SPOTTED ON SHELVES – 8/21/2017

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

Purple Cow Limited Edition Back to School Special Ice Cream

Purple Cow Limited Edition Back to School Special Ice Cream

(Spotted by Sascha at Meijer.)

Halo Top Mochi Green Tea Light Ice Cream

Halo Top Mochi Green Tea Light Ice Cream

(Spotted by Carla at Fred Meyer.)

Frito Lay Lunchbox Mix

Frito-Lay Lunchbox Mix

(Spotted by Robbie at Target.)

Haribo Starmix

Haribo Starmix

(Spotted by Josh G at Walgreens.)

Andes Snap Bar

Andes Snap Bar

(Spotted by Rachel C at Macey’s.)

Optimum Nutrition Chocolate Frosted Donut Cake Bite Protein Snacks

Optimum Nutrition Chocolate Frosted Donut Cake Bite Protein Snacks

(Spotted by Sylvia at GNC.)

Thank you to all the photo contributors! If you’re out shopping and see an interesting new product on the shelf, snap a picture of it, and send us an email ([email protected]) 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. If you do so, you might see your picture in our next Spotted on Shelves post.

Also, if you want to send in photos and are wondering if we’ve already covered something, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

WEEKEND READING – 8/19/2017

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Oreo

Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy.

How Oreos Got Their Name: The Rise of an American Icon (via Serious Eats)

Taco Bell’s Naked Egg Taco Is Really All About Instagram (via Munchies)

The quest to find the perfect replacement for sugar is looking hopeless (via Quartz)

The Best Item In An Astronaut’s Care Package? Definitely The Ice Cream (via NPR)

$2.9 Million Pizza-Making Robot Is Still Struggling to Make a Pizza (via Munchies)

Image via flickr user mihoda / CC BY 2.0

QUICK REVIEW: Jack in the Box Birthday Cake Shake

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Jack in the Box Birthday Cake Shake

Happy Belated 66th Birthday, Jack in the Box!

Or Happy Early 67th Birthday, Jack in the Box!

I’m not sure which one because the fast food chain was founded on February 21, 1951, and we’re currently at the halfway point between birthdays. Well, no matter whose birthday it is, you can celebrate with Jack in the Box’s new Birthday Cake Shake. Or you could show that you care about that person by spending some cash to buy an actual birthday cake.

The creamy dessert features real ice cream, birthday cake syrup, whipped cream, and LOTS of colorful sprinkles. There’s also a cherry on top that, along with the sprinkles, makes the shake look as if a unicorn sneezed on a clown’s face.

Jack in the Box Birthday Cake Shake 2

Birthday cake shakes have been done before by other fast food chains (see Burger King) and this one from Jack in the Box tastes similar. It has a yellow cake batter flavor that’s become the default for birthday cake-flavored products. Some get birthday cake flavor wrong, making it taste more like frosting, but this one gets it right. It’s really sweet, but then again, it’s a shake.

The whipped cream’s flavor reminds me of cake frosting when mixed with the shake. As for the unicorn snot, I mean, sprinkles, they add a lot of bright colors and a crunchiness whenever one finds itself between your molars.

While Jack in the Box’s Birthday Cake Shake is a tasty sugar bomb, I wish the shake’s color was more vibrant. I never thought I’d be writing this ever, but the shake needs more food coloring. Its yellow hue was more bathroom wall yellow than birthday cake yellow.

Purchased Price: $4.19*
Size: Regular
Rating: 8 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (Regular) – 860 calories, 400 calories from fat, 44 grams of fat, 33 grams of saturated fat, 1.5 grams of trans fat, 85 milligrams of cholesterol, 240 milligrams of sodium, 600 milligrams of potassium, 109 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 94 grams of sugar, and 11 grams of protein.

*Because I live on a rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, things are a bit pricier here. You’ll probably pay less than I did.

FAST FOOD NEWS: Krispy Kreme Chocolate Glaze Doughnuts

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Krispy Kreme Chocolate Glaze Doughnuts

Do not confuse Krispy Kreme’s new Chocolate Glaze Doughnut with its Chocolate Iced Glazed Doughnut. While the latter is an Original Glazed Doughnut dipped in chocolate, the former is an Original Glazed Doughnut smothered in chocolate.

The new chocolate choked doughnut is being offered to celebrate the upcoming solar eclipse on Monday, August 21. It’ll be available on Saturday and Sunday (August 19-20) during PM Hot Light hours, and Monday during AM and PM Hot Light hours. Hot Light times are when locations are making the doughnuts.

Krispy Kreme’s Chocolate Glaze Doughnuts are available at participating locations. To learn more and to find out which stores are offering the doughnut, visit www.krispykreme.com/Eclipse.

If you try it, let us know what you think of it in the comments.

(Image via Krispy Kreme.)

REMINDER: It’s 7-Eleven’s Bring Your Own Cup Time Again

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7 Eleven BYO Cup August 2017

7-Eleven’s Bring Your Own Cup Day is back again!

Today (August 18) and tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at participating stores you can fill up a qualifying cup of your choice with Slurpee for just $1.50.

But you can’t just use anything. There are a few rules.

  • All cups must be able to fit upright through a 10-inch cutout in stores.
  • Needs to be safe for food.
  • Should be water tight.
  • Only one cup per person.

(Image via 7-Eleven’s Facebook page)