SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Lay’s Thai Sweet Chili Potato Chips

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Lay s Thai Sweet Chili Potato Chips

So these Lay’s Tastes of America chips are supposed to be sold in the same regional areas where the flavor was inspired from. Thai Sweet Chili represents the Pacific Northwest, but this photo was taken in Utah. (Spotted by Rachel C at Walmart.)

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WEEKEND GIVEAWAY: Sweet and Savory Galore, Although Mostly Sweet

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Wow. It’s been more than a month since our last Weekend Giveaway.

Well, let’s put an end to that with a new Weekend Giveaway that’s filled mostly with products we’ve given away in previous weekends. Here’s what we’re giving away this time:

  • 1 Bag of Super Snack Time Pizza in a Bag Pepperoni Jerky Buffalo Pizza Style
  • 1 Bag of Super Snack Time Pizza in a Bag Pepperoni Jerky Supreme Pizza Style
  • 1 Bag of Super Snack Time Pizza in a Bag Pepperoni Jerky Pepperoni Pizza Style

Side note about these. They’re really good. Well, I haven’t had the Buffalo one, but the other two are really good and really pizza-y. Is that a word? It should be.

  • 2 6-ounce bags of Big Chewy Nerds

Side note about this. The strawberry and grapes ones are my favorite. So much so that the other two flavors are just sitting in the bag and will probably never be eaten. Happy Halloween, kids in my neighborhood!

  • 1 5.25-ounce bag of Sweetarts Sour Gummies
  • 1 10-ounce bag of Sweetarts Sour Gummies

You might be asking why are there two different sizes. Well, Nestle sent me two 5.25-ounce bags, but I accidentally ate one. Okay, I didn’t “accidentally” eat one bag. I really like gummies, so I absolutely ate one bag. Also, it wasn’t one bag. It was three. Nestle also sent me two bags of regular Sweetarts Gummies, which I also absolutely ate. So to make up for the eaten gummies, I purchased a 10-ounce bag from Target (it was the only size it had). How are they? Good, but, again, I really like gummies, so I might be biased.

  • 1 Bottle of Uptime Original Sugar Free Energy Drink
  • 2 Bottles of Uptime Original Energy Drink

Finally, I think I mentioned in a previous giveaway that these have 142 milligrams of natural caffeine per bottle. But I didn’t mention they have something called Coenzyme Q10, which sounds like a virus in a movie that causes everyone to turn into zombies, but it’s a dietary supplement that does something that’s probably listed in this Wikipedia article I didn’t read. If you read it, let me know if there’s anything about zombies. Or if you edit it, can you put something in there about zombies.

RULES:

To enter The Impulsive Buy’s Sweet and Savory Galore, Although Mostly Sweet Prize Drawing, 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 Sunday, July 29, 2018 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time. 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 receiving complements every day. Yes, complEments. The Impulsive Buy also promises your mailing address will not be used to send you offers from your credit card company that increases your spending limit. Bribes will not be accepted. The Impulsive Buy will not be responsible for lost mail, damaged mail or being sent empty bags that were supposed to have gummy candy.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES IN CANADA: 7Up Tropical Twist

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7Up Tropical Twist

(Spotted by Andrew S at Metro in Canada.)

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QUICK REVIEW: Exclusive Flavor Frosted Chocolatey Salted Caramel Pop-Tarts

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Exclusive Flavor Frosted Chocolatey Salted Caramel Pop Tarts

What is it?

Another one of those store-exclusive snacks that cajole you into buying a value pack by not offering a smaller box.

In other words, this Pop-Tarts flavor is a Walmart exclusive, only comes in a box of 16 pastries, and features a chocolate-y pastry filled with alternating ribbons of chocolate and salted caramel fillings and salted caramel icing.

How is it?

Even though Pop-Tarts are never going to be a five-star breakfast, I suppose these aren’t half bad when you consider that most people are going to be eating them while they’re not fully awake.

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Fresh from the foil sleeve, each pastry was crisp, sturdy, and smelled faintly of cocoa. It did an adequate job of containing the pastry’s filling, which was surprisingly less runny than I was expecting it to be, and the acceptably sweet frosting gave a satisfying crunch to top off the experience.

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Calling them “adequate” or “acceptable” is about as kind as I can be towards these, though. The dry pastry shell needed more cocoa to make it taste sufficiently “chocolatey,” and the salted caramel and chocolate fillings both ended up being so faint that they almost completely canceled each other out.

Even the frosting tasted like regular royal icing and left me wanting more salted caramel. If I had been eating one of these first thing in the morning, you could have told me it was a S’mores Pop-Tart and I would have believed you.

Is there anything else I need to know?

Like all Pop-Tarts, these are best eaten warm. Toasting them turns the filling into little rivers of chocolate and salted caramel lava, and that helped bring the fillings’ flavors forward a little more.

Conclusion:

While Chocolatey Salted Caramel Pop-Tarts are far from the worst toaster pastries to eat for a quick breakfast, you might want to split a box of these with a friend or two, because their lack of uniqueness and distinct flavor is guaranteed to leave you bored and disinterested before you finish the oversized box.

Purchased Price: $3.68
Size: 16-pack
Purchased at: Walmart
Rating: 6 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1 pastry) 200 calories, 50 calories from fat, 6 grams of total fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 220 milligrams of sodium, 35 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of dietary fiber, and 2 grams of protein.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Red Oval Farms Chocolate Chip and Classic Crunch Oatmeal Cookies

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Red Oval Farms Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Red Oval Farms Classic Crunch Oatmeal Cookies

Is Red Oval Farms a hot new cookie brand from a small company? Nope. A quick Google search shows Red Oval Farms is another Nabisco brand. (Spotted by Rachel C at Macey’s and Carla at Walmart.)

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