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SPOTTED ON SHELVES (WALMART BRANDS EDITION) – 10/19/2017

Marvo / October 19, 2017 / Spotted on Shelves / 10 Comments

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

Great Value Chicken Parmesan Sliders and Roast Beef & Cheddar Sliders

(Spotted by Carla at Walmart.)

Great Value Fruit & Vegetable Smoothies (Keep It Green and The Brainiac)

Great Value Fruit & Vegetable Smoothies (Detox Rocks and Pep in Your Step)

(Spotted by Amanda Y at Walmart.)

Great Value Super Blast with Acai Fruit Smoothie

(Spotted by Jarred at Walmart)

Great Value Cheese & Pepperoni Mini Pizza Bagels

Great Value Combination Pizza Snack Rolls

Great Value Pepperoni Pizza Snack Rolls

(Spotted by Amanda Y at Walmart.)

Sam’s Choice Tomato Basil, Vegetable, and Tortilla Soups

(Spotted by Amanda Y at Walmart.)

Great Value Yellow Corn Masa Beef Taquitos

Great Value Beef & Bean Burritos

(Spotted by Amanda Y at Walmart.)

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 (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. 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.

FAST FOOD NEWS: Dunkin’ Donuts Almond Joy Hot Chocolate

Marvo / October 18, 2017 / Fast Food News / 6 Comments

Get excited, Connecticut! Your favorite Halloween candy, according to these folks, is the new Dunkin’ Donuts hot chocolate flavor.

Almond Joy Hot Chocolate combines the flavors of milk chocolate, almond, and coconut. It’s also available as a frozen hot chocolate. Both are available at participating Dunkin’ Donuts locations for a limited time.

A medium Almond Joy Hot Chocolate has 340 calories, 11 grams of fat, 10 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 320 milligrams of sodium, 60 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 47 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.

If you’ve tried it, let us know what you think of it in the comments.

Image via flickr user Mike Mozart / CC BY 2.0

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Swiss Miss Chocolatier Series Gourmet Hot Cocoa

Marvo / October 18, 2017 / Spotted on Shelves / 1 Comment

Oooh! “Chocolatier.” “Gourmet.” “Series.” Fancy. (Spotted by Amanda Y at Tom Thumb.)

If you’re 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. If you’ve tried the product, share your thoughts about it in the comments.

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.

FAST FOOD NEWS: Arby’s Deep Fried Turkey Sandwiches

Marvo / October 18, 2017 / Fast Food News / 10 Comments

Update: We reviewed one of them! Click here to read our Arby’s Deep Fried Turkey Club Sandwich review.

Thanks to Arby’s you can now enjoy deep fried turkey without the need for a winch. Its new Deep Fried Turkey Sandwiches are available in two varieties: Deep Fried Turkey Club and Cajun Deep Fried Turkey.

The Deep Fried Turkey Club features fried turkey breast, pepper bacon, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, shredded lettuce, and mayo on a star cut bun. The Cajun Deep Fried Turkey has fried turkey breast, a Cajun spread, Cajun seasonings, crispy onions, tomatoes, and lettuce on a star cut bun.

Both sandwiches are available for a limited time.

The Club version has 540 calories, 28 grams of fat, 10 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 95 milligrams of cholesterol, 1620 milligrams of sodium, 39 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 8 grams of sugar, and 34 grams of protein.

The Cajun version has 430 calories, 15 grams of fat, 4.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 60 milligrams of cholesterol, 1660 milligrams of sodium, 45 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 8 grams of sugar, and 25 grams of protein.

If you’ve tried either one, let us know what you think of it in the comments.

(Images via Arby’s website.)

COMING SOON: Kellogg’s Chocolate Frosted Flakes Cereal

Marvo / October 18, 2017 / Coming Soon

Update: We reviewed it! Click here to read our review.

This is CHOCOLATE Frosted Flakes, not the Frosted Flakes CHOCOLATE you’ve been seeing on shelves for years with and without marshmallows. Those were gr-r-reat! Just kidding, they were o-o-okay.

So what’s different about these?

According to the company, it tested how different cocoas interacted with the cereal flake and the milk left at the bottom of the bowl. The result ended up being toasted flakes with a rich, roasted cocoa frosting.

Hmm. Did Kellogg’s not put this much effort into creating Frosted Flakes Chocolate?

The cereal will be hitting shelves nationwide at major retailers and grocery stores in November with a suggested retail price between $4.69 and $5.79.