Category: Fast Food News

There hasn’t been much cross-promotion with the upcoming Fantastic Four movie, which opens on August 7. I haven’t seen a General Mills Basic 4 Fantastic Four cereal or a Fantastik Four Superhero Strength All Purpose Cleaner. But Denny’s is now offering their new Slamtastic 4 Menu.

It features several breakfast entrees, a burger, a dessert, and a smoothie.

The Thing Burger has a beef patty topped with hash browns, an egg cooked to order, cheddar cheese, two bacon strips and a Thing sauce. It’s served on a cheddar bun with wavy-cut French fries.

Just the burger has 1920 calories, 131 grams of fat, 36 grams of saturated fat, 3 grams of trans fat, 365 milligrams of sodium, 2310 milligrams of sodium, 121 grams of carbohydrates, 9 grams of fiber, and 63 grams of protein.

The Human Torch Skillet features a hearty breakfast sausage with seasoned red-skinned potatoes, sautéed mushrooms, fire-roasted bell peppers and onions, jalapeños, and pico de gallo served on a sizzling skillet. It’s also topped spicy five pepper sauce, Pepper Jack queso, and two eggs cooked to order.

It has 1130 calories 87 grams of fat, 22 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 465 milligrams of cholesterol, 3010 milligrams of sodium, 54 grams of carbohydrates, 8 grams of fiber, and 40 grams of protein.

The Invisible Woman Slam is made up of two buttermilk blueberry pancakes topped with strawberries, banana, and drizzled with a citrus glaze. It served with two eggs, hash browns, and either two bacon strips or two sausage links.

The meal with bacon has 830 calories, 38 grams of fat, 11 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 410 milligrams of cholesterol, 1980 milligrams of sodium, 90 grams of carbohydrates, 5 grams of fiber, and 33 grams of protein.

There’s also the Fantastic Four Cheese Omelette. It’s a three-egg omelette stuffed with cheddar, Swiss, mozzarella and parmesan cheeses, fresh spinach, diced bacon, onions and mushrooms tossed in a blend of sun-dried tomatoes and herbs. It’s topped with diced tomatoes and served with hash browns and your choice of bread. With toast it has 1080 calories, 71 grams of fat, 25 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 710 milligrams of cholesterol, 1330 milligrams of sodium, 58 grams of carbohydrates, 7 grams of fiber, and 52 grams of protein.

The dessert on the Slamtastic 4 Menu is the Doom Lava Cake which feature warm chocolate cake filled with molten chocolate and topped with mini chocolate and white chocolate chips, powdered sugar, and a scoop of chocolate ice cream. It has 820 calories, 40 grams of fat, 23 grams of saturated fat, 81 grams of sugar, and 10 grams of protein.

Finally, there’s the Fantastic Four Fruit Smoothie. It’s made with fresh banana, raspberries, blueberries, pomegranate, nonfat yogurt, and juice. It has significantly lower nutrition facts than everything else I’ve previously mentioned.

If you’ve tried anything from the menu, let us know what you think of it in the comments.

(Images via Denny’s)

Burger King’s latest burger is the A1 Hearty Mozzarella Bacon Cheeseburger, which should not be confused with the older Burger King’s A1 Ultimate Cheeseburger.

The newer A1 burger features two 1/4 lb. flame-grilled beef patties, thick-cut smoked bacon, mozzarella cheese, lettuce, onions, and A1 Thick & Hearty sauce on a toasted brioche-style bun. The older A1 burger features American cheese instead of mozzarella and doesn’t come with lettuce.

The A1 Hearty Mozzarella Bacon Cheeseburger has 790 calories, 430 calories from fat, 48 grams of fat, 21 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat (not sure how that’s possible if every burger, except a basic hamburger, has at least 0.5 grams of trans fat), 190 milligrams of cholesterol, 1370 milligrams of sodium, 37 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 9 grams of sugar, and 52 grams of protein.

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

(Image via Burger King’s website.)

Update: We tried it! Click here to read our review.

The Burger King hoagie bun streak continues!

In April, Burger King rolled out their Extra Long Cheeseburger.

In May, the Teriyaki Original Chicken Sandwich was announced.

This month, the fast food chain introduced their Extra Long Pulled Pork Sandwich that comes with pulled pork in a sweet and smoky barbecue sauce, onion slices, pickles, and that popular hoagie bun.

The sandwich has 370 calories, 8 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 55 milligrams of cholesterol, 1290 milligrams of sodium, 55 grams of carbohydrates, 7 grams of sugar, 3 grams of fiber, 23 grams of protein.

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

(Image via Burger King’s website.)

Here in Hawaii, our Jack in the Box locations are offering a Macadamia Nut shake and iced coffee. The photo was taken by Impulsive Buy reader Charmi. I was excited about the shake until I read the fine print on the bottom. “These products do not contain actual macadamia nuts or nut allergens.” Boo, I say! Boo!

Also, how can these be a “Local Fave” when this is the first time they’ve been offered? I guess they could mean macadamia nuts in general.

Jack in the Box locations in Hawaii have offered several exclusive regional menu items over the years. They’ve included items with teriyaki sauce, SPAM, and teriyaki sauce with SPAM.

Impulsive Buy reader and Chicagoan, Brad, sent us a photo of this breakfast sandwich McDonald’s is testing. As you can see, it features the freshly cracked egg and toasted English muffin that comes with most McMuffins, but it also has a slice of white cheddar and slices of Applewood smoked bacon.

It’s surprising there currently isn’t a Bacon Egg McMuffin on the McDonald’s breakfast menu. But in other countries, like Canada, Australia, and the U.K., a Bacon & Egg McMuffin is offered.

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