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Brand New Menu Items to Try at Chain Restaurants This Fall

Brand New Menu Items to Try at Chain Restaurants This Fall

Fall is upon us, and that means the kids heading back to school, the leaves beginning to change color, the excitement of football in stadiums and on TV … and, of course, that most evocative and unavoidable of all autumnal symbols – pumpkin spice.

Restaurant chains continually revise and upgrade (or, some would say, downgrade) their menus with new items, often tied to an approaching holiday or to the change of season. Considering the enduring popularity of pumpkin spice flavors, it’s no surprise that many chain menus have introduced items involving them this month – in both food and drink form. But that’s just part of what diners can expect to see on menus over the next few months. 

To compile a list of new chain restaurant menu items at the start of fall, 24/7 Tempo reviewed the past month’s Menu Tracker columns in Nation’s Restaurant News, a leading national restaurant trade publication. Bret Thorn, the publication’s senior food and beverage editor, assembles lists of new additions to menus at chains both large and small across America. 24/7 Tempo has made an editorial selection of some of the more representative items from some of the better-known chains. (Many are among the most successful restaurant chains in America.)

Of the 26 items on our list this month, nine involve pumpkin spice or pumpkin in some other form. In addition, as is always the case with chain menus, chicken is well represented, with five entries (actually four – the fifth is plant-based “chick’n”). Pizza, another perennial favorite, shows up three times. (Check this list of the best chicken wings in America.)

Other newcomers this month include loaded fries, a cheeseburger, a burrito, and – paying tribute to another of the autumn emblems mentioned above – some tacos named in honor of former Dallas Cowboy wide receiver and Pro Football Hall of Famer Drew Pearson.

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7-11
> Menu item: Breakfast pizza
> When available: Unspecified limited time
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $1.89 (slice), $5.99 (whole pie)

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Buffalo Wild Wings
> Menu item: Buffalo Boneless Bar Pizza
> When available: Unspecified limited time
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $9.99

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Burger King
> Menu item: Impossible Original Chick’n Sandwich
> When available: Unspecified limited time
> Where available: Cincinnati, OH
> Price (may vary) $4.69-$6.59 depending on location

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Caribou Coffee
> Menu item: Nitro pumpkin latte
> When available: Through autumn
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $5.79 (medium)

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Carl’s Jr.
> Menu item: King’s Hawaiian Hand-Breaded Chicken Sandwich
> When available: Unspecified limited time
> Where available: Salt Lake City; Peoria, IL; Charleston, SC
> Price (may vary) $6.49

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Chick-fil-A
> Menu item: Chorizo Cheddar Egg Bites
> When available: Unspecified limited time
> Where available: Participating locations in Augusta, GA; Aiken, SC; Columbus, OH; Norfolk and Portsmouth, VA; Miami; and New Orleans
> Price (may vary) $4.65 for four

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Chili’s Grill & Bar
> Menu item: Loaded white queso curly fries
> When available: Indefinitely
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $6

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Chipotle Mexican Grill
> Menu item: Drew Pearson tacos (steak, romaine lettuce, and cheese)
> When available: Unspecified limited time (through football season)
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $8.89-$13.16

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Chopt
> Menu item: Zesty Italian Caesar Salad
> When available: Through Oct. 12
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $11.89-$13.69

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The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
> Menu item: Pumpkin cream cold brew
> When available: Through October
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $5.57

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
> Menu item: Kick’n Ranch Fried Chicken
> When available: Through Oct. 9
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $11.99

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Häagen-Dazs
> Menu item: Pumpkin spice shake
> When available: Through Nov. 14
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $8.89-$13.16

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IHOP
> Menu item: Pumpkin spice pancakes
> When available: Through October
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) Varies by location

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Jamba
> Menu item: Plant-Based Pumpkin Smash
> When available: Through Nov. 14
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $7.30

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Krispy Kreme
> Menu item: Cinnamon Sugar Churrdough
> When available: Unspecified limited time
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $2.99

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Outback Steakhouse
> Menu item: Nashville hot wings
> When available: Unspecified limited time
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $13.99 per pound

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Peet’s Coffee
> Menu item: Pumpkin cold brew oat latte with brown sugar jelly
> When available: Through Nov. 1
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $6.30-$7.55

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Potbelly
> Menu item: Pumpkin spice shake
> When available: While supplies last
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $4.99-$5.95

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Schlotzsky’s
> Menu item: Four cheese white pizza
> When available: Permanently
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $8.79

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Shake Shack
> Menu item: Pumpkin Patch Shake
> When available: Unspecified limited time
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $6.09

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Smashburger
> Menu item: Scorchin’ Hot Crispy Chicken Sandwich
> When available: Through Sept.
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $5

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Sonic Drive-In
> Menu item: Chophouse cheeseburger
> When available: Through Oct. 30
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $4.99

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Sweetgreen
> Menu item: Spicy Cashew Watermelon Bowl
> When available: Through Oct. 12
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $11.95-$14.95

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Taco Bell
> Menu item: Double Steak Grilled Cheese Burrito
> When available: Unspecified limited time
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $6.49

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Tim Horton’s
> Menu item: Pumpkin spice glazed donut
> When available: Through autumn
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $1.05

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White Castle
> Menu item: 1921 BBQ Bacon Slider
> When available: Through November
> Where available: All locations
> Price (may vary) $2.39

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