SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Blue Bell Key Lime Mango Tart Ice Cream

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Blue Bell Key Lime Mango Tart Ice Cream

(Spotted by Robbie at Walmart.)

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FAST FOOD NEWS: Baskin-Robbins Caramel Cream Puff Ice Cream

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Baskin-Robbins’ Flavor of the Month for August 2018 is the new Caramel Cream Puff Ice Cream.

It features salted caramel ice cream and pastry cream-flavored mousse ice cream with burnt sugar crystals, pastry pieces, and a burnt caramel swirl.

A small scoop has 180 calories, 9 grams of fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 0 gram of trans fat, 30 milligrams of cholesterol, 85 milligrams of sodium, 21 grams of carbohydrates, 19 grams of sugar, 0 grams of fiber, and 3 grams of protein.

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

(Image via Baskin-Robbins.)

QUICK REVIEW: Dairy Queen Reese’s Outrageous Blizzard

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Dairy Queen Outrageous Blizzard

What is it?

Like last month’s Oreo Firework Blizzard, the Reese’s Outrageous Blizzard is a copycat of the candy that shares its name. August’s Blizzard of the Month combines peanut butter and caramel topping in vanilla soft serve with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Pieces — but not the eponymous candy bar.

How is it?

The Outrageous is a dream come true for my accordion-necked alien induced addiction to Reese’s Pieces. The peanut butter-flavored soft serve is appropriately brash for a treat heralded as outrageous, and the extra saltiness it brings is complemented fantastically by the sweeter caramel.

While the base is full of leguminous goodness, what really had my heart Skippying a beat is the addition of Reese’s Pieces. Broken bits of crispy shell provide the crunch that famously enamors wrinkly extra-terrestrials. The sweetly coated candy’s classic taste is amplified by the caramel and peanut butter infused vanilla ice cream.

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Sadly, the less numerous Cups are crowded out. There are enough to impart a needed chocolate vibe, but it lacks the pronounced punch one expects from Reese’s Cups. To the Outrageous’ credit though, every spoonful includes a large, if imbalanced, amount of candy.

Is there anything else I need to know?

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This is an iteration on 2017’s Reese’s Extreme Blizzard where chocolatey topping is swapped out in favor of caramel. As peanut butter and chocolate will probably be found on my death certificate, I am shocked that I love the Outrageous whereas I was underwhelmed by yesteryears not so extreme take on Reese’s. I guess the more accurate Reese’s Satisfactory Blizzard didn’t have the same ring to it.

Conclusion:

If you need a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup fix, stick with the classic menu mainstay. If on the other hand you love Reese’s Pieces or peanut butter in general, then the Reese’s Outrageous will leave you phoning home to tell all of your friends about it.

Purchased Price: $3.89
Size: Medium
Rating: 9 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (Medium) 1010 calories, 45 grams of fat, 21 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 55 milligrams of cholesterol, 540 milligrams of sodium, 137 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of dietary fiber, 105 grams of sugar, and 17 grams of protein.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Lay’s Chile Con Queso Potato Chips

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Here’s the flavor that’ll be found in the Texoma, Mountain, and SoCal areas. According to Lay’s, it’s inspired by a Southwest favorite, this flavor infuses the legendary Tex-Mex taste of velvety cheddar queso with a dash of spice. (Spotted by Robbie at Target.)

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FAST FOOD NEWS: Surge Available at Burger King Coke Freestyle Machines

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Surge Available at Burger King Coke Freestyle Machines

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Coca-Cola’s Surge has popped up again at Burger King, but this time as an exclusive flavor in the chain’s Coke Freestyle Machines.

Again, you say?

Yes, the first time it came in frozen form. It’s unclear if that’s back on the menu. But if it is, accompanying it might be a “Frosted” version that includes soft serve, since Burger King has done a number of “Frosted” soft drink this year.

(Photos were sent in by reader Xela.)