{"id":16947,"date":"2014-06-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16947"},"modified":"2020-12-28T19:18:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T05:18:21","slug":"spotted-on-shelves-general-mills-cheerios-protein-cereal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/02\/spotted-on-shelves-general-mills-cheerios-protein-cereal\/","title":{"rendered":"SPOTTED ON SHELVES &#8211; General Mills Cheerios Protein Cereal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theimpulsivebuy\/14347240253\" title=\"View 'General Mills Cheerios Protein Cereal' on Flickr.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2939\/14347240253_54e5ce6250.jpg?resize=424%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"General Mills Cheerios Protein Cereal\" width=\"424\" title=\"General Mills Cheerios Protein Cereal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A serving of Cheerios Protein with milk has 11 grams of protein, but if your inconsiderate roommate drank all the milk and put the empty carton back in the fridge, you can still get 7 grams of protein, which should still be enough protein to build some muscle to kick some manners into your dumbass roommate. The new variety will come in two flavors, Cinnamon Almond and Oats &#038; Honey. <i>(Spotted by Dan at Meijer.)<\/i> <\/p>\n<p><i>If you\u2019re out shopping and see an interesting new or limited edition product on the shelf, snap a picture of it, and send us an email (theimpulsivebuy@gmail.com) with where you found it and &#8220;Spotted&#8221; in the subject line. Or reply to us (@theimpulsivebuy) on Twitter with the photo and the hashtag #spotted. If you&#8217;ve tried the product, share your thoughts about it in the comments.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A serving of Cheerios Protein with milk has 11 grams of protein, but if your inconsiderate roommate drank all the milk and put the empty carton back in the fridge, you can still get 7 grams of protein, which should still be enough protein to build some muscle to kick some manners into your dumbass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotted-on-shelves"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69289,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2025\/04\/22\/spotted-cheerios-protein-chewy-bars\/","url_meta":{"origin":16947,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED: Cheerios Protein Chewy Bars","author":"Marvo","date":"April 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I wish there was a chocolate peanut butter flavored Cheerios Protein Cereal. 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Then I realized I was absolutely wrong because it's plenty strong since it's flying while also carrying a honey dipper. (Spotted by Robbie at H-E-B.) 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