{"id":20623,"date":"2016-09-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20623"},"modified":"2023-03-07T15:28:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T01:28:32","slug":"spotted-on-shelves-hostess-chocolate-scream-twinkies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/21\/spotted-on-shelves-hostess-chocolate-scream-twinkies\/","title":{"rendered":"SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Hostess Chocolate Scream Twinkies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Don’t scream. They’re just regular Twinkies with chocolate filling in a Halloween-themed box. But if you’ve never had Twinkies with chocolate filling, I guess it would appropriate to scream. (Spotted by Carla at Fred Meyer.)<\/i><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re out shopping and see an interesting new product on the shelf, snap a picture of it, and send us an email (theimpulsivebuy@gmail.com) 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<\/b>. If you’ve tried the product, share your thoughts about it in the comments.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don’t scream. They’re just regular Twinkies with chocolate filling in a Halloween-themed box. But if you’ve never had Twinkies with chocolate filling, I guess it would appropriate to scream. (Spotted by Carla at Fred Meyer.) If you\u2019re out shopping and see an interesting new product on the shelf, snap a picture of it, and send […]<\/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-20623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotted-on-shelves"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21229,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/12\/spotted-on-shelves-hostess-chocolate-cake-twinkies-and-white-fudge-ding-dongs\/","url_meta":{"origin":20623,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Hostess Chocolate Cake Twinkies, White Fudge Ding Dongs, and Peanut Butter Ho Hos","author":"Marvo","date":"February 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I really think Hostess should introduce all future limited edition flavors in these smaller packs instead of a box of 9-10. 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