News: New Veggie Popchips

Tired of just sticking to the standard trio of potato, tortilla, and corn chips, Popchips branches off into vegetables with new popped veggie chips.

New Veggie Popchips feature a blend of nine vegetables: kale, spinach, tomato, pumpkin, potato, beet, bell pepper, navy bean, and chickpea (the main ingredient is still dried potato though), and comes in three varieties: Sea Salt, Hint of Olive Oil, and Tuscan Herb.

News: New Bite-Sized Rice Krispies Treats Crackle Snaps

They've offered a mini version, but Kellogg's is now trying their hand at bite-sized puffed rice snacks under the Rice Krispies Treat name.

They're calling the new snacks "Crackle Snaps (I'm surprised it's not "Krackle" but I guess that would be too close to Krackel the candy)." It seems like Pop got the shaft. Maybe they'll make Crackle Pops popcorn next.

Frozen Friday: Trader Joe's - Pizza Al Pollo Asado

Trader Joe's Pizza Al Pollo Asado is their take on a Mexican pizza. It features a corn masa crust topped with grilled chicken breast, refried beans, jack cheese, and tomatillo salsa.

It weighs in at 10 ounces and cost me $1.99.

News: Quiznos - BBQ Pulled Pork Returns for the Summer

Latching on the summer and barbecue tradition, Quiznos brings back their BBQ Pulled Pork Subs for a limited time with a Southern version and for those who prefer a bit of heat, a Spicy version.

Quiznos' Southern BBQ Pulled Pork Sub features pulled pork, mozzarella and cheddar cheese, pickles, yellow mustard, and BBQ sauce over your choice of bread.

News: New Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Creme Oreos

New Limited Edition Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Creme Oreos are now available at Walmart. The new cookies features the standard Oreo chocolate wafers with a half-and-half of chocolate creme and peanut butter-flavored creme.

News: Wendy's - New Steakhouse Jr. Cheeseburger Deluxe

Wendy's has a new value-priced cheeseburger just in time for Memorial Day weekend with the new, limited-time Steakhouse Jr. Cheeseburger Deluxe for $1.49.

Review: Carl's Jr. - Sea Salt & Caramel Shake

Carl's Jr.'s new Sea Salt & Caramel Shake features hand-scooped vanilla ice cream blended with caramel syrup and sea salt toffee crumbles, topped with whipped cream.

My local Carl's Jr. offers them for $3.39 but I received this one courtesy of Carl's Jr.

Around the World: Krispy Kreme Japan Offers a World of Donuts

Krispy Kreme Japan is offering a selection of limited-time donut themed after select countries across the globe for the new World Dolce Cup donuts, which seems to be named after this upcoming World Cup soccer tournament.

There are six donuts in all and the countries represented are Japan, Brazil (the host country for this year's World Cup), France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and our own US of A.

News: Starbucks to Serve Soda This Summer

Starbucks is serving made- and carbonated-to-order sodas this summer and they're calling the new drink and the machine that carbonates them "Fizzio."

The available flavors are Golden Ginger Ale, Spice Root Beer, and Lemon Ale, but given the nature of the carbonation machine, it seems likely you can carbonate a number of Starbucks beverages.

News: Carl's Jr. / Hardee's - New Big Chicken Fillet Sandwich

Carl's Jr. and Hardee's now offer what they're calling "the biggest chicken sandwich among all major fast food chains" in the new Big Chicken Fillet Sandwich.

News: Jamba Juice - BOGO on Any Smoothie or Juice Through May 26th

Jamba Juice has a "buy one, get one free" deal on any size fresh-squeezed juice or smoothie running through Memorial Day, this Monday May 26, 2014.

Review - Arby's - Jalapeno Poppers

Arby's Jalapeno Poppers are halved spicy jalapeno peppers filled with cream cheese and breaded before a short trip into a very hot deep fryer.

I picked up an order of 5 Poppers for $2.99.

News: Domino's - $5.99 Carryout Deal on 2-Topping Large Pizzas Starting May 26

Starting on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2014, Domino's will be offering a carryout deal on 2-Topping Large Pizzas by offering them for $5.99 each.

The deal is good for a week and ends Sunday, June 1, 2014.

News: New Tea Soup at Starbucks' Teavana Stores

Starbucks' Teavana brand just recently opened its first Los Angeles area Tea Bar location in Beverly Hills and, with it, brought a number of new menu items including a new tea soup.

News: Chipotle Adds Some Light Reading to Go with Your Burrito

In an attempt to "Cultivate Thought," Chipotle has reached out to various authors, actors, and comedians to provide some light reading on their cups and bags that you can skim as you eat your burrito.

News: Sonic - 50 Cent Corn Dogs on May 22

Sonic is celebrating National End of School Day tomorrow, Thursday, May 22, 2014 with a deal for 50 cent Corn Dogs all day at participating locations.

Sonic's Corn Dogs are normally priced at $1 or more (varying with location).

Review: Panda Express - Orange Chicken with Bacon & Shiitake Kale Chicken Breast

Panda Express's Orange Chicken with Bacon is their signature Orange Chicken with the simple addition of pieces of bacon. Their Shiitake Kale Chicken Breast features chicken breast, shiitake mushrooms, kale, and broccoli wok-tossed in a savory house sauce.

It cost $6.59 for a 2-entree plate plus 50 cent extra for the bacon. There were also a la carte single servings available for $3.50 each (plus 50 cents extra for bacon).

Around the World: McDonald's UK - My Burger Contest

McDonald's just launched the "My Burger" contest over in the UK where fans can use an online burger generator to build and name their own burgers for a chance to see it on the menu in the fall.

The promotion first started a few years back over in Germany where it spread to a couple of other European countries over the years and now finds itself in merry old England.

If you were to judge by available ingredients here in the US, you wouldn't think there would be that many possible burger combinations. But for the My Burger contest, there are over 20 bun choices and well over 50 ingredients to put inside said buns.

Here's the full (and exhaustive) list:

News: Taco Bell Testing Crunchwrap Sliders

Taco Bell is testing new Crunchwrap Sliders out in Bakersfield, CA and central Ohio. Priced at $1 each, they're basically smaller versions of the chain's signature Crunchwrap Supreme ($3.29) and come in three different flavors: Beefy Cheddar, Spicy Chicken, and BLT.

Rather than going with the tostada shell of the Crunchwrap Supreme for crunch, Taco Bell went with Fritos corn chips for these. The Crunchwrap Sliders look to be about the size of an A.M. Crunchwrap (starting at $2.49) but are lighter and at a much lower price point.

News: The Coffee Bean - New Mud Pie and Caramel Brownie Ice Blendeds

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf offers two, new, limited-time Ice Blended drink flavors for the summer: Mud Pie and Caramel Brownie.