Brand Eating: November 2021

Nov 18, 2021

2021 Holiday Gift Card Deals and Specials

For those who like to get something free for themselves while getting a holiday gift for someone else, I've put together a list of 2021 holiday gift card deals and specials.

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Smashburger Blends Peppermint Hot Chocolate Shake and Gingerbread Holiday Shake

Smashburger blends two limited-time shakes for the 2021 holiday season: the Peppermint Hot Chocolate Shake and the Gingerbread Holiday Shake.

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Italian Original Chicken Sandwich Returns to Burger King

The Italian Original Chicken Sandwich returns to Burger King for a limited time at participating restaurants.

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Smoothie King Pours New Immune Builder Orange Smoothie

With the winter flu season arriving, Smoothie King adds the new Immune Builder Orange Smoothie to the menu for a limited time through the holiday season nationwide.

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Outback Steakhouse Offers New Espresso Butter-Topped Steak and More

Outback Steakhouse offers the new option to get one of their steaks topped with Espresso Butter as part of their latest round of limited-time menu items.

The chain describes the new Espresso Butter option as "rich and bold." Other limited-time menu items at Outback this winter include:

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Nov 17, 2021

Hormel Puts New Bacon-Scented, Bacon-Patterned Wrapping Paper Up for Grabs Through November 26, 2021

This holiday season, Hormel introduces new limited-edition Black Label Bacon wrapping paper featuring the a bacon weave pattern paired with the scent of Black Label Bacon in every sheet. You can't buy the bacon-themed wrapping paper however as they're only giving it away via a sweepstakes that runs through Friday, November 26, 2021 (i.e. Black Friday).

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Auntie Anne's Rolls Out Snowball Nuggets and Peppermint Chocolate Frost for 2021 Holiday Season

Auntie's Anne's brings back Snowball Nuggets for the 2021 holiday season. Also available for the festive season is Peppermint Chocolate Frost.

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Buitoni Debuts New Ravioli Filled with Impossible Plant-Based Meat

Buitoni partners with Impossible Foods to debut new Buitoni Ravioli with Impossible Beef and Buitoni Ravioli with Impossible Italian Sausage.

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Free Reusable Red Holiday Cup From Starbucks When You Order a Holiday Drink on November 18, 2021

Starbucks will be giving away a free reusable red holiday cup with the purchase of a handcrafted holiday or fall beverage at participating US locations on November 18, 2021, while supplies last.

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Get a 63-Cent Egg McMuffin in the McDonald's App During Breakfast on November 18, 2021

Celebrating 50 years of serving the Egg McMuffin, McDonald's will be offering the Egg McMuffin for throwback price of 63 cents through a deal in the McDonald's app during breakfast hours on Thursday, November 18, 2021.

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Nov 16, 2021

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams Releases 2021 Holiday Flavors

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams releases five festive ice cream flavors for the 2021 holiday season. They include:

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Checkers & Rally's Launch New Garlic & Butter Bacon Buford

Checkers & Rally's launch the new Garlic & Butter Bacon Buford as the latest limited-edition variant of their signature premium burger, the Buford.

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KFC Introduces New "Quick Pick-Up" as Faster Alternative to Drive-Thru

Faced with increasing drive-thru wait times, KFC introduces new Quick Pick-Up as a faster way to get your order versus the drive-thru at participating locations in the US.

The way KFC's Quick Pick-Up works is:

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New Holiday Spice Cold Brew Oat Latte Anchors Peet's 2021 Holiday Menu

Peet's Coffee whips up the new plant-based Holiday Spice Cold Brew Oat Latte was part of their 2021 holiday menu.

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Review: Taco Bell - Spicy Double Steak Grilled Cheese Burrito

Taco Bell's Spicy Double Steak Grilled Cheese Burrito features a double portion of both marinated steak and seasoned rice, plus crunchy red tortilla strips, Creamy Chipotle sauce, warm nacho cheese sauce, reduced-fat sour cream, and three-cheese blend (cheddar, mozzarella and pepper jack) wrapped up in a warm flour tortilla, topped with three-cheese blend and a few slices of pickled jalapeno, and then grill-pressed.

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Nov 15, 2021

Hostess Brings Back Mint Chocolate Twinkies and More for 2021 Holiday Season

Hostess Mint Chocolate Twinkies make it back onto store shelves nationwide for the 2021 holiday season along with a number of other festive limited-edition snacks.

