El Pollo Loco Adds New Entrees to Under-500 Calories Menu

El Pollo Loco adds three new faces to their Under-500 Calories menu including new Lettuce Tacos.

Available for a limited-time, the three new dishes are:

Fudge Truffle Ice Cream Returns to Cold Stone for Valentine's Day

Fudge Truffle ice cream is back at Cold Stone Creamery as a Valentine's Day special through February 28, 2017

Frito-Lay Brings Back Blazin' Buffalo & Ranch Doritos Chips

Perhaps looking to capitalize on the popularity of Buffalo wings at the tail end of the football season, Frito-Lay has brought back Blazin' Buffalo & Ranch Doritos tortilla chips, but only for a limited time.

Burger King Offers New Coffee Under Old "BK Joe" Name

Burger King brews up new coffee and brings back the "BK Joe" name along with a limited-time deal where they're offering any size coffee (hot or iced) for 99 cents.

The Naked Chicken Chalupa Comes to Taco Bell in Late January

Taco Bell's fried chicken taco shell comes home to roost with the nationwide launch of the new Naked Chicken Chalupa late this month on January 26, 2017.

Del Taco Changes to New Lower-Fat Ground Turkey Recipe

Del Taco has once again played around with their seasoned ground turkey recipe and starts off 2017 with new seasoned ground turkey, which now features 40-percent less fat than their ground beef (the previous version was 33-percent less fat).

My Top Five New Fast Food Items of 2016

Another year, another parade of new fast food items eaten. Here's my top five for 2016, in no particular order:

Olive Garden Releases Under-600-Calorie "Tastes of the Mediterranean" Menu

Olive Garden starts the new year with the "Tastes of the Mediterranean" menu featuring six under-600-calorie entrees, including two new ones.

Here's what's on the menu:

Pastrami is Back at Wienerschnitzel Along with New Pastrami Reuben

Pastrami has once again made its annual return to the Wienerschnitzel, where, for a limited time, it is featured in five limited-time menu items, including two new ones:

Bruegger's 2017 Winter Menu Features New Bellapeno Bagel

Bruegger's chooses spicy heat for this year's 2017 winter menu. The bagel chain introduces new spicy cheese as well as a new spicy bagel and features them both in one new sandwich: the Spicy Bellapeno Egg.

Post Introduces New Cinnamon Pebbles Cereal

Post adds some spice to the Pebbles cereal line up with the introduction of new Cinnamon Pebbles.

Review: McDonald's - Chicken McGriddles

McDonald's Chicken McGriddles sandwich features a crispy chicken patty from the McChicken between two sweet McGriddles cakes.

7-Eleven Launches New Breakfast Pizza

7-Eleven bolsters their breakfast (and pizza) selection with the launch of the new Breakfast Pizza at participating locations.

You Can Get $1 Coffee and $2 Lattes at McDonald's

McDonald's is running a nationwide deal to promote their McCafe drink platform by offering any-sized hot drip coffee for $1 and any small McCafe latte or other hot specialty beverage for $2 for a limited time at participating locations.

Shake Shack Adds Three New Seasonal Shakes to Kick Off 2017

Shake Shack launches a new trio of seasonal shakes to start the new year and plans on rotating in three new flavors in every few months.

The three new shakes are:

Culver's Introduces New Wisconsin Big Cheese Pub Burger

Culver's caters to the meat-and-cheese crowd with the release of their new, limited-time Wisconsin Big Cheese Pub Burger.

Blaze Pizza Entices with "Buy One, Get One Free" Pizza Offer

For a limited-time, Blaze Pizza is sending out a "buy one, get one free pizza" code redeemable through their mobile app if you digitally pledge to "keep it real."

Red Lobster Kicks Off "Big Festival of Shrimp" with Three New Dishes

Red Lobster's latest limited-time menu is the Big Festival of Shrimp, which features three new dishes: Wild-Caught Firecracker Red Shrimp, Creamy Shrimp-and-Cheese Linguini, and Bourbon-Brown Sugar Grilled Shrimp.

Taco Bell Reveals Top Five Limited-Time Menu Items for 2016

Taco Bell is known for comin up with a new or returning limited-time menu item almost every month. Some are more value-oriented while others look to push the envelope. In case, you were curious I managed to get a list from Taco Bell of their top five most popular limited-time menu items for 2016.

Here they are:

The Coffee Bean Unveils New Horchata Coffee Drinks

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf goes with the cinnamon and rice flavors of horchata to start off 2017. The cafe chain has added the new Horchata Latte and Horchata Ice Blended to the menu this winter.

The new drinks feature a blend of rice, cinnamon, vanilla, milk (steamed or iced depending on the drink), and espresso.