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New Summer Menu Items at SONIC Drive-In

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Who’s hungry?  This July, SONIC Drive-In is launching some new menu items to coincide with National Hot Dog month.   They will be debuting a few new premium beef hot dog varieties, an homage to the American culinary classic.  The new hot dogs (starting at $1.99) join SONIC’s regular stable of premium beef hot dogs (The Chicago Dog, The All-American Dog, The New York Dog, The Chili Cheese Coney) and make for an ideal summer picnic or tailgate pickup.

New Limited Time Offers at SONIC

Beginning in July for a limited time, the SONIC menu will feature a trio of new items custom-made for the summer season:

Wholly Guacamole® Dog – A grilled premium beef hot dog topped with Wholly Guacamole brand guacamole, pepper jack cheese, tomatoes, jalapeños, onion and finished with zesty cheese sauce in a warm, poppy seed bun.

Fritos® Chili Cheese Coney – A grilled premium beef hot dog topped with warm chili, chili cheese Fritos, shredded cheddar cheese, onion and mustard in a warm bun.

Island Breeze Slush – An icy, tropical blend of piña colada slush and real fruit. Available in your choice of strawberry or pineapple.

Our Take:  Hubby tried the Fritos chili cheese coney dog (requested no onions) and loved it.  “The proportion of cheese to chili to dog was great and the chips added a nice crunch to each bite.”  It smelled delicious and my husband said it was really filling combined with the fries and drink meal.  My son and I tried the strawberry Island Breeze Slush and it was GOOD!  My son didn’t get as much of the pina colada slush in his size small, he said it was mostly strawberry and “super good.”  I had a medium size and a great blend of both flavors, plus there were delicious pieces of fruit in mine.  The pina colada made it really tropical and reminded me of an island drink, perfect for summer time!

I tried the Wholly Guacamole dog and found it to be too big of a bite.  In my opinion, I would like it with the cheddar cheese sauce, jalepenos,  and guacamole only.  It would be a nice balance of flavors.  But, the pepper jack, tomatoes, and onion in addition to more cheese, guac, and the peppers are really just too much for one little hotdog, where the dog gets lost in the shuffle.  On the flip-side, all those ingredients on the guac dog may make for a great dip for tortilla chips!

Now it’s your turn to go try them out!

We were sent similar prizing to facilitate this review.

Comments

  16. Jim says

    Our family loves Sonic. We have been known to detour vacation routes to get to one because there aren’t any less than 2 hours from home–yet.

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  76. Tamara says

    My hands down favorite thing from Sonic… the ice. LOL Seriously, I love it though. I have specifically requested that when I go into labor my husband goes and buys a big bag of their ice to have on hand for munching. 😉

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