SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Nabisco Honey Maid Star Wars Grahams

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Nabisco Honey Maid Star Wars Grahams

Does the Yoda piece look like it could also be used as a Gizmo piece if there was Honey Maid Grahams for a Gremlins reboot? (Spotted by Emily at ShopRite.)

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SPOTTED ON SHELVES – 5/27/2015

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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.

Mad Minis Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches (Vanilla and Chocolate)

Mad Minis Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches (Vanilla and Chocolate)

Mad Minis Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches (Blondie)

Mad Minis Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches (Blondie)

Mad Minis? I dunno. Those cartoon ice cream cookies look happy to me. (Spotted by Debra at Market Basket.)

Git-R-Done Bar

Git-R-Done Bar

Learned there’s Larry the Cable Guy frozen entrees, so now I’m waiting for Larry the Cable Guy Git-R-Done Frozen Pizza. (Spotted by Geren at Albertsons.)

Classico Tomato Cream Collection Four Cheese Tomato Cream and Creamy Tomato & Roasted Garlic

Classico Tomato Cream Collection Four Cheese Tomato Cream and Creamy Tomato & Roasted Garlic

I’m sure “fresh cream” and “aged cheeses” are separate, but looking at the label with the bold “Fresh” makes me think the aged cheeses are also fresh, which they can’t be because they’re aged. I’m dizzy. (Spotted by Marvo at Target.)

Birds Eye Steamfresh Flavor Full Barbecue Sweet Corn

Birds Eye Steamfresh Flavor Full Barbecue Sweet Corn

Another Birds Eye Steamfresh Flavor Full vegetable. Looking at this photo makes me want some ribs. (Spotted by Breanna at Walmart.)

French's Caramelized Flavored Crispy Fried Onions

French’s Caramelized Flavored Crispy Fried Onions

Caramelized onion flavored onions? (Spotted by Garrison at Stop & Shop.)

Thank you to all the photo contributors! If you’re out shopping and see an interesting new or limited edition 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.

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FAST FOOD NEWS: Dairy Queen Jurassic Smash Blizzard

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Dairy Queen Jurassic Smash Blizzard

In a few weeks, you can watch people getting chomped on by dinosaurs in Jurassic World when it hits movie theaters. But, right now, you can take a bite of all the cross-promotional products for the movie, like the new Dairy Queen Jurassic Smash Blizzard.

The treat features vanilla soft serve with “smashed up” peanut butter cookies and cookie dough mixed in. It’s available for a limited time at participating locations.

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

(Image via Dairy Queen’s website.)

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes with Energy Clusters Cereal

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Kellogg's Frosted Flakes with Energy Clusters Cereal

The Amazon listing for this cereal says the “energy clusters” are granola clusters. And if you look closely at the box, the 9 grams of protein don’t come from the cereal. Five grams comes from the cereal and the other four come from milk. Oh, in case you were wondering, a serving of regular Frosted Flakes as one gram of protein. (Spotted by Adam at Tops Friendly Markets.)

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REVIEW: Honey Maid Birthday Cake Teddy Grahams

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Honey Maid Birthday Cake Teddy Grahams

Bears and birthday cakes do not mix.

At least that’s what the security guards told me when I tried to feed Greg the Grizzly a slice of red velvet with cream cheese frosting. Those misinformed fuddy-duddies. If bears don’t actually want to eat cake, then why are they always stealing picnic baskets? Who are we to say no to bears?

In spite of these warnings, Honey Maid has defied zoo security and mixed bears with birthday cake as part of their newly released Birthday Cake Teddy Grahams.

Now I don’t know about you, but I’ve never tasted a bear before — Greg’s guards told me no nibbling allowed. I have tasted Teddy Grahams, though, and I consider myself a fan of those teeny-tiny ursine cookies.

If you’ve never tried Teddy Grahams, they’re nothing more than little crackers that resemble happy cartoon bears. Each of these bears has either both its arms up, or both its arms down. The result is one of the lamest attempts to dance to “Y.M.C.A.” that the world has ever seen.

Honey Maid Birthday Cake Teddy Grahams 2

Because these particular Teddy Grahams are birthday cake-flavored, each cracker is speckled with rainbow color, as if it has contracted a fabulous version of measles. Discomeasles, anyone?

Their scent is somewhere between Nilla wafers and cupcakes. Their flavor is…not what I was expecting.

When I think of “birthday cake,” I imagine strong flavors alluding to vanilla frosting and rainbow sprinkles. These Teddy Grahams are heavy on the graham flavor with merely a faint hint of birthday cake sweetness. It’s an accurate imitation of cake batter, but it only shows up after the graham flavor begins to dissipate.

At first, I was a bit disappointed the birthday cake flavor was this mellow, but these Teddy Grahams have quickly grown on me. Because they’re so plain, they’re very easy to eat in large amounts. I no longer have the sweet tooth of an 8-year-old child, and these Teddy Grahams allow me to snack without feeling like I’m injecting sugar directly into my bloodstream. I honestly prefer them over the other Teddy Graham flavors: honey, cinnamon, chocolate, grizzly, panda, polar, etc.

Though different from what I had anticipated, these Birthday Cake Teddy Grahams have earned my approval. I’m glad Honey Maid chose “birthday cake” as their new Teddy Graham variety, and not another trendy flavor. I can just imagine sea salt caramel, coffee, and sriracha Teddy Grahams. Those would have been unbearable. (Stop complaining. I had to fit in a bear pun somewhere, okay?)

(Nutrition Facts – 24 pieces (30 grams) – 140 calories, 40 calories from fat, 4.5 grams of total fat, 1 gram of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 2.5 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 1 gram of monounsaturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 80 milligrams of sodium, 55 milligrams of potassium, 22 grams of total carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 7 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)

Item: Honey Maid Birthday Cake Teddy Grahams
Purchased Price: $2.99
Size: 10 oz. box
Purchased at: Stop & Shop
Rating: 8 out of 10
Pros: Not overwhelmingly sweet. Super snackable. Discomeasles…? Bear puns.
Cons: Primarily graham-flavored. Zoo security. Bear puns.