Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy.
Is This the Most Ridiculous Starbucks Order of All Time? (via Munchies)
11 Giant Pieces and Boxes of Candy You Can Actually Buy (via Mental Floss)
This Heatless Habanero Packs All Of The Flavor With None Of The Burn (via NPR’s The Salt)
I Went to Bangkok’s Unicorn Cafe and It Was Not the Most Magical Place on Earth (via Munchies)
The History of the Conversation Heart (via Mental Floss)
Here are some new Easter products found on store shelves by us and your fellow readers. If you’ve tried any of them, share your thoughts in the comments.
Hey Brach’s! Now that you’re selling gigantic gummy bunnies for spring. How about selling a gigantic candy corn for fall? (Spotted by Carla at Walmart.)
At a quick glance, it looks like the chocolate bunny on the package is in the middle of tying its shoelaces. (Spotted by Rachel C at Wegmans.)
(Spotted by David M at QFC.)
Dark chocolate gets no love? (Spotted by Carla at Walmart.)
Great for egg stuffing? You know what else is great for egg stuffing? The green grass you put in Easter baskets. When someone opens it, doesn’t see any candy, and asks where the candy is, you can say, “Sometimes in life you don’t get what you expect” and then hop away in your bunny costume. (Spotted by Carla at Walmart.)
I see Dove Roses in 2018. (Spotted by Rachel C at Wegmans.)
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’re wondering if we’ve already covered something, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.
Update: We reviewed it! Click here to read our review.
It’s not an exclusive flavor and it’s not only at Walmart and Target. We’ve received reports that it’s been spotted at many other grocery store chains. If you’ve seen it, let us know what store in the comments. (Spotted by Charlene H at Stater Bros.)
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, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.
I’d like to see roasted garlic and ranch on regular Pringles. (Spotted by Carla 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.
In the late 90s, I can remember watching The New Addams Family on Fox Kids on summer afternoons, and there were lots of Oreo O’s commercials with Bessie the cow. Until last summer, it was the only cereal I ever knew of that had a Fourth of July version. But then, as you likely know, the cereal was discontinued in the States, and everyone was sad.
Luckily, Malt-O-Meal has brought it back! Except now it’s called Cookies and Cream.
One of the requirements for reviewing this cereal was that I had to miss Oreo O’s. In full disclosure, I missed Oreo O’s before it went away. After it had been out a few years, they decided to add marshmallows to it. Even as a chubby adolescent who cared nothing about nutrition, I thought that was too much sweetness.
Thankfully, this doesn’t have any marshmallows. When I first tasted a piece dry, it totally seemed familiar, as if I’d just had Oreo O’s last week. In reality it’s been nearly two decades. So, if you miss Oreo O’s, rejoice! This is as close as it’s going to get.
Pouring milk over them is really the way to eat it, and it tastes just like I remember. It’s one of those cereals where I feel like I could eat bowl after bowl. At the same time, though, there’s something not completely satisfying about it. Maybe it’s because it’s so airy and has giant holes in the middle, so it’s not terribly filling.
The leftover milk looks like cookies and cream ice cream and has a sweetness to it, but not the same level of chocolatiness you’d get from Cocoa Puffs or Count Chocula.
When I brushed my teeth immediately after eating the cereal, my toothpaste spittle also looked like cookies and cream ice cream. (I was going to include a picture but decided not to. You’re welcome.)
So if you want the Oreo O’s experience again, definitely pick this up. It’s a worthy replacement.
If, however, you’ve never had Oreo O’s, it’s less important for you to try this. It’s a tasty, passable cereal, but don’t expect it to be like other chocolate cereals. It’s basically cookie-flavored Froot Loops. Does it taste like Oreos? I don’t think so, but it is reminiscent of them. And one cup of cereal still has fewer calories than two Oreo cookies.
(Nutrition Facts – 1 cup (30 grams) – 120 calories, 10 calories from fat, 1 gram of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 0.5 grams of monounsaturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 160 milligrams of sodium, 45 milligrams of potassium, 26 grams of total carbohydrates, less than one gram of fiber, 12 grams of sugar, and 1 gram of protein..)
Purchased Price: $5.48
Size: 34 oz. bag
Purchased at: Walmart
Rating: 8 out of 10
Pros: Tastes like Oreo O’s. No marshmallows. Leftover milk looks like cookies and cream ice cream. Fewer calories than actual Oreos. 90s nostalgia.
Cons: Not very filling. Rough on the roof of my mouth. More sugar than most name-brand cereals. Doesn’t taste like actual Oreo cookies.