SPOTTED (SEASONAL EDITION): 11/10/2022

Marvo 3 Comments

Here are some new seasonal products found on store shelves by your fellow readers. If you’ve tried any of them, share your thoughts in the comments.

Great Value Holiday Who Store Christmas Cookie Mix
Great Value Holiday Who Stole Christmas Cookie Mix
Great Value Holiday Green Pancake Waffles Mix
Great Value Holiday Green Pancake & Waffles Mix

(Spotted by Robbie at Walmart.)

Cheetos Crunchy and Popcorn 2022 Holiday Tin
Cheetos Crunchy and Popcorn 2022 Holiday Tin

(Spotted by Robbie at Sam’s Club.)

Brach s Holiday Lights
Brach’s Holiday Lights

(Spotted by Robbie at Dollar General.)

Hershey s Milk Chocolate with Cinnamon Flavor Hot Chocolate Bomb
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate with Cinnamon Flavor Hot Chocolate Bomb

(Spotted by Tommy at Rite Aid.)

Keebler Gingerbread Fudge Stripes Minis
Keebler Gingerbread Fudge Stripes Minis

(Spotted by Robbie at Dollar General.)

Favorite Day White Dar Milk Chocolate Coverd Espresso Beans
Favorite Day White Dar & Milk Chocolate Coverd Espresso Beans
Favorite Day Classic Icing Candies Decorating Kit
Favorite Day Classic Icing & Candies Decorating Kit
Favorite Day Deluxe Holiday Sprinkle Set
Favorite Day Deluxe Holiday Sprinkle Set

(Spotted by Robbie at Target.)

Pringles Santa and Elf Cans
Pringles Santa and Elf Cans

(Spotted by Robbie at Walmart.)

Musselman s Maple Cinnamon Apple Butter
Musselman’s Maple Cinnamon Apple Butter

(Spotted by Amanda Y at Walmart.)

H E B Limited Edition Cozy Crunch Trail Mix
H-E-B Limited Edition Cozy Crunch Trail Mix

(Spotted by Robbie at H-E-B.)

REVIEW: Kellogg’s The Elf on the Shelf North Pole Snow Creme Cereal

Mark 3 Comments

Kellogg s The Elf on the Shelf North Pole Snow Creme Cereal Box

What is it?

The Elf on the Shelf line of cereals* has a new Walmart-exclusive flavor that “magically cools your mouth as you eat.”

*I can’t believe Elf on the Shelf is now a line of cereals, plural.

How is it?

Kellogg s The Elf on the Shelf North Pole Snow Creme Cereal Dry

Let’s start with the promise of cooling. When I eat a piece dry, I do notice a sensation in my mouth, one that I don’t get from other cereals. Is it cooling? I don’t know; you might be able to convince me it’s a warming sensation.

Kellogg s The Elf on the Shelf North Pole Snow Creme Cereal Milk

But in milk, the feeling is diluted. I do get some kind of cooling phenomenon when I drink the leftover milk, but that might just be the literal temperature.

I compared the ingredients with the Elf on the Shelf Sugar Cookie Cereal, and it appears that the magic ingredient is calcium carbonate. Any geologist worth their halite* can tell you that’s limestone.

*salt

As for the flavor, I have no idea what “North Pole Snow Creme” is. But the waffle cone on the box suggests that it’s supposed to be vanilla. It does taste like vanilla, which is hard to mess up. But really, this just tastes like any other generically sweet corn cereal.

Kellogg s The Elf on the Shelf North Pole Snow Creme Cereal No Marshmallows

The marshmallows are so rare that Kellogg’s needn’t have bothered.

Anything else you need to know?

I compared this new cereal with the Sugar Cookie variety, and the Snow Creme version is better. So if you’re at Walmart, there’s no need to pick up that red and green variety.

The wintry color scheme of this cereal is my favorite part.

Conclusion:

The Elf on the Shelf branding means this cereal is an opportunistic cash grab, not a worthwhile cereal on its own. The “cooling” sensation is too subtle to be, well, cool.

Purchased Price: $4.48
Size: 12.2 oz. box
Purchased at: Walmart
Rating: 5 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1 1/3 cup, 39 grams) 140 calories, 1 gram of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 0 grams of monounsaturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 200 milligrams of sodium, 34 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of dietary fiber, 13 grams of sugar (including 13 grams of added sugar), and 2 grams of protein.