FAST FOOD NEWS: Wendy’s Spicy Sriracha Chicken and Bacon Sriracha Fries

Wendy's Spicy Sriracha Chicken and Bacon Sriracha Fries

Last year, Wendy’s jumped on the sriracha train when the chain offered a creamy sriracha dipping sauce for their chicken nuggets. Now the company is testing a couple of new products featuring the spicy sauce — the Spicy Sriracha Chicken and Bacon Sriracha Fries

The drive-thru photo above comes from Impulsive Buy reader Brian, who took this photo at a Wendy’s location in Alliance, Ohio.

According to Brian, the chicken sandwich features a spicy chicken filet, bacon, red onion, spring mix, pepper jack cheese, creamy sriracha sauce, and a bun that seems similar to the red jalapeño one that came with Wendy’s Jalapeño Fresco Chicken Sandwich. The sandwich has a price of $5.19. The Bacon Sriracha Fries appear to be topped with bacon, cheese sauce, and, of course, creamy sriracha sauce.

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

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Nestle Hot Pockets Food Truck

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Fiery Jalapeno Lime Chicken Rollers

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Fiery Jalapeno Lime Chicken Rollers

Hot Pockets Food Truck Spicy Asian-Style Beef

Hot Pockets Food Truck Spicy Asian-Style Beef

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Smokin' Bacon BBQ Recipe Burger

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Smokin’ Bacon BBQ Recipe Burger

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Spicy Asian Style Beef Rollers

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Spicy Asian Style Beef Rollers

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Triple Cheesy Bacon Melt

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Triple Cheesy Bacon Melt

If you’ve seen other Hot Pockets Food Truck flavors, send us photos. (Spotted by Josh C at Kroger, Sunny at Kroger, and Hugo R at Jewel Osco.)

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.

REVIEW: Easter Sundae M&M’s

Easter Sundae M&M's

Easter Sundays hold a special place in my heart. So many memories of floofy dresses bought just for that day. Sleeping with my hair in rollers to get those special curls the next morning. Socks with little bows on them, and saddle shoes or Mary Janes.

That was a shoe before it was a term for weed, guys. Just a heads up.

The point being, I loved–oh, wait, no, I hated Easter Sunday. I hated wearing dresses. The curlers pinched my scalp. Bows are for girls who don’t play in the mud and try to catch lizards. Church was boring and too early.

Okay, it wasn’t all bad. After church we got to go to The Original Pancake House, where they put bacon in pancakes before putting bacon in everything was cool. We had an Easter egg hunt at home, and got to open our baskets full of sweet, delicious candy. It was a fantastic reward for my sore head and sleepy morning.

What we didn’t have was Easter Sundaes. That’s probably because they didn’t exist until M&M’s decided to use some easy wordplay for their latest in a line of many flavors. Look at Red up there, acting like bunny ears and sundaes go together like Halloween and candy corn.

I’d also like to address the flavor itself, which is described on the bag as “White center surrounded by Milk Chocolate.” I know it’s a controversial stance, but White Center has been and always will be my favorite flavor. Good ol’ White Center.

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M&M’s idea of Easter Sundae colors is apparently bright blue, bright pink and what some guy in the paint department of Home Depot would describe as ecru. These feel more like “baby shower gifts when the parents are keeping the gender a secret” more than either Easter or sundaes. Also, for some reason my bag had approximately four times as many blues as pinks, so…I guess it’s a boy?

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Of course, White Center is actually white chocolate, the proof of which is that white chocolate is the first ingredient listed on the back of the bag. It’s the predominant chocolate inside the larger-than-usual M&M, surrounded by a thinner later of milk chocolate.

The taste of Easter Sundae M&M’s is both pleasant and almost oppressively boring. That’s a weird sentence, but it’s 100% true. The white chocolate center dominates as a flavor, while the surrounding milk chocolate plays a nice backup role.

But that’s it; that’s all there is to it. White chocolate and milk chocolate, together at last, or for the 100th time. One of those two. If they really were going for the taste of a sundae, they failed to hit the marks of ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream, cherries, and…well yeah, that’s entirely what comprises a sundae.

If you like to eat white chocolate and milk chocolate together, then you’ll enjoy Easter Sundae M&M’s. But don’t be fooled by the name; there’s no new flavors, no unique experience. Just chocolate.

(Nutrition Facts – 1.5 ounces — 210 calories, 90 calories from fat, 9 grams of total fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 35 milligrams of sodium, 30 grams of total carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 27 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)

Purchased Price: $2.88
Size: 8 oz. bag
Purchased at: Walmart
Rating: 5 out of 10
Pros: Enjoyable mixture of white and milk chocolate. Easter egg hunts. The candy shells are cheerily colored.
Cons: A boring combination of flavors. Trying to force Easter and sundaes together. Candies taste absolutely nothing like sundaes. Floofy dresses.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES – 3/15/2016

Here are some interesting new and limited edition products found on store shelves by us and your fellow readers. If you’ve tried any of the products, share your thoughts about them in the comments.

Marie Callender's Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp

Marie Callender’s Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp

It kind of looks like raw fish with granola on top. (Spotted by Amanda at Kroger.)

Kroger Real Sugar Soda Root Beer and Orange

Kroger Real Sugar Soda Root Beer and Orange

Kroger Real Sugar Soda Cola Time and The Fizzicist

Kroger Real Sugar Soda Cola Time and The Fizzicist

If you’re wondering if thefizzicist.com is taken, because seeing the name sparked a desire in you to start a beverage blog. Yes, it’s taken. (Spotted by Andrew M at Kroger Signature.)

H-E-B Sparking Orange Mango

H-E-B Sparking Orange Mango

Why isn’t it mango orange? Why can’t mango have the bigger font? No one is drinking this because of the orange, they’re doing it for the mango. (Spotted by Robbie at H-E-B.)

Campbell's Organic Cream of Mushroom Soup

Campbell’s Organic Cream of Mushroom Soup

Great for cooking and great for giving to food banks. (Spotted by Amanda at Kroger.)

Kahiki Sesame Ginger Chicken and General Tso's Chicken Bowl & Roll

Kahiki Sesame Ginger Chicken and General Tso’s Chicken Bowl & Roll

Kahiki Szechuan Pepper Steak and Chicken Pad Thai Bowl & Roll

Kahiki Szechuan Pepper Steak and Chicken Pad Thai Bowl & Roll

If you’re one who smokes a bowl or rolls a joint, I bet these might look really good after doing both. (Spotted by Robbie at H-E-B.)

ThinkThin Blueberry Banana High Protein Smoothie Mix

ThinkThin Blueberry Banana High Protein Smoothie Mix

ThinkThin Strawberry Raspberry High Protein Smoothie Mix

ThinkThin Strawberry Raspberry High Protein Smoothie Mix

ThinkThin Peanut Butter Banana Protein Smoothie Mix

ThinkThin Peanut Butter Banana Protein Smoothie Mix

Wait a minute. The peanut butter banana one has the same amount of protein, but it’s not a “High Protein Smoothie Mix.” Conspiracy against nuts? (Spotted by Elizabeth L at Target.)

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.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Polar Unicorn Kisses Seltzer

Polar Unicorn Seltzer Kisses

Ugh! I need UNICORN TEARS to bring them back to life, not unicorn kisses. (Spotted by Lisa B at Hannaford.)

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.