SPOTTED: 1/22/2025

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.

Sargento Ritz Shareables

(Spotted by Amanda Y at Kroger.)

Artideliz Pizza Loaded Cheese Pizza

(Spotted by Phil at Walmart.)

Whataburger Sweet & Spicy Sauce

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

Private Selection Garlic Butter Tilapia
Private Selection Pesto Tilapia
Kroger Crunchy Bubble Crumb Shrimp

(Spotted by Amanda Y at Kroger.)

H-E-B Beef Mini Egg Rolls

(Spotted by Amanda Y at H-E-B.)

Buc-ee’s Candied Pickle Chips
Buc-ee’s Sweet Horseradish Pickle Chips
Buc-ee’s Garlic Flavored Pickle Chips
Buc-ee’s Bold ‘N Hot Pickle Chips

(Spotted by Robbie at Buc-ee’s.)

If you’re out shopping and see new products, snap a picture of them, and send them in via an email ([email protected]) with where you found them and “Spotted” in the subject line. Also, if you want to send in photos and are wondering if we’ve already covered something or if they’re new, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

SPOTTED: Tate’s Bake Shop Soft Baked Cookies

Tate's Bake Shop Soft Baked Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Tate's Bake Shop Soft Baked Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies.

Is the plan to turn all of Tate’s Bake Shop’s crunchy cookie varieties into soft baked flavors? (Spotted by Sarah R at Safeway.)

If you’re out shopping and see new products, snap a picture of them, and send them in via an email ([email protected]) with where you found them and “Spotted” in the subject line. Also, if you want to send in photos and are wondering if we’ve already covered something or if they’re new, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

SPOTTED: Breyers Campfire Collection Frozen Treats

Breyers Campfire Collection S'mores Dessert Bars.

Breyers Campfire Collection S'mores Frozen Dairy Dessert Sandwiches.

This makes me yearn for summer. (Spotted by Amanda Y at Kroger.)

If you’re out shopping and see new products, snap a picture of them, and send them in via an email ([email protected]) with where you found them and “Spotted” in the subject line. Also, if you want to send in photos and are wondering if we’ve already covered something or if they’re new, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

SPOTTED: Van Leeuwen Love Languages Ice Cream Collection

Van Leeuwen You’re My Brown Sugar Cookie Butter Ice Cream – brown butter ice cream and a cookie butter swirl.
Van Leeuwen Let’s Hang Out S’more Ice Cream – sweet cream ice cream with chocolate chips, graham cracker pieces, and marshmallow swirls.
Van Leeuwen Chocolate Strawberry Surprise Ice Cream – sweet cream ice cream with chocolate chips and strawberry jam.
Van Leeuwen Hug Me Hazelnut Truffle Ice Cream – hazelnut ice cream with chocolate truffle pieces
Van Leeuwen Blackberry Chip In Sherbet – blackberry sherbet with chocolate chips

All are available exclusively at Kroger and Kroger-owned stores. (Spotted by Amanda Y at Kroger.)

If you’re out shopping and see new products, snap a picture of them, and send them in via an email ([email protected]) with where you found them and “Spotted” in the subject line. Also, if you want to send in photos and are wondering if we’ve already covered something or if they’re new, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

REVIEW: Oreo Loaded Cookies

“Everything old is new again” is a famous quote that I should probably attribute to the original writer, but that dude ain’t around anymore. I’m sure he wouldn’t care.

For the sake of the following review, I’m going to attribute said quote to the R&D genius over at Nabisco/Mondelez who came up with the brilliant idea to stuff Oreos with Oreos.

Yep, we’ve reached the point in time where Oreo flavor spinoffs have come so full circle that we can now buy Oreo-flavored Oreos… and I’m not mad about it.

Two years ago, I reviewed “The Most Oreo,” and I gotta be honest here, folks, I think the new “Oreo Loaded” is just “The Most Oreo” with a fresh coat of paint. I’m consciously choosing not to re-read that review until I finish this one to see if I came to the same conclusion.

Ok, actually, “Oreo Loaded” being an exact replica of “The Most Oreo” isn’t entirely true. While they are both essentially “cookies and crème” flavored Oreos (I know, just go with it), I do not believe we reached “most” levels with the Oreo Loaded. These have a little more than your standard “Double Stuf” but do not reach the ludicrous thickness of “The Most Oreo.”

These land between “The Most Oreo” and “Double Stuf” calorically, so I think my thesis checks out.

Look, it’s a big fat Oreo with a little more Oreo essence thrown in. This is a slam dunk positive review. Do you like Oreos? Want an even fatter Oreo? Me too. These are very good, but allow me to nitpick just a bit.

The amount of crème is enough to where you start to notice just how chalky it is. I think the added element of “REAL Oreo cookie crumbs” (I know, just go with it) in said crème makes it dryer and a bit less palatable than you’re used to.

These are also easily the most brittle Oreos I’ve ever had. Perhaps I got a bad batch, but every single cookie I ate – every single one – broke into pieces in ways unnatural to an Oreo. For a sandwich cookie, I usually get a pretty clean halved bite with Oreos; here, each bite breaks the wafers into quarters at least. Also, I broke numerous cookie discs while doing the classic Oreo twist. It’s as if the crumbs in the crème were extracted directly from the cookies, ruining their structural integrity.

That’s it. Other than the excruciating lack of creativity, I have no complaints. I bought a pack of obese Oreos, and baby, I liked me some obese Oreos. Sure, they were a little gritty, a little crumby, and I could only enjoy about three in a sitting, but they are legitimately great.

2025 seems to already be the year of “everything old is new again” (… I know, just try to go with it?), but I guess we can take a little comfort in obese Oreos. I wanted to rail on how “Oreo stuffed Oreos” are almost insultingly repetitive, but I just can’t. I like Oreos. Maybe next time when Nabisco releases “Oreo Reloaded,” it can stuff Oreos with Hydrox and really shock the world.

Purchased Price: $4.88
Size: 13.37 oz package
Purchased at: Walmart
Rating: 9 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (2 Cookies) 180 calories, 9 grams of fat, 3 grams of saturated fat, 0 gram of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 95 milligrams of sodium, 25 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 14 grams of sugar, and less than 1 gram of protein.

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