We’re in more of a “treat” than “trick” mood today so to celebrate Halloween we’re going to give away a $50 Krystal Gift Card to the person with the best Halloween costume. The only requirement is that you snap the photo while in costume at a Krystal restaurant tonight and email the photo to us by Sunday to info@krystalist.com.

You can also upload the photo to your Flickr, Facebook or MySpace page and send us a link to it.

The more original the better which means dressing up as The Joker or Sarah Palin like everyone else is this Halloween may not cut it unless it’s really, really good. Like Tina Fey good. Bonus if you dress up in something Krystal-related like, say, a Krystal Chik.

Happy trick or treating tonight. Be sure to be safe, and most of all, have fun!

Valentine’s Day may still be months away, but now is the time to let your taste buds be heard by voting for the Valentine’s MilkQuake flavor you like best. Your votes will help decide what MilkQuake you’ll see in your local Krystal restaurant when Cupid starts flinging his arrows this February. Head over to the Official Krystal Lover Community on Facebook and make your pick.

The choices are:

• Chocolate Truffle Shake
• Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Shake
• Red Hot Cinnamon Shake
• Sweethearts Shake (Conversation heart pieces)

Yum, makes us hungry just typing those choices.

Right now the Chocolate Truffle Shake leads with 38.46% of the vote, and the Chocolate Covered Strawberries is in a close second with 30.77% of the vote.

Can’t wait until February 2009 to get your hands on some chocolate covered strawberries? Check out eHow.com to learn how to make your own. Just save some for us.

We’ve got several pieces of news for you to chew on this morning.  Most of them are Krystal Square Off V related, as the qualifying tour is really getting interesting with the championship event only 16 days, 5 hours and 53 minutes away.  But there’s some other bits of info scattered throughout as well - like how you can win a $100 Krystal Gift Card this weekend.

The Nashville Qualifier for the Krystal Square Off V will take place tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. at the Tennessee State Fair, and according to the Krystal Square Off Blog, tomorrow’s contest “is shaping up to be the most fiercely contested showdown of the season.”  Click here to find out why.

It’s a busy weekend for the Krystal Square Off V tour.  Immediately after the 8-minute contest in Nashville, the hamburger-eating tour will hit the road for Knoxville where Sunday’s qualifier will be held at the Tennessee Valley Fair at 2:00 p.m.  This event has shaped up to be a Who’s Who of competitive eating with fan favorites such as Tim “Eater X” Janus and Crazy Legs Conti set to battle it out.

According to our sister blog, Takeru Kobayashi, the Japanese eating legend and three-time Krystal Square Off Champion, just confirmed that he will compete at the regional qualifier in Birmingham on Saturday, Sept. 20.  This is big news because it all but guarantees a Joey Chestnut vs. Kobayashi match up at this year’s championship finals in Chattanooga.

As we mentioned earlier this week, the Krystal in Hixson, Tenn., will host the first of three Sample Saturdays tomorrow between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.  Not only will you be able to sample Krystal’s expansive menu items for free, but you can also enter a drawing for a $100 Krystal Gift Card.

Hip-hop recording artist and competitive eating legend Eric “Badlands” Booker has released a new song about Krystal on his Facebook page.  Booker is one of the “originals” in the sport of competitive eating, and he’ll be coming off a two-year retirement tomorrow when he attempts to qualify for the Krystal Square Off V in Nashville.

If we’ve told you once, we’ve told you twice - but head over to the Krystal Square Off Blog for all the latest hamburger happenings.  You can also follow the action live from this weekend’s contest at Twitter.com/ksquareoff.

*photo courtesy of Badlands Booker Facebook page.

So you may not be able to play Scrabulous on Facebook right now, or ever again for that matter, but we know something you can do  - join The Official Krystal Lovers Community.

There you can converse with fellow lovers of food items small and square, share your Krystal memories and suggest new ideas for menu items.  Whatever you want basically, as long as it’s about Krystal.

Plus, it will make you, and therefore your profile, look much cooler if you have Krystal listed as one of your pages.

So show your Krystal pride and join us.  And tell your Krystal-lovin’ friends about it too.

See you on the other side.

In case you can’t get enough of us here at krystalist.com, never fear, you can now join us on Twitter and Facebook.

Through our Twitter feed, you can sign up to receive a “tweet” on your mobile phone or IM anytime a new post goes up, ensuring you never miss a story.

By joining The Official Krystal Lovers Community on Facebook, you can not only meet other lovers of food items small and square, but you’ll also have access to various videos and information that we may not get around to posting. (Blogging isn’t our full time gig remember?)

So, weave the 2.0 Web and join us.

And we admit, this post is a “bit self-indulgent” but “yo dawg, we like you” and we “love your spirit and want to see more of the colors surrounding you because you are beautiful.” Yes, those were Simon, Randy and Paula references. What can we say, we love American Idol.