Review: Krispy Kreme - Carrot Cake Donut

Krispy Kreme's Carrot Cake Donut is a cake donut with carrots and spice, topped with cream cheese icing and finished with strips of orange icing.

It's $1.19 for one or $9.49 for an assorted dozen in my area.

News: High-Protein Potato Chips are Now a Thing

Quest Nutrition, best known for protein bars, has come up with high-protein potato chips, calling them "Quest Protein Chips."

Frozen Friday: Lean Cuisine vs. Smart Ones - Chicken Enchilada Suiza

Chicken Enchilada Suiza or "Swiss Chicken Enchiladas" refers to the plentiful amounts of dairy used in the dish, including a cream sauce rather than a red or green sauce. It doesn't seem like the prime candidate for "healthy" meals, but here we are.

Lean Cuisine's Chicken Enchilada Suiza comes with sour cream sauce and Mexican-style rice, while Weight Watchers Smart Ones' features a "zesty sour cream and green chile sauce with Spanish rice."

Both weigh in at 9 ounces and were $2 each on sale.

News: Burger King Debuts New A.1. Ultimate Cheeseburger and Mushroom & Swiss Big King

Burger King fights back the midsummer lull with the introduction of two new burgers: the A.1. Ultimate Cheeseburger and Mushroom & Swiss Big King.

News: Wendy's Testing "Build Your Own" Burger

Wendy's is trying out a "Build Your Own" burger/ sandwich menu out in Columbus, Ohio.

While the burger chain already allows you to customize your burger how your want it, having all the options laid out on the menu gives let's customers know the available choices as well as the pricing for said choices.

Review: Taco Bell - Grilled Breakfast Burritos

L to R: Fiesta Potato, Sausage, and Bacon

Taco Bell's Grilled Breakfast Burritos features scrambled eggs, warm nacho cheese, and a choice of either sausage, bacon, or seasoned Fiesta potatoes and pico de gallo, wrapped up in a flour tortilla and grilled.

I ended up trying all three for $1.29 a piece.

News: Starbucks - Treat Receipt Deal Back Through 8/17/14

Starbucks has brought back their Treat Receipt promotion where you can bring back your morning Starbucks receipt after 2 pm on the same day and get any Grande cold beverage for $2.

Around the World: MOS Burger Japan offers New Gluten-Free Buns

Japanese burger chain MOS Burger now offers gluten-free hot dog and burger buns as part of a new hypoallergenic kid's menu that is devoid of buckwheat, peanut, egg, milk, wheat, and shrimp.

News: Olive Garden - New 3-Course Alfredo Dinner Starting at $11.99

Olive Garden is offering a new 3-Course Alfredo Dinner with four new Alfredo entrees to choose from, plus soup or salad and dessert starting at $11.99 for a limited time.

The available entree choices are:

Review: Taco Bell - Grande Scrambler

Taco Bell's new Grande Scrambler features Fiesta potatoes, pico de gallo, sour cream, cheddar cheese, and a choice either bacon, sausage, or steak wrapped up in a flour tortilla.

It cost me $2.49 for one with bacon (sausage costs the same and steak is slightly more at $3.29).

News: Carl's Jr. / Hardee's - New Texas BBQ Thickburger

Carl's Jr. and Hardee's introduce the new, limited-time Texas BBQ Thickburger and add new Black Angus beef patty sizes ranging from a quarter pound to a half-pound.

News: Pizza Hut Builds Life-Size Pizza Thrower

As part of a summer tie-in with the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie coming August 8th, Pizza Hut has built a life-sized, fully-operational version of the Pizza Thrower (some of you might remember the toy from back in the '80s). Move over drone delivery?

The Pizza Thrower can be seen at Comic-Con in San Diego (July 24 to 27), where attendees can line up to man the turret and fire off faux Pizza Hut Cheesy Bites pizzas at targets and enemies of the Ninja Turtles (they'll also be able to eat some real Cheesy Bites Pizza, while they wait).