SPOTTED ON SHELVES IN DUBAI: Nestle Nesquik Choco Hearts Cereal

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Nestle Nesquik Choco Hearts Cereal

Nesquik cereal with a chocolatey filling!!! Hmmm. Let’s see how much it’ll be to fly to Dubai to buy a box. $2,577 roundtrip via Philippine Airlines with one stop in the Philippines. Total travel time to Dubai is 25 hours. Okay, it might not be worth it. (Spotted by Jinan W In Dubai.)

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FAST FOOD NEWS: Domino’s Pizza Now Offering Salads

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Domino s Salads

Your friends want a pizza party, but you don’t want pizza because you’re the last person on Earth who has not given up on their New Year’s Resolution to eat better. Well, if your friends love you, they will order from Domino’s because the pizza chain is now selling salads.

They’re prepackaged from Ready Pac Foods, but at least they’re salads and not pizza.

There are three varieties available:

The Classic Garden is a basic salad with grape tomatoes, red onion, carrots, red cabbage, cheddar cheese, and brioche garlic croutons on romaine and iceberg lettuce. The salad, without dressing, has 200 calories 9 grams of fat, 4.5 grams of saturated fat, 20 milligrams of cholesterol, 220 milligrams of sodium, 17 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of fiber, 6 grams of sugar, and 8 grams of protein.

The Chicken Caesar Salad comes with roasted white meat chicken, Parmesan cheese, and brioche garlic croutons on blend of romaine and iceberg lettuce. A dressing-less serving has 210 calories, 7 grams of fat, 3.5 grams of saturated fat, 45 milligrams of cholesterol, 520 milligrams of sodium, 15 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 3 grams of sugar, and 16 grams of protein.

The Chicken Apple Pecan Salad features roasted white meat chicken, diced red and green apples, dried cranberries, praline pecans, cheddar cheese, and a leafy spring mix. A serving without dressing has 190 calories, 4.5 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 40 milligrams of cholesterol, 350 milligrams of sodium, 23 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of fiber, 14 grams of sugar, and 13 grams of protein.

Three salad dressing are available — Ranch, Caesar, and Balsamic.

Domino’s salads are available for $5.99 each when you pair them with any of Domino’s mix and match menu items, like medium two-topping pizzas, Specialty Chicken, eight-piece chicken, Stuffed Cheesy Breads, sandwiches, pastas, and the Marbled Cookie Brownie.

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

(Image via Domino’s Pizza)

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Limited Edition Pumpkin Spice Cheerios Cereal

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Limited Edition Pumpkin Spice Cheerios Cereal

Now that Life Cereal and Cheerios have been pumpkin spice-ified, maybe Kellogg’s or Post’s Raisin Bran should be next. (Spotted by Chris N at Meijer.)

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SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Hostess Deep Fried Twinkies

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Hostess Deep Fried Twinkies

Hostess Deep Fried Chocolate Twinkies

Update: We reviewed it! Click here to read our review.

Find them in the freezer aisle. They’re available exclusively at Walmart for the next few weeks. They’ll be available at more retailers late in the year. (Spotted by Shannon H at Walmart.)

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REVIEW: Burger King Whopperrito

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Burger King Whopperrito

When I first heard about Burger King’s Whopperrito, I asked myself, “Whypperrito?”

I know the Whopper hasn’t gotten much love over the past few years when it comes to new varieties, but I’m not sure the Whopperrito is the best way to make up for lost time.

The new menu item features flame-grilled 100 percent beef seasoned with a special blend of Tex-Mex spices, a creamy queso sauce, diced onions, tomatoes, pickles, and lettuce in a warm flour tortilla.

This not the first time an iconic fast food chain burger found itself wrapped in a flour tortilla. Remember the Big Mac Snack Wrap? Although, that wasn’t trying to be an actual burrito. It was just the ingredients of a Big Mac in a tortilla to give it the flavor of a Big Mac without all the calories and fat of a Big Mac. But that’s not the case with the Whopperrito. With the addition of seasoned beef and a queso sauce, it’s trying to be an actual burrito.

Burger King Whopperrito 2

If Taco Bell ads have taught me anything, it’s that burritos are thicker on ads than in real life. But the Whopperrito’s heft and thickness surprised me. It’s as thick as a 12-ounce can. Heck, it’s thicker than my forearms. Yes, the Whopperrito and all of you will beat me at arm wrestling.

After taking the first bite, I instantly thought of the Whopper. Although not flavor-wise, more temperature-wise. The inside of the Whopperrito was lukewarm. As you can see in the photo, the vegetables take up most of the space and seem to be cooling down the seasoned beef. This fast food thermodynamics is like what I’ve experienced with a lot of Whoppers I’ve had. The veggies also give the menu item a bit of a crunch, which is odd for a burrito.

Burger King Whopperrito 3

If you’re wondering if it tastes like a Whopper or a burrito, it tastes like both. The pickles determined how it tasted to me. Those bites sans pickles tasted more like a burrito, thanks to the seasoned beef and queso sauce. While bites with pickles tasted like those last few bites of a Whopper where there’s more vegetables than beef. I guess the saltiness and sourness from the pickles overwhelmed the Tex-Mex seasonings. By themselves, the beef crumbles taste like they were tossed with some McCormick taco powder.

After taking a few bites, I wondered where the queso sauce was. If you look at the photo above, you won’t see it. But after peeling back the tortilla, I saw the orange sauce clinging to the flour wrapper. I think if there was more of the cheesy sauce, then every bite could’ve tasted like a burrito and perhaps more Taco Bell-ish.

I’ll be honest. There’s a part of me that likes the Whopperrito’s outlandishness. But there’s another part of me that thinks it’s stupid because it’s a mediocre burrito and an unremarkable Whopper.

(Nutrition Facts – 570 calories, 26 grams of fat, 11 grams of saturated fat, 1.5 grams of trans fat, 75 milligrams of cholesterol, 1110 milligrams of sodium, 59 grams of carbohydrates, 7 grams of sugar, and 29 grams of protein.)

Purchased Price: $4.49*
Size: N/A
Rating: 5 out of 10
Pros: Outlandish. Surprisingly thick. Made with 100 percent beef.
Cons: Mediocre burrito. Unremarkable Whopper. Veggies lower the temperature inside the burrito, making it lukewarm. Mine didn’t come with a lot of quest sauce.

*Because I live on a rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, things are a bit pricier here. You’ll probably pay less than I did.