Review: Taco Bell - Cheesy Gordita Crunch

Taco Bell's Cheesy Gordita Crunch is basically a Crunchy Taco with a pepper jack sauce wrapped in a soft Gordita shell and bound together with a melted blend of pepper jack, cheddar, and mozzarella.

It sells for $2.19 at my local Taco Bell or you can get one as part of a $5 Big Box Meal.

News: Cold Stone Creamery - New "Hot for Cookie" Dessert

For a limited-time, Cold Stone Creamery adds new "Hot for Cookie" to its line of plated desserts.

The treat features a blend of warm and cold by pairing a baked chocolate chip cookie and warm cookie dough topped with French vanilla ice cream, whipped topping, and chocolate shavings.

"Hot for Cookie" joins a line up of ice cream served with brownies, churros, chocolate cake, and funnel cake but only for a limited time.

News: Jamba Juice Giving Free Energy Drinks Today

Jamba Juice is giving away free cans of its Energy Drinks to the first 100 customers at each of over 500 participating Jamba locations today, Monday, January 23, 2012.

Jamba Juice Energy Drinks are available in three flavors: Strawberry Banana, Pomegranate Blueberry, and Crisp Apple.

You can check out the details of the promotion as well as participating locations on their website here.

News: Popeyes - Spicy Cajun Wings Return

For a limited-time, Popeyes is serving up Spicy Cajun Wings to meet your football eating needs.

Popeyes' Spicy Cajun Wings are marinated for 12-hours and then hand-battered and breaded before frying.

My local Popeyes has them at six for $3.99 and they come with your choice of Firecracker, Ranch, or Buffalo dipping sauce.

News: Chick-fil-A - New Grilled Chicken Nuggets for Better Kid's Meal Nutrition

Chick-fil-A is out with new Grilled Chicken Nuggets as a Kid's Meal entree option. The new nuggets are gluten-free and made with boneless, skinless chicken breast pieces tossed in a salt and pepper spice blend before grilling.

Amid concerns of obesity, many fast food chains have opted to offer healthier menu items especially for kids (such as McDonald's and Arby's) so in addition to the new Grilled Chicken Nuggets, Chick-fil-A is also offering Apple & Cinnamon flavored Buddy Fruits Pure Blended Fruit To Go apple sauce as a side option (in addition to the current options of a fruit cup or fries).

Frozen Friday: Hot Pocket Snackers - Potato Skin Bites

Hot Pocket Snackers Potato Skin Bites are mini-hot pockets that can be eaten in a bite or two and feature bacon, cheddar, potatoes, and green onions inside a potato crust.

Retail is about $3.69 for a 10-ounce bag of 12 pieces. On sale, you're looking at around $2.

News: Doritos - Sour Cream and Onion and Salsa Rios Back as Throwbacks

Just in time to grace your Super Bowl snack table, Frito Lay has brought back two throwback Doritos flavors: Doritos Sour Cream and Onion and Doritos Salsa Rios complete with old school packaging.

Ever helpful, Frito Lay has its handy dandy snack locator to find out if your local grocers are carrying these limited-time flavors.

Doritos Sour Cream and Doritos Salsa Rios will only be available through February.

Review: Carl's Jr. - Biscuit 'N' Gravy

Long a staple at sister chain, Hardee's, Carl's Jr.'s Biscuit 'N' Gravy is a simple affair: a made-from-scratch biscuit smothered in hot sausage gravy.

It's 99 cents per order.

Going to Krispy Kreme for Some Coffee and Donuts

The folks at Krispy Kreme have been kind enough to jet me across the country to their North Carolina headquarters for their blogger summit and a behind-the-scenes tour of their headquarters.

I'll be sure to let you guys know of any Willa-Wonka-type hi-jinks that ensue while I'm stuffing my face Augustus-Gloop-style on coffee and donuts.

So basically, I'm flying across the country tomorrow for coffee and donuts! Sweet!

Look forward to pictures and posts when I return!

News: McDonald's - New Caramel Hot Chocolate

Also new at McDonald's this month is Caramel Hot Chocolate.

It's basically a Caramel Mocha but without the espresso which is to say it's chocolate caramel syrup blended into steamed milk and topped with whipped cream and a bit of caramel.

Price ranges from $2.29 to $3.29 for varying sizes (may vary with loca
tion).

It's caramel for the chocolate-but-non-coffee-drinking set I suppose.

News: McDonald's - New Chicken McBites

New and for a limited time at McDonald's, Chicken McBites is McDonald's own Mc-take on popcorn chicken and feature seasoned and battered bite-sized chicken breast chunks.

They're available in three sizes: Snack (3 ounces), Regular (4.5 ounces), and Sharable (10 ounces).

You can expect Chicken McBites to be around for about 3 months so you can expect to find them until about early to mid April.

News: Post - New Honey Bunches of Oats Fruit Blends

Post is now offering a new take on their Honey Bunches of Oats cereal with new Honey Bunches of Oats Fruit Blends. Fruit Blends are available in two flavors: Peach Raspberry and Banana Blueberry.

The new cereals feature flavored crispy flakes (banana or peach) mixed with flavored oat (blueberry or raspberry) clusters.

While the brand already offers flavored clusters, what makes the new varieties different is the new varieties and the fact that the flakes themselves are flavored.