SPOTTED ON SHELVES (TRADER JOE’S EDITION) – 10/2/2018

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

Trader Joe s Glimmering Pumpkins Sugar Coated Sugar Cookies

Trader Joe’s Glimmering Pumpkins Sugar Coated Sugar Cookies

Trader Joe s Joe O Lantern Iced Sugar Cookie

Trader Joe’s Joe O’ Lantern Iced Sugar Cookie

Trader Joe s Harvest Spaghetti Squash Spirals

Trader Joe’s Harvest Spaghetti Squash Spirals

Trader Joe s Corn on the Cob Popping Corn

Trader Joe’s Corn on the Cob Popping Corn

Trader Joe s Organic Vermont Maple Syrup Bourbon Barrel Aged

Trader Joe’s Organic Vermont Maple Syrup Bourbon Barrel Aged

Trader Joe s Organic Fair Trade Kingslynn Single Estate Black Tea

Trader Joe’s Organic Fair Trade Kingslynn Single Estate Black Tea

Trader Joe s Organic Fair Trade Kingslynn Single Estate Green Tea

Trader Joe’s Organic Fair Trade Kingslynn Single Estate Green Tea

Trader Joe s Horseradish Aioli

Trader Joe’s Horseradish Aioli

Trader Joe s Organic Delicata Squash Sliced  Roasted

Trader Joe’s Organic Delicata Squash Sliced & Roasted

Trader Joe s Red Honey Processed El Salvador Coffee

Trader Joe’s Red Honey Processed El Salvador Coffee

(Spotted by Sarah R, Rachel C, and Sylvia at Trader Joe’s.)

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: Dairy Queen Snickerdoodle Cookie Dough Blizzard

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Dairy Queen’s Blizzard of the Month for October 2018 is Snickerdoodle Cookie Dough.

The treat features snickerdoodle cookie dough with cinnamon sugar blended with vanilla soft serve. The seasonal Blizzard showed up on the menu in September, but now is getting highlighted this month with the Blizzard of the Month honor. Here’s our review of it from last month.

A small serving has 710 calories, 29 grams of fat, 13 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 50 milligrams of cholesterol, 320 milligrams of sodium, 98 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 73 grams of sugar, and 13 grams of protein.

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

(Image via DQ’s website.)

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Cheez-It Grooves Special Edition Smokin’ Bacon & Swiss

Cheez It Grooves Special Edition Smokin Bacon  Swiss

Groovy! Smokin’! Awesome! Rad! A new flavor of Cheez-It Grooves. (Spotted by Bob K 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.

QUICK REVIEW: Suja Chocolate Organic Plant Protein Milk

Suja Chocolate Organic Plant Protein Milk

What is Suja’s Chocolate Organic Plant Protein Milk?

It’s a dairy-free, plant-based chocolate milk that made using flax seeds, peas, and sunflowers. A cup provides 8 grams of protein, 4 grams of fiber, 30 percent of your daily calcium.

Suja Chocolate Organic Plant Protein Milk 2

How is it?

Whenever there’s a new chocolate milk on the market — dairy or non-dairy — I like to give it a try, because chocolate milk makes me smile, and I want every one to reach that standard. But Suja’s Chocolate Organic Plant Protein Milk doesn’t. All I can think about is how I want to scratch out the word “chocolate” on the bottle and replace it with “chalkolate.”

As you can probably guess, it’s chalky.

Look, I get it. It probably has to be that way since it’s made with sunflower and flax seeds, which also helps give it four grams of fiber (16 percent of your daily recommended intake) per serving. But its chalkiness makes it seem more like chocolate-flavored medicine than milk.

As for its flavor, it’s okay. It’s similar to other non-dairy chocolate milks. Cacao powder is used to give it its chocolatiness and it’s sweetened with cane sugar and monk fruit. But I’m so used to non-dairy milks being creamy, that its texture takes away from its flavor.

Is there anything else I need to know?

Suja Chocolate Organic Plant Protein Milk  Version 2

Is it just me or does the leaf in Suja’s logo look like an angry face or the face of someone who doesn’t like the chalkiness of this non-dairy chocolate milk?

Conclusion:

Suja Chocolate Organic Plant Protein Milk 3

If you’re looking for a non-dairy, nut-free, soy-free, gluten-free, GMO-free, carrageenan-free, and vegan chocolate milk, then the Suja Chocolate Milk is a great option. But, again, I’m looking for chocolate milk that makes me smile, and this doesn’t do it for me.

Purchased Price: $6.79 (on sale – $8.49 reg.)
Size: 48 oz. bottle
Purchased at: Target
Rating: 6 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (8 ounces) 120 calories, 2.5 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 30 milligrams of sodium, 18 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of fiber, 15 grams of sugar, and 8 grams of protein.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Hi-Chew Caramel Apple

Hi Chew Caramel Apple

OOOH!!! Two bonus pieces! I can share them with friends, if I had friends! (Spotted by Rachel C at Harmons.)

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.

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