NEWS: Jack in the Box’s New Outlaw Burger and Spicy Chicken Sandwich Aren’t Really New

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Jack in the Box Outlaw Burger Sign

Update: Click here to read our Jack in the Box Outlaw Burger review

Update 2: Click here to read our Jack in the Box Outlaw Spicy Chicken Sandwich review

Starting today, Jack in the Box will be offering two “new” sandwiches: the Outlaw Burger and the Outlaw Spicy Chicken Sandwich.

Oh, what’s with the quotation marks around the word “new”?

Jack in the Box’s press release says they’re new, but this post from 2006 proves otherwise. Although, there are slight differences between the 2006 version of the Outlaw sandwiches and the 2011 versions, like the type of barbecue sauce and bacon.

This year’s versions of the Outlaw sandwiches come with either a beef patty or spicy crispy chicken fillet and topped with a bourbon barbecue sauce, lettuce, tomato, hickory-smoked bacon, American cheese, and onion rings in between a sesame seed bun.

The Outlaw Burger has 725 calories, 39 grams of fat, 16 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 1,558 milligrams of sodium, 61 grams of carbohydrates, 13 grams of sugar, and 28 grams of protein. The Outlaw Spicy Chicken Sandwich has 771 calories, 32 grams of fat, 9 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 1,859 milligrams of sodium, 80 grams of carbohydrates, and 37 grams of protein.

The Outlaw Burger and Outlaw Spicy Chicken Sandwich are available for a limited time at your local participating Jack in the Box.

Source: Burger Business

NEWS: Angry Birds Fruit Snacks and Gummies Make Me Want To Build A Slingshot

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Are you frustrated you can’t get three stars on a particular level of Angry Birds? Well, you could vent by punching an Angry Birds plush doll, tackling someone dressed up as an Angry Bird on Halloween, or you could violently chomp on the new Angry Birds Fruit Snacks and Gummies from Healthy Food Brands.

The naturally and artificially flavored chewy treats are shaped to look like the characters from the Angry Birds game and each character has their own flavor.

The cherry flavor is shaped like the basic, useless red Angry Bird, the lemon flavor is the yellow Angry Bird that’s great for destroying wood, the raspberry one is shaped like the small blue Angry Bird that splits up into three birds and is great at destroying ice, the apple one is shaped like those damn pigs who keep stealing the eggs, the grape flavor is the black Angry Bird that turns into a bomb, and the strawberry flavor is the larger red Angry Bird.

Angry Birds Fruit Snack and Gummies are made with fruit juice and are fat-, nut-, and gluten-free. Angry Birds Fruit Snacks come in 2.25- and five-ounce bags. Angry Birds Gummies are available in 3.5-ounce theater boxes and five-ounce bags.

NEWS: Kellogg’s Releases Limited Edition Pumpkin Spice Eggo Waffles

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Update: Click here to read our Pumpkin Spice Eggo Waffles review

I hope the new Kellogg’s Limited Edition Eggo Pumpkin Spice Waffles aren’t good. Because if they are, I’m going to WANT them throughout the year, just like I’ve been YEARNING for the Limited Edition Pumpkin Pie Pop-Tarts ever since I ate my last one over 365 days ago.

The new limited edition Eggo waffles have a “flavor inspired by autumn.” Those inspirational flavors are pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Each box comes with 10 waffles and they’re a Target exclusive available at Target and other fine stores. Here’s someone’s review of these seasonal frozen waffles.

A serving of two waffles has 210 calories, 9 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, 3.5 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 2 grams of monounsaturated fat, 380 milligrams of sodium, 60 milligrams of potassium, 29 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 6 grams of sugar, 22 grams of other carbohydrates, 4 grams of protein, 20% vitamin A, 10% calcium, and 25% iron.

If you’ve tried them, let us know what you thought about them in the comments.

NEWS: McDonald’s Offering Sweet Autumn Shake At Limited Locations

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First Time Outside - Orange Kitten in Autumn Leaves

Update: Click here to read our McDonald’s Sweet Autumn Shake review

Yesterday, Impulsive Buy reader Lisa told us on our Facebook page about McDonald’s new Sweet Autumn Shake. It’s features cinnamon and nutmeg mixed in McDonald’s reduced fat ice cream and topped with whipped cream and a cherry.

After doing a little searching on Google, it appears to be a regional (or test) item, available at select McDonald’s locations in the Midwest and East Coast. It’s been available at some of those locations since the beginning of the month.

I do have my doubts that it will be rolled out nationwide because the McDonald’s restaurants here on this rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean have just begun offering the limited time only Arctic Orange Shake.

But I’m not sure I want to try the McDonald’s Sweet Autumn Shake, because Lisa said of it, “Nastiest thing I’ve had in a while.” However, here’s a positive review, so it might not be as bad.

If you’ve had the McDonald’s Sweet Autumn Shake, let us know what you think about it in the comments below.

