Here are the $20 Denny’s gift card winners:
Congratulations to them!
Thanks to everyone who participated! Also, thanks to Denny’s for providing the gift cards. Go Baconalia!
Finally, just in case you missed it, we’re currently running another giveaway, but this time for an iPod Shuffle. You have until Sunday, March 31, 2013 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time to enter.
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.
I probably wouldn’t dress up my Morningstar Farms Mediterranean Chickpea sandwich like it is on the box. I’d just slap on some mustard and mayonnaise, and put it between some Wonder Bread. Well, when they start making Wonder Bread again. (Spotted by Marvo at Safeway.)
I won’t buy Katy Perry’s albums, but I will buy her chips…and a body pillow with her likeness on it. Junk Food Guy has a review. (Spotted by Marvo at Safeway.)
I hope Mother’s starts making Exotic Pet Animal Cookies that come in shapes of wallaroos, African pygmy hedgehogs, white tigers, capybaras, genets, and European polecats. (Spotted by Marvo at Safeway.)
Hey, baby. You and I have been together for a long time and I know you love me as much as I love you. So let’s be together for a longer time. Will you marry me? Yes, it’s a Ring Pop Gummie. But I got you a whole bag, which will last for years..as long as you don’t eat them. Where are you going, my love? (Spotted by Nicole at Target.)
Hey…wait a minute! What happened to Kraft Bagel-fuls? (Spotted by Laura at Walmart.)
Thank you to all the photo contributors! If you’re out shopping and see an interesting new or limited edition product on the shelf (or really unusual), 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.
If I had a dollar for every time Burger King released a burger topped with their mediocre onion rings, I’d have enough money to buy a Burger King burger topped with their mediocre onion rings. But even though Burger King’s onion rings aren’t anything special, when BK combines them with one of their burgers, it usually creates magic. There was the Rodeo Cheeseburger, Angry Whopper, Western Angus Steak Burger, Western BBQ BK Toppers, Rodeo Whopper, and now there’s the Burger King Bacon Cheddar Stuffed Burger.
This new Burger King sandwich isn’t the first one topped with onion rings and it also isn’t the first one to have a beef patty stuffed with, um…stuff. In 2011, they attempted to burn our mouths with their Jalapeño Cheddar BK Stuffed Steakhouse Burger.
I’m now going to explain what’s in the Burger King Bacon Cheddar Stuffed Burger like I’m an overzealous marketing person and use more adjectives than I need to. The Bacon Cheddar Stuffed Burger is made up of a juicy and cowtstanding USDA-Inspected fire-grilled ground beef patty stuffed with yummy, swinesational hardwood smoked bacon and delicious, gooey cheddar cheese, topped with fresh-cut, crisp, and greenish lettuce; ripe, succulent tomato slices; red, vinegary, and stain-causing ketchup; creamy, white, and oozable mayonnaise; and crispy, golden brown, and bad breath-causing onion rings all on a warm, squishy artisan-style bun.
With the inclusion of onion rings, I thought the Burger King Bacon Cheddar Stuffed Burger would’ve followed in the footsteps of many other onion ring-topped BK burgers and come with barbecue sauce. But alas, I had to settle for barbecue sauce’s condiment cousins, ketchup and mayo. However, and this is going to sound strange, the ketchup and a few other ingredients, at times, made the burger taste as if it had barbecue sauce. Besides that, the ketchup and mayonnaise made my hands look like I turned into the Incredible Hulk and SMASH STORE CONDIMENT SECTION!
If you’re like me and complain regularly on a semi-popular food review blog about how I can rarely taste the bacon in most fast food burgers, then you’ll be happy to hear the flavor of the bacon in the thick patty stands out. Every bite I took from this burger had a nice smoky and swinetastic flavor. It feels a little weird to be biting on bacon bits instead of strips of bacon and it makes the patty taste even saltier, but who cares? I can finally taste the bacon in a fast food burger!
Let’s celebrate with bacon!
