News: Subway Introduces Sriracha to the Menu with Two New Subs

For those of you who enjoy that spicy heat, Subway now offers a new creamy sriracha sauce that can be added to any sub.

They're introducing the sauce with two new subs that are part of a larger Fiery Footlong Collection menu.

Review: Kellogg's - Chocolate Peanut Butter Pop-Tarts

Kellogg's Chocolate Peanut Butter Pop-Tarts feature a chocolate-flavored pastry crust spread with a chocolate-flavored frosting and filled with a peanut butter filling.

A 10.5-ounce box of six Pop-Tarts was on sale for $2.

News: Subway - November 2013 Featured $5 Footlong

Subway is ditching the Featured $5 Footlong this November in favor of a $6 Footlong Special.

The $6 Footlong Special this month is the Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki, which replaces last month's Tuscan Melt.

News: Arby's Offers Bottled Horsey and Arby's Sauce

Arby's is getting into the sauce selling business (at least for a little while) with the sale of new limited-time-only bottled Horsey sauce and Arby's sauce at participating Arby's restaurants nationwide.

The chain was testing the bottled sauces earlier this year.

The bottles carry a suggested retail price of $2.49 per bottle and are also available in a gift pack with two bottles for $4.79. Both sauces come in 11.5-ounce bottles and are only available for a limited time while supplies last.

Frozen Friday: Ben & Jerry's - Boston Cream Pie Ice Cream

Ben & Jerry's Boston Cream Pie ice cream features Boston cream pie ice cream with yellow cake pieces, fudge flakes, and swirls of pastry cream.

A pint was $4.29.

News: Culver's - New Pepper Grinder Pub Burger

Culver's offers the new Pepper Grinder Pub Burger this fall. The burger is a follow-up on the chain's most popular limited-time-only burger ever, the Colby Jack Pub Burger.

The Pepper Grinder Pub Burger features two patties made of fresh, never frozen Midwest-raised beef, Swiss and Cheddar cheese, two slice of bacon, dill pickles, and four-pepper mayo on an artisan pub bun (sprinkled atop with onion, poppy seeds, and sesame seed).

News: Burger King - New Bratwurst Sandwich in Wisconsin and Illinois Only

Burger King has been offering a new Bratwurst Sandwich in Wisconsin and Illinois since September coinciding with the fall football season.

The sandwich is only available for a limited time and features a single grilled Johnsonville bratwurst sausage sliced length-wise and served on the same sesame sandwich bun with yellow(?!) mustard and raw onions.

Review: Jack in the Box - Stacked Grilled Cheese Burger

Jack in the Box's Stacked Grilled Cheese Burger is part of their new late night menu and features a sourdough grilled cheese sandwich as the top bun for a cheeseburger filled with a beef patty, lettuce, tomato, pickles, cheese, and mayo.

I picked one up for $4 (it's also available in a late night Munchie Meal that tacks on Halfsie fries, two tacos, and a 20-ounce drink for $6).

News: Wienerschnitzel - New Seasoned Curly Fries and Chili Cheese Seasoned Curly Fries

Wienerschnitzel is offering new Seasoned Curly Fries for a limited time at participating locations. They're also offering the option of topping the fries with chili and shredded cheese in the same fashion as their regular French fries.

News: Starbucks Opens Tea Bar Concept

Starbucks is looking to do for tea what they've done with coffee and have opened a new tea bar concept out in New York City.

Basically a Starbucks but for tea instead of coffee, the new Teavana Fine Teas + Tea Bar leverages the Teavana tea brand Starbucks acquired about a year ago.

Review: Jollibee - Spaghetti and Fried Chicken

Jolibee is a Filipino fast food chain with international reach including a few locations here in the US. It's menu is basically a Filipino take on American fast food (burgers, fried chicken, fries, and the like). One of their menu staples is spaghetti, which here in the US typically means spaghetti noodles with a tomato-based meat sauce. If you order spaghetti from a Jolibee restaurant, it generally looks the same but it's actually very different.

