Frozen Friday: Fruttare Coconut and Milk Popsicles

Fruttare is Unilever's worldwide brand for juice- or milk-based popsicles that was just recently introduced here in the U.S. Coconut and Milk Fruttare bars are mostly milk, sugar, water and coconut in frozen form.

A box of four bars typically costs about $3, but I received these courtesy of Unilever.

News: Red Robin - New Wolverine-inspired Burgers

Red Robin is doing a cross-promotion with this summer's The Wolverine movie (the super hero not the animal) and offering two Wolverine-themed burgers: the Berserker Burger and the Kuzuri Style Tavern Double burger.

Review: McDonald's Egg White Delight McMuffin

McDonald's Egg White Delight McMuffin is a new option on McDonald's Egg McMuffin and substitutes the egg and American cheese for grilled egg whites and white cheddar processed cheese. The rest of the sandwich is the same: a toasted English muffin with 8g of whole grains and extra lean Canadian bacon (i.e. smoked ham).

My local McDonald's offers these for $2.89 each.

News: Jack in the Box - New Summer Menu Items

Jack in the Box welcomes summer with four new menu additions: Jack's Big Stack, Big Waffle Stack, Loaded Chili Cheese Wedges, and Iced Coffee. The tagline accompanying the new items is "Go Big or Go Hungry."

Jack's Big Stack comes on toasted Sourdough bread with two jumbo beef patties, American cheese, pickle slices ,onion rings, mustard, and mayo onion sauce.

News: Wienerschnitzel - New Jalapeno Cheese Corn Dog

For a limited time this summer, Wienerschnitzel serves up the new Jalapeno Cheese Corn Dog. It features a jalapeno and cheese stuffed hot dog with a deep-fried coating of corn meal batter. It's a basically a spicy option for corn dog fans.

Also featured this summer are new Summer Sippers, and new Chili Burgers.

Summer Sippers are flavored lemonades with Strawberry, Mango, and Blackberry options available. They're made with a base of Tropicana lemonade.

News: Papa John's - Double Bacon Six Cheese Pizza is Back

Papa John's limited time pizza continues this month with the return of the Double Bacon Six Cheese Pizza.

The pizza comes topped with Canadian bacon, hickory-smoked bacon, 3-cheese blend (provolone, Asiago, and Fontina), mozzarella, and Parmesan-Romano cheeses.

Review: Arby's - Apple Turnover

Arby's Apple Turnover is a flaked baked pastry with a sweet apple filling and a drizzle of sweet icing.

It's a value menu item at $1 a piece.

News: Chili's - One Million Flatbread Giveaway

Chili's is looking to promote their new flatbreads by offering them for free (via coupon) to up to one million customers who sign up for Chili's email club through chillismillion.com. If you're already signed up, you can still claim a coupon via the website.

The coupon is good for a free, full-sized flatbread for dine-in only (obviously they're hoping you won't just sit there and eat only the flatbread).

Around the World: Domino's India - Indian Tacos

Behold... Domino's India's Taco Indiana! It's basically an Indian taco but could also be considered a semi-calzone.

I'm not sure about the "Indiana" portion of the name, but I'm pretty sure it has more to do with India (I think it's another way of saying "Indian") proper rather than the state of Indiana.

News: Togo's Returns BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich

Togo's returns their BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich for a limited time this summer. The sub features pulled pork in Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce with coleslaw on fresh-baked white bread.

The sandwich is available in both regular 6-inch and large 9-inch sizes, starting at $6.25.

Review: Starbucks - Asiago & Cheddar Bavarian-Style Pretzel

Starbucks Asiago & Cheddar Bavarian-Style Pretzel is a hand-made, Bavarian (soft) pretzel layered with Asiago and cheddar cheese inside and flecked with Asiago outside.

These go for $2.25 each in my area.

Around the World: Pizza Hut Canada Unveils Poutine Pizza

Pizza Hut Canada unveils the new Cheesy Beef Poutine pizza as a "tribute to the classic Canadian street food favorite." It features shaved seasoned steak, fries, cheese curds, mozzarella, and gravy instead of pizza sauce.

The pizza is part of a new menu meant to celebrate the country's "diversity and multicultural outlook." Other pizzas on the menu include the Creamy Butter Chicken, Asian BBQ, Grilled Chicken Club, and Smoky Maple Bacon.