A veritable Santa Claus Parade of Holiday treats to sleigh-ride us through the impending Yuletide season. Spotted with new Value Deals for contrast. And don’t miss the return of Horton’s Holiday Smile Cookies and McDonald’s Holiday Pies!
The inimitable Pizza Hut Triple Treat Box…
The rundown…
It’s definitely starting to feel like the Holidays. At least on the Fast Food scene! As my Dad’s older sister, Aunt Dora used to say, “Lay your ears back and dig into the feast!”
Mains
The Triple Treat Box is back!
Pizza Hut’s mega-meal-deal has come around for another turn on the limited-time menu rotation – just in time for Holiday entertaining. This time, it contains two medium one-topping pizzas, bread-sticks or cheese sticks (add cheese for a slight extra charge), and a dessert. The ‘iconic’ Triple Treat Box starts at just… $19.99!
Applebee’s Really Big Meal Deal = really big Value
Applebee’s Really Big Meal Deal includes a new Big Cluckin’ Chicken Sandwich or a Big Classic Bacon Cheeseburger, plus Classic Fries and a fountain drink for just $9.99.
The sandwiches – both described as ‘Bigger and Better’ – appear to be head-on come-backs to McDonald’s new ‘Bigger Value’ Arch Burger. The fast Food Value Wars rage on…
Pure, basic value: A $5.99 2-Topping Pizza
… From Little Caesar’s, now through December 15. Order through the website or the app using the code ‘TOPTHIS’. The online-only deal is good on any round pie. (Excludes: thin crust, Detroit deep dish, and stuffed crust pizzas.) It’s a solid, basic 1/2-price value…
Panera ‘soups up’ Ciabatta Dippers
The bread bowl guys have a new idea on the menu which really works for me. Ciabatta-bunned dipping sandwiches made for dipping – that come with soup for sluicing!
The French Dipper (as the name suggests) features marinated steak, and comes with French Onion Soup. The Spicy Chicken Dipper is stuffed with grilled chicken and comes with Creamy Tomato Soup.
Sides
BK sizzles up savoury Pickle Fries
It’s been suggested that fall – when the cucumbers come in – is just naturally Pickle Season. So it is that so many pickle-flavoured specialties come onto the market at this tumultuous time. Among this year’s is Burger King’s new Pickle Fry. Pickle Fries are described as deep-fried, savory-seasoned, bat-tered and breaded dill pickle spears – with a side of Hidden Valley Ranch for dipping.
Kraft débuts new Everything Bagel Mac & Cheese
It’s the latest in the brand’s string of new flavours to appear. But this time there’s a difference. EB is the winner of the latest edition of the Fan Flavourites contest. And it’s just one of more than 60 new flavours Kraft is currently tinkering with and testing.
Any of which could a future new flavour. Everything bagel is, Kraft, says, a direct response to the Gen Zers, who themselves responded resoundingly to the Fan Flavourites call for new taste ideas…
Whole Lotta McRib Sauce…
A half-gallon jug of the stuff, in fact. To celebrate the limited-time return of the McRib Sandwich. “The McRib isn’t just a sandwich—it’s a cultural moment,” says Tariq Hassan, McDonald’s Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer. “We’re giving fans an even saucier way to celebrate McRib SZN this year.” Get the sauce at wholelottamcribsauce.com, Monday, November 25 at 10 am ET, while supplies last, for just $19.99.
Desserts & Snacks
Horton’s 2024 Holiday Smile Cookies are here!
The iconic Canadian-born-and-bred doughnut shop is once again celebrating the Holidays with a limited-time release of it’s Holiday Smile Cookies.
All proceeds from sales of the cookies go to Tim’s community programs and partner charities. Get one – or more – now through November 2024. And help Tim’s ‘give’ back’ to your town…
Checker’s & Rally’s bake up Philly Cheesesteak Bites
They look like little empanadas, and should make a nice 2-bite snack for the average fan. They’re flaky, crispy pastry turnovers filled with ‘Philly-style’ beef, grilled peppers, onions, and melted cheese. They’re the latest in a procession of such snacks which began with Buford Bites, and progressed earlier this year to Buffalo Chicken Dip Bites. At participating locations…
McDonald’s reprises its Holiday Pie
We’re talking about none other than the festively dressed, classic Holiday Pie. For many folks it’s not the Holidays until they indulge in one of these nostalgic treats…
… Officially described as, “creamy, smooth custard nestled in a flaky, buttery crust glazed with sugar and topped with rainbow sprinkles.” And this year marks the Holiday Pie’s 25th birthday!
Novelties
Send your best… salad wishes!
It’s a new idea, and the first like it I’ve seen. Past Yuletides have seen special greeting cards with seasonal spice blend samples included. But this year, you can send family and friends traditional-looking cards with ‘hidden’ servings of Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing. “The ‘Hidden’ Hidden Valley Ranch Holiday Card Collection offers fans a delicious way to pour on some holiday cheer,” the brand enthuses, in a statement.
McCain ‘gives’ fans new Jumbo Fries
McCain’s is hitting Canada with a new ‘coupon’ program designed to make its new Jumbo Crinkle Fries ‘unmissable’. Huge billboards and whole building sides are being painted unmissable yellow…
… and garnished with special QT codes fans can scan to redeem for free or discounted bags of the new fries at grocery stores. Jumbo? Crinkled? Sounds like the ultimate dippable snacking fry!
And that’s the skinny…
… On what’s going to be rendering some us as roly-poly as snowmen over the days as weeks to come. See you back here in 7 for the next powder-sugar-dusted edition of Fast Food Week!
~ Maggie J.