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Nov 3, 2014

Sonic Offers New Made-to-Order, Low-Calorie Sodas

Sonic rolls out a new low-cal, made-to-order drink platform that they're calling Sonic Splash Hand-Crafted Sodas. The new drinks feature carbonated water as well as fruit and fruit flavors.

Starbucks to Sell $200 Sterling Silver Cards for Holidays

Starbucks plans to offer a limited amount of special edition Sterling Silver Starbucks Cards as a fancy gift for that Starbucks superfan in your life.

The mini cards are fashioned out of sterling silver and cost $200 a piece. They are pre-loaded with $50 so you're basically paying $150 for a silver key chain. The cards each come in a red snap pouch which, in turn, is packaged inside of a red gift box with a bow.

Nov 2, 2014

Review: Blaze Pizza - Meat Eater Pizza

Blaze Pizza's Meat Eater Pizza is a made-to-order and quickly-baked pizza topped with pepperoni, crumbled meatballs, red onion, mozzarella, and red (tomato) sauce.

It's normally $7.65, but I received this one courtesy of Blaze Pizza.

Dairy Queen's Blizzard of the Month for November 2014

The regular-menu Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Blizzard gets the nod as November's Blizzard of the Month at Dairy Queen. It keeps it simple with pieces of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup blended into vanilla soft serve.

Burger King UK Offers New Euro Trip Burgers

Promising a taste of Europe, Burger King UK is offering a trio of new burgers inspired by Italy, Spain, and Amsterdam with their new Euro Trip menu.

For Italy, there's the Italian Chicken Royale, which is very similar to the Italian Original Chicken Sandwich currently on rotation here in the U.S. (but with a fancier name). It comes with all the same ingredients but also adds lettuce and tomatoes to the mix.

Nov 1, 2014

Review: Sara Lee - Iced Pumpkin Cake

Sara Lee's Iced Pumpkin Cakes are seasonal snack-sized cakes made with actual pumpkin.

They come 6 cakes to a 10.5-oz box, which I bought for $2.50 on sale.

Subway 2014 November Specials - New Simple $6 Menu

It looks like Subway is doing away with the Featured $5 Footlong altogether, at least for this month anyway.

All mention of $5 Footlongs have been removed from the Subway website, which suggests that there will no longer be any national $5 Footlongs (although I would guess a number of local franchisees will keep it around regionally).

McDonald's Mighty Angus with Jalapenos Arrives in Canada

While they might not offer the Angus Third Pounders here in the U.S. anymore, McDonald's still offers them in Canada, where they've taken to calling them the Mighty Angus line.

The latest addition to the line is the new Mighty Angus with Jalapenos, which pretty much a premium version of the Jalapeno Double.

Oct 31, 2014

Frozen Friday - Haagen-Dazs - Caramelized Banana Chip Gelato

Haagen-Dazs' Caramelized Banana Chip Gelato takes banana caramel gelato and mixes in semi-sweet chocolaty chips.

I got a 14-oz carton for $2.50 on sale.

Dunkin' Donuts Introduces New Croissant Donuts

Dunkin' Donuts launches new Croissant Donuts at participating Dunkin' Donuts restaurants nationwide starting Monday, November 3, 2014.

The new donuts features a ring of flaky croissant glazed like a donut.

2014 Halloween Deal Round Up

Here's a quick reference to all the free food you (or your kids) can get this Halloween (October 31, 2014). You like the picture? Google put out a "Halloweenify" photo effect this year for Google+ photos and I used it on my shot of the Franken Frappuccino. Spooky!

Oct 30, 2014

Review: Starbucks - Franken Frappuccino

Starbucks' Franken Frappuccino is a new drink being offered for only 3 days leading up to Halloween. It takes a Green Tea Frappuccino and mixes in peppermint syrup, white mocha sauce, java chips, and mocha drizzle.

It normally costs $5.55 for a 16-oz Grande-size drink, but I got this one for $3 with a discount.