BK Burger Shots
Grade: D
Burger King may be trying to capitalize on the "Twilight" bandwagon with its special packaging for the Burger Shots, but the product inside falls flatter than Taylor Lautner's abs in "New Moon." Our tasters called these "overcooked, dry and weirdly sweet" and "a sad, sad burger with a very soggy bun."
Rachel Been, AOL
Taco Bell Black Jack Taco
Grade: B
Taco Bell may be trying to provoke with its new Black Jack taco ads, but the only thing that stands out with this taco is the shell -- and bummer for Taco Bell, black has no taste. The "zesty pepper jack sauce" really doesn't stand out in this taco. What you're getting here is a regular taco with a spiffy shell.
Rachel Been, AOL
Wendy's Bacon Deluxe
Grade: B+
This new bacon cheeseburger from Wendy's is big on applewood-smoked bacon flavor, which helps this sandwich rank well amidst the competition. Single, double or triple patty versions mean this Bacon Deluxe can try to satisfy the heartiest of appetites.
Rachel Been, AOL
Dunkin' Donuts Pumpkin Donut
Grade: A-
Imagine a cider-mill-style glazed cake doughnut with the gentle spices of autumn. That's what you have with Dunkin' Donuts seasonal 89-cent doughnut. Our testers found it to have a distinctly cruller-like consistency. Be warned: It's very orange!
Rachel Been, AOL
Dunkin' Donuts Pumpkin Muffin
Grade: B+
Our tasters were split on this muffin, with some calling it super moist and some thinking it to be super mushy. It tastes like pumpkin bread -- and that's good cause the muffin is the size of a small pumpkin.
Rachel Been, AOL
Dunkin' Donuts Low-Fat Apple Caramel Muffin
Grade: C-
Dunkin' Donuts says this is it's first low fat muffin, with only 3 grams of taste. But what they've created is a healthy monster -- a very dry, crumbly monster with veins of caramel and a heavy overcoat of sugar crystals. Tough, dry and chewy -- yum.
Rachel Been, AOL
Domino's Chocolate Lava Crunch Cakes
Grade: B
Remember when pizzerias did those awful sugary dessert pizzas? Well, Domino's has wised up and decided to forgo such nonsense for its new lava crunch cake. Our order arrived warm with its advertised "flowing chocolate fudge" looking a bit like glossy plastic. But it did well in the taste department, with our eaters likening it to brownie batter or warm frosting. The cake itself tasted like a crunchy chocolate cookie.
Keith Morrison
KFC Grilled Chicken
Grade: B
Pardon us, but where did these chicken snobs come from all of a sudden? Folks all over the country were a-cluck over Oprah's free grilled chicken coupon giveaway, wondering how dare she throw her considerable influence behind something so declasse and unhealthy. Were they planning on going home and slow-poaching some tilapia with a pilaf of quinoa and an acai infusion? Because really, this stuff (the portion on the left) is pretty tasty. It's smartly seasoned, nicely juicy, properly cooked and yes, while it might be a wee bit greasy, a paper towel quickly blots off the excess. We're crying fowl on the naysayers.
Rachel Been
Taco Bell Volcano Burrito
Grade: D
This burrito is all bark and no bite. Either the chef grabbed the mild sauce by mistake or the 'volcano' they're getting their sauce from is dormant. The whole thing is so tightly packed with beef, there isn't much room for anything else, save for random strips of red tortilla shell sprinkled throughout. We're assuming they're supposed to add crunch, but they ended up just being soggy from proximity to the greasy beef filling. Sour cream, supposedly included as a cooling agent really just adds a layer of calories, but if you're just in it for the beef, go ahead -- have a cow.
Rachel Been
McDonald's Snack Mac Wrap
Grade: C+
Meet the Snack Mac Wrap, the Big Mac incarnation of the fast-food wraps that are increasingly popular with folks who like thinking they are eating healthily. So what do you get? The signature Big Mac sauce with two squished down meatball patties, a sprinkling of iceberg lettuce strips and two dill pickle rounds. Yes, it is a little less carb and calorie laden but since when is a tortilla a satisfying substitute for the three buns a regular Big Mac packs? In the end, go big or go home. If you really want a Big Mac, eat one. Your taste buds won't be fooled by this wrap unless you're only in it for the sauce.
Rachel Been
Yes, we covered up Bella with a burger. Photo: Rachel Been, AOL.
11-19-2009 @1:22AM jewess_jeans said... Why would "fans know that in a fight over a burger between Jacob the werewolf and Edward the vampire, Jacob will always win?" I'm confused....
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11-18-2009 @11:57PM carmen said... Because vampires are vegetarians.
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11-19-2009 @2:15AM Megan said... Honestly, I wish they'd stopped playing the BK Twilight commercials. They're so twee & obnoxious to listen to
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11-19-2009 @12:21PM Kelly said... I think BK really did a dumb thing with this promotion. You get a cheap plastic cup if you large size your combo. Come on people. They should have done glasses or something like they used to do back in the day with this movie. Something besides cheap stupid stuff. Waiste of promotional opportunity.
