The newest offering from Church’s Chicken is the Fiery Jalapeño Crunch Chicken.
It features fresh bone-in chicken that’s been marinated for 12 hours in jalapeño spices, which is then hand-battered, coated in extreme breading, and fried in small batches.
The menu item is available for a limited time at participating locations.
If you’ve tried it, let us know how spicy it is in the comments.
(Image via Church’s Chicken.)
Kellogg’s Frosted Crush Orange Pop-Tarts taste better than actual Crush Orange soda. There, I said it. Send your assassins after me, Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.
In order to make that comparison, I had to buy a Crush Orange soda, which, like rock climbing and doing the Dab, is something I’ve never done before. Oh, I’ve consumed several bottles and cans over the years when it was the only choice in the cooler towards the end of a cookout. But I’ve never spent a dime on one until now.
Crush Orange tastes like generic orange tablet candy. Yes, those probably aren’t the most flattering words to describe it. I’m mean, it’s a serviceable beverage and I won’t hesitate to drink one if the only other options are bottled water and that swill known as Mist Twst.
These Pop-Tarts also have a generic orange candy flavor. But it doesn’t taste like the tablet candy you get from the junk trick-or-treat houses in your neighborhood. The filling also has a mild sourness that complements the sweet citrus flavor. Sadly, there isn’t any fruit in the filling. Instead, the flavor and sourness appears to come from orange oil and malic acid. Mmm, malic acid.
I was worried about having hot soda flavor in my mouth due to my less than positive experience with hot Dr Pepper as a teenager, but these Pop-Tarts were great toasted, chilled, or straight out of the foil wrapper. Also, the crust and frosting didn’t dampen the filling’s flavor, which is what I experienced with the Frosted A&W Root Beer Pop-Tarts.
Overall, I enjoyed Frosted Crush Orange Pop-Tarts. They have a nice sweet and tart flavor, the orange and white icing remind me of BB-8, and they, along with the root beer ones, make me look forward to other soda-inspired flavors. Maybe Dr Pepper and/or 7Up Pop-Tarts?
Disclosure: I received a free sample of these Pop-Tarts from Kellogg’s. Receiving the sample did not influence the review.
Purchased Price: FREE from Pop-Tarts
Size: 8-pack
Purchased at: N/A
Rating: 7 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1 pastry) 200 calories 45 calories from fat, 5 grams of fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 2 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 1 gram of monounsaturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 170 milligrams of sodium, 36 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 15 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.
Baskin-Robbins’ Flavor of the Month for June 2016 is the Made With Milky Way Bars Ice Cream. The flavor features Milky Way bar-flavored ice cream with Milky Way bar and milk chocolate pieces and a caramel ribbon.
A small scoop has 180 calories, 80 calories from fat, 9 grams of fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 30 milligrams of cholesterol, 80 milligrams of sodium, 23 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 19 grams of sugar, and 3 grams of protein.
If you’ve tried it, let us know what you think of it in the comments.
(Image via Baskin-Robbins)
This makes me want to use Rice Krispies Treats as bread. (Spotted by Chris B at ShopRite.)
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For a limited time, Sonic is offering baconized versions of their Chili Cheese Coney. The Bacon Lovers lineup features three varieties — Bacon Chili Cheese, Loaded Bacon Ranch Chili Cheese, and Spicy Bacon Chili Cheese.
The Bacon Chili Cheese Coney is made with a 100 percent beef hot dog topped with chili, shredded cheese and crisp bacon bits. It has 500 calories, 33 grams of fat, 13 grams of saturated fat, 70 milligrams of cholesterol, 1530 milligrams of sodium, 31 grams of carbohydrates, and 21 grams of protein.
The Loaded Bacon Ranch Chili Cheese Coney has everything the Bacon Chili Cheese Coney does, plus ranch sauce. It has 510 calories, 34 grams of fat, 14 grams of saturated fat, 70 milligrams of cholesterol, 1600 milligrams of sodium, 31 grams of carbohydrates, and 21 grams of protein.
Finally, there’s the Spicy Bacon Chili Cheese Coney that’s topped with topped with chili, shredded cheese, crisp bacon and a kick of spicy mustard and jalapeños. The coney dog has 510 calories, 300 calories from fat, 33 grams of fat, 13 grams of saturated fat, 70 milligrams of cholesterol, 1820 milligrams of sodium, 31 grams of carbohydrates, and 22 grams of protein.
If you’ve tried any of them (or all three), let us know what you think in the comments.
(Images via Sonic’s website)