Star Wars creator George Lucas knows how to market his product. No other filmmaker has beat to the pulp merchandise opportunities than Lucas but despite the overwhelming offerings of Star Wars products this new one looks pretty cool.

A French-based fast food chain called “Quick” is promoting the The Phantom Menace in 3D in movie theaters with the new black Darth Vader burger, or Sith burger. Yes, the bun is black. It’s not burnt or rancid but made that way on purpose.

I just wish Heinz still made that purple ketchup. It would go so good on that black burger.

I don’t know much about “Quick” but I believe they are the group in France that offered the foie gras ‘burgers’.  I think I’d choose the black Darth burger myself.

May the Force BEEF with You!

[via The Daily Mail] A French fast food chain has revealed a promotional snack which really has gone to the Dark Side, a Star Wars-inspired burger with completely black buns.

The burger chain Quick cooked up the black-looking bun – named Dark Vador – to tie in with the release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 3D.

Although the buns look like decidedly burned, they are in fact simply dyed, and have two beef patties with cheese, lettuce and tomato inbetween.

But if you’re stuck on the road, say in a hotel during your trip to the annual Big Lebowski fest in Kentucky, and your hotel doesn’t have a microwave there’s still hope. I haven’t tried this method out myself but it looks like the science is correct and your Pizza Hut reheats can be brought back to life. [via]

As much as I like cold pizza, mainly because it’s so lazy to fix, the reheating process of old pizza is always a chore. That’s because in the microwave it gets limp and loses its crispness. It’s alright but not as good as reheating it in the oven.

But there’s another way. Use a skillet. It sounds weird but you should give it a try on the next day after your next pizza night. Also, this works for french fries. Just a dab of oil and reheat the fries and you’re good to go.

Thanks to Michael Bay’s excessive use of explosions and napalm, you’ll want to take some SPF 30 into the movie theater with you next weekend as “Transformers 3 : Dark of the Moon” opens up.

To celebrate the blockbuster movie, TLC’s Cake Boss Buddy Valastro created a 2,000 pound Bumblebee Camaro Transformers cake. That’s one short ton of caked goodness I can sink my teeth into!

The cake was too big to build inside a bakery so the chefs had to build it off site. Check out the video on how they made the cake.

Everything went good until Michael Bay decided to light the candles with a flamethrower.

With the Happy Hot Dog Man, every meal is a creepy/awesome adventure! The entire family can get in on the creepy/awesome fun, as you transform those boring old hot dogs into creepy/awesome figures you design… and then eat!

With ketchup, mustard, pickles or cheese. Turn it into whatever you please, and with endless creepy/awesome possibilities, your Happy Hot Dog Man will make you smile again and again!

Yum….just like snot!

But what’s cool is the extra bonus offer if you order now!  Get the ketchup critter and mustard monster to really freak out your friends.  Nothing like shoot mustard out of the nose of a freaky monster to enjoy dinner.  I’m going to get me some for the upcoming 4th of July picnic.

Pretty cool but not as cool as when you have a fun Japanese guy going to town with some SPAM and Pork and Beans to makes some yummy sandwiches.

I mean, who doesn’t love a good Pork and Beans with SPAM sandwich?

Yum! Yum! Nothing says “Happy Birthday” than a Taco Bell cake. Actually, I’m jealous. Wonder if I can get a Nacho Birthday Cake?

Don’t worry, it’s not that gross. Like a real Taco Bell taco, there’s hardly any meat in this puppy.

That of course got me hungry and I headed out for a bite to eat.

For the younger generation out there you will not remember this but there was a time when you went to a restaurant and asked for ketchup and the server would bring you a glass bottle of the awesome stuff. But those bottles sucked. Now they have plastic where you can squeeze and actually get some of the ketchup out before your meal gets cold. But back with those junky glass bottles you had to tap and tap and tap and hope it would come out soon. Or you could use a knife and work it out but that was nasty messy.

Thankfully, over the years ketchup condiment technology has blown up. Awhile back there were even colored ketchup like green and purple. They were gross because you don’t really want a purple goo on your hot dog. Maybe you do, I won’t judge. But for the bulk of us it was kinda gross.

During a recent trip to Chick-fil-A to get my dose of Spicy Chicken sandwiches, I saw the long awaited new ketchup packs from Heinz and they were beautiful. Squeeze or dip, these guys are ready to go and without the mess and hassle of trying to open one of those small ketchup pillows.

It’s one step toward ketchup awesomeness but they still have a way to go to top this Japanese Mustard/Ketchup combo, which is perfect for corn dogs. And I loves me some corn dogs.

One lucky fellow got the best gift ever! His girl made him some muffins but not just any kind of muffins. Take a close look. She didn’t make hamburgers. Those are hamburger muffins! How awesome!

I wonder if she can make them to look like tacos? That would be the best of both worlds.

Space… the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new pizzas, to seek out new toppings and new cheeses, to boldy cut pizza where no man has cut before!

Yes, this officially licensed Star Trek Pizza Cutter collectable is everything you hoped it would be.

Laser etched stainless steel blade and solid metal construction make it perfect for battling Romulans in the neutral zone or precision pizza slicing.

Star Trek Pizza Cutter

Carl’s Jr. (or Hardee’s to us local folk) continues their march to exploding the hearts of their customers. They now have a footlong cheeseburger, which I guess contains about 35,346,503 calories.

Don’t get me wrong, I’d try one if I saw it.

The thought of a bunch of people working together to stuff a sausage for a world record and it not being on the set of a seedy adult movie is a little disheartening.  However, sausage is awesome so I’ll let it slide.

I’m just curious how many donkeys in this village are missing after the event….

And it’s not like they usually skimp on the servings there. But if you’re looking for a bit more, for $25 you can visit the Cold Stone Creamery and get them to fix you a monster Sundae. And we mean monstrous!

The series “Will You Build It” wondered if they could get a sundae with one of everything. They did. On it you get 1 quart Sweet Cream ice cream, 1 Quart Oreo Cream Filling ice cream, and 1 scoop of every mix-in and topping they have!

Now, surely this is way too much food for one person to handle. Right?

Let us introduce to you Tony Richards, the man, the myth, nay, the Legend.