WEEKEND READING – 8/26/2017

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Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy.

KFC’s New Employee Training Game Is a Virtual Reality Nightmare (via Eater)

Burger King Is Allegedly Launching Its Own Cryptocurrency (via Munchies)

Zomething Different: The Rise, Fall, and Recent Comeback of Zima (via Mental Floss)

Fast Food Probably Won’t Make You Grow Man Boobs, But It’s Complicated (via Munchies)

General Mills loses bid to trademark yellow color on Cheerios box (via Are Technica)

FAST FOOD NEWS: 7-Eleven Air Heads Mango Chili Slurpee Lite

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7 Eleven Air Heads Mango Chili Slurpee Lite

7-Eleven has a new lite Slurpee flavor to give you brain freeze AND mouth burning.

Air Heads Mango Chili Slurpee Lite seems to be a lower calorie version of the Spicy Mango flavor introduced a few years ago. Mmmm…spice AND artificial sweeteners.

According to the label on the machine, the flavor will be available until the end of the year.

If you’ve tried it, let us know what you think of it in the comments.

(Image via reader Alek.)

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Herr’s Chickie’s & Pete’s Sweet and Crabby Kettle Corn

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Sweet & Crabby would’ve made a great 80s cop buddy TV show name. (Spotted by @philateech at Target.)

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FAST FOOD NEWS: Burger King’s Rodeo King

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BK Rodeo King

Burger King’s latest Bacon King spin-off is the Rodeo King.

It features two flame-grilled 1/4 lb. beef patties topped with three half-strips of thick-cut smoked bacon, BK’s onion rings, American cheese, mayonnaise, and a tangy BBQ sauce on a sesame seed bun.

The burger has 1250 calories, 82 grams of fat, 31 grams of saturated fat, 3.5 grams of trans fat, 230 milligrams of cholesterol, 2270 milligrams of sodium, 69 grams of carbohydrates, 14 grams of sugar, and 60 grams of protein.

If you’ve tried it, let us know what you think of it in the comments.

(Image via Burger King’s website.)

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Hostess Molten Lava Ding Dongs

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Hostess Molten Lava Ding Dongs

Ding dong! I hear the freezer aisle calling me! (Spotted by Scott K at Meijer.)

If you’re out shopping and see an interesting new product on the shelf, snap a picture of it, and send us an email ([email protected]) with where you found it and “Spotted” in the subject line. Or reply to us (@theimpulsivebuy) on Twitter with the photo, where you spotted it, and the hashtag #spotted. If you’ve tried the product, share your thoughts about it in the comments.

Also, if you want to send in photos and are wondering if we’ve already covered something, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

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