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Jul 14, 2014

News: Domino's - Online-Only Deal for Half-Off Any Pizza

Domino's is doing another one of their online deals for half-off any regularly priced pizzas starting today, Monday, July 14, 2014 through Sunday, July 20, 2014.

Jul 13, 2014

Review: Sonic - Mozzarella Sticks

Sonic's Mozzarella Sticks features sticks of mozzarella covered in Italian breadcrumbs and fried until crispy.

They're normally five for $2.99 or two for 99 cents during happy hour.

News: Wienerschnitzel - 61-Cent Hot Dogs on July 20, 2014

Wienerschnitzel will be offering 61-cent Hot Dogs as an anniversary special on Sunday, July 20, 2014. The 61 cents price reflects that founding year of the company: 1961.

The deal is good on the chains' Original Chili Dog, Mustard Dog, and Kraut Dogs only. There's no limit on how many you can buy and it's at participating locations only.

News: General Mills Brings Own Version of Doritos Locos Tacos Home

General Mills' Old El Paso brand offers new Nacho Cheese Taco Shells, an imitation of Taco Bell's Doritos Locos Nacho taco shell, in a taco dinner kit to make at home.

Jul 12, 2014

Review: 7-Eleven - Mini Tacos

7-Eleven's Mini Tacos are mini bite-sized crunchy tacos with a shredded beef filling.

They were 4 for $1.

News: Chocolate-Covered Twinkies AKA Chocodiles Return!

Just in time for summer, Hostess has brought back Chocolate-Covered Twinkies AKA Chocodiles.

Apparently, the chocolate-covered, creme-filled golden sponge snack cakes were only available on the West Coast before they were discontinued when the company went bankrupt last year.

News: New Kettle Brand Popcorn

The Kettle Brand is best known for potato chips but they're trying their hand at popcorn with new Kettle Brand Popcorn, made with non-GMO ingredients in all but one variety.

Jul 11, 2014

Frozen Friday: Michael Angelo's - Chicken Parmesan

Michael Angelo's Chicken Parmesan features a breaded chicken breast on a bed of spaghetti with marinara topped with melted mozzarella and Pecorino Romano.

A 11-oz box was $1.99.

News: Taco Bell's Cantina Bell "Evolves" Into Power Cantina Menu

Taco Bell is switching it up with their Cantina Bell menu by nixing some ingredients and focusing on the protein aspect with a new name: Power Cantina. Additionally, they've announced that they will test Power Greek Yogurt as well as Power Breakfast Bowls and Burritos.

News: Sonic - New Cheesy Bread Dogs

Sonic is offering new Cheesy Bread Dogs for a limited time in two varieties: Ultimate Cheese & Bacon and Garlic Parmesan. The key features to the new hot dogs is a hot dog bun with cheddar cheese baked onto it.

Jul 10, 2014

Review: Dairy Queen - Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Pie Blizzard

Dairy Queen's Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Pie Blizzard features vanilla soft serve with pieces of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and graham pie crust mixed in, topped off with a dollop of whipped cream. It's this month's Blizzard of the Month.

A mini-sized cup was $3.39 at the mall (but they gave me a small cup because they ran out of minis)

Around the World: KFC Australia's New Fun Do Meal Gives You Lots to Dip

KFC Australia's new Fun Do Family Meal is a riff on fondue and offers quite a number of items to dip in the three warm sauces (including a cheese sauce) that come with.

News: Fazoli's - New Stuffed Pasta Selects

Fazoli's introduces new, limited-time Stuffed Pasta Selects featuring sacchetti pasta filled with ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan, and Romano cheeses.

New Stuffed Pasta Selects come in three varieties: Fresco, Supremo, and Robusto.

News: TGI Fridays - New $10 All-You-Can-Eat Appetizers

TGI Fridays is offering all-you-can-eat appetizers all summer long in a promotion that they're calling "Endless Appetizers."

Jul 9, 2014

Review: Slater's 50/50 - The 'Merica Burger

Slater's 50/50's The 'Merica burger is their July Burger of the Month and features a third pound (weight after cooking) ground bacon patty, bacon American cheese, sunny side up egg, thick-cut bacon, and bacon island dressing, on a bacon pretzel bun.

It was $11.95 for the burger. If you miss out, it's basically their B' B' B' Bacon, but with a full bacon patty instead of a half-bacon, half-beef (50/50) patty.

Around the World: Pizza Hut Offers New Pizza with Two Stuffed Crusts... in the Dominican Republic

For fans of Pizza Hut's Stuffed Crust Pizza, it's pretty cool to have an outer crust with a layer of melted cheese inside. But what if you could have two crusts with cheese inside? Would it be twice as good?

News: Church's Chicken - New Chicken & Biscuit Bites

Church's Chicken debuts new Chicken & Biscuit Bites as their latest menu item. The dish features marinated, battered, and deep-fried chicken breast chunks ("white meat Tender Crunchers") and new bite-sized versions of their signature Honey Butter Biscuits.

Wendy's New Pretzel Burger Song is Pretty Epic

Last year, Wendy's introduced the their new pretzel bun as part of the Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger. Accompanying the launch was a silly, offbeat marketing campaign where they hired musical artists to sing some of the best tweets as various love song lyrics in a series of videos, calling it the "Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger Love Songs" collection.

With the return of the pretzel burger and chicken sandwich, the creative folks at Wendy's (or their ad agency) have really outdone themselves. They collected positive tweets regarding the sandwiches and made it into a complete duet pop song. It's pretty awesome:

News: Dunkin' Donuts - New Pretzel Twist, Plus Oreo Donuts Return!

Dunkin' Donuts introduces the new Pretzel Twist, which is slightly redundant as it's a traditional soft pretzel twisted in the same matter as a twist donut, sprinkled with salt (granted, pretzels don't have to be twisted, but it's kinda expected.) and served warm.

In addition to the new pretzel, Dunkin' has also brought back the Southwest Steak Burrito and Oreo Donuts.

Jul 8, 2014

Review: Rally's - Garlic Parm Fries & Stix

Rally's Garlic Parm Fries & Stix feature their seasoned fries and seasoned Monsterella Stix drizzled with a garlic parmesan butter sauce and grated parmesan cheese.

I bought an order for $2.99.