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Applebee's Welcomes New Cheetos Wings and Cheese Bites in Both Original and Flamin' Hot Flavors

Applebee's welcomes new Cheetos Wings and Cheetos Cheese Bites for a limited time in both original and Flamin' Hot Cheetos varieties.

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Deep Dish Pizzas Return to Cicis

Deep Dish Pizza makes it back onto the menu at Cicis, where it can be found at the buffet as well as for takeout and delivery.

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Wienerschnitzel Whips Up New Apple Jacks Dipped Cone & Shake

Wienerschnitzel aims for Saturday morning, cereal-eating nostalgia with the arrival of new Apple Jacks Dipped Cones and Apple Jacks Shakes.

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Ferrara Puts Out New Brach's Funfetti and Wintergreen Candy Canes

Ferrara adds two new holiday candy canes to this year's selection with the arrival of new Brach's Funfetti Candy Canes and Wintergreen Candy Canes.

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BurgerFi Introduces New Maple Bacon Shake

BurgerFi introduces the new, limited-time Maple Bacon Shake and are featuring it in the Ultimate Bacon Bash meal.

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Nov 14, 2021

The Coffee Bean Offers New Peppermint Mocha Crumble Ice Blended and More in 2021 Holiday Menu

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf serves up the new Peppermint Mocha Crumble Ice Blended as part of the 2021 holiday menu.

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Qdoba Tests New Mac & Queso

Qdoba tests new Mac & Queso in 188 restaurants across the US and Canada.

Qdoba's new Mac & Queso combines their signature 3-cheese Queso and cavatappi pasta. It can be ordered as a Create-Your-Own bowl, side dish, or kids meal. You can also have it added to your bowl or burrito.

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Nov 13, 2021

Mars Rolls Out New M&M;'s White Chocolate Pretzel Snowballs

Mars Wrigley rolls out new M&M's White Chocolate Pretzel Snowballs as a limited-time, seasonal flavor for the 2021 holidays.

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Shake Shack's 2021 Holiday Shakes Include New Sugar Plum Fairy Shake and More

Shake Shack serves up a trio of shakes for the 2021 holiday season, including the new Sugar Plum Fairy Shake.

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Nov 12, 2021

Arby's Serves Up New Poutine Dip Sandwich in Canada

Arby's Canada gives the French Dip sandwich a Canadian twist with the limited-time release of the new Poutine Dip sandwich.

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Haagen-Dazs Peppermint Bark Ice Cream and Ice Cream Bars Return for 2021 Holiday Season

Haagen-Dazs Peppermint Bark Ice Cream and Peppermint Bark Ice Cream Bars find their way back onto store shelves for the 2021 holiday season.

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Carl's Jr. and Hardee's Test New Hand-Breaded Chicken Tender Bites

Carl's Jr. and Hardee's look into premium chicken nuggets with a limited-time test of new Hand-Breaded Chicken Tender Bites at select locations in: Paducah, KY; Knoxville, TN; Sacramento, CA; Tucson, AZ; and Palm Springs, CA.

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2021 Holiday Menu at P.F. Chang's Includes Short Rib Fried Rice and Wagyu Dumplings

P.F. Chang's serves up a number of limited-time menu items for the 2021 holiday season, including Short Rib Fried Rice and Wagyu Dumplings.

Available through January 18, 2022, here's what you'll find on P.F. Chang's 2021 holiday menu:

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7-Eleven Puts Together New Thanksgiving Turkey Sub

7-Eleven adds the new Thanksgiving Turkey Sub to their sandwich selection in the lead-up to Thanksgiving 2021.

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Nov 11, 2021

Panda Express Adds New Panda Cub Meals for Kids

Panda Express adds new kids meals to the menu with the debut of new Panda Cub Meals chain-wide in the US and Canada.

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Hershey's Introduces New Tree- and Stocking-Shaped White Creme Chips for Baking

Hershey's introduces new Holiday Baking Shapes, which are tree- and stocking-shaped white creme chips, as a holiday baking product for 2021.

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New Pop-Tarts x Butter Kit Goes on Sale on November 16, 2021 in Limited Amounts

Apparently, quite a number of people eat their Pop-Tarts topped with butter so Pop-Tarts is releasing a limited amount of new Pop-Tarts x Butter Kits online starting November 16, 2021.

