The Impulsive Buy

SPOTTED ON SHELVES – 1/18/2016

January 18, 2016March 8, 2023 Marvo

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.

Nestle Coffee-mate Chocolate Boutique Chocolate Toffee Truffle

Nestle Coffee-mate Chocoalte Boutique Salted Caramel Chocolate

Nestle Coffee-mate Chocolate Boutique Salted Caramel Chocolate

These would’ve made good Chewbacca flavors. (Spotted by Adam S at Tops Friendly Markets and Lindsay A at Meijer.)

Thomas’ Limited Edition Maple French Toast English Muffins

Ugh. Thomas’ should just make French toast already. (Spotted by Bob K at Wegmans.)

Limited Batch Blood Orange Noosa Yoghurt

This would’ve been cool for Halloween. Was it available for Halloween? (Spotted by Jim P at Target.)

Pace Organic Salsa Tomatoes Onions Jalapenos Garlic

So much salsa. I wanna do arm curls with them. (Spotted by Robbie at Sam’s Club.)

Yoplait Kids Marvel and Finding Dory Yogurt

The Marvel flavors are Raspberry Reactor and Strawberrium. The Finding Dory flavors are Fin-Tastic Cherry and Sea-sational Strawberry. I bet Strawberrium and Sea-sational Strawberry taste the same. (Spotted by Amanda at Walmart.)

Betty Crocker Disney Frozen Chocolate Chip Oat Crisps and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cinnamon Oat Crisps

Shouldn’t EVERY Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles snack taste like pizza? (Spotted by Amanda at Walmart.)

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 – 1/15/2016

January 15, 2016March 8, 2023 Marvo 5 Comments

Yoplait Greek 100 Whips Peaches ‘n Cream

Yoplait Greek 100 Whips Peaches ‘n Cream joins Yoplait Greek Peaches ‘n Cream, Yoplait Whips Peaches ‘n Cream, and Yoplait Thick & Creamy Peaches ‘n Cream. (Spotted by Adam S at Tops Friendly Markets.)

Key Lime Noosa Yoghurt

Sometimes I want to write the word “the” on top of “finest yoghurt” to make the yogurt look super pretentious. (Spotted by Rachel C at Walmart.)

Stonyfield Organic Plain Whole Milk Greek Yogurt

Stonyfield Organic Vanilla Bean Whole Milk Greek Yogurt

Stonyfield Organic Strawberry Whole Milk Greek Yogurt

There’s also blueberry, cherry, and honey. (Spotted by Adam S at Tops Friendly Markets.)

Nature Valley Honey, Peanut & Almond Protein Chewy Bars

I look forward to the dozens of new snack bars that’ll be released this year. (Spotted by Amanda at Walmart.)

Life Choice Simply Dark Chocolate, Nuts & Sea Salt Nutrition Bar and Cranberry Almond Fruit & Nut Bar

Life Choice Simply Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Nutrition Bar and Coconut Almond Fruit & Nut Bar

You know what, remember what I said in the previous caption? I take that back. (Spotted by Carla at Walmart.)

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Dannon Oikos Limited Edition Red Velvet Cake Greek Yogurt

January 14, 2016March 8, 2023 Marvo 6 Comments

The question on my mind is: How red will this yogurt be? (Spotted by Chris B at ShopRite.)

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.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Jif Peanut Butter & Maple and Peanut Butter & Cinnamon Spreads

January 14, 2016March 8, 2023 Marvo 6 Comments

The Jif brand continues to spread itself across the peanut butter aisle like Jif on a piece of bread. (Spotted by Chris B at Harris Teeter.)

REVIEW: Hot Diggity Dog Pringles

January 14, 2016August 25, 2023 Marvo 5 Comments

Hot Diggity Dog is the all-time greatest Pringles…

…name.

It’s the only Pringles flavor that I would want as my catchphrase if I was a Hanna-Barbara cartoon character. There’s a lonely picnic basket under that tree? Hot Diggity Dog! You came up with a new sprocket for Spacely Space Sprockets? Hot Diggity Dog! Time to punch out at the quarry? Hot Diggity Dog! Scooby Snacks? Hot Diggity Dog!

I love hot dogs. If I could eat them every single day without medical concern, I would. Of course, I’d get sick of them at some point and then switch to hamburgers, but I’d probably come back to hot dogs once I got sick of hamburgers. So having hot dog-flavored Pringles does excite me.

Now if you expect these potato crisps to taste like a hot dog with all the fixings — ketchup, mustard, and relish — please lower your expectations. If you have expectations that it’s going to taste like what’s on the packaging — a hot dog with mustard — then you will be pleased.

Opening the can releases a yellow mustard scent that, if you inhale too much of it, will tickle your nose. There’s also a porky aroma **sniffles** mixed in with the mustard. **sniffles** It’s really nice.

**Sniffles**

Give me a second. Still tickling.

**Sniffles**

Okay, I’m good.

As for their flavor…Oh. My. Dog. The yellow mustard flavor dominates, but they also have a salty and meaty flavor that’s similar to those hot dogs that have ingredients labels I avoid reading. I swear there’s even a slight bun flavor that pops up every so often. Eating through a can of Hot Diggity Dog Pringles is like having having $21 at Costco and eating their $1.50 hot dogs until the money runs out…or until you throw up.

The food scientists behind this flavor did a wonderful job. Even the aftertaste that lingers tastes like a hot dog with mustard. My taste buds are so confused right now. They’re probably thinking, “Something crunchy that taste like a hot dog? What is going on? Are we in the future?”

With that said, I can understand if there are some of you out there who think this processed meat-flavored crunchy snack is absolutely gross. And I guess writing “processed meat-flavored crunchy snack” does make it sound unappealing, but I really love these.

The hot dog with mustard flavor is so spot on that I’ve had thoughts of having a hot dog-flavored Pringles eating competition, pretending I’m either Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi, or Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas, and then swallowing as many Hot Diggity Dog Pringles I can in 10 minutes.

Hot Diggity Dog is the all-time greatest Pringles name. And it’s also one of my all-time greatest Pringles.

Disclosure: I received these from the PR firm that represents Pringles. Receiving a free sample did not affect my review in any way. A glowing review probably looks like I’m in the pocket of Julius Pringles, but I assure you I’m not. So let me say something bad about Julius Pringles. He looks like a murderer in a Sherlock Holmes mystery.

(Nutrition Facts – 1 oz. – 150 calories, 80 calories from fat, 9 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 190 milligrams of sodium, 16 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, less than 1 gram of sugar, and 1 gram of protein.)

Item: Hot Diggity Dog Pringles
Purchased Price: FREE
Size: 5.96 oz. can
Purchased at: Received from PR firm (available at Walgreens)
Rating: 9 out of 10
Pros: Spot on hot dog and mustard flavor. Makes me want to pretend to be a competitive eater. Best Pringles name of all-time.
Cons: I imagine there are many people who won’t like the processed meat flavor. Comes in smaller can than regular Pringles. As of this posting, exclusive to Walgreens.

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