SPOTTED (SEASONAL EDITION) – 9/26/2019

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

Great Value Holiday Peppermint Creme Pie
Great Value Holiday Peppermint Creme Pie

(Spotted by Carla at Walmart.)

7 Select Smores Snack Pie
7-Select Smores Snack Pie

(Spotted by Sarah R at 7-Eleven.)

Starbucks Holiday Blend 2019 K Cups
Starbucks Holiday Blend 2019 K-Cups

(Spotted by Robbie at Costco.)

Candy Break Spider
Candy Break Spider
Candy Breaks Gummy Skulls and Gummy Brains
Candy Breaks Gummy Skulls and Gummy Brains

(Spotted by Sylvia at CVS.)

Milk Chocolate M M s Ghoul s Mix Sugar Cookie Dough
Milk Chocolate M&M’s Ghoul’s Mix Sugar Cookie Dough

(Spotted by Robbie at Walmart.)

Zachary Harvest Pretzels
Zachary Harvest Pretzels

(Spotted by Robbie at Big Lots.)

Ferrero Golden Gallery Signature Assorted Chocolates
Ferrero Golden Gallery Signature Assorted Chocolates

(Spotted by Rachel C at Walgreens.)

Harry David Pumpkin Harvest Moose Munch Gourmet Coffee K Cups
Harry & David Pumpkin Harvest Moose Munch Gourmet Coffee K-Cups

(Spotted by Sylvia at Marshall’s.)

Mars Halloween Glow in the Dark Variety Pack
Mars Halloween Glow in the Dark Variety Pack

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

Market Pantry Fall Cake Bite Cookies
Market Pantry Fall Cake Bite Cookies

(Spotted by Sylvia at Target.)

Signature Select Seasons Halloween Tuxedos
Signature Select Seasons Halloween Tuxedos
Signature Select Seasons Chocolate Peanut Butter Flavored Snack Mix
Signature Select Seasons Chocolate Peanut Butter Flavored Snack Mix
Signature Select Seasons Holiday Snack Nuts Praline Pecans
Signature Select Seasons Holiday Snack Nuts Praline Pecans

(Spotted by Sarah R at Safeway.)

Signature Select Seasons Halloween Gummies Candy
Signature Select Seasons Halloween Gummies Candy

(Spotted by Rachel J at Safeway.)

Frankford Witch s Brew Ghoulish Green Cake in a Cup Vanilla Cake Mix
Frankford Witch’s Brew Ghoulish Green Cake in a Cup Vanilla Cake Mix
Frankford Pumpkin Cake in a Cup Chocolate Cake Mix
Frankford Pumpkin Cake in a Cup Chocolate Cake Mix

(Spotted by Robbie 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.

FAST FOOD NEWS: Burger King Pretzel Bacon King

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News Burger King Pretzel Bacon King

Burger King is still heavily promoting the plant-based Impossible Whopper, but the chain continues to pump out new meat-based burgers. The latest is the Pretzel Bacon King.

It features one or two 1/4 lb. flame-grilled 100% beef patties topped with bacon, American cheese, mustard, and mayonnaise on a toasted pretzel bun.

A Pretzel Bacon King with one patty has 920 calories, 60 grams of fat, 18 grams of saturated fat, 2 gram of trans fat, 135 milligrams of cholesterol, 1930 milligrams of sodium, 55 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 2 grams of sugar, and 39 grams of protein.

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

(Image via Burger King.)

FAST FOOD NEWS: Arby’s S’mores Shake and Cinnamuffin

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News Arby s Smores Shake

Looking for something sugary after eating something salty from Arby’s? Well, the chain has a couple of new treats for you.

The S’mores shake features a s’mores-flavored syrup in a vanilla shake and is finished with Ghirardelli Chocolate drizzle, graham crumbles, Hershey’s milk chocolate, dehydrated marshmallow bits, and whipped topping.

A small shake has 660 calories, 20 grams of fat, 13 grams of saturated fat, 0 gram of trans fat, 60 milligrams of cholesterol, 380 milligrams of sodium, 108 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 94 grams of sugar, and 14 grams of protein.

News Arby s CinnaMuffin

If you want something less decadent, there’s Arby’s Cinnamuffin. It’s a warm muffin-like dessert made up of Danish dough bites and cinnamon. It’s also topped with cream cheese icing.

It has 280 calories, 13 grams of fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 0 gram of trans fat, 10 milligrams of cholesterol, 280 milligrams of sodium, 37 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 16 grams of sugar, and 4 grams of protein.

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

(Image via Arby’s.)

PUMPKINUNDATION 2019: 7-Select Pumpkin Cinnamon Sugar and Maple Iced Mini Donuts

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7 Select Pumpkin Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donuts

7 Select Maple Iced Mini Donuts

(Spotted by Sarah R at 7-Eleven.)

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: Hostess Limited Edition Iced Pumpkin CupCakes

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Hostess Limited Edition Iced Pumpkin CupCakes

What are Limited Edition Hostess Iced Pumpkin CupCakes?

Hostess has revamped a pumpkin product from a few years ago. They used to be called Pumpkin Spice CupCakes, but now they’re Iced Pumpkin CupCakes. They used to have leaf-shaped sprinkles, but now they have a fall-colored version of the iconic frosting squiggle.

How are they?

Four years ago, I had the “Pumpkin Spice” version, and these are just as good as I remember them.

The overwhelming flavor is cinnamon. It’s not quite the cinnamon you use in baking; it’s closer to a cinnamon bear. But I like it a lot. The cinnamon mostly seems to be in the frosting.

Hostess Limited Edition Iced Pumpkin CupCakes Squiggles

Speaking of frosting, I’m not always a big fan of the waxy texture of CupCakes frosting, but this time it provides a nice textural contrast to the cake.
The cake itself has a pleasant but restrained flavor, though the pumpkin isn’t very strong.

Hostess Limited Edition Iced Pumpkin CupCakes Filling

The creamy filling is the standard filling of Hostess products. (It might have been overkill to use the pumpkin spice filling from the Twinkies.)

Is there anything else you need to know?

I really enjoy these, but I like that somewhat-artificial cinnamon flavor. The internet disagreed with me when I gave a 10/10 to those cinnamon Oreo cookies, so you might not like them as much as I do.

Hostess Limited Edition Iced Pumpkin CupCakes Ad

In the real world, I’m an amateur historian, and Hostess Cup Cakes [sic] were almost marketed as a health food back in 1935: “They renew energy quickly because they are so easy to digest, and they never spoil her appetite for dinner.”

Conclusion:

I’m glad they brought these back, because they are easily my favorite Hostess product.

Purchased Price: $3.50
Size: 12.7 oz. box
Purchased at: Fresh Market
Rating: 8 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1 cake) 160 calories, 4.5 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 10 milligrams of cholesterol, 125 milligrams of sodium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 21 grams of sugar (including 21 grams of added sugar), and 1 gram of protein.

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