SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Ruffles Flame Grilled Cheeseburger Potato Chips

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Ruffles Flame Grilled Cheeseburger Potato Chips

I wonder if these chips will taste similar to these chips. (Spotted by Chris B at Harris Teeter.)

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SPOTTED ON SHELVES (TRADER JOE’S EDITION)- 9/29/2016

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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.

Trader Joe's Boffo Bar

Trader Joe’s Boffo Bar

Hey, Trader Joe’s! How about making your version of Cookies ‘n’ Cream Twix since Mars won’t be bringing it back. (Spotted by Rachel C at Trader Joe’s.)

Trader Joe's Pumpkin Harvest Cold Pressed Juice

Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Harvest Cold Pressed Juice

Cranberry cold pressed juice has to be next. Come on, cranberry! Also, did someone drink from the bottle on the left? (Spotted by Rachel C at Trader Joe’s.)

Trader Joe's Cranberry Fest Cold Pressed Juice

Trader Joe’s Cranberry Fest Cold Pressed Juice

Yes! All right. Gravy cold pressed juice has to be next. Come on, gravy! (Spotted by Rachel C at Trader Joe’s.)

Trader Joe's Apple Caramel Greek Whole Milk Yogurt

Trader Joe’s Apple Caramel Greek Whole Milk Yogurt

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

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REVIEW: Tastykake Pumpkin Spice Mini Donuts

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Tastykake Pumpkin Spice Mini Donuts

I imagine these Tastykake Pumpkin Spice Mini Donuts would be great to dunk into a pumpkin spice-flavored coffee, hot cocoa, melted ice cream, egg nog, yogurt, or whatever random pumpkin spice product I’d hit if I threw a rock at a Target grocery section.

Dunking it would up the pumpkin spiciness, which is something I feel these donuts need. Eaten sans dunking sauce, the pumpkin spice flavor isn’t where I’d want it to be. It’s as if someone did a pumpkin spice seasoning challenge, failed, coughed out all that pumpkin spice, forming a cloud, and then these donuts were seasoned by throwing them through that cloud.

Look, I live on a rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. We don’t experience fall like a lot of you. It’s like spring/summer all the time. If I can’t experience fall with my eyes or with my shoulder muscles from raking all the orange leaves in my yard, I want to experience fall with my mouth and I don’t think these donuts have that level of flavor.

With that said, they aren’t so bad that they make me want to fly across the Pacific Ocean, go to the Tastykake headquarters, and drop the bag above on their welcome mat with a Post-It Note attached that has the word “NOPE” scrawled on it.

Tastykake Pumpkin Spice Mini Donuts 2

They’re okay, but they don’t make me want to turn my arm into a donut dunking robot that helps me eat through an entire bag within 10 minutes. There’s an acceptable amount of cinnamon flavor in the powdered coating and I could taste other spices. But, again, I wish it was amped up a little. They’re also dense donuts and almost as chewy as brownies or original PowerBars that have been in a car’s glove compartment. I’m not sure that’s a good thing.

I’ll definitely finish off the bag, although not quickly. And I’ll dunk them into pumpkin spice hummus if the rock I throw at a Target grocery section hits it.

Disclosure: I received a free sample of these donuts from Tastykake. Receiving them for free did not affect this review in any way.

(Nutrition Facts – 4 donuts – 230 calories, 100 calories from fat, 11 grams of fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 1.5 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 3.5 grams of monounsaturated fat, 10 milligrams of cholesterol, 260 milligrams of sodium, 31 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 14 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)

Purchased Price: Free
Size: 10 oz bag
Purchased at: Received from Tastykake
Rating: 5 out of 10
Pros: Not horrible. Cinnamon-y. So many pumpkin spice products.
Cons: Too light pumpkin spice flavor. Chewier than most donuts I’ve had. Throwing rocks in a Target. So many pumpkin spice products.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Red Vines Made Simple

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Red Vines Made Simple

Made with real sugar, no artificial colors, no preservatives, always fat free, and always easily turned into a drinking straw. (Spotted by Carla at Fred Meyer.)

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BACK ON SHELVES: Reese’s Pieces Peanut (2016)

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Reese's Pieces Peanut

I’d like to see Reese’s put Reese’s Pieces Peanut inside a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. (Spotted by Robbie at Walmart.)

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