News: Pizza Hut Builds Life-Size Pizza Thrower

As part of a summer tie-in with the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie coming August 8th, Pizza Hut has built a life-sized, fully-operational version of the Pizza Thrower (some of you might remember the toy from back in the '80s). Move over drone delivery?

The Pizza Thrower can be seen at Comic-Con in San Diego (July 24 to 27), where attendees can line up to man the turret and fire off faux Pizza Hut Cheesy Bites pizzas at targets and enemies of the Ninja Turtles (they'll also be able to eat some real Cheesy Bites Pizza, while they wait).

Review: Carl's Jr. - Chorizo, Egg & Cheese Biscuit and Burrito

Carl's Jr.'s Chorizo, Egg & Cheese Biscuit and Burrito are new to the menu. The biscuit comes with crumbled chorizo sausage folded into eggs and topped with pepper jack cheese on a "Made from Scratch" biscuit. The burrito features crumbled chorizo, scrambled eggs, shredded jack and cheddar cheeses, Hash Rounds, and pico de gallo, wrapped up in a soft flour tortilla.

It was $2.49 for the biscuit and $3.69 for the burrito, but I got the burrito courtesy of Carl's Jr.

News: 7-Eleven - $1 Big Bite Hot Dogs on July 23, 2014

Like Sonic, 7-Eleven is celebrating National Hot Dog Day on July 23, 2014, by offering their Quarter-Pound Big Bite all-beef hot dogs for a discounted $1 (they're normally over $2) at participating stores, while supplies last.

7-Eleven hot dogs can be topped with a number of condiments free of charge, including nacho cheese and chili.

News: Sonic - $1 Hot Dogs on July 23, 2014

Sonic is celebrating National Hot Dog Day on July 23rd by offering their All-American Dogs and Chili Cheese Coney Dogs for a discounted $1 each. The hot dogs normally go for around $2.

A Look at Panda Express' New Innovation Kitchen

Panda Express recently opened a new "Innovation Kitchen" here in Southern California as a restaurant where they can test out new concepts and see how a different interior and exterior might work for the Chinese-American food chain. Since it's not too far away, I popped on by to take a look (and try some food of course).

News: Lay's 2014 "Do Us a Flavor" Finalists Arrive in Stores

Lay's 2014 "Do Us A Flavor" contest finalist flavors have been announced.

The four flavors that made the cut and will be subject to nationwide consumer voting to determine the winner of the $1 million grand prize are: Cappuccino (?!), Cheddar Bacon Mac & Cheese, Kettle Cooked Wasabi Ginger, and Wavy Mango Salsa.

News: Arby's - Free Jamocha Shakes on July 23, 2014

Arby's will be giving away free 12-oz value-sized Jamocha shakes this Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in celebration of their 50th anniversary at participating locations.

Review: Jollibee - Crunchy Chicken Sandwich

Jollibee's Crunchy Chicken Sandwich is a value-priced chicken strip slider and comes with two crunchy strips of chicken, lettuce, and mayo on a slider bun.

The price was two for $3.

Review: Sonic - Coconut Cream Pie Shake

Sonic's Coconut Cream Pie Shake features vanilla ice cream mixed with the "rich flavor of coconut cream pie," and finished with whipped topping, pie crumbs, and a maraschino cherry.

It was $1.99 for a 12-oz, mini-sized cup.

Frozen Friday: Sam's Choice - Bavarian Style Pretzel Burger

Sam's Choice Bavarian Style Pretzel Burgers can only be found at Walmart (the Sam in question being Walmart founder Sam Walton) and feature a flame-broiled chopped beef steak, slices of smoked ham, stone-ground mustard, and cheese on a pretzel bun.

I picked up a 16.52-oz box of two burger for $5.82 (your votes at work! )

News: The Cheesecake Factory - Half-Price Slices on July 30th and 31st

In an annual tradition, The Cheesecake Factory will be once celebrating National Cheesecake Day by offering any slice of cheesecake for half-price on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 (which is National Cheesecake Day) as well as Thursday, July 31, 2014.

News: Pei Wei Asian Diner Adds Sushi to the Menu

Pei Wei Asian Diner is trying their hand at sushi with two new sushi rolls on the menu: the Mango California Roll and Sriracha Tuna Roll. They've also introduced new small-size entree salads for those looking for a lighter option.

Review: Church's Chicken - Chicken and Biscuit Bites

Church's Chicken's Chicken & Biscuit Bites feature marinated, battered, and deep-fried chicken breast chunks and new bite-sized versions of their signature Honey Butter Biscuits.

It cost me $3.49 for 8 breast chunks and 4 Biscuit Bites.

News: Taco Bell - New Grilled Breakfast Burrito

It's only been a little more than three months, but Taco Bell is already bolstering their breakfast menu with the new Grilled Breakfast Burrito as well as the new Grande Scrambler.

News: Frito Lay Reveals Doritos Jacked Mystery Test Flavors

Frito Lay did a round of mystery flavors for their Doritos Jacked line back in April, which consisted of three "test" flavors in all. The whole idea was for fans to try/buy them and vote for their favorite.

I ended up trying all three flavors and made my best guess(es) as to what they were (as did quite a few of you guys in the comments).

Well, Frito Lay recently revealed which flavors were what.

Review: Pizza Hut - Ultimate Hershey's Chocolate Chip Cookie

Pizza Hut's Ultimate Hershey's Chocolate Chip Cookie is a giant, fresh-baked 8-inch chocolate chip cookie made with Hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips.

I got one for $4.99 with the purchase of a pizza (it's $5.99 otherwise).

Around the World: Starbucks Japan Takes the Strawberry & Creme Frappuccino a Step Further

Starbucks Japan's latest limited-time Frappuccino blows the standard Strawberries & Creme Frappuccino out of the water by throwing in strawberry whipped cream and slices of strawberries that require an extra-wide straw to drink up.

News: Boston Market - New BLT Rotisserie Chicken Burger

Boston Market offers up the new, limited-time BLT Rotisserie Chicken Burger as their entrant into the "better burger" fray (I don't think most would consider it as a burger though).

News: Krispy Kreme - New Carrot Cake and Banana Pudding Donuts

Krispy Kreme unveils a southern theme with two new, limited-time donuts: the Carrot Cake Donut and the Banana Pudding Donut. Collectively, they're calling them the new Southern Summer Classics donuts.

Review: Del Taco - Bun Taco

Del Taco's Bun Taco features seasoned ground beef, hand-grated cheddar cheese, shredded lettuce, and a slice of tomato on a sesame seed bun (i.e. it's what you'd find in their tacos but between two sides of a hamburger bun). They used to serve it back in the day and have brought it back for a limited time as part of their 50th anniversary celebration.

I picked one up for $2.25.