Jollibee's Spaghetti is described as coming with a "sweet style spaghetti sauce" with ham, sausage, and ground beef topped with cheese. The order I got also came with a fried chicken leg and mushroom gravy for $4.99.

News: El Pollo Loco - New Pollo Bowl Varieties

El Pollo Loco continues to pump out limited-time menu items at a quick clip with their latest offering, three new, limited-time varieties of their Pollo Bowl.

The new Pollo Bowls are available in Chicken Mexican Cobb, Chicken Mole, and Chicken Ranchero. The Ultimate Double Chicken Pollo Bowl is also being featured but is part of the regular menu.

The Chicken Mexican Cobb comes with fire grilled chicken, bacon, avocado, corn, red peppers, shredded Monterey Jack cheese, Spanish  rice, pinto beans, chopped cabbage, and pico de gallo.

News: Shakeaway Milkshake Bar Coming to the U.S.

UK milkshake bar concept ShakeAway plans to make landfall here in the US with its first locations to open late this year and early 2014 in California, Georgia, and New York.

 The idea is you can build-your-own milkshakes, frozen yogurt shakes, and smoothies choosing from a selection of over 180 ingredients.

News: Wienerschnitzel - 50 Cent Corn Dogs on Halloween

Wienerschnitzel recently announced that they will be offering 50 cent corn dogs tomorrow i.e. Halloween.

The deal is good all day tomorrow, October 31, 2013 at participating Wienerschnitzel locations.

There's no limit on how many you can buy and you don't have to wear a costume.

Corn dogs at Wienerschnitzel normally cost $1 or more (varying by location).

Review: Jack in the Box - Loaded Chicken Nuggets

Jack in the Box's Loaded Chicken Nuggets is a late night menu item (only at 9pm) featuring breaded chicken nuggets topped with two types of cheeses, ranch, and bacon.

I picked up an order for $4 (You can also get it as part of a combo with Halfsie fries (a mix of regular and seasoned curly fries), two tacos, and a drink for $6).

Review: Drake's - Yodel Snack Cakes

Drake's Yodel snack cakes feature devil's food cake rolled up with a creme filling and finished in a chocolaty coating.

An 11-ounce box of 10 twin-wrapped (2 to a package) Yodels cakes carries a suggested retail price of $2.99, but I received this box courtesy of Drake's.

News: Papa John's - New Italian Meats & Four Cheese Pizza

Papa John's latest limited-time pizza is the new Italian Meats & Four Cheese Pizza.

The new pizza comes topped with fire-roasted red peppers, Italian salami, pepperoni, Italian sausage plus mozzarella, provolone, Fontina, and Asiago cheeses. It's not too different in name or toppings from the Hearty Italian Meats Pizza offered back in 2011.

News: Popeyes - 5th Annual Crawfish Festival

Popeyes is celebrating their 5th Annual Crawfish Festival, which basically means that they're once again offering the Crawfish Tackle Box for $4.99.

The $4.99 Crawfish Tackle Box includes an order of hand-battered and breaded crawfish, regular Cajun fries (or any other individual side), a biscuit, and Creamy Horseradish Dipping Sauce.

News: P.F. Chang's - 2013 Fall Menu

P.F. Chang's 2013 fall menu looks to capture the flavor of autumn with seasonal ingredients like kale, quinoa, Brussel sprouts, butternut squash, and zucchini.

Savory entrees and appetizers on the menu include:

- Crispy Korean Chicken Wings - served "lollipop-style" (with the bone as the lollipop stick) with a house-made sweet red chili sauce and sprinkled with scallions and sesame seeds. They're priced at $10.95 for an order.

Review: Sonic - Cheesecake Bites

Sonic's Cheesecake Bites are a limited-time dessert that they trot out now and again. Each piece is made with a bite-sized piece of cheesecake rolled in graham cracker crust and deep-fried. Strawberry sauce comes on the side for dipping.

An order of three was $1.99 but I received it courtesy of Sonic.