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Jan 7, 2015
Jan 6, 2015

Review: Carl's Jr. - All-Natural Burger

Carl's Jr.'s All-Natural Burger features a grass-fed beef patty, a slice of cheddar cheese (the non-processed kind), vine-ripened tomatoes, red onion, lettuce, bread-and-butter pickles, ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise on one of their Fresh Baked Buns.

It's normally $5.39 at my local Carl's Jr., but I received this one courtesy of Carl's Jr.

Starbucks Japan Offers New Orange Chocolate Mocha with Orange Whipped Cream

Starbucks Japan hits the winter trail this month with the new Orange Chocolate Mocha and Orange Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino.

The Orange Chocolate Mocha features steamed milk and espresso mixed with mocha syrup and Valencia orange syrup topped with orange whipped cream, orange peel, and orange sugar (that's a lot of orange there).

Red Lobster Introduces Big Shrimp Festival Deal Starting at $15.99

Red Lobster's latest promotion is the new Big Shrimp Festival, which offers what the chain is calling "some of the largest shrimp ever offered on the menu." 

Jan 5, 2015

Review: McDonald's - Triple Cheeseburger

McDonald's Triple Cheeseburger consists of three beef patties, two slices of American cheese, ketchup, mustard, dehydrated diced onions, and pickles on a plain toasted bun. It's only available at select locations.

I bought one for $2.49.

Three New Girls Scout Cookies for 2015

The Girl Scouts will be debuting three new cookies this cookie season and two of them are gluten-free. The new trio of cookies include Toffee-tastic, Trios, and Rah-Rah Raisins.

Dunkin' Donuts Breaks Out New Turkey Sausage Flatbread for the New Year

Aiming at those with New Year's resolutions, Dunkin' Donuts introduces the new Turkey Sausage Flatbread as well as a Turkey Sausage Wake-Up Wrap.

Each features turkey sausage, egg, and reduced fat cheddar cheese in varying amounts with the flatbread being the larger of the two.

Jan 4, 2015

Review: Skippy - Creamy Natural Peanut Butter Spread with Dark Chocolate

Skippy's Creamy Natural Peanut Butter Spread with Dark Chocolate is basically creamy peanut butter mixed with dark chocolate and cocoa.

It was $3 on sale for a 15-oz jar.

The Coffee Bean's New Mexican Chocolate Drinks Are Only $2 on 1/13/15

The Coffee Bean offers a trio of new Mexican Chocolate drinks and will be discounting them to $2 on January 13th.

The new drinks include a Mexican Chocolate Latte, Mexican Chocolate Ice Blended, and Mexican Hot Chocolate. They each feature the flavor of chocolate with notes of cinnamon with a slight graininess that's common to Mexican hot chocolate.

Carvel Brings Back Oreo Mint Ice Cream

Oreo Mint is once again being featured at Carvel for a limited time as they kick off the New Year. In addition to hand-scooped and soft-serve ice cream, they've also added the new Oreo Mint Deluxe 8" Cake and Oreo Hidden Treasure Cone.

The new cake features layers of fresh-made chocolate and mint ice cream separated by Oreo cookie pieces and topped with fudge and Oreo cookies. It's available for $19.99.

Jan 3, 2015

Review: Pieology - Cheese Pizza

Pieology is a chain of custom, fast-fired, artisan-style pizza joints that have been all the rage lately (at least here in L.A.). I tried their Classic Cheese Pie, which comes simply topped with olive oil, red sauce, and mozzarella.

It was $6.45 for the roughly 11.5-inch pizza.

Baskin-Robbins' January 2015 Flavor of the Month

Baskin-Robbins kicks off 2015 by celebrating their 70th birthday with Icing on the Cake ice cream, January's flavor of the month.