Review: Jack in the Box - Sourdough Jack

Jack in the Box's Sourdough Jack is a fairly simple affair as far as burgers go: a beef patty, bacon, tomatoes, Swiss-style cheese, Mayo-Onion sauce and ketchup sandwiched between two slices of sourdough bread. It's more or less a patty melt for $3.59.

Review: Pizza Hut - Meaty Recipe Ultimate Stuffed Crust Pizza

Pizza Hut's latest limited-time pizza, the Meaty Recipe Ultimate Stuffed Crust Pizza is a hand-tossed pizza (up to 3 toppings) with a crust stuffed with mozzarella cheese, bacon, pepperoni, and sausage for $12.99.

The Ultimate Stuffed Crust Pizza is also offered with a Pepperoni Recipe (also $12.99) pares down the stuffing to just cheese and pepperoni.

Review: Oscar Mayer - Oven Roasted Turkey Cracker Combo

In what appears to be a grown-up version of their Lunchables, Oscar Mayer's Cracker Combos feature a meal/snack of crackers, cheese, and deli meat. The Oven Roasted Turkey Cracker Combo contains over roasted turkey deli meat (cured with added smoke flavor), Philadelphia Reduced Fat Cream Cheese with Chives and Onions, LU Pain Rustique Flatbread Crackers and a mini Toblerone chocolate.

Retail price is around $2.99 but sale price can be as low as a buck.

Review: Kashi - TLC Oatmeal Raisin Flax Cookies

When I think of Kashi, I think healthy and wholesome. I don't know if that's true or not but that's what I think. So when I picked up a box of Kashi TLC Oatmeal Raisin Flax Cookies, I thought this should be interesting. Wholesome comes at a price as an 8.5-ounce box retails around $3.99 or about $2.50 to $3.00 on sale or about twice as much as a package of Chips Ahoy.

Frozen Friday: Stouffer's - Three Cheese & Ham Stuffed Melt with Creamy Tomato Bisque

Stouffer's Corner Bistro line offers their take on soup and a sandwich with their new Three Cheese & Ham Stuffed Melt with Creamy Tomato Bisque.  The frozen entrée features an herb-topped foccacia bread filled with ham and three cheeses plus a creamy tomato bisque for a retail of $3.99 or about $2.00 to $2.50 on sale.

Review: Fatburger - Chili Cheese Fat Fries

Besides Onion Rings and Fries, Fatburger also serves up Chili Cheese Fat Fries (Skinny Fries also available). Following the simple recipe of cheese, meat, and potatoes, the resultant dish will run you $4.79.

News: Baskin-Robbins - 31 Cent Scoop Night on April 27th

Baskin-Robbins is once again playing host to their 31 Cent Scoop Night this year on April 27, 2011. In its fifth year, 31 Cent Scoop Night is hosted in partnership with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) who will receive a $100,000 donation from the Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation.

When: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 5pm to 10pm

Where: Participating Baskin-Robbins locations nationwide. You can find your nearest BR at :http://www.baskinrobbins.com/StoreLocator

Why: 31 cent scoops of Baskin-Robbins ice cream (limit three 2.5 oz scoops per person). Show support for America's Firefighters.

News: Taco Bell - New Cheesy Double Decker Taco

Taco Bell's newest limited-time "Why Pay More" value item is the Cheesy Double Decker Taco which is basically a Double Decker Taco but with nacho cheese sauce in addition to the bean layer to bind the flour tortilla to the Crunchy Taco.

The price is very nice at 89 cents which is roughly the same as buying a Crunchy Taco (compared to $1.29 for a Double Decker).

Review: McDonald's - Quarter Pounder with Cheese

McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese was once their meatiest burger and features a quarter pound beef patty, two slices of American cheese, ketchup, mustard, pickles slices, and slivered onions. The Quarter Pounder is slightly more expensive than a Big Mac ($2.79) at $2.89.

News: Popeyes - New Garlic Butter Shrimp

While Popeyes usually serves up some shrimp this time of year, they're throwing a little wrench in their normal equation with new, limited-time Garlic Butter Shrimp which is essentially their normal deep-fried, popcorn shrimp tossed in garlic butter and served with Cajun fries and a biscuit for $3.99.

News: Dunkin' Donuts - New Hearty Snacks

Dunkin' Donuts is currently promoting their new "Hearty Snacks." Hearty Snacks are new and existing menu items they have designated as being "convenient, affordable and delicious" for between meal snacking.

The new featured items are Stuffed Breadsticks while existing items also incorporated in the menu are Warm Apple Pie, Cheddar Cheese and Cinnamon Raisin Bagel Twists.

Dunkin’ Donuts’ new Stuffed Breadsticks are available in two varieties, Cheeseburger and Pepperoni and Cheese. They're oven-toasted and made with pizza-style dough. Pepperoni and Cheese features pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and pizza sauce whereas Cheeseburger includes ground beef, mustard, and cheese. Each breadstick carries a suggested retail price of $1.59.

Similar to McDonald's, the Warm Apple Pie is a flaky, portable pie baked with real apples and topped with cinnamon sugar. Warm Apple Pie carries a suggested retail price of $1.29.

Suggested retail price for the Bagel Twists stands at $1.39.

News: Baskin-Robbins - Firehouse #31 - April 2011 Flavor of the Month

Baskin-Robbins featured flavor for April 2011 is Firehouse #31 in honor of fire fighters and is a blend of vanilla and red cinnamon ice cream mixed with red hot candy pieces and" a crunchy atomic fireball ribbon laced throughout."

Basically it's a blend of spicy, sweet and cold.

Firehouse #31 ice cream is available nationwide during the month of April by the scoop (in a cup or cone), in a sundae or in hand-packed pints, quarts and half-gallons.