Another eclectic Fast Food Week rundown this week! It’s back to the usual mix of new MAINS, with a tsunami of new BEVERAGES. And we proudly present the winner of the 2025 Tiramisu World Cup in Trevino, Italy!
Little Caesar’s new Stuffed Crazy Crust Pizza – Pepperoni Version…
The rundown…
Little Caesar gets stuffed, McDonald’s Canada gets Pickled, Buffalo Wind Wings get ‘swicy’, Pepsi goes Pre-biotic!
MAINS
Little Caesar’s adds Stuffed Crust Pies
Little Caesar’s has added Stuffed Crunch Crust Pizza and Stuffed Crazy Crust Pizza to its popular stuffed crust menu. Both are available in cheese and pepperoni versions and they’re each under $10. “This campaign is all about celebrating how our fans enjoy pizza their way,” said Gregg Hamilton, Chief Marketing Officer at Little Caesars. “Whether you’re team crunchy or team crazy, we’ve got a stuffed crust that delivers big flavor and unbeatable value.”
McDonald’s Canada steps into the pickle fray
They’re offering a new Triple Pickle McCrispy Sandwich, that stops crispy chicken with pickle slices, creamy dill pickle sauce, and pickle-flavored dill pickle crisps. The launch somes in the midst od a renewed storm of pickle popularity which threatens to last thro0pugh the coming year…
Buffalo Wild Wings goes for ‘Swicy Energy’
Their new flavour has been out about a month now. Long enough for fans to declare it a success. It blends brown sugar, black pepper and smoked chili flavours.
‘Brown Sugar Heat’ can be ordered with classic or boneless Wings, sandwiches or chicken dippers.
SIDES
KFC pours new Holiday Gravies
KFC is offering three new flavors of gravy: Signature Brown, White Peppercorn, and Southwest Cheddar. They’re part of the Chicken chain’s Extra Crispy Festive Feast. For $25, the family meal includes 8-oz. sides of each special flavour gravy, eight pieces of Extra Crispy fried chicken, four buttermilk biscuits, and two large sides of mashed potatoes…
BEVERAGES
Coke offers first holiday flavour in years.
Five years, to be precise. And it’s a traditional-sounding Creamy Vanilla cola with hints of other mystery flavours they’re leaving you to guess. The commercial for the limited-time flavour is almost more high-profile than the bev itself. It’s Coke’s first ever AI-produced video spot. I’ve seen it. My first thought was, it looks like a classic Hallmark Christmas card in motion…
Pepsi launches new Prebiotic Colas
The third-ranked fizzy drink brand is trying bard to regain second place (if not the overall lead) in that race.
Pepsi has pulled a surprise newstalgic move releasing Traditional Cola and Cherry Vanilla flavors to kick off the new, healthy brand. We’ll dive deeper into this story this coming week…
Whataburger splashes out Frosted Berry Whatafresher
The Frosted Berry Whatadresher is bvased on Hubert’s Lemonade mixed with blackberry syrup, and blueberry-flavored popping boba balls called ‘bursties’. And it’s topped with a generous swirl of whipped topping. It’s billed as a holiday/winter follow-up to last summer’s Prickly Pear Raspberry Whatafresher.
Starbuck’s ‘Targets’ new Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate
The yummy-sounding libation is available (for a limited time) ONLY at Starbuck’s kiosks in Target stores. It’s described as: ‘creamy Frappuccino blended with mocha sauce, milk, and ice; poured over a layer of peppermint-flavored whipped cream; with red and green sprinkles. The drink is then topped with more peppermint-flavored whipped cream and more red and green sprinkles.”
DESSERTS & SNACKS
Jimmy John’s unveils new Holiday Cookie
JJ’s always a special Holiday Cookie. This year’s Holiday Magic Cookie is a chewy sugar cookie packed with red and green Milk Chocolate M&M’s, and topped with a winter sprinkles.
You can get a free Holiday Magic Cookie with any digital purchase (via the Jimmy John’s website or mobile app) of $5 or more on National Cookie Day, December 4.
NOVELTIES
Salmon Corn Dog débuts at Disney
You read right. It’s a rolled Salmon fillet with Cream Cheese on a stick… Battered and deep fried. And blessed with sriracha mayo and unagi sauce which is described as ‘spicy, sweet, and is surprisingly diplomatic about sharing the stage’.
EVENTS
Taco Bell crowns Fan Style Chefs
Remember when Taco Bell launched its contest asking fans to submit thei9r dream orders? Well, now three entrants have been selected as new TB Fan Style Chefs. The three winning menu items are: The California Crunchwrap, Kajols’s Burrito Bliss, and the Cantina Craze Taco. All three items are available now on the new Fan Style menu…
Japan blindsides Italy with world Tiramisu win
The World Trophy for Professional Tiramisu is awarded every year by the International Federation of Pastry, Gelato and Chocolate (FIPGC) in Rome. Top honours went to Aya Okada from Ishikawa, Japan, who ‘wowed judges with a grand piano–shaped tiramisu layered with maraschino and black cherries’.
Second place went to Italy and third spot went to Morocco. Leaving Italy red-faced about being a runner up in a contest featuring its own national dessert!
And that’s the skinny…
… On what’s going to be making us all a little bit better-insulated over the coming days and weeks… See you back here in 7 for the next Yuletide-oriented edition of Fast Food Week!
~ Maggie J.