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Menu Tracker: New items from IHOP, Jack in the Box and Panera
Bret Thorn Sep 16, 2021

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Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar

MTN Dew Dark Berry Bash: A proprietary MTN DEW beverage with dark berry flavors, priced in line with other fountain drinks at around $2-$3

Availability: Being rolled out through fall

Carrabba’s Italian Grill

Four-Cheese & Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms: Four mushrooms stuffed with sausage, spinach and ricotta, Parmesan, Romano and mozzarella cheeses topped with breadcrumbs and served over tomato cream sauce, around $6.49

Rigatoni Campagnolo: Large rigatoni tossed with Italian sausage, red bell peppers and tomato sauce, topped with warm caprino cheese, around $16.99

Pollo Rosa Maria: Grilled chicken stuffed with fontina cheese and prosciutto, topped with mushrooms and basil lemon butter sauce, served with choice of side, around $19.79

Cannoli Cake: Vanilla cake with a chocolate chip crust layered with cannoli filling and topped with a mini cannolo, pistachios and chocolate sauce, around $10.79

Availability: Through Nov. 1

Cicis

Ultimate Giant Pepperoni Pizza: Large pepperoni pizza with Cicis’ traditional pepperoni plus new cupping pepperoni, $13.99

Availability: Starting Sept. 20 for an unspecified limited time

Einstein Bros Bagels

Signature Queso: Cheese sauce with whipped jalapeño salsa and green chiles, available on any sandwich for 75 cents

Bacon & Queso Egg Sandwich: Signature Queso, bacon and a seasoned egg on choice of bagel, $6.39

Availability: An unspecified limited time 

Fatburger

Impossible Chicken Nuggets: Meatless chicken analog made by Impossible Foods with choice of ranch, blue cheese, Thousand Island, barbecue or honey mustard sauces, or ketchup, starting at $6.99 for six nuggets; also available in 10, 16 or 24 pieces

Availability: Permanent

Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

Pumpkin Pie Concrete: Vanilla custard blended with a whole slice of pumpkin pie, crust included, and topped with whipped cream and cinnamon, around $3.79-$5.59 depending on size and location

Availability: Through mid-November or while supplies last

Grimaldi’s Pizzeria

Buffalo Chicken Pizza: Pizza topped with braised chicken breast, Frank’s RedHot sauce, mozzarella, Gorgonzola cheese crumbles and celery, $20-31 depending on the size

“Wedge” Salad: Romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, red onions, blue cheese dressing, bacon and Gorgonzola crumbles, $11-$13

Caramel Apple Cheesecake: Caramel and green apple cheesecake topped with caramel sauce and whipped cream, $6

Green Apple Sangria: Beso del Sol White Sangria, Monin granny smith apple purée and lemon juice shaken and garnished with diced apples, $11.-$12

Vodka Peach Mule: Vodka, Monin peach purée and lemon juice shaken and served over ice with Gosling’s Ginger Beer and diced peaches, $11-$14

Availability: Through Dec. 6

IHOP

Reese’s Pieces pancakes: Two buttermilk pancakes layered with Reese’s peanut butter sauce and chocolate syrup and topped with Reese’s Pieces candy and whipped topping, price varies by location

Caramel Apple à la Mode pancakes: Two buttermilk pancakes topped with warm apple cinnamon topping, caramel sauce and a scoop of vanilla ice cream, price varies by location but $1 of each sale as part of a meal combo goes to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (or the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Pumpkin Spice Pancakes: A returning item of two pancakes made with pumpkin and seasonal spices garnished with whipped topping, price varies by location

Scary Face Pancake: A 7-inch buttermilk pancake with whipped topping eyes and smile and served with miniature Oreo cookies, glazed strawberries and candy corn for decorating, price varies by location, but free for kids aged 12 and under on Oct. 29 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Availability: Through Halloween

Jack in the Box

BBQ Cluck Sandwich: Breaded and fried chicken breast topped with crinkle-cut pickle chips and barbecue sauce on a brioche bun, around $5.99

Deluxe BBQ Cluck Sandwich: Breaded and fried chicken breast topped with bacon, panko onion rings, American cheese and barbecue sauce on a brioche bun, around $7.99

Cluck Chicken Sandwich: The original sandwich, introduced last year, made of a chicken breast in crunchy batter on a brioche bun with pickles and “mystery sauce,” is now larger and crispier, around $5.99

Availability: The Cluck Chicken upgrade is permanent; the barbecue items are available for an unspecified limited time.