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11-19-2009 @11:40PM Kitty G said... I'm assuming Jacob will always win because vampires don't actually eat -- just drink blood.
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11-21-2009 @8:48PM lindsay said... i went and got the deal thing honestly i dont know what their talking about. the coupons are good deals which is hard to belive considering how things are right now. only two of the coupons i wont use. the photos on the back are nice also for anyone who wants to collect. nothing wrong with the food either its normal bk cheeseburger just small nothing changed. im a happy customer.
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11-21-2009 @8:58PM LasVegasX said... Jacob the werewolf would win because werewolves are stronger than vampires.
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11-21-2009 @9:15PM JakeO said... If the new movie is as pathetic and lame as the first 0ne, then no amount of burgers would be worth suffering through it, coupons, prizes, whatever.
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11-21-2009 @9:22PM Fred said... Retired after a long 25 year career with BK. They had the cadillac of the burger business (the Whopper)and over the last 15 years have changed the cooking and holding proceedures so much they destroyed the great taste of the sandwich they once had. It is the same sandwich but the quality of product is not the same. As a consumer I will not spend my money to buy low quality. By the way, the Burger Shots were a joke the first time we had them. Recently tried company called in/out burger and those people know what they are doing and are producing a good product. Just hope they are smart enough not to change a thing.
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11-21-2009 @9:52PM Jean D. Weaver said... WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS CONVERSATION AND COMMENTS ALL ABOUT ? MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL TO ANYONE !
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11-21-2009 @9:54PM Glo said... BETT...SO "WHAT AN AWESOME WAY TO FEEL" HUH? LET'S SEE, FIRST YOU USE THE PRODUCT YOU ARE HAWKING THEN YOU ARE DIETING AND EXERCISING TOO. DUH!! BETWEEN THE TWO YOU SHOULD DO TO LOSE WEIGHT AND THE CRAPPY (OH PLEASE FORGIVE ME) PRODUCT THAT GETS RID OF ANYTHING YOU MIGHT HAVE EATEN AND IN A NOT SO NICE WAY, I BET YOU LOST WEIGHT. I GUESS I CAN'T BELEIVE PEOPLE STILL ARE BUYING INTO ALL THE POSTS THAT ARE TRYING TO SCAM OTHERS. NOT UNLIKE THE NIGERIANS WHO HAVE 30 MILLION FOR YOU ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SEND THEM $300.00 TO COVER THE COST OF THEIR 12 KIDS, FOOD, COMPUTER PAYMENTS AND HOVEL LIVING.
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11-21-2009 @9:57PM Mike said... Learn this: You could walk into any fast food restaurant, order anything on the menu, tell them to DOUBLE it, and you still won't get anything that even remotely resembles what they advertise on TV. As far as I'm concerned, it's all false advertising and they get away with it.
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11-21-2009 @10:14PM Michelle said... You get these trading cards with the characters pictures. But you have to surrender them to redeem the coupons. Not a very well thought out marketing plan.
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11-21-2009 @10:51PM Carol said... "Yes, we covered up Bella with a burger."
Best sentence I read all day long!
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11-21-2009 @10:56PM Kc said... I visited a BK today and those theives charged me 10 cents for extra catsup on my burger, of course they didn't credit me 10 cents for each item I did not order on my burger. BK is making out like raped apes charging for condiments. BTW that extra catsup I ordered, wasn't even on my burger.
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11-21-2009 @11:09PM Menda said... Its ALL stupid and cheesy. I don't eat at BK anymore thanks to the sell out of hiring only Mexicans in Ca BK's. They only don't get your order wrong becuase their teens with low attention spans. Now, they don't even understand the English language. They PANDER to Mexicans SO much that the menu is in HALF spanish! Their ADs also are in spanish. And, what makes it worse is that they place spanish FIRST in the "eye view". Way to lose a ton of customers BK. Why don't you put the "king in a handlebar mustache and a sombreo... idiots!!!
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11-21-2009 @11:36PM Vicki said... Hey tinachan00, You said your boyfriend broke-up with you, your a beautiful young lonely and still hurting woman. Then you said your a rich and single man in need of a woman, why don't you go and sit and have a romantic dinner for two with a mirror!
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11-22-2009 @12:13AM cvrvampira said... Wrong!!!Vampires are stronger than werewolves-Vampires actually control wolves=wolves turn back to humans and only are wolves with a full moon (new moon)Vampires are vamps all the time and we have mind control,supernatural powers and the power to heal ourselves-I love my wolves but they serve us Vampire leaders.
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11-22-2009 @1:06AM Dan said... I've tried them and they are o.k., but the price is too high,......on the flip side of that the BK double cheeseburger is the best dollar menu burger in the competition for price and flavor.
They've won the race there, though McD's dollar menu and $3 menu meals are in the race well no question.
I do like Deltaco and Wendy's too. But they all are racing well for the fast food market all-around.
I think most everyone eats out or on the go afew times a month.
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