Update: We tried it! Click here to read our review.
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.)
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.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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.)
