FAST FOOD NEWS: White Castle Hot Chicken Slider and Bacon & Smoked Cheddar Chicken Slider

White Castle Hot Chicken Slider

White Castle is serving up two new sliders throughout the summer — the Hot Chicken Slider and Bacon & Smoked Cheddar Chicken Slider.

The Hot Chicken Slider comes with your choice of fried chicken or grilled chicken that’s coated in Nashville-inspired hot sauce and topped with a couple of White Castle’s new Fried Pickles.

The Bacon & Smoked Cheddar Chicken Slider features fried chicken or grilled chicken that’s topped with smoky cheddar cheese and hickory-smoked bacon.

The sliders will be available through July 31, or while supplies last.

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

(Image via White Castle)

REMINDER: Celebrate National Donut Day with Free Donuts Today

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It’s National Donut Day!

Dunkin’ Donuts is celebrating today by offering patrons one free classic donut of their choice (YAY!) with the purchase of any beverage (BOO!) at participating restaurants in the U.S.

The offer is good all day on June 2, 2017, while supplies last. Fancies, Squares, and Croissant Donuts are excluded from the promotion.

Krispy Kreme National Doughnut Day

It’s National Doughnut Day!

Krispy Kreme is celebrating all day long today by offering guests one free doughnut of their choice at participating locations in the U.S. and Canada.

You want an Original Glazed Doughnut? It’s free today! How about a Chocolate Iced Kreme Filled Doughnut? It’s also free today! Where is Oprah to tell everyone they get a free doughnut?

No purchase necessary to get your free Krispy Kreme doughnut. June 2, 2017 only, beginning at regular business hours, while supplies last.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES – 6/2/2017

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.

Thomas Swirl Banana Bread Swirl Bread

Thomas’ Swirl Banana Bread Swirl Bread

Banana bread-flavored bread? (Spotted by Bob K at Wegmans.)

Limited Edition Lactaid Peanut Butter Pie Ice Cream

Limited Edition Lactaid Peanut Butter Pie Ice Cream

Lactaid Salted Caramel Chip Ice Cream

Lactaid Salted Caramel Chip Ice Cream

This is the first time I’ve seen Lactaid ice cream. But it’s been around for years. (Spotted by Caitlin J at Giant.)

Marketside Boston Cream Style Donut Muffins

Marketside Boston Cream Style Donut Muffins

Doffins? (Spotted by Amanda Y at Walmart.)

Jello Simply Good Raspberry Lemonade Gelatin

Jello Simply Good Raspberry Lemonade Gelatin

(Spotted by Marvo at Target.)

Birds Eye Veggie Made Brown Sugar Mashed Sweet Potatoes  Carrots and Mashed Cauliflower

Birds Eye Veggie Made Brown Sugar Mashed Sweet Potatoes & Carrots and Mashed Cauliflower

(Spotted by Marvo at Target.)

Foster Farms Baked Breast Nuggets

Foster Farms Baked Breast Nuggets

Now I need something to dip these in. (Spotted by Rene B at FoodMaxx.)

Kraft Dipping Pack  Ranch and Honey Mustard

Kraft Dipping Pack (Ranch and Honey Mustard)

Oh, thanks Kraft! (Spotted by Robbie at Walmart Neighborhood Market.)

Simple Mills Everything and Jalapeno Sprouted Seed Crackers

Simple Mills Everything and Jalapeno Sprouted Seed Crackers

Simple Mills Original and Garlic  Herb Sprouted Seed Crackers

Simple Mills Original and Garlic & Herb Sprouted Seed Crackers

(Spotted by Rachel C at Sprouts.)

Sugarox Tamalitoz  Devine Watermelon Lip Smacking Mango and Cucumber Extravaganza

Sugarox Tamalitoz (Devine Watermelon, Lip Smacking Mango, and Cucumber Extravaganza)

(Spotted by Bella V 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, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

FAST FOOD NEWS: Baskin-Robbins Made with Twix Bars Ice Cream

Baskin Robbins Made with Twix Bars Ice Cream

Baskin-Robbins’ Flavor of the Month for June 2017 is the Made with Twix Bars Ice Cream.

The flavor features caramel and chocolate malt ice creams with Twix bar cookie pieces, chocolate flakes, and a caramel ribbon.

This is not the first Mars candy bar and ice cream mashup for the chain. It offers Made with Snickers Ice Cream as a regular flavor, and, this time last year, it sold the Made with Milky Way Bars Ice Cream.

A small scoop of the new ice cream has 170 calories, 80 calories from fat, 9 grams of fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 30 milligrams of cholesterol, 120 milligrams of sodium, 20 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 16 grams of sugar, 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)

FAST FOOD FLASHBACK: McDonald’s McDLT

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With hot burger vegetables being an issue in the 1980s, McDonald’s rolled out the McDLT, a burger that promised to keep the hot side hot and the cool side cool.

It came in a white styrofoam container with two compartments. The bottom bun and the quarter pound beef patty were in one compartment and the lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, cheese, and top bun were in the other. The L in its name stood for lettuce, T stood for tomato, and I can only assume the D stood for dumb idea.

Its commercials claimed it could be the best lettuce and tomato hamburger ever. Well, it’s not around anymore, so I guess that’s a sign it’s not.

Even though I had it more than once, I don’t think I was ever enamored with it. Maybe it was the extra work I had to do to bring together the two sides. Or maybe I still didn’t like vegetables then. Or maybe the McDLT could pull me away from my beloved Chicken McNuggets, which debuted a couple of years earlier and was part of the McDonaldland universe.

Maybe if the McDLT had its own McDonaldland character, I would’ve liked it more. But I think it was developed for grown up palates.

Besides its container, another interesting thing about the McDLT was one of its commercials. It starred a guy many of you older folks know as George Constanza on Seinfeld and some of you younger folks know as George Constanza on Seinfeld reruns. Before Jason Alexander was George Constanza, he was singing and dancing his way through a McDLT commercial.

Oh, that jingle will be stuck in your head all day.

You’re welcome!