Review: McDonald's - Jalapeno Double

McDonald's Jalapeno Double features two beef patties, sliced pickled jalapenos, deep-fried crispy jalapenos, a slice of pasteurized process white cheddar, and ranch sauce on a plain hamburger bun.

I picked one up for $2.

News: KFC Gets the Colonel to Fill Up Gas for Free

Playing on the name of their latest promo (the $5 Fill Up combos), KFC had Colonel Sanders (or rather an actor dressed up as the Colonel) pumping free gas and giving away free KFC Gift Checks last Tuesday, July 29, at Pruitt's Service Island in Louisville, Kentucky.

News: Baskin-Robbins - August 2014 Flavor of the Month

Baskin-Robbins continues last month's Oreo theme for August's Flavor of the Month: Oreo Nutty Salted Caramel.

The flavor features Oreo cookie pieces, honey-glazed peanuts, and a salty caramel ribbon in vanilla ice cream.

Review: Claim Jumper - Italian Lemon Cake

Claim Jumper's Italian Lemon Cake is described as "five layers of rich cream cake, filled and topped with white chocolate lemon filling." It also has a lemon glaze on top.

It was $7.99 for a slice.

News: Stonyfield's New Greek Yogurt Alternative is Cheese

Basically Greek yogurt for people who don't like the taste of Greek yogurt, Stonyfield offers new Petite Cremes, which are made with cheese cultures rather than yogurt cultures.

Review: Claim Jumper - Roasted Tri Tip

Claim Jumper's Roasted Tri Tip features slow-roasted certified Angus Beef sliced over an herb peppercorn demi-glace served with mashed potatoes and roasted vegetables. It's only served medium rare to medium, so I went with medium rare.

It was $12.29 during lunch.

Around the World: McDonald's New Hotcakes with Ham and Cheese on Top in Singapore

Calling it them "Hearty Hotcakes," McDonald's is offering hotcakes topped with a slice of American cheese and chicken ham out in Singapore.

Frozen Friday: Trader Joe's - 5 Cheese Frusta

Trader Joe's 5 Cheese Frusta is basically a thin-crust pizza that's been folded up slightly to resemble a bow tie somewhat. Other than the odd fold, it's a standard pizza topped with marinara and five cheeses: Mozzarella, Emmenthaler, Edam, Provolone, and Rebekase.

It was $2.29 for 6.5-oz pizza.

News: Subway - August 2014 Featured Values

It's increasingly looking like Subway's monthly Featured $5 Footlong has gone the way of the dodo. The new promo they're going with appears to be Featured Values.

August's Featured Values include the BBQ Oven Roasted Chicken Melt as the $6 Footlong Special (a holdover from last month) and the Black Forest Ham as this month's $3 Six-Inch Select sandwich.

News: Dairy Queen - August 2014 Blizzard of the Month

Dairy Queen teams up with Nabisco for August's Blizzard of the Month: the new Chips Ahoy Blizzard.

It features Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies, chocolaty topping, and choco chunks blended into vanilla soft serve. Besides the Blizzard, it's also available as part of a Blizzard Cake.

Review: Papa John's - Spicy Pulled Pork Pizza

Papa John's Spicy Pulled Pork Pizza is a hand-tossed pizza topped with "Kansas City-style" barbecue sauce, slow-cooked pork, pepper jack and mozzarella cheese, and crushed red pepper flakes.

It was $12 for a large.

News: Jamba Juice - Free Juice on August 6, 2014

Jamba Juice will be giving away made-to-order, fresh-squeezed juices on Wednesday, August 6, 2014, from 9 am to 11 am, at participating locations.

News: Cinnabon - Now with Seasonal Wild Berries!

Taking advantage of the summer season, Cinnabon adds a new Wild Berry topping that can be added to either Classic Roll, Minibon, or Center of the Roll.

The topping features a combination of raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries.

Review: Sonic - Sonic's Garlic Parmesan Cheesy Bread Dog

Sonic's Garlic Parmesan Cheesy Bread Dog features a hot dog bun with shredded cheddar baked onto it, filled with a beef hot dog, garlic parmesan sauce, and grilled onions.

It's normally $2.89 for the hot dog, but this one was provided courtesy of Sonic.

News: Long John Silver's - Free Fish & Fries on August 2, 2014

Long John Silver's must be feeling particularly generous as they will once again be giving away free orders of fish and fries this Saturday, August 2, 2014, from 11 am to 3 pm at participating locations.

Here's Some Arby's Test Items You Might Never See

Arby's been pretty busy in the last year and tested a good amount of various menu items that I hadn't come across until now. So here's a bunch of Arby's test items from last year that went far enough in the process that they actually produced commercials for them, but we might not ever see them nationally:

Review: Krispy Kreme - Banana Pudding Donut

Krispy Kreme's Banana Pudding Donut is a yeast shell donut topped with yellow icing and pieces of vanilla wafers, and filled with banana-flavored Kreme filling.

It's $1.19 for one or $9.49 for an assorted dozen at the closest Krispy Kreme.

News: McDonald's - New $2 Jalapeno Double Burger

McDonald's latest update to the Dollar Menu & More is the new, limited-time Jalapeno Double burger for $2 at participating restaurants.

Occupying the same price tier as the Bacon McDouble, the Jalapeno Double features two beef patties, sliced pickled jalapenos as well as deep-fried crispy ones, a slice of pasteurized process white cheddar, and ranch sauce on a plain hamburger bun.

News: Papa John's - New Spicy Pulled Pork Pizza

Papa John's goes with a backyard barbecue theme and offers up the new Spicy Pulled Pork Pizza for a limited time.

Review: Taco Bell - Chicken Cantina Power Bowl

Taco Bell's Chicken Cantina Power Bowl is an update to the now-discontinued Cantina Bowl and features marinated, fire-grilled white meat chicken, romaine lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, avocado ranch dressing, shredded cheddar cheese, and reduced-fat sour cream, on a bed of Latin rice and black beans.

It cost me $4.99 for a bowl.