FAST FOOD NEWS: Taco Bell Cap’n Crunch Delights

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Taco Bell Cap n Crunch Delights

On July 2, the sequel to Taco Bell’s Cinnabon Bites will start appearing on the chain’s menu boards.

Cap’n Crunch Delights are Crunch Berry-looking balls of fried dough with a milk-flavored cream filling and sprinkled with crushed Cap’n Crunch Crunch Berries cereal. They were tested in Bakersfield, California earlier this year.

Like Cap’n Crunch Crunch Berries cereal and Taco Bell’s Cinnabon Bites, you can get eat them during breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Brand Eating got a preview of them in February.

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

(Image via Taco Bell’s Facebook page)

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Post Rainbow Sherbet Ice Cream Pebbles Cereal

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Post Rainbow Sherbet Ice Cream Pebbles Cereal

I like the potential this cereal line has. There are so many flavor possibilities, like Neapolitan, banana split, and Creamsicle. (Spotted by The Groove Machine at Schuncks.)

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FAST FOOD NEWS: McDonald’s Signature Burger

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McDonald s Signature Burger

McDonald’s is currently testing a new value burger with a name that doesn’t sound so value-like, the Signature Burger. The photo above comes from Impulsive Buy reader Ed in Wisconsin.

According to Ed, the Signature Burger features two beef patties with a slice of white cheddar, Dijon mustard, tomato, lettuce, and pickles on a potato bun. It’s part of McDonald’s new Lovin’ Value Menu (Goodbye, Dollar Menu & More…ur, menu) that include Mini Meals, which are combo meals that consist of value burgers and sandwiches with a small fries and soft drink.

Burger Business has photos that show the burger selling for $2.49, while a Mini Meal goes for $3.99.

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

REVIEW: Nabisco Limited Edition Lemon Twist Chocolate Oreo Cookies

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Limited Edition Lemon Twist Chocolate Oreo Cookies

Hello, people who Googled, Binged, or DuckDuckGo-ed the question, “What’s the difference between Lemon Twist Oreo cookies and Lemon Oreo cookies?”

You have come to the right place to find the answer because I have just tried a Lemon Oreo cookie and the new Limited Edition Lemon Twist Chocolate Oreo cookie. But, before I tell you the difference, let me give you a quick Oreo history lesson.

A few years ago, before such Oreo flavors like Cookie Dough, Root Beer Float, Fruit Punch, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, Watermelon, Pumpkin Spice, and Cotton Candy became the subjects of fillers during your local evening news, there was the Limited Edition Lemon Twist Oreo. It featured a lemon flavored creme with Golden Oreo wafers, and it was wonderful. The cookie’s creme didn’t taste like I had licked a floor that was just cleaned with Lemon Fresh Pine-Sol.

But that was in 2012, and the flavor did come back in 2013.

In 2014, Lemon Oreo cookies began popping up on shelves. Because the flavor I loved in 2012 and 2013 didn’t show up in stores again, I thought Lemon Oreo cookies were just repackaged Lemon Twist Oreo cookies. So I never picked them up until now.

History lesson is over.

After licking the creme of the Lemon Twist Chocolate Oreo and a regular Lemon Oreo, I now know there’s a difference and you Googlers, Bingers, or DuckDuckGo-ers can finally get the answer you hoped you wouldn’t have to read 250 words to get.

Limited Edition Lemon Twist Chocolate Oreo Cookies Compare

The Lemon Oreo creme is sweet and tangy, but it’s significantly more potent than the Lemon Twist Oreo creme. If the Lemon Twist creme is like putting on deodorant, then the Lemon creme is like covering every inch of your skin with Axe body spray.

Hey! Remember when I wrote that the Lemon Twist cream didn’t taste like I had licked a floor that was just cleaned with Lemon Fresh Pine-Sol. I mean, how could you forget because it was around 177 words ago. Anyhoo, the potent artificial lemon flavor does move the Lemon Oreo’s creme near Lemon Fresh Pine-Sol territory. But I should add that when a Lemon Oreo is eaten whole, the Golden Oreo wafer does a good job of diluting the creme, much like water does with Pine-Sol.

There are flavor similarities between the two cremes, but the Lemon Twist creme has a little something else added to it. Maybe a little lime? Or maybe it’s just my imagination. But the only real difference I could taste between the two was potency.

Goodbye, Googlers, Bingers, or DuckDuckGo-ers!

Limited Edition Lemon Twist Chocolate Oreo Cookies Closeup

As for the Lemon Twist Chocolate Oreo Cookies, I thought the combination of lemon creme and chocolate wafers worked very well. Because they’re both equally mild, it has a balanced flavor. And it’s hard to stop eating them. Although, I do feel the Lemon Twist Oreo creme and the vanilla wafers work better together because, as I said in my review of them, I think they create a nice lemon meringue-like flavor.

To be honest, before trying these cookies, I thought lemon and chocolate was an odd combination. I’ve seen it before with Lindt lemon chocolate bars and there was a chocolate lemon Pepperidge Farm Milano, but they never appealed to me. But these Oreo cookies have changed my mind about the mixing of the two flavors.

So if you came to this review because you Googled “Is lemon and chocolate good?”

The answer is yes.

(Nutrition Facts – 2 cookies – 140 calories, 60 calories from fat, 7 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 90 milligrams of sodium, 35 milligrams of potassium, 21 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 13 grams of sugar, and less than 1 gram of protein.)

Item: Nabisco Limited Edition Lemon Twist Chocolate Oreo Cookies
Purchased Price: $3.00 (on sale)
Size: 10.7 oz.
Purchased at: Safeway
Rating: 7 out of 10
Pros: Mild chocolate cookie and mild lemon creme make for a nice combination. Lemon Twist creme flavor not as potent as Lemon Oreo creme. Hard to stop eating. Search engine references.
Cons: My doubts about the chocolate and lemon combo. Not as good as the Lemon Twist Golden Oreo. It’s a slight variation on an older variety.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Chobani Limited Batch Plum Greek Yogurt

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Chobani Limited Batch Plum Greek Yogurt

If I leave this out in the sun, will it turn to Chobani Limited Batch Prune Greek Yogurt? (Spotted by Chris at Safeway.)

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