Seriously Sticky

You know when you take a sip of your drink and say "man, I wish this tasted more like chicken and waffles!" Yeah, me neither. But someone over at Torani must feel that way....

Introducing Chicken 'n' Waffle syrup - it adds that “is it chicken or is it waffles” allure to cocktails, ya know? Available in April!

This is obviously an awesome complement to that bottle of Bacon syrup that I am sure you ran right out to purchase :)

Starbucks Trenta: Challenge Accepted.

Starbucks has introduced a new size for iced beverages - the TRENTA! Clocking in at a whopping 31oz, the Trenta is not for the casual iced coffee drinker. This is the "Big Gulp" of coffee. It is for the iced coffee fanatic - so I had to try one.

I have to say that my first impression was that anything containing 31 oz of fluid is really more like a bath tub than a plastic cup. It is a small bucket. I felt like an Olsen twin holding that massive Starbucks cup. Truth be told, it was actually a little heavy so I went to work.

The thing about trying make the cup lighter through consumption is....I ended up consuming about 16 oz in 10 minutes. And was WIRED!

The new addition to Starbucks' lineup is 325mL larger than Starbucks' previous largest size, the 20 oz Venti, and only costs an extra 50 cents. But I have to say that nobody needs this much coffee. In fact, the Trenta (916mL) is actually larger than the average capacity of the adult human stomach (900mL). Even for me, this is a little outrageous!

Total consumption time: 2 hours, 40 minutes

He want that cake cake cake cake....

On March 6th, Oreo cookies will celebrating their 100th year. To mark the occasion, Nabisco has debuted a limited edition Oreo flavor: Birthday Cake Oreos. The cookies look like standard Oreos, except the white frosting has flecks of rainbow sprinkles inside (think Funfetti).

Birthday cake Oreos started rolling out nationally last week, and will likely be on shelves for about six to eight weeks.

Death by Burger

A man actually suffered a heart attack while dining at Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas. The unnamed man was eating a Triple Bypass burger at the time of his cardiac arrest - he is reportedly alive and recuperating.

The incident comes just one year after the death of the Heart Attack Grill's 575-pound, 29-year-old spokesman. Also - if you weigh over 350 pounds, you eat for free...not kidding.

Food for Thought

White tablecloths, fine silverware and intricately-plated dishes made (whenever possible) from locally-sourced ingredients....and its staffed by convicts?

Clink restaurant, which Wales Today reports will soon open in Cardiff, Wales, will be unlike almost any other restaurant in the world. The 100-seat restaurant will be located in a prison, and it will be staffed mostly by convicts.

Openning in the Category-B correctional facility HMP Cardiff, the restaurant will be the second outpost of the Clink concept. The first opened in 2009 at HMP High Down, a prison in Sutton, England and was the subject of a documentary ("The Prison Restaurant") on the BBC.

Both Clinks are headed by chef Al Crisci, who has been campaigning for better food in British prisons for years. The goal of Clink is to provide convicts with the skills they need to find jobs once they leave prison.

According to an early review of the Sutton branch in the Independent, the food, service and decor are all exemplary.

If you build it....

This is both awesome and disgusting. But what is actually just plain impressive is that not all the food could make it into the stadium!

Make 'em say YUMMMMM

Ok, pretty sure this isn't real but everyone should see this website - Bon Rappetite

The site reads:

"Bon Rappetite is the world's first hip hop restaurant. Featuring a delicious menu that caters to the ballers. Relax at the bar with a signature cocktail, like the refreshing Long Island Ice-T, or eat so many shrimp you get iodine poisoning in our relaxing dining area. One thing's for sure, you better bring your rappetite.™"

Highlights on the hip-hop themed menu include Master P Soup, Lil' Wangz, Wu Tang Clams, Queen LaPizza, Creme Puff Daddies and Old Dirty Custard.

I spit a story backwards, it starts at the ending

I saw this clip the other night on Conan. Never thought about this before but its sooo weird!

Twenty Twelve, I'm at the Superbowl

Kudos to Chipotle for this year's creative, Super Bowl promotion - this one cracks me up.

