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Plus innovation at Auntie Anne’s, Bellagreen, Better Buzz, Blimpie, Bob Evans, Bruster’s, Corner Bakery Café, Cousins Subs, Dave’s Hot Chicken, Dutch Bros, East Coast Wings and Grill, Fazoli’s, Flying Biscuit Cafe, Friendly’s, Gong Cha, Häagen-Dazs, Hungry Howie’s, IHOP, Ike’s Love & Sandwiches, Jollibee, Kung Fu Tea, , Moe’s Southwest Grill, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Oakberry, Pieology, Randy’s Donuts, Rock & Brews, Sweet Paris, Taziki’s Mediterranean Café, True Food Kitchen, Twin Peaks, Velvet Taco, and Vitality Bowls
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St. Patrick’s Day isn’t for another month and a half, but some chains are already rolling out thematic menu items for the holiday, most notably McDonald’s, which has brought back its classic Shamrock Shake and relatively new Oreo Shamrock McFlurry. Cousins Subs also has a mint shake, as well as a Reuben sub, which has corned beef and is, therefore, a little bit Irish (or really Irish-American, but that’s a story for another time).
Lent doesn’t start for nearly a month, but there are already seasonal seafood specials from Blimpie, Friendly’s, Taziki’s, and Bellagreen.
Dave’s Hot Chicken has reprised its cauliflower bites, which may or may not be related to Lent and the prohibition of Catholics from eating meat (including chicken) on Fridays.
Valentine’s Day, on the other hand, is right around the corner, and Randy’s Donuts has heart-shaped doughnuts.
As a reminder, pretty much all pizza chains have heart-shaped pizzas for the season, which means they’re basically not newsworthy. However what is interesting is the number of chocolate-and-strawberry combinations — more than in recent years. Items combining the two are being offered at Starbucks, Dutch Bros, Flying Biscuit Café, IHOP, Nothing Bundt Cakes, and Vitality Bowls.
Bruster’s Real Ice Cream, however, is combining chocolate and raspberry, and so is East Coast Wings and Grill in the first of four skillet cookies it promises to roll out this year.
Gong Cha and Kung Fu Tea have strawberry items, but not with chocolate, and Ike’s Love & Sandwiches has pink bread.
KFC has hopped on the hot honey bandwagon, Jollibee has chicken tenders now, and there’s new spicy ranch dressing at Pieology and regular ranch at Auntie Anne’s.
Ranch has been the trendiest dressing so far this year.
Häagen-Dazs, likely to capitalize on the cold coffee trend, has come out with a line of coffee shakes.
Hungry Howie’s has a new, rather ordinary-sounding pizza on its secret menu.
Corner Bakery Café has a new item called Teddy Milk.
Better Buzz Coffee Roasters, a little chain out of San Diego, has a number of dynamic winter specials, Bob Evans has a new cold brew coffee, among other limited-time offers, and Twin Peaks has a whole lineup of new cocktails.
True Food Kitchen has a new kale Caesar salad that’s part of a celebrity collab, Rock & Brews has a celebrity collab cocktail, and Oakberry has teamed up with POM Wonderful for a new smoothie.
Sweet Paris has beef stroganoff for some reason, and Fazoli’s has new lasagna rolls
Moe’s Southwest Grill has brought back birria, which is also the inspiration for Velvet Taco’s Weekly Taco Feature.
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