SPOTTED ON SHELVES – 3/16/2016

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 Outshine Watermelon Fruit Bars

Nestle Outshine Watermelon Fruit Bars

Made with real fruit, but thankfully not made with real fruit seeds. (Spotted by Melody at Kroger.)

Rockstar Revolt Killer Citrus Energy Drink

Rockstar Revolt Killer Citrus Energy Drink

Googled “Killer Citrus” and the first result was this Snopes post. (Spotted by Chelsea C at Lucky’s.)

Cooked Perfect Maple Sriracha Premium Fire Grilled Wings

Cooked Perfect Maple Sriracha Premium Fire Grilled Wings

Cooked Perfect Zesty Herbs & Spice Premium Fire Grilled Wings

Cooked Perfect Zesty Herbs & Spice Premium Fire Grilled Wings

Give me an oven without a proper door seal and a broken thermometer, and I’ll not warm these up perfectly. (Spotted by Amanda at Kroger.)

Popcorners Mango Salsa and Sea Salt Popped Bean Chips

Popcorners Mango Salsa and Sea Salt Popped Bean Chips

If I eat both of these in one sitting, I know something that’ll do some popping. (Spotted by Carla at World Market.)

Tic Tac Fruit Adventure

Tic Tac Fruit Adventure

Old flavor. New adorable package. (Spotted by Sylvia at Vons.)

Ragu Spicy Italian Style Sauce

Ragu Spicy Italian Style Sauce

I could’ve sworn Ragu already had a spicy Italian sauce. Spent one minute Googling it, but didn’t find anything. Maybe I’ll find something if I spend two minutes Googling. (Spotted by Amanda at Walmart.)

Franz Limited Edition Peach Mango Bread

Franz Limited Edition Peach Mango Bread

Two limited edition breads for Franz this year. Franz is coming for you, Oreo! (Spotted by Carla at Costco.)

Starbucks Creme Brulee K-Cups

Starbucks Crème Brûlée K-Cups

The u is missing its û. (Spotted by Dorothy M 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: Sprite Tropical Mix (2016)

Sprite Tropical Mix (2016)

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

Last year, Coca-Cola brought back Sprite Tropical (Remix), but it was only available in the Southeast. But now it appears, thanks to this photo taken in Washington, it’s back for a limited time for possibly everyone else in the country. (Spotted by @CrystalineFlask at The Jackpot, a gas station.)

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.

FAST FOOD NEWS: Wendy’s Spicy Sriracha Chicken and Bacon Sriracha Fries

Wendy's Spicy Sriracha Chicken and Bacon Sriracha Fries

Last year, Wendy’s jumped on the sriracha train when the chain offered a creamy sriracha dipping sauce for their chicken nuggets. Now the company is testing a couple of new products featuring the spicy sauce — the Spicy Sriracha Chicken and Bacon Sriracha Fries

The drive-thru photo above comes from Impulsive Buy reader Brian, who took this photo at a Wendy’s location in Alliance, Ohio.

According to Brian, the chicken sandwich features a spicy chicken filet, bacon, red onion, spring mix, pepper jack cheese, creamy sriracha sauce, and a bun that seems similar to the red jalapeño one that came with Wendy’s Jalapeño Fresco Chicken Sandwich. The sandwich has a price of $5.19. The Bacon Sriracha Fries appear to be topped with bacon, cheese sauce, and, of course, creamy sriracha sauce.

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

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Nestle Hot Pockets Food Truck

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Fiery Jalapeno Lime Chicken Rollers

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Fiery Jalapeno Lime Chicken Rollers

Hot Pockets Food Truck Spicy Asian-Style Beef

Hot Pockets Food Truck Spicy Asian-Style Beef

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Smokin' Bacon BBQ Recipe Burger

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Smokin’ Bacon BBQ Recipe Burger

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Spicy Asian Style Beef Rollers

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Spicy Asian Style Beef Rollers

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Triple Cheesy Bacon Melt

Hot Pockets Food Truck Bites Triple Cheesy Bacon Melt

If you’ve seen other Hot Pockets Food Truck flavors, send us photos. (Spotted by Josh C at Kroger, Sunny at Kroger, and Hugo R at Jewel Osco.)

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: Easter Sundae M&M’s

Easter Sundae M&M's

Easter Sundays hold a special place in my heart. So many memories of floofy dresses bought just for that day. Sleeping with my hair in rollers to get those special curls the next morning. Socks with little bows on them, and saddle shoes or Mary Janes.

That was a shoe before it was a term for weed, guys. Just a heads up.

The point being, I loved–oh, wait, no, I hated Easter Sunday. I hated wearing dresses. The curlers pinched my scalp. Bows are for girls who don’t play in the mud and try to catch lizards. Church was boring and too early.

Okay, it wasn’t all bad. After church we got to go to The Original Pancake House, where they put bacon in pancakes before putting bacon in everything was cool. We had an Easter egg hunt at home, and got to open our baskets full of sweet, delicious candy. It was a fantastic reward for my sore head and sleepy morning.

What we didn’t have was Easter Sundaes. That’s probably because they didn’t exist until M&M’s decided to use some easy wordplay for their latest in a line of many flavors. Look at Red up there, acting like bunny ears and sundaes go together like Halloween and candy corn.

I’d also like to address the flavor itself, which is described on the bag as “White center surrounded by Milk Chocolate.” I know it’s a controversial stance, but White Center has been and always will be my favorite flavor. Good ol’ White Center.

Easter Sundae M&M's 2

M&M’s idea of Easter Sundae colors is apparently bright blue, bright pink and what some guy in the paint department of Home Depot would describe as ecru. These feel more like “baby shower gifts when the parents are keeping the gender a secret” more than either Easter or sundaes. Also, for some reason my bag had approximately four times as many blues as pinks, so…I guess it’s a boy?

Easter Sundae M&M's 3

Of course, White Center is actually white chocolate, the proof of which is that white chocolate is the first ingredient listed on the back of the bag. It’s the predominant chocolate inside the larger-than-usual M&M, surrounded by a thinner later of milk chocolate.

The taste of Easter Sundae M&M’s is both pleasant and almost oppressively boring. That’s a weird sentence, but it’s 100% true. The white chocolate center dominates as a flavor, while the surrounding milk chocolate plays a nice backup role.

But that’s it; that’s all there is to it. White chocolate and milk chocolate, together at last, or for the 100th time. One of those two. If they really were going for the taste of a sundae, they failed to hit the marks of ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream, cherries, and…well yeah, that’s entirely what comprises a sundae.

If you like to eat white chocolate and milk chocolate together, then you’ll enjoy Easter Sundae M&M’s. But don’t be fooled by the name; there’s no new flavors, no unique experience. Just chocolate.

(Nutrition Facts – 1.5 ounces — 210 calories, 90 calories from fat, 9 grams of total fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 35 milligrams of sodium, 30 grams of total carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 27 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)

Purchased Price: $2.88
Size: 8 oz. bag
Purchased at: Walmart
Rating: 5 out of 10
Pros: Enjoyable mixture of white and milk chocolate. Easter egg hunts. The candy shells are cheerily colored.
Cons: A boring combination of flavors. Trying to force Easter and sundaes together. Candies taste absolutely nothing like sundaes. Floofy dresses.

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