Strange Treasures of the Impulse Aisle

So I was at the Inglewood Kroger today, waiting to check out with my groceries, when I noticed some interesting items positioned for the perusal of us poor souls waiting in line. These walls of product directly preceding a cash register often are termed the “Impulse Aisle,” as the purpose is to convince the conveniently captive audience that they need yet another item before they end the day’s shopping.

So here are my wondrous finds:

Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans

Yes, now you can taste jelly beans in the exciting flavors of worms, soap, and more! This Harry Potter-inspired candy is made by Jelly Belly, which seems appropriate to me because I think some of their existing flavors taste like worms and soap. Personally, this is not the Harry Potter candy I would pick for an impulse aisle. Chocolate Frogs, complete with collectible wizard cards, are totally the way to go.

Elvis Pez

Not only do you need an Elvis Pez dispenser, you need THREE Elvis Pez dispensers: Fat Elvis, Young Elvis, and Military Elvis. I suppose these were ordered for “Elvis Week” last month, but I didn’t notice them until this week. I could be wrong, but I’m guessing this would have impulse appeal to a very limited segment of the population.