KANSAS CITY — Fruit is the star in a spate of new restaurant offerings, with strawberry being the flavor at the forefront.

Taco Bell is now serving the Wild Strawberry Freeze, a frozen slush beverage with a wild strawberry flavor and candy seeds.

Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corp. is introducing Strawberry Glazed and Strawberry Kreme Filled donuts. Both are covered in a strawberry glaze, with the Original Filled featuring a light and airy strawberry Kreme.

Checkers and Rally’s restaurants are offering wicked strawberry cones, featuring new Racecar Red Strawberry soft serve either by itself or swirled with vanilla soft serve.

View a slideshow of new menu items.