No SIDES or EVENTS to report this week. But we’ve got a bounty of beverages, snazzy snacks, and sizzling seasonal MAINS… And don’t miss the Avengers: Doomsday movie premiere tie-ins all across the board!
Chili’s new Chicken Parm Big Crispy is REALLY big!
The rundown…
Gotta love the new green coloured Butterfinger bar spotlighting The Avengers’ Hulk. And check out Japan’s wild new Chips Ahoy! ‘Spicy Ketchup’ Chips cookies…
MAINS
Chili’s Big Crispy Chicken gets Italian treatment
The new Chicken Parm Big Crispy is REALLY big: Two crispy chicken breast filets, one topped with Chili’s now legendary Fried Mozzarella and some marinara sauce, on a toasted bun. The meal comes with fries, white cheddar mac & cheese, and sides of marinara and house-made ranch. Bet you can’t finish it in one sitting!
Arby’s adds a Chicken Cheesesteak
That’s right. A chicken Cheesesteak, featuring chicken marinated in a blend of garlic, onion, and paprika, seared, sliced, and cooked sous vide. Holy moley! Get it in a basic Chicken Cheesesteak; a Chicken Deluxe Cheesesteak (with lettuce and tomato); or a Spicy Chicken Cheesesteak. All versions available in 1 lb / 454 g or 1/2 lb / 225 g sizes.
Sour Patch Chicken? A new Hallowe’en classic?
Wing Stop has come up with a sweet, sour and savoury, tart and saucy new flavour. And it sounds like a Hallowe’en stunt. FoodBeast says, “Wingstop has teamed up with Sour Patch Kids to create Wicked Punch…
… a new chicken wing flavor conjured up specially for the spooky season.” It even LOOKS spooky, drenched in glossy blood-red sauce and garnished with Sour Patch Kids Bitz…
Pizza Hut brings back the My Haunt Box
The hut’s classic My Haunt Box lets you build your own personal meal from: an entrée (six wings, a Personal Pan Pizza, or a melt), and a side (fries or four wings). You can add a drink, including the limited-edition Mountain Dew x Trolli Mango Pineapple Punch, for $2 more. Available now through November 2…
BEVERAGES
Dutch Bros. spills Unicorn Blood
It’s also pouring a Vampire Slayer flavour in an array of formats. Unicorn Blood features almond syrup, strawberry syrup, and white chocolate sauce. Vampire Slayer features pomegranate syrup and strawberry syrup. Both can be ordered as a blended or iced Rebel energy drink, a blended or iced lemonade, a Myst Energy Refresher, or a sparkling soda.
Dunkin’s + Avengers = Doomsday Drinks
Dunkin’s us celebrating the premiere of the new Avengers: Doomsday movie with a sextet of Marvel-themed beverages. Try: Iced Captain’ccino; Clobbered Cloud Latte…
… Wakandan Daydream Refresher; Optic Blast Lemonade; Doom’s Orders Energy; and Doom Cloud Latte. They’re part of a much bi9ogger theme menu – see SNACKS, below…
Coke reprises Holiday Creamy Vanilla
The year-end Holidays cola is back in regular and zero-sugar. Coca-Cola Holiday Creamy Vanilla Soda has been described by at least one connoisseur as, “far ahead of regular Vanilla Coke.” More than one Redditor has petitioned Coke to make the flavour permanent. Other online commenters have warned, the seasonal fave sells out almost as soon as it appears on the shelf…
Gatorade intros Banana Quencher
The grand old sports drink maker may have sensed the competition is creeping up… It’s pouring a new Banana-flavoured electrolyte replenisher. And it’s being intro’d in a special Gatorade Banana-Flavored Bundle, available exclusively on TikTok Shop. For $35 you get a bottle of the new banana-flavored Gatorade Thirst Quencher, a box of Gatorade Zero Mashups Powders, and a green 26-ounce Gatorade-branded stainless steel bottle. While supplies last.
SNACKS
SWEET
Butterfinger’s new Hulk-themed variant divides fans
It’s called Green Apple Smash, and it’s a tie-in to the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday move. Snack influencer markie_devo reports: “No immediate description is available yet…
… But from the image, the bar appears to have a green apple outer-layer coating over a classic Butterfinger.” The timing is a little odd: the movie is coming out in a few weeks. But the candy bar isn’t scheduled top appear until next summer…
Dunkin’s débuts Doomsday snacks…
It’s all part of a Dunkin’s x Avengers promo celebrating the premiere of the new Avengers: Doomsday movie. Check out the new Doomsday Donut; the Avenging Donut; the Doomsday & Avenging Munch-kins; and the Doctor Doom 25-Count Munchkins Tin. The collectible tin is available with any 25-count Munchkins purchase for $14.99 at participating locations US-wide, while supplies last… Those pop-corn buckets are so ‘last week’…
NOVELTIES
Pickleball Invades Japan, complete with a BK Burger
Burger King is celebrating the official début of Pickleball in Japan with a special Pickleburger. It’s festooned with 11 pickle chips – the number of points you need to win a PB game. It’s also stacked with two flame-grilled beef patties, lettuce, onions, and a creamy dill sauce…
Chips Ahoy! and Heinz do ‘Ketchup’ Chip Cookies
Only in China, you say? Maybe that’s a good thing… But the cookie star and the ketchup king have teamed up on a unique, limited-time swavoury treat.
The chips are actually laced with Heinz’s tomato sweet chili sauce flavor, officially described as, “richly flavored, sweet and spicy.”
And that’s the ‘skinny’…
… On what’s going to be making some of us a little less energetic over the coming days and weeks. See you back here in 7 for our next ‘stoking up for the Holidays’ edition of Fast Food Week!
~ Maggie J.