FAST FOOD FIVE – 12/5/2013

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Here are five recent fast food news bites:

Keep warm this season with a new hot chocolate from Dunkin’ Donuts. Or keep warm this season by never leaving your bed. (via PR Newswire)

You can’t start a fire. You can’t start a fire without a spark. This gun’s for hire, even if we’re just eating Peppermint Bark in the Dark. (via Baskin-Robbins website)

Two words: Mexican S’mores. (via Brand Eating)

Want a cheap meal? This will go great with Burger King’s $1 BBQ Rib Sandwich. (via Grub Grade)

After eating turkey for days, eating Domino’s Pizza sure sounds wonderful. (via Domino’s Facebook page)

Image via flickr user dno1967b / CC BY 2.0

QUICK REVIEW: Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Iced Coffee (Vanilla and Mocha)

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Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Iced Coffee (Vanilla and Mocha)

Purchased Price: $4.99 each
Size: Half gallon
Purchased at: Safeway
Rating: 6 out of 10
Rating: 6 out of 10
Pros: Creamy and easy to drink. Not overly sweet like other cartoned iced coffee…I’m looking at you International Delight! Vanilla version tastes marshmallowy. Good source of vitamin E. Contains caffeine. 100 calories per serving. Dairy, soy, and gluten free. Made with non-GMO almonds.
Cons: The coffee flavor barely registers on my tongue, even though they have a strong coffee aroma. Mocha version tastes too much like chocolate almond milk. The carton (and Blue Diamond’s website) doesn’t say how much caffeine a serving has, so let’s make up a number until we get the real number…let’s say 6832 milligrams of caffeine. Could use more calcium and vitamin D.

Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Iced Coffee Mocha

Nutrition Facts: (1 cup) Mocha – 100 calories, 20 calories from fat, 2 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0.5 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 1 gram of monounsaturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 120 milligrams of sodium, 125 milligrams of potassium, 19 grams of carbohydrates, 1 grams of fiber, 17 grams of sugar, 1 grams of protein, and a bunch of vitamins and minerals. Vanilla – 100 calories, 20 calories from fat, 2 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 1 gram of monounsaturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 115 milligrams of sodium, 85 milligrams of potassium, 19 grams of carbohydrates, 1 grams of fiber, 17 grams of sugar, 1 grams of protein, and a bunch of vitamins and minerals.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES (SEASONAL EDITION) – 12/5/2013

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Here are some interesting new and limited edition products found on store shelves by us and your fellow readers. If you’ve tried any of the products, share your thoughts about them in the comments.

Limited Edition Peppermint Bark Yoplait Yogurt

This Limited Edition Peppermint Bark Yoplait Yogurt looks interesting, but I’d really like Yoplait to make a limited edition fruitcake flavor, which I imagine would be made by mixing all their fruit yogurt flavors. (Spotted by Melissa at Target.)

holly nog trumoo

Holly Nog…or low fat egg nog flavored dairy beverage for long. (Spotted by Dubba at Walmart.)

Holiday Edition Dare Viva Puffs Candy Cane

I wonder if Canada gets as many holiday snacks as we do? More importantly, do they get as many pumpkin spice products as we do? (Spotted by Sylvia at Target in Canada.)

Glade Sweet Holiday Treat Scented Oil Winter Collection

So wait…this Glade Sweet Holiday Treat scented oil smells like cash? That’s the only sweet holiday treat I know of. (Spotted by Sylvia at Target.)

Safeway Select Limited Edition Trail Mix

At first glance, these Limited Edition Safeway Select Trail Mixes look like bags of pebbles one would find on a trail. (Spotted by Sylvia at Vons.)

Thank you to all the photo contributors! If you’re out shopping and see an interesting new or limited edition 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. If you do so, you might see your picture in our next Spotted on Shelves post.

PRIZE DRAWING: Because It’s The Season of Giving (2013 Edition)

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Gift cards are a popular Christmas gift.

They are also a popular blog giveaway prize.

Because it’s the season of giving and the season of receiving gift cards, we are giving away, not one, but two $25 gift cards — one from McDonald’s and one from Subway.

To enter The Impulsive Buy’s Season of Giving (2013 Edition) Giveaway, leave a comment with THIS post. You can say whatever you want, but you MUST include which gift card you’d like to win. Please don’t forget to fill out the email field because we’ll be emailing the randomly selected winners for their mailing addresses.

We will stop accepting entries on Sunday, December 15, 2013 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time. Only one comment allowed per person, and it’s only open to U.S. residents 18 years old or older.

For those of you who have a Twitter account, you can get an additional entry by tweeting one of the following by Sunday, December 15, 2013 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time:

Hey @theimpulsivebuy! @McDonalds is way better than @SUBWAY!

or

Hey @theimpulsivebuy! @SUBWAY is way better than @McDonalds!

So just copy, paste, and tweet. Only one tweet per Twitter account.

Good luck!

Fine Print: The Impulsive Buy promises your email address will not be used to send you holiday e-cards. Impulsive Buy also promises your mailing address will not be used to send you melted snow (which would be hard to obtain here on this rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean). Bribes will not be accepted. If you’re coming from a site called Online-Sweepstakes, your entries will be disqualified because this drawing for Impulsive Buy readers only. The Impulsive Buy will not be responsible for lost mail, damaged mail, or Santa giving you coal.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES – 12/4/2013

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Here are some interesting new and limited edition products found on store shelves by us and your fellow readers. If you’ve tried any of the products, share your thoughts about them in the comments.

Whitman's Weight Watchers Bite Size Dark Chocolate and Caramels

Weight Watchers Peanut Butter and Triple Chocolate Brownie Bliss

Whitman’s teamed up with Weight Watchers? That’s like Wendy’s teaming up with Weight Watchers because they both start with W and end with an apostrophe S. That’s all. I can’t think of any other reasons. (Spotted by Sylvia at Vons and Molly Kroger.)

Green Mountain Coffee Espresso Roast

It seems like everyone is coming out with their own refrigerated iced coffee nowadays. There’s International Delight, Silk, Starbucks, and now Green Mountain Coffee. (Spotted by Marvo at Safeway.)

Silk PureAlmond Light Almond Milk

Hey, do you know what would be weird? If someone came out with almond milk iced coffee.
(Spotted by Marvo at Safeway.)

Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Vanilla Iced Coffee

Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Mocha Iced Coffee

Weird achieved! Now it would be weirder if someone came out with coconut milk iced coffee. (Spotted by Marvo at Safeway.)

Thank you to all the photo contributors! If you’re out shopping and see an interesting new or limited edition 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. If you do so, you might see your picture in our next Spotted on Shelves post.

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