If you love Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal and don’t want to pour this into a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, you might be a robot. (Spotted by Tim at 7-Eleven.)
SPOTTED: Magnum Ice Cream Truffle Bars
The Double Chocolate one features dark chocolate ganache sauce that’s swirled throughout classic vanilla ice cream and dipped in a milk chocolate shell that’s made with 44% cacao. The Mini Dark Chocolate one has dark chocolate ice cream with a dark chocolate ganache sauce that’s dipped in a 68% cacao dark chocolate. Not shown is the new Magnum Mini Berry Tuffle Bar that’s strawberry ice cream with a dark chocolate ganache swirl that’s coated in a 68% cacao dark chocolate shell. (Spotted by Rachel C at Smith’s and Harmons.)
REVIEW: General Mills Dunkaroos Cereal
What is Dunkaroos Cereal?
Remember Dunkaroos – the 90s-era Lunchables, Dessert Edition? Yeah, yeah, they’re back – we know. And they’re cookie dough. Now they’re cereal – for those who weren’t already eating them for breakfast.
Dunkaroos cereal is a slight twist on Cookie Crisp cereal – the same form factor and around the same size – which makes sense since they’re both made by General Mills.
How is it?
The aroma in the bag was pure vanilla. Strong. They looked similar to the Birthday Cake Cookie Crisp limited edition cereal, but sprinklier. The colors of the Dunkaroos sprinkles were more intense and the pieces were absolutely doused in them. We were headed in the right direction!
I nibbled it dry – my favorite way. The biggest flavor was FROSTING! It captured that deeply sugary vanilla-with-a-hint-of-cream-cheese Dunkaroos frosting. I didn’t get any shortbread cookie flavor, which was disappointing, but I got over it. A sprinklific frosting cereal is a win – I won’t split hairs.
The flavor was maintained and the cereal physically held up well in milk, which I appreciated. I can’t abide breakfast foods that go bland and fall apart before making it to my mouth. I can barely function in the mornings and one of us has to hold it together. It’s gotta be you, cereal. Dunkaroos also scored well on the post-game milk analysis. It was a festive confetti-bomb in my bowl, and the milk had a tinge of light blue.
Anything else you need to know?
Kids can get a pop culture history lesson on the back of the box! Adults can feel like a history lesson! Yeah, we used disposable cameras in 1992. We had patience. It took weeks, or months, to use all that film and get it developed. By then, you had no memory of taking the photos at the top of the roll. The 90s slang quiz is depressing if you, like me, didn’t realize these phrases had gone out of fashion. There are few situations in life that “all that and a bag of chips” won’t work in.
Conclusion:
If you were in the Dunkaroos game for the shortbread, you might not like this cereal. But who was in it for the shortbread?? This cereal was all frosting and sprinkles – it cut to the chase. If you love/loved Dunkaroos, give it a try. Make the youngsters learn about rewinding video tapes – it’s a metaphor for common decency.
Purchased Price: $3.64
Size: 20.6oz Family-Size box
Purchased at: Walmart
Rating: 8 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1 cup, cereal only) 150 calories, 1 gram of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 160 milligrams of sodium, 35 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 14 grams of sugar, including 14 grams of added sugars, and 2 grams of protein.
SPOTTED: Lay’s Kettle Cooked Flamin’ Hot Limon Potato Chips
If the flavor works on tortilla chips, I guess it should work on potato chips. Although, with that logic, Lay’s Kettle Cooked Cool Ranch Potato Chips would’ve been a thing. (Spotted by Robbie at Walmart.)
SPOTTED: Nestle Coffee mate Glazed Donut and Oatmeal Creme Pie Creamers
Sadly, these come only in the smaller 16-ounce bottles, which I go through in about a week or so. It depends on how much coffee I drink and how many straight coffee creamer shots I take to get a quick sugar buzz. Wait. Am I the only one who does that? (Spotted by DJ at Redner’s.)
REVIEW: General Mills Pokemon Berry Bolt Cereal
What is General Mills Pokémon Berry Bolt Cereal?
As part of the Pokémon franchise’s 25th anniversary, General Mills has created a cereal to mark the occasion. The Berry Bolt flavored cereal is themed around everyone’s sparky little favorite yellow Pokémon, Pikachu. Berry-flavored, sweetened corn puffs with Pikachu and lightning bolt-shaped marshmallows make up this limited offering.
How is it?
Much like many special tie-in cereals, this one doesn’t bring anything new or innovative to the table. The puffs themselves, a vibrant red and blue color, have that truly generic “berry” flavor you find in a lot of cereals that merely say the taste is “berry.” I got a heavy blueberry flavor whereas my husband swears it was cherry. Also, no, the red and blue puffs don’t taste different.
The marshmallows add a small texture difference and more sweetness to an already sweet cereal. It is a cereal that will absolutely satisfy what a kid wants: sugar, sugar, and more sugar.
Anything else you need to know?
I found it odd that there was no toy or card tie-in. After some recon on the Pokémon message boards, apparently, there will be a card tie-in promotion in late February to coincide with the 25th anniversary. The boxes out now have no 25th branding, but there are three different ones based on the three different starter types in the game.
Conclusion:
Unless you or your kids are die-hard Pokémon fans/collectors, I’d pass on this. While the cereal is perfectly serviceable, we live in an age where you have whole aisles dedicated to cereal and offer almost endless choices. I’d also say if you are curious, wait until at least the 25th branded boxes with cards come out.
Purchase Priced: $3.50
Size: 17 oz box
Purchased at: Target
Rating: 6 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1 ¼ cup) 150 calories, 1 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 200 milligrams of sodium, 34 grams of carbohydrates, 1 grams of fiber, 12 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.