Review: Popeyes - New Signature Sauces

I recently got to try Popeyes' three new Signature Sauces along with a $3.99 Tenders combo meal courtesy of Popeyes (that's one Tender per sauce!). The three new sauces are Bayou Buffalo, Sweet Heat, and Blackened Ranch.

I got three spicy tenders, but maybe I should have gone for mild for more neutral dipping.

News: White Castle - New Crispy Jalapeno Cheese Sliders and Fries

White Castle is offering some crispy heat this fall with new Crispy Jalapeno Cheese Sliders and Crispy Jalapeno Cheese Fries.

Crispy Jalapeno Sliders offer your choice of beef or chicken patty sliders with jalapeno cheese and crunchy fried jalapeno crisps.  The price is 99 cents per beef slider and $1.77 for the breaded chicken version (will vary with location).

News: Snickers - New Limited Edition NFL Minis

With football season kicking off, Mars Chocolates adds a new novelty to serve at your football gatherings with new Snickers Limited Edition NFL Minis.

They come in a 40-ounce bag and each wrapper sports one of 32 NFL team logos. The suggested retail price on each bag is $8.98 and, in a familiar tune, they are only available at Walmart stores nationwide.

News: Hostess Halloween Cakes Are Back!

This fall, Hostess is once again returning their Halloween-themed cakes for a limited time and introducing a new Donette.

Orange is the color for this Halloween season with returning ScaryCakes and GloBalls.

ScaryCakes are a seasonal variant of Hostess Chocolate CupCakes, but with orange frosting and red, brown, and yellow sprinkles (and no icing squiggle).

News: Denny's - "Build Your Own" Burgers and Shakes

Denny's is currently promoting "Build Your Own Burger" and "Build Your Own Shakes" menus for a limited time.

For the "Build Your Own Burger" menu, Denny's features 37 different ingredients as diners can choose:

A patty - beef, veggie, grilled seasoned chicken, or turkey.

Review: Dannon - Oikos Vanilla Greek Yogurt

Dannon Oikos Vanilla Greek Yogurt was previously just Dannon Vanilla Greek Yogurt, but they've since adopted the Oikos name from sister brand Stonyfield. The yogurt remains the same and shouldn't be confused with Stonyfield Organic Oikos which is also available, but has a much different flavor.

I picked up a 5.3-ounce cup for $1 on sale (regular price of $1.29)

News: Healthy Choice - New Greek Frozen Yogurt

The Greek yogurt boom continues, with major brands like Dannon and Yoplait out with their own versions of what used to be a niche product, it's not a surprise that Healthy Choice (a ConAgra brand) enters on the frozen side and is now in the Greek frozen yogurt game with new Healthy Choice Greek Frozen Yogurt.

Healthy Choice Greek Frozen Yogurt comes in a 3-count box of 100-calorie, 4-ounce individual cups.

Around the World: Starbucks Japan - Seasonal Crunchy Caramel Drinks

From left to right: Iced Crunchy Caramel Macchiato, Hot
Crunchy Caramel Macchiato, and Crunchy Caramel
Frappuccino.

While we have our seasonal Starbucks autumn flavors of Pumpkin Spice and Salted Caramel here in the U.S., over in Japan, there is no Pumpkin Spice Latte (*gasp* I know). Instead, this fall, Starbucks Japan is celebrating the falling of leaves with the Crunchy Caramel Macchiato and Crunchy Caramel Frappuccino.

The Crunchy Caramel Macchiato is layered with a dark, bitter caramel sauce along the bottom, overlaid with  frothy steamed milk and espresso coffee before finished with crunchy bits of candied almonds and a criss-cross of sweet caramel sauce.

Review: Hostess - Devil's Food Cake Zingers

Hostess Devil's Food Zingers are very similar to a Twinkie in that they're long bar-shaped cakes filled with creme. For the Devil's Food Zinger, the cake is devil's food cake (i.e. a rich chocolate cake) and it's iced on top with a chocolaty coating.

A 15.24-ounce box of 12 individually-wrapped cakes retails for $4.29 and you might guess that this particular box cost two for $5, but you would be wrong! They were actually buy one, get one free, so $4.29 for two boxes.

Around the World: Pizza Hut Australia - The Plank

Down in Australia, Pizza Hut is offering a new, limited-time 94-cm (~37 inches) extra long pizza, they're calling "The Plank." Now, The Plank is not actually a 94-centimeter pizza, but rather 3 deep-pan, slab pizzas whose lengths add up to 94 centimeters and are fitted into a 94-centimeter box.

News: Yogurtland - Two New Flavors This Fall

Yogurtland pumps out new White Chocolate Macadamia Nut and Blackberry Passion Fruit Tart flavors of frozen yogurt this month.

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut is made with double roasted macadamias from Australia that are ground into a butter and folded into the yogurt.

Blackberry Passion Fruit Tart features passion fruit from South America and blackberries from Oregon. An 8-ounce serving provides a full day's worth of the recommended intake of Vitamin C.

Frozen Friday - Lean Cuisine - Alfredo Pasta with Chicken and Broccoli

Lean Cuisine's Alfredo Pasta with Chicken and Broccoli is a simple meal of cubes of grilled white meat chicken, florets of broccoli, and rigatoni pasta in a creamy alfredo sauce.

A 10-ounce box typically retails for $3.29 at my local supermarket.