News: Starbucks - Half-Price Frappuccino Happy Hour on May 1 through 10

It's almost summer and that means Starbucks will be promoting their ice-blended Frappuccinos by holding a half-price Frappuccino Happy Hour starting this Thursday, May 1 through Saturday, May 10, from 3 to 5 pm.

Review: Carl's Jr. - Western X-Tra Bacon Cheeseburger

Carl's Jr.'s Western X-Tra Bacon Cheeseburger is basically a regular Western Bacon Cheeseburger with two extra (or X-Tra if you're going along with the X-Men theme) slices of bacon. It comes with a charbroiled beef patty, a slice of American cheese, onion rings, BBQ sauce, and four strips of bacon.

They normally go for $4.19 at my local Carl's Jr. (compared to $3.79 for the non-X-tra version) but I received this one courtesy of the company.

News: Papa John's - New Sweet Chili Chicken Pizza

Papa John's latest is the new Sweet Chili Chicken Pizza. It's only available for a limited time and features pineapple, onions, red peppers, and breaded white meat chicken with a sweet chili sauce rather than pizza sauce.

News: Einstein Bros. - "Buy One, Get One Free" Applewood Bacon & Cheddar Egg Sandwich on April 30

Einstein Bros. and Noah's Bagels will be hosting a Friend Appreciation Day this upcoming Wednesday, April 30 by offering a "buy one, get one free" deal on their Applewood Bacon & Cheddar Egg Sandwiches.

Around the World: McDonald's Romania Offers Romanian-Themed Menu with Meatballs!

Over in Romania, McDonald's is offering a Romanian-themed menu featuring deep-fried cheese and meatballs. The menu is available through the end of May and they're dubbing "Romanian Weeks."

There are four items to the menu and they all sound pretty delectable.

News: Wendy's Testing BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich

Wendy's is testing a BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich in several states across the U.S.

Spotted on The Impulsive Buy, the pulled pork is served on a brioche bun and is topped simply with a broccoli slaw made with broccoli, red cabbage, and carrots. There are three varieties of barbecue sauce to choose from: Spicy, Smoky, and Sweet with additional sauce available upon request (in case, you want a mix of all three or the like).

Review: Nabisco - Oatmeal Chewy Chips Ahoy Cookies

Nabisco's Oatmeal Chewy Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies are soft-baked oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

A 13-oz package was $2.50 on sale.

News: Thomas' - 2014 Limited Edition Flavors Schedule

Thomas' has announced their line-up of limited edition flavors for 2014 headlined by new Cinnamon Vanilla English Muffins. 

The new flavor is inspired by cinnamon buns is available through July along with Maple French Toast Bagels, which are back after a 5-year hiatus..

News: Frito Lay - New Mystery Doritos Flavors

Frito Lay is once again offering mystery flavors of Doritos tortilla chips. This time around, it's the Doritos Jacked line of "bold" and larger, crunchy tortilla chips that get the mystery treatment with three new, limited-time flavors.

The flavors come in silver bags with a label on the front that differs only in color and test flavor numbers so you can tell them apart (red is test flavor #855, yellow is test flavor #404, and blue is test flavor #2653).

News: Yoplait - Margarita and Sweet Tea Flavors Return

Yoplait is again offering Yoplait Light Margarita and Yoplait Original Peach Sweet Tea yogurts as seasonal spring flavors this year.

Available for a limited time, both yogurts can be found nationally in 6-oz individual-serving cups, 4-oz four packs, and 6-oz eight-count fridge packs with either: four Margarita-flavored yogurts and four Harvest Peach-flavored yogurts; or four Peach Sweet Tea-flavored yogurts and four strawberry yogurts.

Review: Mrs. Fields Nibblers Cookies

Mrs. Fields' Nibblers are soft-baked, bite-sized, fudge-dipped cookies that are now available in packaged form in three flavors: Double Chocolate Fudge, Milk Chocolate Chip, and Peanut Butter Chip. These aren't the ones you buy online or at Mrs. Fields stores.

They're currently only available at Kroger supermarkets in 6.6-oz boxes for $2.99 but they sent me all three flavors to try along with a mini milk bottle (which looked cool so I included it in the pictures). There are 15 cookies per box.

News: Klondike - New Kandy Bars

Klondike now offers new Kandy Bars, which are basically their version of ice cream candy bars.

Klondike Kandy Bars are available in three flavors: