News: Burger King - New Chef's Choice Burger

In a move towards "fancy" or at least "fancier," Burger King is out with the new Chef's Choice Burger.

The Chef's Choice Burger features a 5.5-ounce flame-grilled seasoned ground chuck patty topped with thick-cut bacon, American cheese, red onions, sliced tomatoes, romaine leaf lettuce and savory griller sauce (same stuff as on the Mushroom & Swiss BK Topper) on an artisan-style bun.

Suggested pricing for one is $4.99 at participating Burger King restaurants.

News: Popeyes' - Seasonal Crawfish Festival Returns!

Popeyes returns their annual Crawfish Festival for its third year with various crawfish menu items through November 27th, 2011.

The main offering is the Crawfish Tackle Box where $4.99 nets (Haha! Get it?!) you battered and fried crawfish accompanied by a creamy horseradish sauce, Cajun fries, and a biscuit.

Other items include:

The Crawfish Po'Boy with a warm baguette filled with crawfish, lettuce, pickles and creamy horseradish sauce;

The Crawfish Traveler which just comes with the crawfish and sauce;

And the Crawfish Etouffee featuring seasoned rice smothered with a sauce of crawfish, veggies, and spices. It's available as in a 16-ounce Big Easy Bowl or as a regular side.

News: Dairy Queen - November Blizzard of the Month - Caramel Nut Roll

What's a Caramel Nut Roll? I would guess some sort of baked good but it's also Dairy Queen's November Blizzard of the Month.

The Caramel Nut Roll Blizzard features vanilla soft serve with caramel, peanuts, and marshmallow blended in. It's only available for the month of November.

Dairy Queen is also serving up a more savory promotion this month: the "Cheeseburger Lovers" promotion where you can buy two Original Cheeseburgers for $2.49 or two Original Double Cheeseburgers for $3.49.

Caramel Nut Roll is also Dairy Queen's featured Blizzard Cake for the month.

News: Baskin-Robbins - Winter Chocolate Marshmallow - November 2011 Flavor of the Month

Baskin-Robbins is going seasonal with their November Flavor of the Month: Winter Chocolate Marshmallow ice cream.

Winter Chocolate Marshmallow ice cream features hot chocolate flavored ice cream (wouldn't that be less chocolaty than regular chocolate ice cream?) with a whipped cream ribbon and marshmallow dough.

It's basically hot chocolate but made into ice cream. Couldn't they have just called it "holiday hot chocolate?"

It's available through the end of November and as always you can try a sample spoon to help you decide.

News: Subway - November 2011 Featured $5 Footlong

Subway's Featured $5 Footlong sandwich for this month is the Chicken Marinara Melt.

The Chicken Marinara Melt features a base of chicken breast covered in marinara sauce with your choice of cheese, bread, vegetables, and condiments.

It is available all November long for $5.

Review: Sonic - Kickin' Coney

The Kickin' Coney was a limited-time menu offering at Sonic featuring their Chili Cheese Coney but with some added crunch and heat with crispy onions and chipotle BBQ sauce for $1.99.

Review: Jack in the Box - Pumpkin Pie Shake

Jack in the Box's Pumpkin Pie Shake is a seasonal holiday menu item and features vanilla ice cream blended with pumpkin pie syrup finished with whipped topping and a maraschino cherry.

I picked up a regular 16-ounce shake for $2.69.

Review: Twin Dragon - Almond Cookies

These might seem like an international item but Twin Dragon Almond Cookies are made here in the States.

Normally they have half an almond affixed to the top of the cookie but I found these with diced almonds on the cheap for $1.09 for an 8-ounce box (compared to $2.99 for a 16-ounce box of the ones with almonds on top).

International Weekend: Bouvard - Vanilla Wafers

Bouvard Vanilla Wafers come from France. The box states that the French call them "Langue du chat" or "Cat's Tongue" due to the shape of the wafers.

I picked up a 100g (3.5-ounce) box for $1.99.

Frozen Friday: Stouffer's - Meatball Italiano Toasted Sub

Stouffer's Meatball Italiano Toasted Sub features your classic meatball sub but frozen and ready to be microwaved. Specifically, it features Italian seasoned meatballs with grilled red and green peppers, onions, mozzarella and marinara sauce on Italian bread.

You can pick up a box for around $3.99 or about $2.00 to $2.50 on sale.

Review: KFC - Cheesy Bacon Bowl

KFC's new Cheesy Bacon Bowl features their KFC Famous Bowl (Popcorn Chicken, cheese, gravy, corn atop a bed of mashed potatoes) topped with a generous sprinkle of bacon bits. You know, because bacon makes everything better.

It's available for a limited-time for the promotional price of $3.99 but I got mine free courtesy of KFC.

Review: Burger King - Mushroom & Swiss BK Topper

Burger King's new, limited time Mushroom & Swiss BK Topper features a thicker 3.2-ounce beef patty topped with mushrooms, Swiss cheese, and Griller sauce on a sesame seed bun.

If that seems interesting to you, it'll cost $1.99 to pick one up.

Review: Burger King - Western BBQ BK Topper Cheeseburger

Burger King's new, limited-time Western BBQ BK Topper Cheeseburger features a 3.2 ounce beef patty, onion rings, American cheese, and Sweet Baby Ray's Spicy BBQ sauce on a sesame seed bun.

You can pick one up for $1.99.

Review: Burger King - Deluxe BK Topper Burger

The Deluxe BK Topper is a Big Mac-like burger that's part of Burger King's new, limited-time BK Toppers line. It comes with a 3.2-ounce burger patty topped with American cheese, lettuce, onions, pickles, and Stacker sauce on a sesame seed bun.

It offers a decent value at $1.99 for a slightly thicker, larger patty (versus 2-ounce for the regular BK patty) without reaming the bottom line for BK franchisees.

Review: Quaker - True Delights Blackberry Pomegranate Multigrain Fiber Crisps

Quaker's True Delights Blackberry Pomegranate Multigrain Fiber Crisps offer a crunchy whole grain Blackberry Pomegranate flavored snack.

A 3.5-ounce bag costs about $1.99 at retail or a buck on sale.

Review: Sonic - Pumpkin Pie Shake

Sonic's Pumpkin Pie Shakes come around in the fall for a limited-time and feature ice cream, pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon, and pie crust pieces blended all together and finished with whipped topping and more pie crust pieces.

I picked up a regular 14-ounce shake for $2.69.

Frozen Friday: New York Brand - Five Cheese Texas Toast

New York brand Five Cheese Texas Toast is a frozen food garlic toast option topped with Asiago, Cheddar, Mozzarella, Parmesan, and Provolone cheeses.

You can pick up a 13.5-ounce box with 8 thick slices for about $3.00.

Review: Arby's - Ultimate Angus Philly Sandwich

Arby's new Ultimate Angus Philly Sandwich is Arby's take on the classic Philly cheese steak and comes with roasted, thin-sliced Angus beef complemented by fire roasted onions and green bell peppers, a garlic aioli spread, and Swiss cheese on a toasted roll.

The price is $4.99 per sandwich.

Review: Popeyes - New Dip'n Chicken

Popeyes' new, limited time Dip'n Chicken features breaded and fried chicken breast medallions served with a double portion of blackened ranch sauce. They're scoop shaped to better pick up sauce.

A portion along with Cajun Fries and a biscuits can be picked up for $3.99.

News: McDonald's - New Peppermint Mocha and Hot Chocolate

Peppermint is the flavor (syrup) of the season at McDonald's this fall/winter with two new drinks joining the McCafe line up. For a limited time, starting around the end of this month, McDonald's will be offering the Peppermint Mocha and Peppermint Hot Chocolate.

Basically the drinks feature McDonald's normal Mocha and Hot Chocolate but flavored with Peppermint syrup.

Prices range from $2.29 to $3.29 (undercutting Starbucks of course) for differing sizes. Prices may vary with location.

Last year, around this same time, McDonald's introduced their Caramel Mocha. Does this mean they'll have pumpkin spice next year?!