{"id":39333,"date":"2019-09-10T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=39333"},"modified":"2021-03-15T20:13:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T06:13:26","slug":"spotted-kool-aid-ghoul-aid-scary-berry-popping-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/09\/10\/spotted-kool-aid-ghoul-aid-scary-berry-popping-candy\/","title":{"rendered":"SPOTTED: Kool-Aid Ghoul-Aid Scary Berry Popping Candy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kool<\/p>\n

Update: We tried it! <\/a>Click here to read our review.<\/b><\/p>\n

This would be scary if the popping candy were actually tiny shards of the Kool-Aid Man. (Spotted by Robbie at Dollar Tree.)<\/i><\/p>\n

Thank you to all the photo contributors! If you\u2019re out shopping and see an interesting new product on the shelf, s nap 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 do so, you might see your picture in our next Spotted on Shelves post.<\/em><\/p>\n

Also, if you want to send in photos and are wondering if we’ve already covered something or if the product is old, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you’ve seen the product, help out your fellow readers by letting them know in the comments what city and store you found it in.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update: We tried it! Click here to read our review. This would be scary if the popping candy were actually tiny shards of the Kool-Aid Man. (Spotted by Robbie at Dollar Tree.) Thank you to all the photo contributors! If you\u2019re out shopping and see an interesting new product on the shelf, s nap a […]<\/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-39333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotted-on-shelves"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67970,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2025\/02\/21\/spotted-seasonal-edition-2-21-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":39333,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED (SEASONAL EDITION): 2\/21\/2025","author":"Marvo","date":"February 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are some interesting new products found on store shelves by your fellow readers. 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