Subclass of CCMenu with a custom touch priority. Working for cocos2d 2.0, 2013-08-07.

MWCCMenu.h

#import "cocos2d.h"
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

@interface MWCCMenu : CCMenu {
    
}

@property (nonatomic) NSInteger touchPriority;

@end

MWCCMenu.m

@implementation MWCCMenu

- (id) initWithArray:(NSArray *)arrayOfItems {
    self = [super initWithArray:arrayOfItems];
    if (self) {
        self.touchPriority = kCCMenuHandlerPriority-2;
    }
    return self;
}

- (id) initWithItems:(CCMenuItem *)item vaList:(va_list)args {
    self = [super initWithItems:item vaList:args];
    if (self) {
        self.touchPriority = kCCMenuHandlerPriority-2;
    }
    return self;
}

-(void) registerWithTouchDispatcher
{
  CCDirector *director = [CCDirector sharedDirector];
	[[director touchDispatcher] addTargetedDelegate:self priority:self.touchPriority swallowsTouches:YES];
}

@end