However, what didn’t stand out were the bits of cheddar in the beef patty, which was the same issue the Jalapeño Cheddar BK Stuffed Steakhouse Burger had. But the onion rings did somewhat make up for the cheese by providing a mild onion flavor that went well with the beef and gave the burger a slight crunchiness.
With Burger King’s limited time only spring menu, they’re giving you a lot of new sandwich choices — a turkey burger, a new Whopper variety, a new chicken sandwich, a veggie burger, and this burger. If you’re having trouble deciding what to eat, I think you can’t go wrong with the Bacon Cheddar Stuffed Burger.
(Nutrition Facts – 650 calories, 350 calories from fat, 39 grams of fat, 12 grams of saturated fat, 1.5 grams of trans fat, 70 milligrams of cholesterol, 1420 milligrams of sodium, 51 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of fiber, 10 grams of sugar, 23 grams of protein.)
Other Burger King Bacon Cheddar Stuffed Burger reviews:
Brand Eating
The Food Chain Review
Grub Grade
Item: Burger King Bacon Cheddar Stuffed Burger
Purchased Price: $4.99
Size: N/A
Purchased at: Burger King
Rating: 7 out of 10
Pros: Nice flavor. I can taste the bacon in a fast food burger. Thick patty. Onion rings provided a little crunchiness. At times, the burger tasted as if it has barbecue sauce. BK burger + onion rings = magic.
Cons: Cheddar in the patty didn’t add anything. Someone may have put too much ketchup and mayonnaise in my burger. Awesome source of sodium. Available for a limited time. Going adjective crazy.
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.
I can’t wait to upload a Lunchables Uploaded into my body and then download a Lunchables Uploaded into a toilet. (Spotted by Andi at Winn-Dixie.)
I look forward to sucking my fingers clean after eating Chili Cheese Wheat Thins. (Spotted by Ted at Publix.)
I don’t eat a lot of donuts, but sprinkled donuts have been around for decades, right? Plus, boxes have been around forever and Entenmann’s has been in business for over 100 years. So why didn’t Entenmann’s combine sprinkled donuts and a box sooner? (Spotted by Kelcey at Kennedy Food Garden.)
Just staring at this Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Peach Tea box makes me sleepy. Or maybe I’m getting sleepy because I’m typing this at 12:30 a.m. (Spotted by Marvo at Safeway.)
If you want to mask the flavor of Kashi’s seven whole grains, garlic and pesto will do it. (Spotted by Marvo at Safeway.)
Six new swirled moons! Oh, these boxes of frosted toasted oat cereal with freeze dried marshmallows truly are lucky. If I eat a bowl and make a wish, I bet it comes true! (Spotted by Marvo at Target.)
Thank you to all the photo contributors! If you’re out shopping and see an interesting new or limited edition product on the shelf (or really unusual), 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.
Remember those Mountain Dew Kickstart samples we received that came with pricey sunglasses, which we gave away last month? Well, those samples also came with a silver iPod shuffle, which we’re going to give away to a lucky TIB reader.
For those of you who want to know the tech specs, click here to Apple’s page about it. The iPod shuffle we’re giving away has 2 GB of storage, comes with the sync/charge cable and earbuds, and has the words “Kickstart Your Day” engraved on the back.
To enter The Impulsive Buy’s Kickstart iPod shuffle Drawing, leave a comment with THIS post. You can say whatever you want in your comment, but it MUST include an iWord. For example, “This iTurkey is dry” or “iHate dry iTurkey” or “iHate dry iTurkey and iHate this iFamily!”
Please don’t forget to fill out the email field because we’ll be emailing the randomly selected winner for his or her mailing addresses. The Impulsive Buy will stop accepting entries on Sunday, March 31, 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 the following by Sunday, March 31, 2013 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time:
Hey, @theimpulsivebuy! iWanna iPod so iCan iListen to iJustin iBieber! iHeart iJustin iBieber! iSqueeee!
So just copy, paste, and tweet. Only one tweet per Twitter account.
Good luck!
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