Halloween has pretty much come and gone, but it happening on a Thursday no-doubt means there will be plenty of residual celebration this weekend. So there are a couple of appropriately themed items this week, like the Haunted Harvest that’s Velvet Taco’s Weekly Taco Feature, although really it’s just the name that’s Halloweenish. Otherwise it’s a pumpkin-spice affair.
Then there’s the Oreo Dirt Cake at Nothing Bundt Cakes, which has holiday-appropriate gummy worms. Other than that, it’s full speed ahead into Thanksgiving and Christmas with items such as Arby’s turkey sandwiches, Friendly’s Tom the Turkey sundae and Dog Haus’s turducken items. Five Guys, who we haven’t heard from in a while, has a peppermint shake, and McDonald’s also has a new frozen dessert, flavored with dulce de leche.
Taco Bell has rolled out its “decades” menu that it tested this summer, Hardee’s has brought back its cinnamon-raisin biscuit and candied bacon, and both Chicken Salad Chick and Krystal have introduced melts.
Bojangles has nuggets now, though it calls them bites.
Smoothie King has new items catering to people who are using the first weight-loss drugs that actually seem to work. Conversely, Baja Fresh has rolled out chimichangas.
Black Rock Coffee Bar has some new mocha items, among other things, Potbelly has a cookie inspired by pumpkin pie, Gott’s Roadside has a steeply priced French Dip, and First Watch has, among other things, layered tacos.
What exactly does that mean? Well, read on and find out.
