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SPOTTED (GREAT VALUE SEASONAL EDITION) – 9/2/2019

Marvo / September 2, 2019 / Spotted on Shelves / 3 Comments

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 Whoo Pie Baking Kit — *Great Value Whoo-Pie Baking Kit*

*Great Value Cyclops Cake Ball Baking Kit*

*Great Value Candy Corn Sugar Cookie Kit*

*Great Value Candy Corn Colored Swirl Sugar Cookie Kit*

*Great Value Spider Web Sugar Cookie Kit*

20190901 220536 resized 1 — *Great Value Monster Eyes Cookie Kit*

*Great Value Dipped Chocolate Cookie Kit*

*Great Value Spooky Vortex Sugar Cookie Mix*

*Great Value Orange and Black Cookie Icing*

*Great Value Halloween Mini Chippers Chocolate Chip Cookies*

*Great Value Halloween Iced Apple Oatmeal Cookies*

*Great Value Fall Apple Cinnamon Trail Mix*

*Great Value Spooky Blueberry Fruit Syrup*

Great Value Blood Red Strawberry Fruit Syrup — *Great Value Blood-Red Strawberry Fruit Syrup*

Great Value Fall Cranberry Orange Muffin Quick Bread Mix — *Great Value Fall Cranberry Orange Muffin & Quick Bread Mix*

Great Value Fall Apple Cinnamon Complete Pancake Waffle Mix — *Great Value Fall Apple Cinnamon Complete Pancake & Waffle Mix*

Great Value Fall Apple Cinnamon Quick Bread Muffin Mix — *Great Value Fall Apple Cinnamon Quick Bread & Muffin Mix*

*Great Value Fall Harvest Blend Ground Coffee*

Great Value Fall Pecan Pie K Cups — *Great Value Fall Pecan Pie K-Cups*

(Spotted by Amanda Y, Robbie, and Bob K 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 – 8/31/2019

Marvo / August 31, 2019 / Spotted on Shelves / 2 Comments

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

Rao s Made for Home Meatballs Sauce — *Rao’s Made for Home Meatballs & Sauce*

Rao s Made for Home Chicken Parmesan — *Rao’s Made for Home Chicken Parmesan*

Rao s Made for Home Meat Lasagna — *Rao’s Made for Home Meat Lasagna*

Rao s Made for Home Chicken Alfredo — *Rao’s Made for Home Chicken Alfredo*

(Spotted by Sarah R at Sprouts.)

F real Limited Edition Sour Patch Watermelon — *f’real Limited Edition Sour Patch Watermelon*

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

*Kusari Noodles Chicken Ramen and Chili Chicken Ramen*

*Kusari Noodles Beef Pho and Miso Ramen*

(Spotted by Amanda Y at Walmart.)

(Spotted by Sylvia at Dollar Tree.)

(Spotted by Robbie at CVS.)

*The Laughing Cow Toy Story 4 Original Cheese Dippers*

The Laughing Cow Toy Story 4 Cheesy Ranch Style Herb Cheese Dippers — *The Laughing Cow Toy Story 4 Cheesy Ranch Style & Herb Cheese Dippers*

*The Laughing Cow Toy Story 4 White Cheddar Cheese Dippers*

(Spotted by Rachel J at Safeway.)

*Borden Kid Builder Chocolate Milk and Strawberry Milk*

(Spotted by John W at Marc’s.)

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

Dr McDougall s Organic Chili Bean Soup — *Dr. McDougall’s Organic Chili Bean Soup*

(Spotted by Jarred at Sprouts.)

Nature s Eats Fiesta Corn Nut — *Nature’s Eats Fiesta Corn Nut*

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

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: Hot Pockets High Protein Steak, Egg & Cheese and Chorizo, Egg & Cheese

Marvo / August 30, 2019 / Spotted on Shelves / 1 Comment

I went to the Hot Pockets website and learned the non-High Protein breakfast Hot Pockets have 10-12 grams of protein. So these should really be called Same As Always Protein Hot Pockets. (Spotted by Dorothy at Giant Eagle)

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.

FAST FOOD NEWS: Baskin-Robbins’ Pumpkin Cheesecake Ice Cream Returns

Marvo / August 30, 2019 / Fast Food News / 4 Comments

Baskin-Robbins’ Flavor of the Month for September 2019 is Pumpkin Cheesecake.

The returning flavor features pumpkin and cheesecake flavored ice creams with ginger snap cookie pieces and a cinnamon cream cheese flavored ribbon. It made its debut September 2014 and came back September 2016. Here’s our review.

A 2.5 ounce scoop has 160 calories, 7 grams of fat, 4 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 25 milligrams of cholesterol, 85 milligrams of sodium, 21 grams of carbohydrates, 17 grams of sugars, 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’ website.)

REVIEW: Starbucks Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew

Heather / August 30, 2019 / Reviews / 11 Comments

What is the Starbucks Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew?

A cousin to the beloved Pumpkin Spice Latte, the new Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew features Starbucks’ tried-and-true Cold Brew with vanilla sweet cream and a pumpkin-flavored cold foam with pumpkin spice on top.

How is it?

I fully embrace pumpkin spice season, even when it makes its debut in August. And OH MY GOSH, you guys, this Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew is a real winner. I *might* even break up with the PSL this year and stick with the Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew. It’s that good.

The biggest takeaway from the Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew is that it’s not as sweet as the PSL. It tasted like a piece of pumpkin pie – just enough of a hint of flavor without an artificial taste. The Cold Brew itself, sweetened with vanilla syrup, is smooth and easy to drink. And while I typically have to be in the mood for Cold Foam, I LOVED this one. I liked that it stayed nicely as the top layer without sinking too much into the Cold Brew.

One thing to note, I tried this drink twice. Once I got it with the straw-less lid. The second day, my Starbucks was out of those, so I got lid and straw. While it didn’t affect the flavor too much, I do prefer drinking it out of the straw-less lid because you get equal parts Cold Brew and Cold Foam.

A grande packs a decent caffeine punch at roughly 185 milligrams, so it got me through my day, both productive and excited about wearing scarves again soon.

Is there anything else I need to know?

Points to my mom for doing the recon on this one: The Cold Brew already has the vanilla syrup added in, so you can’t customize with sugar-free vanilla. Embrace the full sugar, my friends – it’s worth it.

Conclusion:

When can I go back and get another?

Purchased Price: $4.45
Size: Grande
Purchased at: Starbucks
Rating: 10 out of 10
Nutrition Facts:: (Grande) 250 calories, 12 grams of total fat, 8 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 40 milligrams of cholesterol, 55 milligrams of sodium, 31 grams of total carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 31 grams of total sugars, 3 grams of protein.

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