Category: Fast Food News

We here in Hawaii love our SPAM.

Sure, Guam is the world’s leading per capita consumer of SPAM, but I think we in Hawaii love it more.

How much do we love our SPAM? Well, we have an annual event in Waikiki that attracts thousands of people, and I don’t think there’s anyplace else in the world where McDonald’s, Burger King, and Jack in the Box offer menu items with SPAM in them.

Jack in the Box restaurants in Hawaii have been offering SPAM breakfast platters for a while, but they’ve added to their breakfast menu, for a limited time, the new SPAM Croissant Sandwich, which is made up of an egg patty and two slices of SPAM in between a croissant.

I assume the Jack in the Box SPAM Croissant Sandwich is only available in Hawaii, but if your local Jack in the Box offers it, please let us know in the comments below. Also, if your local McDonald’s, Burger King, or other fast food chain offers regional menu items, let us know in the comments. Finally, if the idea of a SPAM sandwich grosses you out, let us know in the comments with an “Ewww.”

I’m just going to embed these two recent Pizza Hut commercials from the Middle East and then I’m going to imagine your jaws dropping.

More info at A Hamburger Today.

Thanks to JB McDaniel for letting us know about these pizzas via our Facebook page.

Update: Click here to read out Wendy’s Signature Sides review

Wendy’s is now offering three new Signature Sides to their menu: Macaroni & Cheese, Chili Cheese Fries, and Baked Sweet Potato.

The Chili Cheese Fries sound like something Wendy’s could’ve done in the 1990s. They had the fries, chili, and cheese back then, so why did it take them so long to bring them together? The Chili Cheese Fries comes with double dose of cheese in the forms of a Cheddar cheese sauce on top of the fries and shredded Cheddar cheese on top of the Wendy’s chili. It has 570 calories, 30 grams of fat, 11 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 50 milligrams of cholesterol, 1,200 milligrams of sodium, 58 grams of carbohydrates, 8 grams of fiber, 4 grams of sugar, and 18 grams of protein.

Wendy’s Macaroni & Cheese consists of large cavatappi spiral noodles mixed with a sauce made with milk, cream, and white Vermont Cheddar and American cheeses. It’s also topped with shredded Cheddar. Wendy’s Macaroni & Cheese has 370 calories 19 grams of fat, 12 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 65 milligrams of cholesterol, 940 milligrams of sodium, 29 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 4 grams of sugar, and 17 grams of protein.

The most interesting of the three is the Baked Sweet Potato, which is served with a Buttery Cinnamon Spread on the side. Sweet potato isn’t seen on many fast food menu boards, so it’s nice to see Wendy’s trying it. The Wendy’s Baked Sweet Potato is an extremely wonderful source of vitamin A, providing 1,090 percent of your daily recommended value, and an excellent source of vitamin C, providing 90 percent of your daily recommended value. It also has 380 calories, 9 grams of fat, 4.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 15 milligrams of cholesterol, 240 milligrams of sodium, 69 grams of carbohydrates, 10 grams of fiber, 29 grams of sugar, and 6 grams of protein.

Wendy’s Macaroni & Cheese and Baked Sweet Potato are available for a limited time, which is disappointing, while the Chili Cheese Fries are a permanent addition to the menu, which it should’ve been in the 1990s. They can be purchased a la carte for a suggested price of $2.49.

It must suck being the new Jack in the Box Java Cookie Shake because it has to follow Jack’s Kinda-Sounds-Like-A-Joke-But-Wasn’t Bacon Shake.

I guess it would be hard topping or equalling a bacon milkshake, but I wish Jack in the Box at least tried because it doesn’t seem like they did with their Java Cookie Shake, which is basically their regular Oreo shake with a shot of coffee flavored syrup.

A regular 16-ounce Java Cookie Shake has 915 calories, 401 calories from fat, 45 grams of fat, 30 grams of saturated fat, 2 grams of trans fat, 127 milligrams of cholesterol, 386 milligrams of sodium, 114 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 92 grams of sugar, and 13 grams of protein.

Oh, and for shits and giggles…and a few gasps, here’s the nutrition info for a 24-ounce Java Cookie Shake: 1,294 calories, 552 calories from fat, 61 grams of fat, 39 grams of saturated fat, 3 grams of trans fat, 184 milligrams of cholesterol, 560 milligrams of sodium, 164 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 132 grams of sugar, and 18 grams of protein.

The Jack in the Box Java Cookie Shake is available now at participating Jack in the Box restaurants. Oh, Indianapolis and San Antonio locations aren’t participating.

If you happen to try it, let us know what you think in the comments.

Update: Click here to read our McDonald’s Cherry Berry Chiller review

According to an AP report, in the coming weeks, McDonald’s is set to release nationwide their Cherry Berry Chiller. The cherry and raspberry-flavored beverage combines 100 percent fruit juice with ice, which is blended to create a slushie.

Oh, I feel sorry for the McDonald’s blenders. Before, it was just their smoothies and Frappé, but then they added their frozen lemonade, and now this Cherry Berry Chiller.

According to the internets, the Cherry Berry Chiller has been tested in limited markets since last year. McDonald’s already has a page set up for it on their website. (WARNING: Slightly annoying repetitive booty shaking music.)

If you’ve given the Cherry Berry Chiller a try, let us know what you think of it in the comments below.