Besides being a pretty good deal (offering half off burrito boxes on Superbowl Sunday), the company's print ad pokes fun at the NFL's long-running restriction on the unauthorized use of the copyrighted term "Super Bowl."

So, Chipotle just spelled it out for us: "The Super Big Internationally Televised Professional Football Bowl Game."

I keep the hood with me like Obi-Wan Kenobi

Amanda Oakleaf Cakes created this Life-Size Stormtrooper Cake for the Arisia Sci-Fi Convention in Boston, MA.

The Star Wars-inspired dessert stood 6′ 4″ tall, weighed 300 lbs and fed approximately 600 conventioneers. Amanda Oakleaf Cakes team (10 people) spent two full weeks to putting the Trooper together (cake wasn’t added until 2 days before it was to be served).

more photos here

I did it all for the COOKIE!

The latest addition to Cold Stone Creamery‘s “Warm & Delicious Hot Stone Dessert Line,” the ice cream shop is introducing a "temperature contrasted" menu piece called Hot for Cookie.

Ready? The dessert features a WARM chocolate chip cookie base, a layer of WARM cookie dough and a topping of French Vanilla Ice Cream, Whipped Topping and Shaved Chocolate.

#yesplease

Soft like a Twinkie filling

As a part of her campaign to save the Twinkie, Wendy Williams invited competitive eating legend Takeru Kobayashi onto her show (to attempt set a Guinness World Record for the most Twinkies eaten in one minute.

I was a little disappointed when I learned that Kobayashi didn't have a tremendous mountain to climb as there was no record for most Twinkie's eaten on the books.

The people at Guinness determined that if Kobayashi ate more than four Twinkies in a minute he would own the record. To his credit, Kobayashi crushed a stunning fourteen Twinkies in under a minute.

Cherry pie leather seats, roofies on tomato soup

Bryant Park Hotel's Cellar Bar is offering three new seasonal soups, alcohol included.

There are three variations on the "Soup Cocktails:" a Lobster Bisque, "infused with Harvey's Bristol Crème and porto, with seasonal spices and cayenne pepper," an Herb-Tomato, "blended with vodka and raspberry liqueur and finished with a pinch of sea salt, dry basil and black pepper," and a Carrot Ginger with, "Domaine de Canton and Frangelico liqueurs."

At $9 each, the soups are more affordable than the $12 martini, and obviously more filling.

Shall we do lunch?

Ain't no thing but a chicken wing

Buffalo Chicken Cupcakes? My head is going to explode.

At first I thought this was crazy but after reading about CupcakeProject's recipe....I thought: maybe not so bad? CupcakeProject's recipe includes hot sauce and blue cheese in the cake (which is similar to corn bread) and a blue cheese buttercream frosting.

Garnish with a buffalo wing!

Classy....kinda

Nothing quite says romance like an evening at White Castle....

The fast food chain will be transforming itself for the holiday by offering a sit-down dining experience for the sixth year.

The special Valentine's Day decor includes red table cloths, plastic flowers and "charming decorations" - and diners will be treated to free dessert , as well as "a free downloadable and sharable photo" of the dining experience.

Worried about the crowds? Fear not. White Castle is offering reservations for the special evening, according to its Facebook page.

Black cars, black cards, all black everything

Wendy's is launching a new burger....and its luxe!

Wendy's "Black Label" burger is rumored to debut in two flavors: Bacon Portabella ($4.89, dressed in mushroom sauce, muenster cheese, three bacon slices, tomato and pepper sauce) and Spicy Santa Fe ($4.49, decked in guacamole, pepper jack cheese, salad greens, tomato, red onion and a cilantro lime sauce). According to the poster, these burgers boast "the perfect harmony of signature taste and select ingredients."

The company, who has carved out a niche as quality fast-food for adults, admits that its strategy is to go after "fast casual restaurants" like Smashburger and Five Guys and the Black Label burger seems to be the next logical step. BUT where Wendy's will not be able to compete is with the competitors is atmosphere and menu options....which makes this hilarious to me.

In other fast food news, on January 11 police arrested a woman outside a McDonald's in Burbank, California after she allegedly offered sex to a customer in exchange for his chicken McNuggets.

#happymeal