Review: Ruffles - Loaded Chili & Cheese Potato Chips

Ruffles limited-time new Loaded Chili & Cheese ridged potato chips comes just in time to grace your Super Bowl spread with the flavor of chili, cheese, and fried potatoes. While it's not the same as actual chili cheese fries, it does keep much better and won't get soggy.

I found this 1-and-1/8-ounce bag at my local 7-Eleven for 99 cents.

News: Krispy Kreme - V-Day Donuts

Krispy Kreme has a pretty sweet deal (pun intended) going on until Valentine's Day (February 14): along with the return of their heart-shaped donuts, they're offering a promotion where you'll get 12 Valentine's Day Cards when you buy any dozen donuts (while supplies last at participating stores).

Here's the kicker: on the back of each card is a coupon good for one free donut or one free small hot chocolate or coffee.

News: Cold Stone Creamery - New Plated Desserts

I've touched upon it before but now it's official, Cold Stone Creamery is serving new Plated Desserts: four new menu items featuring a warm, baked dessert topped with ice cream and other toppings.

The four desserts are:

• Brownie A La Cold Stone: Warm, chocolate brownies topped with French vanilla, whipped topping, caramel, hot fudge and pecans.
• Churro Caramel Crave: Crispy churros rolled in cinnamon and sugar, topped with French vanilla ice cream, caramel and whipped topping.
• Chocolate Lava Meltdown: Warm, hot-fudge-filled chocolate cake topped with French vanilla ice cream, more fudge, whipped topping and shaved chocolate.
• No Fair Funnel Cake: Freshly baked, sweet funnel cake dusted with powdered sugar, served with strawberries and topped with French vanilla ice cream, strawberry puree and whipped topping.

Frozen Friday: Marie Callender's - Country Fried Beef Steak

Marie Callender's Country Fried Beef Steak frozen meal comes with a deep fried battered and breaded ground beef patty, mashed potatoes, and glazed carrots.

They retail for around $3.99 with a sale price usually around $2.00 to $2.50.

News: Jack in the Box - New All-American Jack Combo for $4.99

Jack in the Box is leveraging the Super Bowl this Sunday for the introduction of its new All-American Jack burger. The All-American Jack features two jumbo beef patties, melting American and Swiss-style cheese, tomato, shredded lettuce, pickles, mayo-onion sauce, ketchup, and mustard.

For a limited time, starting today, Jack in the Box will be offering the All-American Jack combo for $4.99. The combo includes its namesake burger, a small order of fries, and a 20-ounce drink.

Review: Popeyes - Red Hot Popcorn Chicken

New to the Popeyes menu, their Red Hot Popcorn Chicken features bits of white meat chicken marinated in a spicy 4-pepper blend of Cayenne, White, Black, and Habernero peppers and fried with a crunchy breading.

According to their website, a Red Hot Popcorn Chicken combo with cajun fries and a biscuit is supposed to cost $2.99. Perhaps they got their wires crossed, but my local Popeyes had an order of Popcorn Chicken for $2.99 while a combo with fries, a biscuit and a drink was listed at $5.99(!).

News: Papa Murphy's Introduces S'mores Pizza for V-Day

"Take 'n' bake" pizza chain Papa Murphy's is rolling out their S'mores Dessert Pizza this Valentine's Day season. The dessert pie features Hershey's Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, lightly-toasted mini marshmallows, and a crisp topping on a pizza pie crust.

Price and participation varies.

News: Subway - $5 Any Regular Footlong for all of February

Subway is offering any regular Footlong sub for $5 for all of February in an event they're calling "FebruANY." You can't see but I'm rolling my eyes right now at their choice of name.

So what counts as a "regular" sub? That's any sub except for Subway's "premium" subs which basically consists of just the Big Philly Cheesesteak and the Pastrami sub (What counts as a "premium" sub might vary with location).

Review: Carl's Jr - Hand-Breaded Chicken Tender Wrappers

Left to right: BBQ, Ranch, and Honey Mustard

A bit of a Johnny-come-lately to the snack-sized chicken wraps party, Carl's Jr. nonetheless makes a good effort with their new, slightly long-winded Hand-Breaded Chicken Tender Wrappers.

The formula is familiar enough: a Hand-Breaded Chicken Wrapper, shredded cheese and lettuce, and your choice of sauces (ranch, barbecue, and honey mustard) wrapped in a flour tortilla for $1.49.

News: Church's Chicken - New Southern Style Chicken Sandwich

Church's Chicken is standing directly in Chick-fil-A's back yard with their latest menu item, the Southern Style Chicken Sandwich featuring the familiar all-white meat chicken patty, crunchy pickle slices, and toasted bun.

Pricing undercuts both McDonald's and Chick-fil-A at $1.99. The pickles seem to be quite large, enough for every bite if the picture is to be believed.

News: Domino's - $5.99 2-Topping Large Pizza

Domino's is running a short promotion (until this Saturday, February 5, 2011) where you can carryout a 2-Topping Large Pizza for $5.99 at participating U.S. locations.

News: Wendy's - New Asiago Ranch Chicken Club

Wendy's is offering a slightly different take on their previous Chicken Club sandwich with the new Asiago Ranch Chicken Club which features fancy Asiago cheese, Ranch sauce, your choice of chicken (Grilled, Homestyle, or Spicy), Applewood Smoked Bacon, tomatoes, and hand-leafed lettuce.

Price will vary but you can expect to pay between $4 and $5 for the privilege.