{"id":16639,"date":"2014-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16639"},"modified":"2023-02-26T19:53:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T05:53:24","slug":"review-post-limited-edition-honeycomb-with-twisted-marshmallows-cereal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/08\/review-post-limited-edition-honeycomb-with-twisted-marshmallows-cereal\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Post Limited Edition Honeycomb with Twisted Marshmallows Cereal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your kitchen, circa nineteen-ninety something. Your hair is shabby and your brain is in a fog after another week of grinding through pages of fractions and mitosis, but Saturday morning has finally yielded its sweet relief from the onerous oppression that is the sixth grade. You\u2019ve been put on the spot all week long, but today, there\u2019s no chance of giving the wrong answer. As you open the pantry and breathe in the scintillating aroma of dextrose and trisodium phosphate, you realize the correct answer is \u201call of the above.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hey look, I\u2019m not casting judgment. We all mixed and matched our cereals in those days before chocolate combined with Cinnamon Toast Crunch and marshmallows found their way into Froot Loops. When you think about it, we had to. It was sheer evolution. How else was I suppose to recreate apple cinnamon waffles then to add Apple Cinnamon Cheerios to Waffle Crisp? But somewhere over the last fifteen years the fat cats at General Mills, Kellogg’s, and Post got wind of what we were up to. Like any good business people, they consulted the brightest minds in high-performance and highly refined grains, came up with a flowchart for these sorts of situations, and devised a plan for research and development. I imagine it went something like this:<\/p>\n

Mr. Bob Post, CEO:<\/b> What do we have on the agenda today? Ah yes, Honeycomb. Classic. Underrated. Consistent. The Andre Reed of cereals, if you will. But sales are down. How can we jazz it up?<\/p>\n

Herbert Sherbert, Head of R&D:<\/b> Chocolate!<\/p>\n

Mr. Bob Post:<\/b> Tried it. Absolutely abysmal<\/a>. What else you got?<\/p>\n

Herbert Sherbert:<\/b> How about Cinnamon<\/a>? I heard Apple Jacks was doing that now and the reviews have been great!<\/p>\n

Mr. Bob Post:<\/b> I like it, but we\u2019ve tried that too. Just didn\u2019t sell. Kids these days have no sense of nuance. Looks like we\u2019ll have to go with Plan Ireland.<\/p>\n

Herbert Sherbet:<\/b> You mean Curtis Stone<\/a>? I actually think he\u2019s Australian…<\/p>\n

Mr. Bob Post:<\/b> No, you idiot. I mean that Irish cereal, whatyacall it, the one with marshmallows.<\/p>\n

Herbert Sherbert:<\/b> You mean Lucky Charms?<\/p>\n

Mr. Bob Post:<\/b> That\u2019s the one! Lucky Charms! Now let\u2019s marshmallowize this beeswax!<\/p>\n

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

And so, through the miracles of capitalism, Post\u2019s Limited Edition Honeycomb with Twisted Marshmallows was born. Why \u201cTwisted\u201d? Other than the squiggly line running down the marshmallows, I seriously have no idea. But considering hearts, stars, and horseshoes, clovers and blue moons were already taken, I guess the options were somewhat limited. In any event, it\u2019s my experience that marshmallows can subtly, yet brilliantly, elevate what otherwise might be a plain cereal base. Lucky Charms is obviously the quintessential example, with the sturdy and crunchy oat pieces\u2014small and not overly sweet on their own\u2014pairing wonderfully with the bursts of sweetness provided by the \u2018mallows.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Honeycomb doesn\u2019t derive such a boost from the marshmallows. The Honeycomb pieces themselves are fine; they have that just-right level of sweetness and gentle, non-toasted crunch which somehow holds its texture in milk. I\u2019ve always kind of admired the strange savory taste of Honeycomb, which seems to blend just the right proportions of corn, oat, and honey flavor. <\/p>\n

The thing that has always trouble me is the lack of a glaze. Other honey cereals like Honey Nut Cheerios and Honey Nut Chex have a sturdier glaze, which helps to retain the distinctive taste and crunch of the sweetened grain in milk. Honeycomb just doesn\u2019t have it, though, and the pieces themselves become sort of bland when you let them soak. <\/p>\n

Ideally the marshmallows would supply little bursts of twisted sweetness, but because of the bulky size of the Honeycomb pieces, the marshmallows get lost in the shuffle. When you do get the taste of the marshmallows, you get, well, the taste of a marshmallow. For some reason marshmallows work in some cereals and don\u2019t work in others, and in this case, they don\u2019t add anything.<\/p>\n

In fairness, the cereal is much better as a snack, where the subtle honey flavor can shine without being slowly diffused and lost amidst the milk. The net effect of the marshmallows, though, doesn\u2019t share in the improvement, and despite granting any given mouthful a bit more sweetness, they don\u2019t contribute anything that makes this iteration of Honeycomb stand out from the original. It pains me to admit it, but I found the cereal to be altogether bland for something that advertising 12 grams of sugar per serving. <\/p>\n

Where do cereal R&D people go after trying chocolate, cinnamon, and marshmallow versions of a classic, well, I just don\u2019t have the answer. But it looks like they\u2019ll be heading back to the drawing board soon enough, because this limited time only cereal just doesn\u2019t deliver anything special.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1 1\/4 cup – 120 calories, 10 calories from fat, 1 gram of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 115 milligrams of cholesterol, 40 milligrams of potassium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 12 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Post Limited Edition Honeycomb with Twisted Marshmallows Cereal
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $2.37
\nSize:<\/b> 12.5 oz box
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Walmart
\nRating:<\/b> 5 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> If you like Honeycomb you\u2019ll like this. Pretty good snacking cereal. Has a savory corn and oat element. Not having to pick out the marshmallows from Lucky Charms and add them to other cereals.
\nCons:<\/b> Marshmallows don\u2019t add anything. Not nearly as good as Cinna-Graham Honeycomb, which was the shit before Post discontinued it. Doesn\u2019t taste very sweet in milk. Missing the glazed crunch of other honey-flavored cereals. Hardly any fiber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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