Welcome to the first episode of Snack XP, where snacks meet experience points! Dave kicks off the show with the latest Drive-Thru drops and On-the-Shelf releases making headlines this week — from fiery burritos to peppermint Goldfish.

Drive-Thru Highlights

• Taco Bell — Flamin’ Hot Grilled Cheese Burrito is here for a limited run.
• Taco Bell x Frank’s RedHot — new Crispy Chicken Burritos, Soft Tacos & Nacho Fries coated in Diablo sauce.
• Taco Bell Menu Tests — Cantina Fajitas, Gordita Crunch Sliders, Diablo Nuggets, and more.
• McDonald’s UK & Ireland — Eight new items debut Oct 22 2025, including the Pineapple McSpicy, Maple BBQ & Bacon Double Quarter Pounder, and Garlic & Black Pepper McNuggets.

On-the-Shelf Highlights

• Goldfish × Peanuts — Snoopy Peppermint Cocoa Grahams, a holiday collab hitting shelves late October.
• Aldi October Finds — Pumpkin-spice snacks, festive drinks, and seasonal treats under $10.
• Fall Snack Season 2025 — Little Debbie Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Crème Pies, apple-cider pretzels, and more autumn-flavored drops.

Follow @theSnackXP on Instagram for daily drops, behind-the-scenes, and next week’s snack collabs.

Have you ever found yourself reliving your childhood through food?

Maybe you miss that one time your favorite fast food place had something amazing—then yanked it off the menu, never to be seen again.

In my new podcast, Snack Sematary, I’m digging up the past to explore those lost foods: who made them, why they were loved, and how they died. Then I’ll give my take on whether they deserve a resurrection—or to riff on a line from Stephen King, “sometimes dead is delicious.”

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Who knows? Maybe together... we’ll bring it back.