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REVIEW: Beer Battered Onion Rings Ruffles

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Beer Battered Onion Rings Ruffles

So you’re hosting a fall harvest barbecue with a backwoods gourmet theme heavily influence by your lack of funds and the fact that you ran over a wild animal on your way home from work last night. Frankly, this sounds a bit questionable, but lord knows, I’ve got no room to judge.

Anyway, the meal is shaping up to be a disaster (big shock there). With your first guests set to shuffle over from their neighboring trailers in about fifteen minutes, your found opossum entree still isn’t done (at least, it doesn’t look done – but I’m no opossum roasting expert) and your multi-layer Jell-O jiggler hors d’oeuvres aren’t setting nearly as fast as you’d hoped. You don’t have nearly enough time left to whip up your beloved cheese puff casserole! Whatever will you do for a side dish?

Well, lucky for you, you’ve got me, and a local Walmart. Simply send a significant other/friend/child out for some limited edition Beer Battered Onion Rings Ruffles and you’ll already be halfway to neighborhood acclaim. Seeing as you’ve prepared no other sides, I’d recommend, oh, roughly 1/3 bag per person.

“But Nichol,” I assume you’re asking, “I can’t just serve them bagged. That’s not gourmet! And the only bowl I have big enough for the five bags of chips you estimate I’ll need has snowmen and dancing Santas all over it!”

Holy crap! Chill out! I’ve got you covered. Quit interrupting.

Do you have construction paper? No? Well, quick – call the person you sent out for chips and have them pick some up. I’ll wait.

Okay? Okay. Now, what you want to do next is come up with an appropriate replacement theme for the bowl. You’ve already got the Fall thing going, so let’s work with that. Now’s the time to get creative. I recommend covering Frosty and St. Nick’s faces with lots and lots of paper leaves. If, however, you wish to take things a bit further, maybe shift forward a few weeks with your décor, you could also craft zombie parts for the Santas, so that they appear to be hunting down the poor snowmen, or vice versa.

In either case, that’s not a problem you’ve got on your hands so much as a fantastic crafting opportunity.

“But what about the chips themselves?” You now say because you’re just horribly whiny and out of sorts today. “What makes them classy? And shouldn’t I opt for more of a variety?”

First off, no. Just these. Don’t confuse your guests with five thousand similar looking lesser chip varieties. They deserve better.

Second, these chips happen to be a limited edition, fan-chosen, Walmart exclusive. If that’s not enough for your crowd of snobbish rednecks, tell them this: Beer Battered Onion Rings Ruffles are a one-of-a-kind treat, occupying a blurry middle ground somewhere between Funyuns and their comparatively mundane Sour Cream and Onion Ruffles cousins.

Beer Battered Onion Rings Ruffles Closeup

They are the mellow, potato chip equivalent to French’s French Fried Onions, by which I mean the oniony notes are vivid, sweet, and unmistakably Vidalia-like, and the chips taste very much deep fried in some batter you won’t recognize but will wish you could replicate. They offer just a hint of completely unnecessary brown sugar (which I assume is supposed to lend a caramelized taste) and subtle buttermilk undertones. The coating is light, sidestepping both the weird film Funyuns leave behind in one’s mouth and the heaviness one feels by one’s second or third handful of sour cream and onion chips.

The flavor pairs wonderfully with a nice peppery Saison. What? I lost you all there? Fine. These chips pair decently with any cheap beer devoid of fruity elements, wheat, and most other adjectives. Is that what you want to hear? Honestly, why do I even try with you?

Basically, if your guests enjoy onion rings, they will enjoy these chips. And if they are the kind of crowd that enjoys opossum, I’m just going to stereotypically assume they’re onion ring fans. Or at least fans of fried things, which is close enough.

Oh, and I should probably mention that the layers of flavor flatten out to nothing but semi-fake onion as you keep shoveling the Beer Battered Onion Rings Ruffles into your gullet. Make sure to periodically offer up more beer and opossum parts to avoid potential party-killing monotony.

Good Luck!

(Nutrition Facts – 1 ounce/ about 11 chips- 160 calories, 90 calories from fat, 10 grams of fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 2.5 grams polyunsaturated fat, 5 grams monounsaturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 170 milligrams of sodium, 200 milligrams of potassium, 15 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 1 gram of sugar, 2 grams of protein, 0% vitamin A, 0% calcium, 8% Vitamin B6, 10% vitamin C, 4% thiamin, 2% phosphorous, 4% magnesium, and 2% iron.)

Item: Beer Battered Onion Rings Ruffles
Price: $2.98 (on sale)
Size: 9 ounces
Purchased at: Walmart
Rating: 7 out of 10
Pros: No Funyuns film. DIY re-holiday-ification. Buttermilk. Jell-O hors d’oeuvres. Vidalia sweetness. Good addition to the existing faux-fried onion flavor family. Zombie Santas.
Cons: Found opossum entrees. Attempt at caramelized flavor lends a weird barbeque-like edge. Jell-O refusing to cooperate. Descends into an oniony borefest after a few minutes.

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