Category: Fast Food News

Dunkin’ Donuts is now offering a new menu item called the GranDDe Burrito. Yes, that’s how they’re spelling it.

It’s stuffed with a brown rice, black beans, fire-roasted peppers and onions, corn, and a spicy omelet egg patty that features Monterey Jack cheese with jalapeño and habanero peppers. The burrito comes in sausage and veggie versions.

The donut and coffee chain has offered burritos before, but these new ones are heftier.

The sausage version has 710 calories, 370 calories from fat, 41 grams of fat, 17 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 225 milligrams of cholesterol, 1660 milligrams of sodium, 56 grams of carbohydrates, 6 grams of fiber, 5 grams of sugar, and 30 grams of protein.

The veggie one has 530 calories, 200 calories from fat, 22 grams of fat, 10 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 180 milligrams of cholesterol, 1180 milligrams of sodium, 60 grams of carbohydrates, 7 grams of fiber, 6 grams of sugar, and 23 grams of protein.

The limited time only GranDDe Burrito is available during any time of the day at participating restaurants.

If you’ve tried either one, let us know what you think of it in the comments.

(Image via Dunkin’ Donuts’ website)

Last year we posted something about McDonald’s testing freshly baked muffins by Quaker under their McCafe brand that came in three varieties — blueberry, double chocolate, and cranberry orange. While All-Day Breakfast has been rolled out nationwide, the muffins haven’t.

McCafe muffins are still being offering in select areas and there’s even a new flavor — carrot. Impulsive Buy reader Brad sent us the photo above, which was taken at his local McDonald’s in Chicago. While carrot muffins are new at McDonald’s in the U.S., our Canadian friends have had carrot muffins for years at their McDonald’s locations.

If you’ve tried the carrot muffin with a cup of hot McCafe coffee, let us know what you think of it in the comments.

All right, let’s get this out of the way. I’m supremely surprised this was not named the Extra Long Supreme Breakfast Sandwich.

The new Extra Long Supreme Breakfast Sandwich features two fluffy eggs, two sausage patties, bacon, and two slices of American cheese on a warm toasted hoagie bun. If you’re having a fast food flashback right now, you’re probably thinking of the Burger King Enormous Omelette Sandwich introduced in 2005.

The Enormous Omelette Sandwich Supreme Breakfast Sandwich has 880 calories, 59 grams of fat, 21 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 375 milligrams of cholesterol, 2170 milligrams of sodium, 45 grams of carbohydrates, 7 grams of sugar, and 41 grams of protein.

If you’ve started your morning with one of these, let us know what you think of it in the comments.

(Image via Burger King’s website)

Hot diggity dog! You can now get hot dogs at Burger King.

The burger chain’s new Grilled Dogs come in two varieties — Classic and Chili Cheese. We posted a review of them when they were in the testing phase last summer.

The hot dog itself is flame-grilled and made with 100 percent beef. The Classic is topped with ketchup, mustard, chopped onions, and relish and served on a fluffy baked bun. The Chili Cheese comes with chili and cheddar cheese, and is served on a fluffy baked bun.

The Classic has 310 calories, 16 grams of fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 30 milligrams of cholesterol, 960 milligrams of sodium, 32 grams of carbohydrates, 10 grams of sugar, and 11 grams of protein. The Chili Cheese has 330 calories, 19 grams of fat, 8 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 40 milligrams of cholesterol, 980 milligrams of sodium, 28 grams of carbohydrates, 5 grams of sugar, and 14 grams of protein.

If you’ve tried either one or both during a Grilled Dog eating contest, let us know what you think of them in the comments.

(Image via Burger King’s website)

Do you want a little bit more caffeine from your Taco Bell Freezes? A Mountain Dew Baja Blast Freeze not giving the jolt you need? Well then, the Rockstar Punched Freeze is what you needze.

It’s Rockstar Energy’s fruit punch flavored energy drink in slush form and a 16-ounce serving has 92 milligrams of caffeine. However, that’s significantly less than what’s in a 16-ounce can of Rockstar Punched Fruit Punch Energy Drink, which has 240 milligrams of caffeine.

A 16-ounce serving has 220 calories, 0 grams of fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 65 milligrams of sodium, 0 milligrams of potassium, 56 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 56 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein.

If you’ve tried it, let us know what you think of it in the comments after the caffeine has worn down.

(Image via Taco Bell’s website)