Update: Click here to read our Dunkin’ Donuts Stuffed Breadsticks review

Hey look! Dunkin’ Donuts has come out with fancy, skinnier Hot Pockets.

Dunkin’ Donuts’ new Stuffed Breadsticks are part of DD’s Hearty Snacks line and come in two varieties: Cheeseburger and Pepperoni & Cheese. Both are made with pizza-style dough and are oven-toasted. The Pepperoni & Cheese Stuffed Breadsticks are filled with reduced fat pepperoni, pizza sauce, and low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese, while the Cheeseburger Stuffed Breadsticks have seasoned ground beef, fire roasted onions, pasteurized process swiss cheese, and a Dijon mustard mix. They’re available for the suggested retail price of $1.59 at participating Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants.

The Cheeseburger one has 200 calories, 6 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 10 milligrams of cholesterol, 400 milligrams of sodium, 28 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 2 grams of sugar, and 9 grams of protein. The Pepperoni & Cheese version has 210 calories, 7 grams of fat, 3 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 15 milligrams of cholesterol, 380 milligrams of sodium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 2 grams of sugar, and 11 grams of protein.

Dunkin’ Donuts also started offering two new varieties of their Bagel Twists — Cheddar Cheese and Cinnamon Raisin — as part of their Hearty Snacks line. They have a suggested retail price of $1.39. They’re not getting much wordage because, to be honest, they sound significantly less awesome when compared with the Stuffed Breadsticks.

There’s an arms race going on amongst fast food restaurants to create the new Weird Food That the Internet Will Gasp at in Horror. Quiznos has decided to throw its hat into the ring with their new Chicken Bacon Dipper, which is a sub sandwich that comes with a side of cheese sauce. For dipping.

There’s already a lot going on with this sandwich. It contains all-white-meat chicken, smoky bacon, mild chipotle mayo and chipotle jack bread. Right there it already has two kinds of meat and a double chipotle punch. Also, I find the idea of chipotle jack bread intriguing.

Quiznos isn’t done yet, though. You also get a side of cheese sauce, which contains tomatoes, diced green chiles and traditional Mexican spices. This is for you to dunk your sandwich into before you stuff it in your face.

That’s a lot of bold flavors coming together, but it seems like they would all play nice with each other.

What do you think? Is this overindulgent and disgusting, or tasty and ingenious? You can find out for $5.19 for a small sub, which seems kind of steep to me, but hey, that cheese sauce doesn’t come cheap!

There is no nutritional information available at this time, but I’m sure it’s a doozy.

Sources: Shopping Blog and Quiznos website

I could write about the BBBLT Sandwich, the Triple Bacon Sampler, Pepper Bacon with Eggs, and Ultimate Bacon Breakfast that Denny’s is rolling out for their bacon celebration called Baconalia, but those sound boring. (Yes, Baconalia is an actual festival.) I could also talk about their slightly unusual Baconalia dishes, the Bacon Flapjacks and Bacon Meatloaf. However, as odd as those two sound, the Baconalia menu item that stands out the most is their new Maple Bacon Sundae.

The dessert, or your drunken menu choice at two in the morning, brings together the Ernie and Bert of flavors, sweet and savory, topping a scoop of vanilla ice cream with maple syrup and pieces of bacon. Even though the taste of the Jones Bacon Flavored Soda still haunts me today, I might be willing to give the Maple Bacon Sundae a try and participate in Denny’s Bacon Fest, Baconival, Bacon Fair, Baconstock, Bacon Festival, Baconpalooza, or whatever they called it.

The Maple Bacon Sundae and the other bacon dishes will only be available for a limited time at participating Denny’s restaurants.

Source: Foodbeast

I learned two things from my subscription to Men’s Health Magazine, when I read it during the late 1990s:

1. Reading about how to do exercises is significantly less effective than actually doing the exercises.

2. How to be a better lover.

So I hope when Hardee’s teamed up with Men’s Health Magazine to create their new line of turkey burger, they also learned how to be a better lover.

The turkey burgers come in three varieties: Original, BBQ Ranch or Mushroom & Swiss. All three burgers come with a thick, charbroiled turkey patty and a toasted wheat bun. The Original Turkey Burger also contains red onions, tomato, lettuce, ketchup, mustard, mayo, and dill pickles; the BBQ Ranch has Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce, red onions, tomato, lettuce and buttermilk ranch sauce; and the Mushroom & Swiss also includes sauteed mushrooms and two slices of Swiss cheese.

All Turkey Burger varieties have less than 500 calories, which to some may still sound like a lot, but for Hardee’s that’s impressive since many of their beef burgers exceed 700 calories.

The Original Turkey Burger weighs in at 254 grams and contains 480 calories, 17 grams of fat, 4 grams of saturated fat, 930 milligrams of cholesterol, 47 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of fiber, and 31 grams of protein.

The BBQ Ranch weighs 261 grams and has 460 calories, 15 grams of fat, 3.5 grams of saturated fat, 950 milligrams of sodium, 52 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of fiber, and 31 grams of protein.

The Mushroom & Swiss weighs in at 246 grams and contains 480 calories, 17 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 1380 milligrams of sodium, 44 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of fiber, and 37 grams of protein.

Update: Carl’s Jr. will also be adding Turkey Burgers to their menu. Along with the Original Turkey Burger, Carl’s Jr. will have the Guacamole Turkey Burger, which features freshly-prepared guacamole, pepper-Jack cheese, tomato and lettuce, and Teriyaki Turkey Burger that has teriyaki sauce, grilled pineapple, Swiss cheese, red onion, tomato and lettuce.

Update: Click here to read our IHOP Chicken & Waffles review

I’m pretty sure IHOP’s version of the classic American dish, chicken and waffles, doesn’t compare to what’s offered at Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles, Gladys Knight and Ron Winans’ Chicken & Waffles, Lo-Lo’s Chicken and Waffles, Lucky J’s Chicken and Waffles, Big Momma’s Chicken and Waffles, and the other chicken and waffle places listed in the chicken and waffle Wikipedia article.

However, IHOP’s version is probably better than my attempts to create a decent chicken and waffles dish, using either Chicken McNuggets or KFC chicken with a variety of frozen waffles.

According to a press release, IHOP’s take on the sweet and savory dish combines “four golden all white meat chicken tenders with four light and crisp Belgian waffle quarters.” Yup, chicken tenders, because bones are a bitch.

IHOP’s Chicken and Waffles are available for a limited time at participating restaurants nationwide.

Thanks to TIB reader Kevin for telling us about them.