SPOTTED ON SHELVES – 3/1/2018

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

Kemp s JoyFULL Scoops Mint Chocolate Chip Frozen Yogurt

Kemps JoyFULL Scoops Mint Chocolate Chip Frozen Yogurt

Kemp s JoyFULL Scoops Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frozen Yogurt

Kemps JoyFULL Scoops Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frozen Yogurt

Kemp s JoyFULL Scoops Sea Salt Caramel Frozen Yogurt

Kemps JoyFULL Scoops Sea Salt Caramel Frozen Yogurt

There’s also a Chocolate Peanut Butter flavor. Also, my goodness, Kemps has a lot of frozen yogurt lines. (Spotted by Erin K at Hy-Vee.)

Tastykake St Patrick s Day Green Snowballs

Tastykake St. Patrick’s Day Green Snowballs

(Spotted by Dena K at CVS.)

7 Select Lemon Powdered Sugar and Vanilla Bean Mini Donuts

7-Select Lemon Powdered Sugar and Vanilla Bean Mini Donuts

(Spotted by Scott K at 7-Eleven.)

Hostess Sweet Sixteen Donettes Double Chocolate Flavored Mini Donuts

Hostess Sweet Sixteen Donettes Double Chocolate Flavored Mini Donuts

(Spotted by Robbie at Walmart.)

Duncan Hines Perfect Size for 1 Vanilla Frosting and Caramel Drizzle

Duncan Hines Perfect Size for 1 Vanilla Frosting and Caramel Drizzle

Duncan Hines Perfect Size for 1 Chocolate Drizzle and Strawberry Drizzle

Duncan Hines Perfect Size for 1 Chocolate Drizzle and Strawberry Drizzle

Duncan Hines Perfect Size for 1 Frosting (Cream Cheese and Chocolate)

(Spotted by Carla at Walmart and Robbie at Walmart Neighborhood Market.)

Annie s Homegrown Organic Snack Mix Honey Bunny Crunch

Annie’s Homegrown Organic Snack Mix Honey Bunny Crunch

(Spotted by Rachel C at Sprouts.)

Nestle Pure Life Water Emoji Bottles

Nestle Pure Life Water Emoji Bottles

(Spotted by Robbie at Walmart.)

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SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt Pints

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Yasso Party Animal Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Party Animal Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Chocolate PB Yay Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Chocolate PB & Yay Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Mint Champion Chip Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Mint Champion-Chip Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Rolling in the Dough Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Rolling in the Dough Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Caramel Pretzel Mania Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Caramel Pretzel-Mania Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Coffee Brownie Break Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Coffee Brownie Break Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Loco Coco Caramel Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Loco Coco Caramel Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Best of Both Swirlds Frozen Greek Yogurt

Yasso Best of Both Swirlds Frozen Greek Yogurt

I have to admit these have names that sound like they’re rejects from Ben & Jerry’s marketing department. (Spotted by Caitlin J at Giant.)

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.

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REVIEW: Nestle Crunch Dark Bar (2018)

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Nestle Crunch Dark Bar 2018

If rebooting movies and TV shows will continue to be a thing, I guess rebooting candy bars is possible. While the wrapper says “NEW,” the Nestle Crunch Dark Bar made its debut as a limited edition candy way back in 2005.

Unlike dark chocolate bars that come from smaller chocolatiers with fancy names I’m not 100 percent sure how to pronounce, like Vosges, Dagoba, and Chuao, the Nestle Crunch Dark Bar doesn’t show off its cacao percentage. It keeps us in the dark by saying it’s just “dark.”

But unlike its 2005 version, this one tells us it’s made with 100 percent real chocolate and contains no artificial flavors or colors. So does that mean the original version wasn’t made with 100 percent real chocolate and contained artificial flavors and colors?

Wait! Don’t tell me! I don’t want my memories of the 2005 Nestle Crunch Dark Bar tainted because I loved it and was a little sad when it went away.

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As you can probably guess, Crunch Dark is darker in appearance than the regular Crunch bar. But it’s not as dark as chocolate bars from companies whose names I’m not 100 percent sure how to pronounce that go into the 60-70 percent cacao range. The rice crisps are just as crunchy as those in the regular Crunch bar.

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Its flavor straddles the line between milk and dark chocolate. It may disappoint those who love dark chocolate’s bitter bite, but it doesn’t disappoint me. To be honest, I probably would’ve liked this bar less if it was more bitter. What Crunch Dark does is make me realize that regular Crunch bars are too sweet. The darker chocolate tampers down the sweetness, but that positive brings up a different problem.

