Sonic has a new line of shakes to help keep you cool during the summer. The chain’s Real Fruit Berry Shakes bring together its ice cream, real berries, and whipped cream. There are three flavors available:

• Strawberry
• Blueberry
• Triple Berry, a combination of real strawberries and blackberries with raspberry and wild berry flavors.

Sonic’s Real Fruit Berry Shakes are available for a limited time at participating Sonic Drive-Ins.

Also, if you know Sonic, you know it offers half-price shakes, floats, and ice cream slushes after 8 p.m. every night during its Summer Nights promotion that lasts through Labor Day.

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

(Image via Sonic.)

Dunkin’ Donuts has launched a new menu called the Dunkin’ Run. It features a lineup of snacks available all-day and for $2 each.

Headlining the menu are the Donut Fries, five individual pieces of croissant style donut dough tossed in cinnamon sugar, which

Joining it are four other menu items:

Happy 81st Birthday, Krispy Kreme!

To celebrate, the doughnut chain has rolled out its new Glazed Confetti Doughnut. It features a vanilla birthday cake-inspired dough with confetti sprinkles throughout, the classic Original glaze, and lightly topped with colorful sprinkles.

It’s available for one week only, starting today through Thursday, August 2 at participating locations, while supplies last.

The doughnut has 200 calories, 10 grams of fat, 4.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 gram of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 80 milligrams of sodium, 24 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 12 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 Krispy Kreme.)

Meet Arby’s newest meat sandwich — the Smokehouse Beef Short Rib Sandwich.

The meatrosity features beef short rib that smoked for at least six hours, a slice of cheddar cheese, crispy onions, and a smoky BBQ sauce between two pieces of Texas Toast.

The sandwich has 590 calories, 28 grams of fat, 10 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 75 milligrams of cholesterol, 1510 milligrams of sodium, 59 grams of carbohydrates, 14 grams of sugar, 4 grams of fiber, and 26 grams of protein.

Oh, you’re trying to cut back on the amount of bread you’re eating? Well, then, Arby’s has got your bread-hating back with its Smokehouse Beef Short Rib Loaded Curly Fries.

It has everything you’ll find in the Smokehouse Beef Short Rib Sandwich, but dumped on a bed of curly fries that’s drizzled with cheddar cheese sauce.

The topped fries has 730 calories, 41 grams of fat, 9 grams of saturated fat, 0.5 grams of trans fat, 35 milligrams of cholesterol, 2300 milligrams of sodium, 75 grams of carbohydrates, 13 grams of sugar, 6 grams of fiber, and 15 grams of protein.

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

(Image via Arby’s website.)

Before you run out to your nearest Krispy Kreme, you should know the Krispy Kreme Big Red Kreme Filled Doughnut is a regional variety that’s available in Texas…in a handful of locations…only on Sundays…until September 2.

These photos were sent in by Impulsive Buy reader Robbie, who liked the donut. He said it has a subtle taste overall with hint of Big Red.

There are nine Texas Krispy Kreme shops participating — four in San Antonio, two in Austin, and one store each in San Marcos, Laredo, and McAllen.

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