pizza over in Hong Kong is a seafood lover's dream featuring a crust stuffed with salmon-flavored cream cheese and flying fish roe (i.e. fish eggs). They're calling it the "Flying Fish Roe Salmon Cream Cheese Pizza."

News: Taco Bell Testing New Chicken Flatbread Grillers

Taco Bell is testing new Chicken Flatbread Grillers in at least one location here (where I spotted them) in Southern California. Essentially a grilled chicken wrap, Chicken Flatbread Grillers come in two varieties: Chicken Ranch and Spicy Chicken.

News: Sonic - New Chocolate Jalapeno Shake and Half-Off Milkshake Deal

Sonic introduces the new Chocolate Covered Jalapeno Shake to anchor their upcoming Summer of Shakes promotion beginning April 28, 2014.

The Summer of Shakes is a half-price deal on all Sonic's milkshakes after 8pm all summer long. The shake selection will include three new shakes along with 22 other shake flavors.

News: White Castle - New Belgian Waffle Sandwiches

White Castle will soon offer new, limited-time Belgian Waffle Sandwiches in three varieties to hit both breakfast and the rest of the day. Interesting, rather than making their waffles or sourcing them locally, they're importing the waffles from Belgium for a more authentic taste.

Review: Quiznos - Chicken Pesto Toasty Pasta

Quiznos' Chicken Pesto Toasty Pasta features cavatappi pasta, sliced chicken, diced balsamic tomatoes, and Italian three-cheese blend with a basil pesto sauce.

I tried a bowl for $6.99.

News: Dairy Queen - April 2014 Blizzard of the Month

Dairy Queen's featured Blizzard of the Month for April 2014 is the returning Confetti Cake Blizzard. The flavor features white cake pieces and confetti frosting mixed into vanilla soft serve.

Dairy Queen also continues to promote the fairly recent addition of waffle cones and chocolate-dipped waffle cones as a Blizzard upgrade (over a cup).

News: Dunkin' Donuts - Ice Cream-Flavored Coffee is Back with New Varieties

Dunkin' Donuts is once again partnering up with sister brand Baskin-Robbins for two new, limited-time Baskin-Robbins ice cream-flavored iced coffee drinks this spring.

The new options are Cookie Dough Iced Coffee and Jamoca Almond Fudge Iced Coffee. Also available is returning Butter Pecan Iced Coffee, which was introduced last year.

News: Subway - April 2014 Featured $5 Footlong

Subway's Featured $5 Footlong for April 2014 is the Turkey Breast & Black Forest Ham sub. It's one of their Fresh Fit subs and comes with slices of turkey breast and Black Forest ham plus the standard choice of cheese, veggies, condiments, and bread.