News: Frito-Lay - New Tapatio Cheetos and Lay's Tapatio Limon

Frito-Lay offers two new Tapatio brand hot sauce-flavored snacks with Lay's Tapatio Limon potato chips and Tapatio Cheetos.

The flavors join an existing Tapatio-flavored line up that includes Tapatio Limon Ruffles potato chips and Tapatio Doritos tortilla chips and are currently available in the western and central regions of the US.

Review: Pepperidge Farm - Carrot Cake Cookies

Apparently, Pepperidge Farm is looking to other desserts for inspiration with their Dessert Shop cookie line. These Carrot Cake Cookies are soft-baked, spiced carrot cake cookies made with carrots, pecans, and cream cheese-flavored chunks.

I picked up an 8.6-ounce package for $2.69.

News: Nabisco - New Brown Rice Triscuit Crackers

Nabisco switches it up with a new line of Brown Rice Triscuits that, in addition to being made with a blend of whole grain brown rice and wheat, offer varieties that weave in pieces of sweet potato or red beans.

The new Brown Rice Triscuits are purported to be lighter in texture with a crispier crunch compared to the original. They come in five flavors:

Frozen Friday: Healthy Choice - Oven Roasted Chicken

Healthy Choice's Oven Roasted Chicken frozen meal features chicken tenderloins in a homestyle gravy, whipped potatoes, green beans, carrots, and peach dessert.

An 11.4-ounce box retails for about $3.99.

News: KFC to Offer New Boneless Original Recipe Chicken

In a move that might change KFC's core product, KFC plans to introduce new Original Recipe Boneless Chicken on April 14. For a chain that already offers strips and bites, and once offered Boneless Filets, you might ask what's the big deal?

Apparently, the new chicken will be available in dark meat and white meat pieces that will be bereft of bones and skin, but still be breaded and fried in Original Recipe fashion.

Get the Ben & Jerry's Flavor You Want

A problem that comes up for some Ben & Jerry's fans is when their local supermarket or grocer stops stocking their favorite Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor or they just can't locate that new Limited-Batch flavor.

Since getting it shipped from elsewhere tends to be prohibitively expensive, most are just left to do without. But there is something you can try to get that Ben & Jerry's flavor you're fiending for...

News: Boston Market Adds BBQ Ribs to the Menu

Boston Market expands their meat repertoire with new, limited-time St. Louis Style Ribs. The bone-in ribs are seasoned, slow-smoked, and brushed with a "zesty, sweet barbeque sauce."

The ribs can be had a la carte, as part of an individual meal, or in a family meal.

The individual meals come with two sides and cornbread with prices starting at $10.99 for a meal with a quarter rack of ribs. A half rack meal goes for $12.99.

Review: Little Caesars - Deep Deep Dish Pizza

Little Caesars' new Deep Deep Dish Pizza ("Deep! Deep! Dish Pizza") promises a Detroit-style pizza with a crunchy crust with a crispy, caramelized cheese edge and a soft, chewy crumb, topped with pepperoni and a blend of mozzarella and muenster cheese.

I picked one up for $8. It only comes in one size: large.

News: Dunkin' Donuts - 2013 Spring Donuts

Dunkin' Donuts introduces two really bright, limited-time Spring Pastel Donuts this month: the Spring Showers Donut and the Spring Fling Donut.

The Spring Showers Donut is a yeast donut filled with apple raspberry jelly, decorated with a strawberry and pastel green icing drizzle over white dipping icing.

News: Dairy Queen - New $5 Buck Lunch

This month, Dairy Queen is making a value play for your lunch dollar with the launch of DQ $5 Buck Lunches.

Apparently, their research showed that over half of millennials (18-34 year olds) are more likely to "make a complete meal choice" (i.e. buy a combo) for lunch if it includes dessert. As such, the $5 Buck Lunch includes a sundae.

Around the World: Domino's Japan Offered Canned Pizza for April Fool's

Apparently, they celebrate April Fool's Day in Japan... at least, they do at Domino's.

As an April Fool's joke, the Domino's Japan website offered pizza in a can on April 1. The fake cans was offered at 401 yen a pop... you know, for April 1 (4-01).

Review: Dunkin' Donuts - Coffee with Cream and Sugar

We don't have Dunkin' Donuts in California yet, so when Ben & Jerry's invited me out to Vermont, a short walk in 20 degree weather (so cold my teeth hurt) brought me to a nearby Dunkin' Donuts, where I got myself a welcome cup of piping hot coffee with cream and sugar.

The price tag came out to $1.39 for a small 10-ounce cup, which is slightly less than a brewed cup at Starbucks and a fair bit more than McDonald's (where a 12-ounce cup is $1).

News: Pizza Hut - New Crazy Cheesy Crust Pizza

For a limited-time, Pizza Hut offers new Crazy Cheesy Crust Pizza. While not quite "crazy," the latest Pizza Hut gimmick features 16 cheese-filled dough pockets (seats?) encompassing the pizza's crust.

The pockets look kinda like a cheese version of egg tarts and the pizza isn't remarkably different from the Cheesy Bites Pizza save in shape. The pizza also bears more than a passing resemblance to the Crown Crust Pizza that's been making the rounds internationally.

News: Popeyes Brings Back Rip'n Chicken

Rip'n Chicken (stylized "Rip'n Chick'n") returns to Popeyes this month. The odd-looking (some would say "disturbing-looking") chicken features a chicken breast filet partially-cut into pull-apart strips so that you can rip the strips off yourself.

Review: Arby's - Double-Stacked Reuben Sandwich

Arby's Double-Stacked Reuben is the limited-time meatier cousin of their regular menu Reuben.

For an extra buck, you can double the amount of meat on the sandwich. The rest of the sandwich includes Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Thousand Island, between two slices of toasted marble rye bread.

I picked one up for $5.99 at my local Arby's restaurant.

News: Subway - April 2013 Featured Subs

This April sees Subway continuing to offer a selection of Featured Value Subs, but also brings back the $5 Featured Footlong.

Oven Roasted Chicken continues to be offered as a $3 Six-Inch Select Sub, but is joined by Black Forest Ham.

News: Dairy Queen - April 2013 Blizzard of the Month

Dairy Queen's Blizzard of the Month for this April is a bit of a mouthful. It's the Choco Covered Pretzel with Peanut Butter Blizzard.

The Choco Covered Pretzel with Peanut Butter Blizzard is made with choco (i.e. fudge) covered pretzel pieces, peanut butter, and choco chunks blended into vanilla soft serve.

Review: Burger King - Turkey Burger

Burger King's new, limited-time Turkey Burger features a ground turkey patty, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions and mayo on an artisan-style bun.

It cost $3.99 at my local Burger King.

News: Little Caesars - New Deep! Deep! Dish Pizza

Little Caesars introduces their first new product in a long time with new Deep Deep Dish pizza (stylized as "DEEP!DEEP! Dish pizza"), a rectangular Detroit-style pizza in a nod to the chain's hometown.

For you crust lovers out there, the pizza has 8 corners for twice the crunchy crust. In the Detroit-style, the pizza is cooked in a modern adaptation of assembly line part trays that are considered essential to the method. The pans are coated with olive oil.

Around the World: McDonald's Taiwan Cuckoo Clock Tower

Photo credit: McDonald's Taiwan

In a bit of over-the-top marketing, McDonald's has come up with this cuckoo clock tower atop an elevator in a train station in Taipei.

When the clock strikes 12, instead of a a cuckoo bird, an oversized Sausage McMuffin pops out.

Apparently, it's a new attraction for McDonald's fans to see.

What do you think? Too much or brilliant?