I think the last time we saw Twinkies with strawberry creme was back in 2014. (Spotted by Chris N at Target.)
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To be honest, I didn’t know what store or restaurant gift card we would be giving away on the 12th and final day of The Impulsive Buy’s 2016 Season of Giving. But after some last minute shopping and several minutes staring at the gift card endcap at a local grocery store, I picked one up.
The thing is, I’m not going to tell you what store or restaurant it’s from. I’m not even going to tell you how much is on the gift card. But I will say, but I will say.
RULES:
To enter this prize drawing for the Mystery Gift Card, leave a comment with THIS post. You can write whatever you want, but please don’t forget to fill out the email field because we’ll be emailing the randomly selected winner for his or her mailing address.
We will stop accepting entries on December 26, 2016 at 12:00 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time (2:00 a.m. Pacific, 5:00 a.m. Eastern). Only one comment allowed per person, and it’s only open to U.S. residents 18 years old or older.
Good luck!
FINE PRINT: The Impulsive Buy promises your email address will not be used to send you emails about how you can apply for umbrella insurance from a company you’ve never heard of before. The Impulsive Buy also promises your mailing address will not be used to send you glitter in an envelope, most of which will end up on the floor when you open it. Bribes will not be accepted. The Impulsive Buy will not be responsible for lost mail or damaged mail.
The card above is the one the winner will receive. Yes, it’s a gift card for Valentine’s Day. No, the Walmart I went to didn’t have any gift cards with holiday designs. It didn’t even have cards with “Congratulations” or “Happy Birthday.” So if you happen to be the winner of this card, I want to let you know that I do love you, but not in THAT way.
RULES:
To enter this prize drawing for a $5 Walmart Gift Card, leave a comment with THIS post. You can write whatever you want, but please don’t forget to fill out the email field because we’ll be emailing the randomly selected winner for his or her mailing address.
We will stop accepting entries on December 25, 2016 at 12:00 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time (2:00 a.m. Pacific, 5:00 a.m. Eastern). Only one comment allowed per person, and it’s only open to U.S. residents 18 years old or older.
Good luck!
FINE PRINT: The Impulsive Buy promises your email address will not be used to send you emails about how you can apply for an auto warranty. The Impulsive Buy also promises your mailing address will not be used to send you a holiday card with me, my wife, and our dogs dressed up as bananas with the words “Hap-peel Holidays” underneath the photo. Bribes will not be accepted. The Impulsive Buy will not be responsible for lost mail or damaged mail.
Mint and chocolate go so well together that they should have a celebrity couple-like name similar to Brangelina.
Chocomint? Mintolate? Chont? Mincho?
Whatever we decided to call the duo, if you love them, these Lindor Lindt Limited Edition Peppermint Cookie Milk Chocolate Truffles will have you melting as quickly as their milk chocolate exterior does when you pop one into the 98.6 degree chamber known as your mouth because they are delightful.
The filling gets its flavor from peppermint oil. But if you’re someone who wants the mint to be strong enough to clear your sinuses, these tasty balls are not curiously strong enough for you. A part of me wishes it was mintier, but another part thinks the Thin Mint cookie-like mintiness was just right.
Speaking of cookies, there are tiny, crunchy choco-cookie bits in the chocolate that give the truffles a texture other than internal body heat-melted chocolate. There’s a decent amount of cookie bits, but they offer an unsatisfying crunch.
It’s as if Lindt gave factory workers a box of Thin Mints and plates during their break, had them eat the cookies over the plates, collected whatever crumbs fell, and then dumped them into the vat with the creamy milk chocolate.
I really wanted a cookie crunch and not a cookie crumb crunch, so I wish Lindt included larger cookie bits or somehow, underneath the milk chocolate, created a layer of cookie that holds the smooth minty truffle filling. The latter doesn’t sound complex, does it? Sure, Lindt would have to spend millions of dollars to build a completely new manufacturing process, but it would be totally worth it to make my sugar-fueled dream come true.
Even though I complained about the mintiness and crunchiness of these Lindt Limited Edition Peppermint Cookie Truffles, they are minor complaints that melt away every time I let one of these delicious morsels melt in my mouth.
(Nutrition Facts – 3 balls – 220 calories, 150 calories from fat, 17 grams of fat, 12 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 45 milligrams of sodium, 16 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 14 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)
Purchased Price: $4.49
Size: 6 oz. bag
Purchased at: Target
Rating: 7 out of 10
Pros: Milk chocolate and minty filling is velvety when it melts in your mouth. Thin Mint-like mintiness. A decent amount of cookie bits. Complaints melting away as the truffle melts in my mouth.
Cons: Might not have enough mint for you. Might not have enough cookie crunch for you. Might not have enough truffles in the bag for you.
Cinnamon Lucky Charms. Cinnamon Cap’n Crunch. Cinnamon Krave. Snickerdoodle Cookie Crisp. Oh, hello there. I’m just daydreaming of all the cereals I’d like to see cinnamon-ized. (Spotted by Christopher G at Food City.)
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.