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Noodles & Company Offers New Truff Mac for Digital Ordering Only

Noodles & Company partners with Truff brand Signature Black Truffle Hot Sauce to release new, limited-edition Truff Mac as menu item that can only be ordered digitally from their website and app as well as through third-party delivery services, while supplies last.

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Wienerschnitzel Welcomes New BBQ Brisket Sandwich and BBQ Brisket Dog

Brisket finds itself back on the Wienerschnitzel menu for a limited time and can be found in the new BBQ Brisket Sandwich, BBQ Brisket Dog, and returning BBQ Brisket Fries.

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Coffee Mate Asks Fans to Vote a Holiday Flavor to Return in 2022

Coffee Mate asks fans to help choose a seasonal holiday flavor to return in 2022 by voting at: https://play.keeplifedelicious.com/bringbackmycoffeemate.

The potentially returning Coffee Mate creamer holiday flavors up for voting include:

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Nov 10, 2021

Review: Jack in the Box - Cheddar Loaded Cheeseburger

Jack in the Box's Cheddar Loaded Cheeseburger features a beef hamburger patty, a slice of cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, and cheddar ranch sauce on a toasted cheddar bun.

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Cinnabon Selling Frosting Pints for 2021 Holiday Season

Cinnabon brings back their Signature Frosting Pints for a limited time at select locations nationwide for the 2021 holiday season.

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Arby's to Release New, Limited-Edition Curly Fry and Crinkle Fry Vodkas

Arby's is set to release new, limited-edition Curly Fry and Crinkle Fry Vodkas, which basically adds another layer of seasoned flavor onto potato vodka.

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Krispy Kreme Debuts Four Donuts for Thanksgiving 2021

Krispy Kreme welcomes a slate of four new, limited-time donuts in the lead-up to Thanksgiving 2021.

The Krispy Kreme Thanksgiving Collection includes the following:

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Kit Kat Gingerbread Cookie Flavored Miniatures Land on Store Shelves

New Kit Kat Gingerbread Cookie Flavored Miniatures can be found on stores shelves nationwide for a limited time for the 2021 holiday season.

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Chips Ahoy McFlurry Returns to McDonald's

The Chips Ahoy McFlurry is back on the McDonald's menu for a limited time this fall at participating restaurants nationwide.

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Nov 9, 2021

Checkers and Rally's Offer 20 Percent Off Online Orders of $20 or More on Tuesdays Through November 30, 2021

Checkers and Rally's are offering a "Takeout Tuesday" deal where you can get 20 percent off online orders of $20 or more on Tuesdays through November 30, 2021.

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Taco Bell Launches New Double Steak Grilled Cheese Burrito and Brings Back Regular Grilled Cheese Burrito

Taco Bell launches the new, limited-time Double Steak Grilled Cheese Burrito at participating locations nationwide starting Thursday, November 11, 2021 but Taco Bell Rewards members can order it now through the app. The original Grilled Cheese Burrito also makes a limited-time return to the menu.

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Carl's Jr. and Hardee's Tests New Candied Bacon Line-up

Carl's Jr. and Hardee's tests a number of menu items featuring new Candied Bacon for a limited time at select locations in: Bakersfield, CA; Champaign-Springfield, IL; and Dothan, AL.

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Loaded Tortilla Soup Returns to Qdoba for Winter 2021

Loaded Tortilla Soup is back at Qdoba for a limited time for the 2021 winter season.

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Moe's Puts Together New Loaded Potato Side and Brings Back Loaded Steak & Potato Burrito

Moe's introduces the new Loaded Potato Side and bring back the Loaded Potato Burrito and Bowl heading into late fall 2021.

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Nov 8, 2021

2021 Holiday Menu at Caribou Coffee Includes Spicy Mocha and More

Caribou Coffee returns a trio of seasonal beverages for their 2021 holiday menu, including the Spicy Mocha, the Ho Ho Mint Mocha, and Fa La Latte.

Here's what you can expect from Caribou's 2021 holiday menu throughout the season:

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2021 Veterans Day Deals and Specials

Veterans Day is Thursday, November 11, 2020 and a number of fast food and casual dining restaurant chains will be honoring the brave men and women of our military with a free meal, deal, and/or special.

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Carvel Brings Back Cookie Butter Ice Cream and Introduces New Cookie Butter Crunchies for 2021 Holiday Season

Carvel and Lotus Biscoff once again team up to bring back Cookie Butter Ice Cream and introduces new Cookie Butter Crunchies for the 2021 holiday season.

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