The Impulsive Buy

SPOTTED: Skippy Girl Scouts Adventurefuls P.B. Bites

Marvo / October 4, 2023 / Spotted on Shelves / 2 Comments

Congratulations, Adventurefuls! Your first Girl Scout cookie-flavored product. There are two other flavors — Coconut Caramel and Chocolate Peanut Butter. (Spotted by David P at Target.)

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REVIEW: Taco Bell Wild Strawberry Creme Delight Freeze

Holly / October 4, 2023 / Reviews / 1 Comment

I have been deep in the pumpkin spice trenches since mid-August and usually try to take a “fall flavors” break around the end of September. It’s easy to burn out quickly by Thanksgiving and want nothing to do with anything pumpkin spiced or cinnamon apple. When I got the push notification from Taco Bell about its new Wild Strawberry Creme Delight Freeze, it was serendipitous.

Over the years, I’ve had varying degrees of enjoyment with the different frozen offerings from Taco Bell. Some I’ve enjoyed (Baja Blast Freeze) and others reminded me of kids’ medications (Blue Raspberry Freeze). My first, unmixed, sip of this gave me a mouthful of Wild Strawberry that took me back to my ear infection days. The Wild Strawberry flavor had a strong artificialness that isn’t unpleasant, but certainly isn’t something found in nature. I decided to wait until I got home to try the drink again.

During the short three minute drive home, all of the vanilla creamer had sunk to the bottom of the cup. I took that as a chance to try it on its own and feel like the descriptor of “vanilla creamer” does it a grave injustice. I was expecting an International Delight-type product, but instead it was more akin to the sweet cream from Starbucks. After a hearty swirl to blend the two flavors, I took another sip.

With everything blended together, the drink was absolutely delicious. The sweet vanilla cream softened the strawberry flavor in a truly enjoyable way. The blending in of the cream also solved a problem I tend to have with slush drinks: it never got icy from uneven syrup sips. It did require me to keep swirling to keep it well blending, but thanks to an iced mocha habit I have a good swirl system.

The sweet, frosty blend of strawberry and cream felt like that random day in September when the weather shifts to summer one last time. It was a nice treat and break from the fall flavors.

Purchased Price: $3.29
Size: Regular (16 oz)
Rating: 9 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: 200 calories, 1 gram of fat, 0.5 grams of saturated fat, less than 5 milligrams of cholesterol, 45 milligrams of sodium, 50 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 48 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein.

SPOTTED: 10/4/2023

Marvo / October 4, 2023 / Spotted on Shelves / 7 Comments

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

Great Value Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizzas (Pepperoni, Three Meat, and Chicken Bacon Ranch)

Great Value Thin & Crispy Crust Pizzas (Pepperoni, Supreme, and Four Cheese)

Great Value Thin & Crispy Crust Pizzas (BBQ Style Chicken and Chicken Bacon Ranch)

Great Value Thin & Crispy Crust Pizzas (Three Meat and Spinach Alfredo)

Great Value Rising Crust Pizzas (Buffalo Style Chicken, Pepperoni, and Bacon Jalapeno)

Great Value Rising Crust Pizzas (Hawaiian Style and Three Meat)

(Spotted by Robbie at Walmart.)

(Spotted by Amanda Y at Kroger.)

(Spotted by Amanda Y at Sprouts.)

Monsoon Kitchens Chicken Singapore-Inspired Street Rice Noodles

(Spotted by Amanda Y at Walmart.)

(Spotted by Robbie at H-E-B.)

FAST FOOD NEWS: Dairy Queen’s Oreo Hot Cocoa Blizzard Returns

Marvo / October 3, 2023 / Fast Food News / 1 Comment

Dairy Queen’s Blizzard of the Month for October 2023 is Oreo Hot Cocoa. It has Oreo cookie pieces and cocoa fudge blended with vanilla soft serve which is topped with whipped cream.

This is the fourth time the flavor has been honored with the Blizzard of the Month title since it debuted back in late 2017. Yup, we totally keep track of that stuff. And, yup, we reviewed it.

A small order has 800 calories, 35 grams of fat, 17 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of trans fat, 50 milligrams of cholesterol, 380 milligrams of sodium, 111 grams of carbohydrates, 86 grams of sugar, 2 grams of fiber, and 14 grams of protein.

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

(Image via DQ’s website.)

BACK ON SHELVES: Doritos XXTRA Flamin’ Hot Nacho (2023)

Marvo / October 3, 2023 / Back on Shelves, Spotted on Shelves

Not sure how long this has been back on shelves. So who knows how much longer it’ll be around. I suggest you get your mouth burns now. (Spotted by Robbie at 7-Eleven.)