Year: 2012

Here are some new and limited edition holiday products found on store shelves by us and your fellow readers. We may or may not review them, but we’d like to let you know what new items are popping up.

There are two different Limited Edition Chex Mix Muddy Buddies Peppermint Bark bag designs — red and green. I’m thinking the red one is the green one’s evil twin brother. (Red one spotted by Courtney at Kroger. Green one spotted by Richard at Target.)

Is it just me or does that Peep on the packaging look like a chick that had all of its feathers plucked and it’s using a candy cane to support itself? (Spotted by Kenneth at Walmart)

Soy nog. Coconut milk nog. Come on, Blue Diamond! Where’s the Almond Breeze Almond Milk Nog? Come on, Meyenberg Goat Milk Products! Where’s goat milk nog? Come on, Rice Dream! Where’s rice milk nog? Come on, eccentric chef with an equally eccentric lactating wife! Where’s the human breast milk nog? (Spotted at Safeway)

This Limited Edition Cap’n Crunch’s Christmas Crunch is the lamest limited edition holiday product ever. It has green snowmen, it probably tastes exactly like Cap’n Crunch’s Halloween Crunch, and it will rip up my upper palate while eating it. (Spotted by Britt at Shaw’s)

Hey. Remember when I said Limited Edition Cap’n Crunch’s Christmas Crunch was the lamest limited edition holiday product ever? I take it back. These Ziploc Limited Edition containers are the lamest limited edition holiday products ever. (Spotted at Target)

If you’re out shopping and see a new or limited edition product on the shelf (or really unusual), snap a picture of it, and send us an email (theimpulsivebuy@gmail.com) with where you found it and “Spotted” in the subject line. If you do so, you might see your picture in our next Spotted on Shelves post.

Here are some new and limited edition products found on store shelves by us and your fellow readers. We may or may not review them, but we’d like to let you know what new items are popping up. We’ll also occasionally throw in an unusual product.

Despite their names, both coconuts and peanuts aren’t nuts. Coconuts are drupes, while peanuts are legumes. So I find it fitting that the two find themselves together in a coconut and peanut butter spread. (Spotted at Whole Foods. Spotted by Audrey.)

Is Rice-A-Roni still the “San Francisco Treat”? Because I’ve never considered rice to be a treat. When has rice ever been a treat? Well, now that I think about it, I guess if I was held captive somewhere and fed only water and bread, rice would be a treat. (Spotted at Safeway)

It’s rare to see another Heinz 57 Sauce variety. I can’t wait to use Heinz 57 Sauce with Honey to make the steak, chicken, and pork I overcook in my George Foreman grill taste a little better. (Spotted at Safeway)

As someone who has trouble baking a cake from a regular boxed cake mix, these, with their filling and need for a bundt pan, look really scary to me. (Spotted at Safeway)

Hormel is the king, THE KING I say, of shelf stable meat products. Also, I find their SPAM Museum in Minnesota to be very interesting. Here’s a Hormel Black Label Real Bacon Snackin’ Nuggest Jalapeño review. (Spotted at Walmart. Spotted by Carrie.)

If you’re out shopping and see a new or limited edition product on the shelf (or really unusual), snap a picture of it, and send us an email (theimpulsivebuy@gmail.com) with where you found it and “Spotted” in the subject line. If you do so, you might see your picture in our next Spotted on Shelves post.

Do you eat fatty foods AND live in Japan?

Well, I have a beverage for you, my fatty food feasting friend. It’s the new Pepsi Special, which will be released in Japan later this month. What makes this cola special? It’s special because it contains dextrin. What’s dextrin? Well, I’ll tell you what dextrin is, my fact finding friend. It’s a soluble fiber supplement that helps prevent your body from absorbing fat.

You might be thinking to yourself, “That sounds dubious.”

Well, my cynical compadre, Pepsi Special has been certified by the Japanese government as a “food for specific health use.” The certification is based on dextrin experiments with rats by Junichi Nagata and Morio Saito from Japan’s National Institute of Health and Nutrition. But Pepsi Special isn’t the only dextrin-fied cola available in Japan. Earlier this year, Kirin introduced Mets Cola.

Pepsi Special will be released in Japan on November 13th and sold for 150 yen.

Source: Foodbeast