SPOTTED ON SHELVES – 2/23/2017

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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.

Entenmann’s Limited Edition Frosted Whoopie Pies

Whoopie…doo? (Spotted by Sean L at Stop & Shop.)

Lay’s Lightly Salted Barbecue Potato Chips

How about Lightly Salted Sour Cream & Onion Potato Chips, Lay’s? (Spotted by Robbie at Target.)

Pillsbury Batman Shape Sugar Cookies

This would’ve been soooo much cooler if the cookies were shaped like the Bat Signal. Then I could throw them like a batarang. (Spotted by Robbie at Walmart.)

Nestle Outshine Blueberry Chamomile Fruit & Tea Bars
Nestle Outshine Fruit & Tea Bars (Peach Black Tea and Lemon Black Tea)

Nestle Outshine Tangerine Ginger Ginseng Fruit & Tea Bars

Am I the only one who wants to melt one of these into a glass, add ice, and drink it? (Spotted by Melody T at Meijer and Target.)

Trader Joe’s Everything But The Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend

(Spotted by Rachel C at Trader Joe’s.)

Great Value Fiber Brownies (Lemon and Cinnamon Coffee Cake)

Great BM? (Spotted by Carla at Walmart.)

H-E-B Texas Style BBQ Beans with Sauce with Beef and Bacon

(Spotted by Robbie at H-E-B.)

Doritos Toasted Corn Tortilla Chips (2017)

Toasted Corn Doritos are back! Or have never left and are now available at more stores! Or have always been around but relegated to the corner of the bottom shelf! (Spotted by Gary A at Weis Markets.)

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.

Also, if you want to send in photos and are wondering if we’ve already covered something, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Trolli Sour Gummi Crunchers

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Hey Trolli! How about a liquid or gel center inside a gummi and then put that inside a crunchy shell. You could call it Gummi Crunch Gushers. You’re welcome! (Spotted by Rachel C at Target.)

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. If you’ve tried the product, share your thoughts about it in the comments.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Magnum Double Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Bars

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Magnum has more Doubles varieties than “classic” varieties. Not including this one, there’s Double Caramel, Double Raspberry, Double Chocolate Vanilla, Double Peanut Butter, and Double Chocolate ice cream bars. I guess you could say Magnum is doubling down on Doubles bars. (Spotted by Dorothy M 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. If you’ve tried the product, share your thoughts about it in the comments.

Also, if you want to send in photos and are wondering if we’ve already covered something, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Häagen-Dazs Trio Ice Cream

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Häagen-Dazs Trio Salted Caramel & Chocolate Ice Cream
Häagen-Dazs Trio White & Milk Chocolate Ice Cream

There are also Vanilla & Blackberry and Coffee & Vanilla varieties. (Spotted by Sascha at Meijer and Sylvia at Vons.)

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.

Also, if you want to send in photos and are wondering if we’ve already covered something, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

REVIEW: KFC Georgia Gold Chicken

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Recently, I’ve been referring to KFC as Kan’t Figure (out the) Colonel because of its revolving door of portrayals that started off as confusing and is now weirdly entertaining. The latest Colonel Sanders made his debut along with the chicken chain’s new Georgia Gold Honey Mustard BBQ Chicken.

Let me preface by saying I’m a connoisseur of anything honey mustard-flavored. Amongst the fast food landscape there is the full gamut of choices, from Chick-fil-A’s non-creamy offering to Papa John’s liquid euphoria that I would very much like to bathe in.

That’s the thing about honey mustard and its flavor profile, it’s all over the place. As Forrest Gump’s mom would say, “Honey mustard is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”

Is it cream based? What’s the honey-to-mustard ratio? How seedy is it? Let’s see where Georgia Gold lies.

(Side note – KFC, how bout Tom Hanks as the next colonel? I BET HE WOULD CRUSH IT.)

The chicken tenders I got came in an order of three in their own little container with some pickles for good measure. While I do love a good pickle, I’m not a huge fan when they are hot as they lose some of their gratifying crunch. They were marginal at best. I ate them first just so I could move quickly on to the stars of the dish, the tenders themselves, which were fantastic.

The meat inside was juicy, like insanely juicy, which I definitely was not expecting. The breading was, as I like to call it, Goldilocks-style. Not too crunchy or too mushy, it was juuuuuussssssst right.

With the perfect meat and breading I was excited for some intense flavor. However, it never materialized. It was hard to distinguish any flavor at all actually. As I looked to the bottom of the container, I saw what had happened. It had all pooled to the bottom grooves of the container so I decided to scoop up the concoction with my spork.

Once in my mouth, I got all the flavors I was hoping for. Hints of mustard and honey, a slight BBQ essence, even a little bit of heat towards the end, and all surprisingly well balanced. All notes could have been a bit stronger and I wish it was more of a smooth sauce rather than being slightly clumpy and oily, but regardless it was tasty!

I remedied the rest of my meal by adding the mixture right on top of the remaining tenders. After I was finished, forget my fingers, I wanted to lick those grooves. Yum, this was CONTAINER LICKIN’ GOOD!

(Nutrition Facts – 3 Tenders – 410 calories, 22 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 75 milligrams of cholesterol, 940 milligrams of sodium, 24 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 0 grams of sugar, and 29 grams of protein.)

Purchased Price: $5.49
Size: N/A
Rating: 8 out of 10
Pros: Goldilocks-style breading. Insanely juicy white meat chicken. Tom Hanks as the new Colonel. A bathtub full of your favorite condiment.
Cons: Trying out a new honey mustard = taste bud Russian roulette. Georgia Gold sauce fleeing the tenders for the safety of the container grooves.

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