SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Magnum Double Raspberry Ice Cream Bars

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Magnum Double Raspberry Ice Cream Bars

There’s a Magnum Double Chocolate, Double Peanut Butter, and Double Caramel, so why not a Double Raspberry. Maybe the next one will have peanuts and almonds and be called “Double Nuts.” (Spotted by Amanda at Kroger.)

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FAST FOOD NEWS: KFC Nashville Hot Chicken and Nashville Hot Tenders

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KFC Nashville Hot Chicken

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

I know the Jerry Seinfeld in you is going, “What the deal with the pickles?” Did the Vlasic stork accidentally drop some on the chicken? Is there a pickle surplus in the U.S.?

No and no, my friends. That’s how they’re supposed to be. Don’t believe me? Read this.

The chicken gets its spiciness from a blend of cayenne and smoked paprika. Along with the bone-in Nashville Hot Chicken, KFC is also offering boneless Nashville Hot Chicken Tenders, which are available as a three-piece meal with cole slaw and a biscuit.

KFC Nashville Hot Tenders

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

(Image via KFC website)

SPOTTED ON SHELVES – 1/20/2016

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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.

Betty Crocker Limited Edition Raspberry Mojito Cupcake & Frosting Kit

Betty Crocker Limited Edition Raspberry Mojito Cupcake & Frosting Kit

You’re drunk, Betty Crocker! Also, this is the only photo in this post that will not have any of the following words: organic, pure, and natural. (Spotted by Carla at Walmart.)

International Delight Simply Pure Vanilla Coffee Creamer

International Delight Simply Pure Vanilla Coffee Creamer

International Delight Simply Pure Hazelnut Coffee Creamer

International Delight Simply Pure Hazelnut Coffee Creamer

International Delight Simply Pure Caramel Coffee Craemer

International Delight Simply Pure Caramel Coffee Creamer

According to the ingredients, they’re made with real milk, cream, sugar, and guar gum. (Spotted by Lindsay A at Meijer.)

Capri Sun Organic (Grape and Fruit Punch)

Capri Sun Organic (Grape and Fruit Punch)

If you want to do the Capri Sun Challenge, you can now do it with Organic Capri Sun. (Spotted by Lindsay A at Meijer.)

Cascadian Farm Farm Stand Harvest Cherry, Almond & Quinoa Granola

Cascadian Farm Farm Stand Harvest Cherry, Almond & Quinoa Granola

Cascadian Farm Farm Stand Harvest Cranberry, Maple & Wild Rice Granola

Cascadian Farm Farm Stand Harvest Cranberry, Maple & Wild Rice Granola

Cascadian Farm Farm Stand Harvest Honey, Almond & Chia Granola

Cascadian Farm Farm Stand Harvest Honey, Almond & Chia Granola

If I was a horrible farm stand owner, I’d buy these, separate them into smaller bags, put my own label on them, pretend I harvested them, and charge for each small bag the price I bought the bigger bags for. Ka-ching! (Spotted by Amanda at Kroger.)

Nestle Coffee-mat Salted Caramel Natural Bliss Creamer

Nestle Coffee-mate Salted Caramel Natural Bliss Creamer

I double dare a company to create a brand called Pure Natural Organic Bliss. (Spotted by Lindsay A at Meijer.)

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: MiO Energy Ice Vanilla Java and Iced Mocha Java

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MiO Energy Ice Vanilla Java and Iced Mocha Java

Look out Folgers and Maxwell House! MiO has come to take the iced coffee drink concentrate crown! (Spotted by CLyals at Meijer.)

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: Burger King Flame Grilled Chicken Burger

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Burger King Chicken Burger

Burger King was busier last year than Humpty Hump was in a Burger King ba…ugh, that reference is so old. Half of you aren’t going to get it, so I’m not going to finish it.

Anyhoo, in 2015, the burger chain introduced Buffalo Chicken Fries, an extra long list of Extra Long sandwiches, a red velvet milkshake that may or may not have turned your poop a different color, a black bun Halloween Whopper that may or may not have turned your poop a different color, and, of course, they brought back the dead-eyed King mascot, which will give some of us nightmares…again.

Surprisingly, the year didn’t end with one last Extra Long sandwich, instead BK came out with their Flame Grilled Chicken Burger.

The menu item features a flame-grilled chicken burger patty topped with tomatoes, lettuce, mayonnaise, ketchup, pickles, and white onions on a soft, toasted brioche style bun.

Burger King Chicken Burger 2

I have to admit, when I pulled out the burger from its paper cocoon, it looked good. I peeled back the bun and saw those grill marks, which made me want to bite into it even more. Then I cut it in half and the cross section reminded me of photos I saw in the college anatomy class I stopped going to during my junior year after seeing said photos. At that point, the chicken burger lost some of its appeal. But it lost all of its appeal when I took my first bite from it.

Burger King Chicken Burger 3

The patty had a good thickness to it, but it also makes the Whopper patty look scary thin. The patty was also…juicy? I don’t know if saying that is correct. Maybe saying it was sweating hard like it knew it was guilty of not being very good is more accurate because the liquid was like sweat in that it was salty and mostly made of water. I thought it was another ingredient that was bringing the liquid, but that wasn’t the case. Maybe, instead of Flame Broiled Chicken Burger, it should’ve been called the Fully Brined Chicken Burger.

At times, the sandwich as a whole tasted like, I swear, a Subway Cold Cut Combo, which to me isn’t bad. But, again, it was just too salty. The chicken patty itself was spiced in a way that made me think chicken breakfast sausage. Its texture was also sausage patty-like and easy to bite through. If it wasn’t so damn salty, it would probably be nice in a Croissan’wich.

None of the other ingredients did a good job at cutting through that saltiness, and the pickles probably enhanced it. As for the bun, it was shiny like other brioche-style buns, but it don’t think it had the slightly sweet flavor that the McDonald’s and Jack in the Box brioche buns have.

I didn’t get a chance to try every new item Burger King offered in 2015, but I did like almost every one I tried. The two exceptions are the Extra Long Pulled Pork Sandwich and this Flame Grilled Chicken Burger.

(Nutrition Facts – 480 calories, 25 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 1160 milligrams of sodium, 42 grams of carbohydrates, 10 grams of sugar, 22 grams of protein.)

Item: Burger King Flame Grilled Chicken Burger
Purchased Price: $8.49 (medium value meal)
Size: N/A
Purchased at: Burger King
Rating: 4 out of 10
Pros: At times, it tastes like a Subway Cold Cut Combo (if you like them). Burger King taking chances with protein. Doesn’t turn your poop a different color.
Cons: At times, it tastes like a Subway Cold Cut Combo (if you hate them). Very salty. Lots of liquid. Other ingredients couldn’t cut through that saltiness. Bun didn’t seem that special.