{"id":20028,"date":"2016-05-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20028"},"modified":"2021-01-05T21:14:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T07:14:27","slug":"week-in-reviews-572016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/07\/week-in-reviews-572016\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEK IN REVIEWS &#8211; 5\/7\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"text-align:center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theimpulsivebuy\/25949713390\/in\/photolist-Fx64Hy\" title=\"Trader Joe&#x27;s Dark Chocolate Covered Peaberry Coffee Beans\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1493\/25949713390_74979ed031_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"Trader Joe&#x27;s Dark Chocolate Covered Peaberry Coffee Beans\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>Here are a few product reviews posted this week from other blogs we follow.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=http:\/\/www.whatsgoodattraderjoes.com\/2016\/05\/trader-joes-dark-chocolate-covered.html>The biggest drawback to these peaberry beans is the inevitable urge to eat way more than you should in one sitting&#8230;<\/a>&#8221; <i>(via What&#8217;s Good at Trader Joe&#8217;s)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=http:\/\/junkbanter.com\/2016\/05\/04\/review-birthday-cake-cookie-dough-bites><\/a>They\u2019re straight-up booty.&#8221; <i>(via Junk Banter)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=http:\/\/www.sometimesfoodie.com\/2016\/05\/honey-cheese-cheetos-h-mart.html>I opened the bag and the puffed snacks inside smell like a sweet honey&#8217;d breakfast cereal mixed with Ritz crackers.<\/a>&#8221; <i>(via Sometimes Foodie)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=http:\/\/www.junkfoodguy.com\/2016\/05\/02\/gftorchedsmore><\/a>&#8230;it tasted like cold cinnamon graham cracker batter.&#8221; <i>(via Junk Food Guy)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few product reviews posted this week from other blogs we follow. &#8220;The biggest drawback to these peaberry beans is the inevitable urge to eat way more than you should in one sitting&#8230;&#8221; (via What&#8217;s Good at Trader Joe&#8217;s) &#8220;They\u2019re straight-up booty.&#8221; (via Junk Banter) &#8220;I opened the bag and the puffed snacks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotted-on-shelves"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13606,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/05\/video-review-wasabi-kit-kat-japan\/","url_meta":{"origin":20028,"position":0},"title":"VIDEO REVIEW: Wasabi Kit Kat (Japan)","author":"Marvo","date":"October 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I get my hands on Wasabi Kit Kat from Japan. 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