In late September, Burger King announced the limited-time A.1. Halloween Whopper ($4.99). The black bun, which has A.1. flavor baked into it, looks creepy, almost rotten.
To my surprise, the bun didn’t really have any discernible flavor. When you bite into the sandwich, you taste everything else–the grilled patty, the tomato, the cheese, etc. I even ate part of the bun by itself, and it tasted like a regular bun.
So while this may be a well-timed gimmick, there’s no need to rush out there to buy the Halloween Whopper. Plus, you can avoid having green poop.
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Monster toppings? That’s what’s new at Papa John’s, but in this case, I’m referring to size, not scariness. You can get the Extra Large Original Crust with Monster Toppings ($19.99). What that means is you get a sausage and pepperoni pizza, topped with another layer of cheese and sausage.
The pizza tastes pretty much like any regular Papa John’s pizza (that’s a good thing). The thing is, I didn’t really detect the extra thickness. In fact, I felt there was more pepperoni–probably because they were extra large themselves–than sausage, despite twice as much of the latter. You may as well as save some money and just order the regular pizza.
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Also new at Papa John’s are the cinnamon knots ($5), released a few months ago. These were quite disappointing, especially compared to their photo online.
I expected something resembling Cinnabon in taste, but instead, the knots were just a bunch of dry, doughy buns, with hardly any frosting or cinnamon flavor. I’m hopeful if I ordered these again, they would be prepared better, but I’m not taking the risk.
