SPOTTED (STORE BRANDS EDITION) – 10/31/2019

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

Trader Joe s Philly Cheesesteak Bao Buns
Trader Joe’s Philly Cheesesteak Bao Buns
Trader Joe s Pappa al Pomodoro
Trader Joe’s Pappa al Pomodoro

(Spotted by Rachel C at Trader Joe’s.)

Kirkland Signature Pit Smoked Brisket Sliders
Kirkland Signature Pit Smoked Brisket Sliders

(Spotted by @ReneBarba89 at Costco.)

Good  Gather Cashew Butter Chocolate Chip Date  Nut Bars
Good & Gather Cashew Butter Chocolate Chip Date & Nut Bars
Good  Gather Cashew Cookie Date  Nut Bars
Good & Gather Cashew Cookie Date & Nut Bars

(Spotted by Robbie at Target.)

Great Value Veggie  Cheese Egg Bites
Great Value Veggie & Cheese Egg Bites
Great Value Bacon  Cheese Egg Bites
Great Value Bacon & Cheese Egg Bites
Great Value Turkey Sausage  Cheese Egg Bites
Great Value Turkey Sausage & Cheese Egg Bites

(Spotted by Amanda Y at Walmart.)

Walmart Pan De Muerto
Walmart Pan De Muerto

(Spotted by Robbie at Walmart Neighborhood Market.)

Archer Farms Cinnamon Churro Crunch Trail Mix
Archer Farms Cinnamon Churro Crunch Trail Mix

(Spotted by Robbie at Target.)

Hill Country Fare Orange Shortbread Cookies
Hill Country Fare Orange Shortbread Cookies

(Spotted by Robbie at H-E-B.)

Great Value Global Voyages Chow Mein Noodles Meal Kit
Great Value Global Voyages Chow Mein Noodles Meal Kit
Great Value Global Voyages Butter Chicken with Rice and Pad Thai Noodles Meal Kits
Great Value Global Voyages Butter Chicken with Rice and Pad Thai Noodles Meal Kits
Great Value Global Voyages Thai Yellow Curry and Tikka Masala Sauce Kits
Great Value Global Voyages Thai Yellow Curry and Tikka Masala Sauce Kits
Great Value Global Voyages Korean Style BBQ and Kung Pao Sauce Kits
Great Value Global Voyages Korean Style BBQ and Kung Pao Sauce Kits
Great Value Global Voyages Spring Roll Kits with Peanut Sauce or Hoisin Sauce
Great Value Global Voyages Spring Roll Kits with Peanut Sauce or Hoisin Sauce

(Spotted by Amanda Y at Walmart.)

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 or if the product is old, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

SPOTTED: Peatos Crunchy Onion Rings

Peatos Classic Onion Crunchy Rings

Peatos Fiery Onion Crunchy Rings

Peayuns? (Spotted by Amanda Y at Kroger.)

Thank you to all the photo contributors! 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 do so, you might see your picture in our next Spotted on Shelves post.

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

If you’ve seen the product, help out your fellow readers by letting them know in the comments what city and store you found it in.

SPOTTED: Brach’s Mermaid Fruity Candy Corn

Brach s Mermaid Fruity Candy Corn

(Spotted by Sylvia at Ralphs.)

Thank you to all the photo contributors! 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 do so, you might see your picture in our next Spotted on Shelves post.

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

If you’ve seen the product, help out your fellow readers by letting them know in the comments what city and store you found it in.

SPOTTED: New Great Value Breakfast Sandwiches

Great Value Monte Carlo French Toast Breakfast Sandwich
Great Value Monte Carlo French Toast Breakfast Sandwich
Great Value French Brunch Breakfast Sandwich
Great Value French Brunch Breakfast Sandwich
Great Value Bistro Chorizo Breakfast Sandwich
Great Value Bistro Chorizo Breakfast Sandwich
Great Value Parma Melt Breakfast Sandwich
Great Value Parma Melt Breakfast Sandwich

Three of the four have Canadian-style bacon. Is Canadian bacon en vogue right now and no one told me? (Spotted by Amanda Y at Walmart.)

Thank you to all the photo contributors! 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 do so, you might see your picture in our next Spotted on Shelves post.

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

If you’ve seen the product, help out your fellow readers by letting them know in the comments what city and store you found it in.

REVIEW: Taco Bell Forbidden Melt Taco

Taco Bell Forbidden Melt Taco

The Taco Bell that’s closest to my house is a very special one: it always has the special test items that only very special people in very special cities get to taste, well before the less-special general public even hears about them. This month’s taste treat is the ultimately forbidding Taco Bell Forbidden Melt Taco.

Taco Bell Forbidden Melt Taco 2

It features an edible taco holder made from the storm clouds of a thousand children’s tears — actually, it’s just a fried blue corn tortilla shell. At first glance, it looks badly burnt and overcooked, but images can be deceiving. This taco shell, while nowhere near the genius of the Toasted Cheddar Chalupa, still makes a delicious enough mark on the ever-changing and always evolving Taco Bell menu.

Taco Bell Forbidden Melt Taco 3

But, to this hungry Chicano, what truly makes the Forbidden Melt even better is the titular “melted” part inside the taco shell. Beyond the zesty meat, cool reduced-fat sour cream, iceberg lettuce, and shards of cheese is what has to be a good ladle’s worth of Taco Bell’s patented nacho cheese, poured along the edible fault-line, definitely making it even more verboten.

The main problem — and this, sadly, is usually an issue with many Taco Bell products — is that while the molten cheese is a bright yellow cream dream come true, after a few minutes of sitting in the bag, the belly of this blue corn beast swells to a mostly soggy mess. The cheese sauce completely seeps through the specially-made taco shell.

The one tip I have to defeat this meat-loosening bulge? Take some time, try to relax, and enjoy the Taco Bell Forbidden Melt Taco fresh out of the fryer, while the outside is still a crispy lark and the inside a gooey mess. Instead of going through the drive-thru, how about setting up in the dining area, quietly learning to love this blue corn-based forbidden fruit Taco Bell menu item.

Purchased Price: $1.99
Size: N/A
Rating: 8 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: Unavailable.

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