They’re easier to eat. Well, if you consider that a problem.

I don’t know if I’ve had so many regular milk chocolate Crunch bars over the years that my taste buds are tired of them, but Crunch Dark is better tasting. I enjoyed it in 2005 and I’m enjoying it in 2018.

Disclosure: After I purchased this from 7-Eleven, Nestle sent me a box filled with Crunch Dark Bars and a couple of bags of Buncha Crunch Dark that I didn’t know it was sending. I just thought I’d be transparent about that and let you know – now everyone say it with me – that it didn’t influence my review in any way.

(Nutrition Facts – 1 bar – 220 calories, 12 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 30 milligrams of sodium, 28 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 21 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)

Purchased Price:
Size: 1.55 oz. bar
Purchased at: 7-Eleven
Rating: 9 out of 10
Pros: I think they’re better than the original Crunch bar. Straddles the line between milk chocolate and dark chocolate. Reduced sweetness makes them easier to eat. The wonderful crunch from the rice crisps.
Cons: Might disappoint those who like their dark chocolate bitter. Reduced sweetness makes them easier to eat.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Haagen-Dazs Decadent Collection Honey Salted Caramel Almond Ice Cream

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Haagen Dazs Decadent Collection Honey Salted Caramel Almond Ice Cream

I wonder why salted honey isn’t a thing. Salted caramel…yes. Salted almonds…yes. Salted honey…no. (Spotted by Bob K at Giant Eagle.)

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.

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REVIEW: Mix by Sprite: Tropic Berry

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McDonald s Mix by Sprite Tropic Berry

Like many surly teenagers in the 90s with nothing better to do than loiter, I hung out way too many hours for my own good at the Target up the block from my house. The electronics department was a social hub for most of the boys in the neighborhood due to the fact that they had every current gaming system out in the open and set on free play. None of that demo nonsense that Sears did.

This was all well and good until the one of the managers would let us know in no uncertain terms that we had to buy something or leave. Squeezing every last minute of gameplay we could, those of us with a few spare quarters would pool together about 75 cents to buy a bottle of this new beverage that was seemingly only available at Target: Clearly Canadian.

With its sticky sweet, syrupy “clear” taste that mingled deliriously with a decidedly crisp berry sensation, we passed the bottle around like grade school hoboes warming themselves around an 8-bit barrel fire. Looking back, it was a flavor out of and ahead of it time, especially during the crystal cola wars of the 1990-somethings. Sure, after pounding three or four at a time, it gave us the worst headaches and a little bit of nausea on the way home to dinner, but for that price to stay and play, who gave a good gosh-darn.

It’s been a flavor sensation that I have been nostalgically chasing for almost 20 years and, while I always knew it would be those flavor wizards at Sprite that would probably be the ones to resuscitate that drinkable emotion, I had no idea it would be found on accident while I was looking for the Hi-C Orange Lava Burst cold filtered water button on a McDonald’s drink fountain.

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Going by the fake corporate DJ nom de plume of Mix by Sprite: Tropic Berry, this is most definitely the second coming of that Mountain Berry or Western Loganberry Clearly Canadian if there ever was one, right down to the high-fructose headache after excitedly slurping two large-sized cups of the carbonated beverage when, as an adult, you should really know better.

The typical lemon-lime zest of Sprite that we’ve come to expect is pushed down the taste scale pretty low to point of being barely noticeable as the artificially-flavored tropical (which tropic though?) berry (which berry though?) dominates proudly. It also comes complete with a tongue-coating aftertaste that will definitely call for at least a full cup of PowerAde Mountain Berry Blast cold filtered water to swig around as you leave the restaurant. Or Wal-Mart, if you’re in nasty and/or in Oklahoma.

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Mix by Sprite: Tropic Berry is definitely worth tracking down and most definitely worth the taste, if only for curiosity’s sake. While it is far too sickly sucrosed-up to be an everyday thing, it’ll make for a delightful once a week treat as you nosh on a Big Mac and fries. Just keep that bottle of aspirin on the ready. ¡Cómpralo ya!

(Nutrition Facts – (small only) – 100 calories, 0 calories from fat, 0 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 55 milligrams of sodium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 27 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein.)

Purchased Price: $1.00
Size: Large
Rating: 8 out of 10
Pros: Great berry taste. Surprisingly crisp. Extremely refreshing.
Cons: Can be too much of a sweet thing. Bad aftertaste.

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