Around the World: McDonald's Serves Breakfast Until 1pm in Spain

While some late-risers might bemoan the fact that McDonald's doesn't serve breakfast past 10:30 or 11:00, you'll probably be unhappy to know that in Spain, McDonald's serves breakfast until 1pm.

Review: Wendy's - Asian Cashew Chicken Salad

Wendy's new Asian Cashew Salad features fire-roasted edamame, spicy roasted cashews dusted with garlic, onion, and sea salt, chopped grilled chicken breast, sliced cucumbers, diced red bell peppers, and a lettuce blend of 11 different kinds of field greens, dressed with a light spicy Asian chili vinaigrette.

It cost me $4.29 (off of $6.29 with a coupon) for a full-sized salad.

News: Taco Bell Sends Out 1000 Breakfast Phones

In a pretty inspired marketing campaign, Taco Bell recently sent out 1,000 "Breakfast Phones" to various Taco Bell superfans and influencers as part of the lead-up to their breakfast launch coming on March 27.

What's a Breakfast Phone you ask? It's a pre-paid burner phone (it's all very covert no?) that rings and texts throughout the day with time-sensitive missions to complete for prizes.

News: Starbucks - New Teavana Oprah Chai Tea

Starbucks is tacking on a celebrity endorsement to their newest Teavana brand tea: Oprah Chai Tea.

According to the company, the tea was actually developed by Ms. Winfrey herself, working with Teavana's leading teaologist (the Teavana version of a barista apparently) and director of tea development, Naoko Tsunoda.

The Great Pizza Chain BBQ Wing Off!

Along with comparing the Buffalo wings of the Big Three pizza chains (Domino's, Papa John's, and Pizza Hut), I also tried and pitted their BBQ wings against each other.

The prices and wings were the same as the Buffalo wing comparison (which you can read here if you missed it), so I'll get right to the sauce.

News: Ben & Jerry's - Heath Bar Crunch is Now Toffee Bar Crunch

With Ben & Jerry's move towards sourcing non-GMO and Fairtrade Certified ingredients wherever possible, Heath bars are getting the boot from Ben & Jerry's Heath Bar Crunch ice cream since Heath Bars aren't certified as non-GMO.

Around the World: Starbucks Japan Introduces a Lemon Latte Topped with Lemon White Chocolate

Starbucks Japan goes with the citrus-y flavor of lemon with their latest seasonal drink (and somewhat long-winded drink; I wonder if it's shorter to say in Japanese): new "Creamy Vanilla Latte with Lemony Swirl."

The Great Pizza Chain Buffalo Wing Off!

Clockwise from the bottom: Domino's, Papa John's, Pizza Hut

Each of the Big Three pizza chains (Pizza Hut, Domino's, and Papa John's) has their own version of Buffalo wings so I tried them all to see which one would come out on top (I was pretty sick of wings at the end of all this).

In a fit of hubris or supreme confidence, Pizza Hut volunteered to foot (most) of the bill for the wings.

Let's see what somewhat logical but still completely arbitrary categories I come up with this time...

News: Red Robin - New Wine Milkshake

Having been there and done that with beer milkshakes, Red Robin has moved on to wine milkshakes with the new, limited-time Mango Moscato Wine Shake.

The new shake is available through September 1st features Alice White Moscato wine blended with Skyy Infusions Moscato vodka, mango puree, and vanilla soft serve.

News: Carl's Jr. / Hardee's - New Western X-tra Bacon Cheeseburger and X-tra Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit

Carl's Jr. and Hardee's are doing a promotional tie-in with the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past movie by offering twice the normal amount of bacon on the Western Bacon Cheeseburger and on the Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit and calling them the Western X-Tra Bacon Cheeseburger and X-Tra Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit respectively.

Around the World: KFC Australia Threw Some Popcorn Chicken on Nachos and Called It a Day

Less than inspired but possibly good, KFC Australia added popcorn chicken to the more standard nacho toppings of shredded cheese and salsa for the new, limited-time Nacho Box.

Oddly enough (perhaps not in Australia but definitely here in the US), the cheese does not appear to be melted (?!). Of course, KFC doesn't serve nachos here in the US.

Review: Starbucks - Sausage & Cheddar Breakfast Sandwich

Starbucks' Sausage & Cheddar Breakfast Sandwich features a sausage patty, scrambled egg patty, and a slice of aged cheddar cheese on a toasted English muffin (well, actually the whole sandwich is warmed/toasted when you buy it).

I bought one for $2.95.

News: Pizza Hut - 8 Wings for $5

Starting today, Pizza Hut is offering an order of 8 wings starting at $5 just in time for the culmination of the college basketball season.

It's $5 for boneless, or "bone-out" wings as they're calling them (i.e. breaded chicken breast pieces), and $1 more for traditional or crispy (i.e. actual) wings. Pizza Hut's wings are normally 8 for $7 (although they have a pretty sweet promotion on Wednesday where it costs 50 cents a wing).

News: Wienerschnitzel - Two Corn Dogs for $1 on March 22

Wienerschnitzel will be celebrating National Corn Dog Day this upcoming Saturday, March 22 by offering their Corn Dogs at two for $1.

News: Domino's - Half-Off Pizzas March 17th Through 23rd

Domino's is once again offering another round of their online-only half-off pizza sales. Under the terms of the promotion, you can buy any pizza(or pizzas) online and receive a discount of half-off the regular menu price.

Review: Pepperidge Farm - Dulce de Leche Milanos

Pepperidge Farm's new Dulce de Leche Milanos feature a layer of dulce de leche-flavored filling along side a layer of milk chocolate between the two of the cookie's signature biscuits.

A 7-oz package was $2.50 on sale.

News: Taco Bell Sauce Packets Now Available by the Bottle

As part of a larger update of the Taco Bell retail/grocery line of products made in partnership by Kraft, you can now get Taco Bell sauce packet flavors by the bottle (complete with witty sayings).

The full line up is available including Mild , Hot, and Fire sauces, plus Verde Salsa.

The introduction of the new bottles are part of an expansion and update of the line, which includes a redesign of all the packages to reflect Taco Bell's current "Live Mas" slogan. New products include sauces, dressings, desserts, and dinner kits.

Around the World: Krispy Kreme - Creme Brulee Donut

Krispy Kreme recently introduced a Creme Brulee Donut out in Indonesia featuring a caramelized sugar crust atop a fillled/shell yeast donut.

News: Breyers Offers New Gelato

Breyers is getting into the gelato business with new Gelato Indulgences. Each of the four new flavors feature gelato, a sauce, and toppings.

The available flavors are:

- Vanilla Caramel, which comes with vanilla gelato topped with caramel sauce, and "caramelly curls."

Review: Nabisco: Dulce de Leche Chips Ahoy Cookies

Nabisco's Dulce de Leche Chips Ahoy cookies feature crispy Chips Ahoy cookies but with dulce de leche-flavored chips (in white and light brown) rather than chocolate ones. It's one of four new ice cream parlor-inspired flavors.

I paid $2.50 for a 9.5-oz package on sale.