Menu Guru: New Seasonal Food and Drinks Items at Top Fast Food Chains

Dunkin' Spotlight: June 2025

Welcome Fast Foodies to the Dunkin' fans out there. Now, we are going to pivot and highlight Dunkin' and sister company Baskin'.  There's fun Dunkin' Spiked teas and coffees, as well as a few baked items. And with that, the rest of the podcast is Dunkin'. Slip on your slippers, and run to Dunkin' . 
If you want to discuss any of these items, tweet, chat on Insta or yell into the abyss - we welcome the feedback. 
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End of May: New Items Keep Cropping Up at fast foods.

This fast food focused podcast focuses on new and seasonal fast food items in the US, which may be on the menu for a certain time frame. 
This episode is different from previous episodes in that most of the podcast is dedicated to Zaxby's and their plethora of new items that you won't want to miss. 
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May 2025 - Drinks, Desserts and More Dirty Drinks

This fast food focused podcast focuses on new and seasonal fast food items in the US, which may be on the menu for a certain time frame. I've been working with top fast food chains for the past 20 plus years, and the Menu Guru (Elissa) is going to showcase the interesting new items so you will never miss out on a delish item. 
This way, you won’t miss out! Today's podcast covers new items at Jack in the Box, Wendy's, and Rita's Italian ice, and MORE!
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Flurry of New Fast Food Items Part 1

The Menu Guru (aka Elissa) has worked on developing new and seasonal menu items for fast food chains, for the past 20ish years. These new items might be on the menu for just a few weeks or a few months, making it even harder to stay current on the new items.
This podcast will showcase all the interesting and new items from the largest fast food chains. This podcast covers Taco Bell, SONIC, White Castle and McDonald's. 
This way, you won’t miss out!
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Celebrating Spring with Delightful New Menu Items, 2025

Fast food chains put out limited time offers throughout the year, and it's really easy to miss out on some tasty treats, dinner, desserts. In fact, they are so many from these chains that you might miss out on some delicious food or drinks. 
The chains we focused on today include: Jamba, Baskin-Robbins, Dunkin and Firehouse Subs.  
Check out my socials for more information on seasonal fast food, including this podcast, instagram and more!
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Menu Guru: Indulgent, Healthy and Humorous

Fast food chains put out limited time offers throughout the year. In fact, they are so many from these chains that you might miss out on some delicious food or drinks. 
The chains we focused on today include: McDonald's, Burger, Jimmy John's, Culvers, Krispy Kreme, and Mr. Charlies 
Check out my socials for more information on seasonal fast food, including this podcast, instagram and more!
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Menu Guru: Mid March 2025

Welcome fast foodies! This podcast describes new and seasonal items, specifically fast food. In addition to the new and seasonal items, it also celebrates the spring flavors and colors for drinks or desserts. 
Chains Covered:  Burger King, Scooter's Coffee, Black Rock Coffee Bar, PJ's Coffee, Starbucks, and Chick-fil-A.
Check out my socials for more information on seasonal fast food, including this podcast, instagram and more!
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Innovative, Colorful and Unique Fast Food Items

This podcast Menu Guru podcast highlights the fast food items at small or independent shops that are over-the-top, in terms of shape, size, color, taste, ingredients and more! Who knew eating out could be such a visual experience?
Most of my podcasts focus on the new and seasonal fast food items. It''s designed to educate people all over this country about all the new items at top US fast food chains. This way, if you hear me talk about a new Burger King seasonal item - you could go out and try it. 
This is one of a very few podcasts that explore fast food mini chains, and their really innovative items - from desserts to pizzas to breakfast items and much more. 
 Eat up, my fast foodies. 
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Donuts Continue To Captivate: Colorful, Artsy, Decadent and Seasonal

Who loves Donuts? We are pivoting from previous podcasts on new and seasonal foods and drinks at the top fast food chains. So, this entire episode highlights the donut shops across the country, and you can see some of the donuts on instagram!
The Menu Guru discusses these seasonal donuts at the very small chains and independents. We found new flavors, new shapes and nostalgic donuts. 
Check out my instagram to see these donuts with your very eyes. 
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Donut Frenzy Sweeps the States

Typically this podcast focuses on top US chains, but this special multiple donut category will likely be at least two episodes. We did a deep dive on Pinkbox and Dapper Donuts, and the flavors and photos are spectacular. 
 
Check out my socials for more information on seasonal fast food, including this podcast, instagram and more!
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https://x.com/ElissaRemp83836
My X/Twitter showcases interesting and creative foods and drinks from around the globe, from Russia to Sweden.