{"id":10619,"date":"2011-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=10619"},"modified":"2023-08-07T18:02:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T04:02:26","slug":"review-kelloggs-choco-zucaritas-frosted-flakes-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/15\/review-kelloggs-choco-zucaritas-frosted-flakes-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Kellogg’s Choco Zucaritas\/Frosted Flakes Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Frosted<\/a><\/p>\n

Hola, mi amigos!\u00a0 Como estas?\u00a0 Esta es la Compra Impulsiva, y hoy–<\/p>\n

Ah, dammit… sorry, I was looking at the wrong side of the box.\u00a0 As it happens, the package of Frosted Flakes Chocolate I picked up has English on one side; but instead of a maze or outlandish claims about being healthy for you on the back, we’re treated to a mirror image of the front except the product name is now “Choco Zucaritas.”\u00a0 (Es nuevo!)\u00a0 Interestingly, the top and bottom of the box only use the Spanish name, and that’s what’s shown above the nutritional information on the side, so I guess it’s primarily targeted at Spanish speakers?\u00a0 Either way, I applaud Kellogg’s for reaching out to the Latino community, despite it serving as another painful reminder that when choosing a second language in school, I picked French instead of one that might conceivably be useful to me someday.\u00a0 That’s okay — I’ll be the one laughing when Canada finally invades, ya hosers.<\/p>\n

But let’s get serious for a second: we’re talking about a product that on the surface sounds… well, fantastic.\u00a0 Awe-inspiring.\u00a0 God’s own breakfast cereal, one might reasonably speculate.\u00a0 I’ve sampled plenty of cereals in my day, but I always find my way back to Frosted Flakes in the end, because it’s one of the best.\u00a0 Which begs the question: can you improve upon the best?\u00a0 True innovators always think so, and Kellogg’s has given it a shot by adding a chocolate coating to the classic sugared flakes.\u00a0 You might consider that overkill — can your palate really handle frosting AND chocolate at the same time? — but it’s that kind of thinking that could have deprived the world of Peanut Butter Cups, so I’m prepared to give this a shot.<\/p>\n

\"Frosted<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Opening the package immediately wafts a strong chocolate scent into your nostrils.\u00a0 I wondered for half a second why it smelled so familiar before realizing it’s the identical aroma given off by Cocoa Krispies.\u00a0 Promising, and a look at the flakes doesn’t change that assessment, though it is a little surprising.\u00a0 I think I was expecting flakes that were entirely chocolate, but that’s not what these are.\u00a0 Nor are they regular flakes with just a slight dusting of chocolate on them.\u00a0 It’s a little hard to describe, but basically they look like Frosted Flakes that are in the process of converting to chocolate, like you caught them mid-transformation or something.\u00a0 Remember in The Monster Squad<\/i> when that cop shot Dracula, and they found him stuck halfway between human and bat forms?\u00a0 It’s like that.\u00a0 Also, don’t think about that scene before you eat these, it’s gross.<\/p>\n

\"Frosted<\/a>Unfortunately, if the smell and the appearance of Frosted Flakes Chocolate are like the first 1:18 of “The Final Countdown,” the taste is the remaining three minutes and fifty-two seconds, where even Europe fans pack up their stuff and head for the exits.\u00a0 I don’t know what it is, but for some reason the two flavors of frosting and chocolate don’t mesh well together.\u00a0 It’s just too much, and I’m a guy who never shies away from the most cavity-inducing option.\u00a0 For the first second or two they taste fine, but then it’s almost like a time delay kicks in and both the sugar and chocolate flavors burst onto the scene at once.\u00a0 And like every pair of cops ever depicted on TV or in the movies, they don’t play well together.<\/p>\n

It highlights the danger of going in with such high expectations, I guess, because it’s not like Frosted Flakes Chocolate are terrible.\u00a0 They’re chocolatey, they’re sugary, they stay crunchy for the same length of time as the regular variety.\u00a0 We’re all familiar with gimmick cereals and I guess I hoped these would be different, because chocolate + frosting = win, right?\u00a0 But it’s like listening to two talented rappers battling, only instead of taking turns they’re both going at the same time, so everything sounds like, “Yo, your girlfriend your momma came over last really knows how to WORK that pole my rhymes are dope, you got no hope to cope, you’re a joke and my ASS, bitch.”\u00a0 Then they both drop their microphones at once and you go deaf.<\/p>\n

Or, as Antonio el Tigre would say: No son gr-r-randes!<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts — 1 cup — 110 calories, 10 calories from fat, 1 gram of total fat, 1 gram of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 135 milligrams of sodium, 45 milligrams of potassium, 26 grams of total carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 12 grams of sugars, 13 grams of other carbohydrates, and 1 gram of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Kellogg’s Choco Zucaritas… I mean, Frosted Flakes Chocolate
\nPrice:<\/b> $2.93
\nSize:<\/b> 18 ounces
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Walmart
\nRating:<\/b> 5 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Learning Spanish while I eat breakfast.\u00a0 Smells just like Cocoa Krispies.\u00a0 The Monster Squad.\u00a0 Satisfying your curiosity.\u00a0 Peanut butter cups.\u00a0 The first 1:18 of “The Final Countdown.”\u00a0 Both individual tastes are good.
\nCons:<\/b> Chocolate and frosting tastes do not mesh well.\u00a0 That much hype is a lot to live up to, and it doesn’t.\u00a0 Choosing French in school.\u00a0 Simultaneous rap battles.\u00a0 My rhymes.\u00a0 No son grandes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hola, mi amigos!\u00a0 Como estas?\u00a0 Esta es la Compra Impulsiva, y hoy– Ah, dammit… sorry, I was looking at the wrong side of the box.\u00a0 As it happens, the package of Frosted Flakes Chocolate I picked up has English on one side; but instead of a maze or outlandish claims about being healthy for you 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