Krispy Kreme

Maple Glazed doughnut: Raised doughnut with new maple glaze, around $1.59

Maple Glazed Original Filled Maple Kreme Doughnut: Maple glazed doughnut with creamy maple filling, around $2.39

Maple Glazed Cake Doughnut: Yellow butter-cake doughnut with maple glaze, around $1.59

Availability: Through Sept. 26

Little Caesars

Cookie Dough Brownies with M&M’s Minis: Chocolate brownies topped with cookie dough and sprinkled with miniature M&M’s candies, around $3.69 for four servings

Availability: An unspecified limited time

Mendocino Farms

Chimichurri Steak & Shishito Bowl: Roasted steak over “ancient grains” (brown rice, garlic powder, black barley and red quinoa) tossed with caramelized onion jam, chimichurri sauce, baby spinach, roasted shishito peppers, broccolini, tomatoes and red onions, served with grilled lemon, $13.95-$14.25

Smokey Chicken Elote Bowl: Roasted chicken, smokey corn-and-guajillo pepper broth, zucchini, “ancient grains” and shredded cabbage topped with tortilla strips, crema, cotija cheese, pico de gallo, cilantro and lime, $12.45-$12.95

Mediterranean Chicken Bowl: Sliced roasted chicken over cracked bulgur tossed with lemon-dill vinaigrette and tahini yogurt sauce, baby spinach, roasted Romanesco broccoli with tomatoes, yellow peppers and red onions topped with pickled golden raisins and sumac, $12.45-$12.95

Availability: Permanent

Panda Express

Orange Chicken Sandwich: Breaded and fried chicken breast topped with Original Orange Chicken sauce and spicy aïoli on shredded cabbage and thick crinkle-cut bread-and-butter pickles on a King’s Hawaiian bun, $5.95

Availability: Only at the chain’s Innovation Kitchen in Pasadena, Calif., for the next four weeks

Panera

Grilled Mac & Cheese Sandwich: Mac & cheese sprinkled with Parmesan crisps on toasted White Miche bread, around $9.69

Availability: Indefinite

Tacodeli

Chile en Nogada taco: Roasted Anaheim chiles stuffed with Hartbrand Beef Akaushi picadillo (spiced ground beef), pomegranate seeds, walnuts, cilantro and cheese sauce made with Cheesemakers chèvre cheese from Cleveland, Texas, $4.50

Availability: Through Oct. 15

Taco John’s

Queso Blanco: A sauce made of white cheddar, Parmesan and Romano cheeses, red peppers, jalapeño peppers and Hatch chiles, around $1.09

Double Cheese Chicken Boss Burrito: Grilled chicken, cilantro-lime rice, black beans, cheddar cheese, pico de gallo or roasted corn-and-poblano-pepper salsa, sour cream, Queso Blanco and nacho cheese in a flour tortilla, around $6.79

Queso Blanco Loaded Nachos: Tortilla chips topped with grilled chicken or sirloin steak, roasted corn-and-poblano-pepper salsa, sliced jalapeño peppers, tomatoes and Queso Blanco, around $6-$7

Availability: An unspecified limited time

Velvet Taco

Karaage Chicken taco: Marinated and fried chicken thigh, red chile aïoli, carrots, chile oil, green onion and lemon zest in a corn tortilla, $4.95

Availability: Through Sept. 21

Wing Boss

Buffalo Chicken Sandwich: Fried chicken tenders in choice of Buffalo sauce topped with blue cheese slaw, $6.50

Buffalo Chicken Salad: Fried chicken tenders in choice of Buffalo sauce over a bed of lettuce with carrots, celery and blue cheese, served with choice of ranch, blue cheese or honey mustard dressing, $10.50

Availability: An unspecified limited time

Ziggi’s Coffee

Pumpkin Pie Latte: Espresso and dairy with pumpkin pie flavor,

Pumpkin Autumn Cold Brew: Cold brew coffee with spiced-pumpkin flavor topped with pumpkin cold foam (sweetened, aerated dairy), starting at around $4.60

Iced Vanilla Cinna-Bee Chai Latte: Spiced tea with honey and vanilla over ice topped with cinnamon vanilla cold foam, starting at around $5.60

Spicy Oat Milk Chai Latte: Spicy chai combined with oat milk, starting at around $4.80

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread: Spiced pumpkin bread with chocolate chips, also available gluten-free, around $3.15

Caramel Apple Cake Pop: Apple cake ball on a stick with caramel sauce, around $2.55

Candy Apple kidZone drink: Frozen green apple treat topped with caramel drizzle, caffeine-free and intended for kids, around $2.85; also available in adult sizes starting at around $5.75

Pumpkin Pie Steamer: A caffeine-free pumpkin-pie latte, starting at around $2.75

Availability: Through early November

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