{"id":18613,"date":"2015-06-10T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=18613"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:43:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T03:43:28","slug":"review-capn-crunchs-caramel-popcorn-crunch-cereal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/10\/review-capn-crunchs-caramel-popcorn-crunch-cereal\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Cap’n Crunch’s Caramel Popcorn Crunch Cereal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cap\u2019n<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite its popularity in everything from <\/a>Chips Ahoy cookies to <\/a>Hostess Cupcakes, caramel remains something of a third rail flavor when it comes to this unbalanced side of a complete breakfast. <\/p>\n

We\u2019re all fine with it mixed into our frappes and covering an ooey-gooey sticky bun, but we\u2019re only moderately interested should it show up in our cereal bowls. Sales history speaks for itself; Kellogg\u2019s Caramel Nut Crunch and <\/a>Crunchy Nut Caramel Nut were both short-lived, while <\/a>Dulce de Leche Cheerios is as elusive on supermarket shelves as Barry Sanders was in the open field of the Pontiac Silverdome.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s really only one conclusion to support this: cereal companies have been thinking of caramel all wrong.<\/p>\n

Instead of trying to pair caramel with chocolate, apples, or nut flavors like past cereals, Cap\u2019n Crunch\u2019s Caramel Popcorn Crunch looks to the snack aisle for inspiration and gets caramel right.<\/p>\n

Popcorn for breakfast? <\/p>\n

Actually it\u2019s less crazy than it sounds, and certainly on more solid footing than <\/a>rainbow sherbet-flavored Fruity Pebbles. Aside from the fact most sugary cereals are made from corn, there\u2019s actually some precedence for eating actual popcorn at the breakfast table. Even though old-timey Americans<\/a> who would eventually found cereal empires ate popcorn with milk to jumpstart their day, I\u2019d recommend keeping this latest flavor solely in the realm of a dry snack. <\/p>\n

Oh sure it\u2019s not bad in milk\u2014actually the end-milk has a delicious dulce de leche sort of flavor\u2014but the light and airy spheres don\u2019t hold their texture as well as other Cap\u2019n Crunch flavors. Also, the salty-sweet flavor and the molasses backnotes are, literally, drowned out.<\/p>\n

\"Cap\u2019n<\/a><\/p>\n

Those flavors are much more prevalent when eaten dry, where an intriguing salty-sweet flavor comes together in a flavor rarely encountered in cereal form. There\u2019s the usual brown sugar and coconut oil aftertaste of Cap\u2019n Crunch, but an extra burnt sugar sweetness is balanced by a salty and airy crisp that\u2019s really enjoyable. It\u2019s not perfect in replicating caramel popcorn\u2014there\u2019s something to be said for sticky hands and partially melted corn syrup to lick from your fingers\u2014but it\u2019s pretty accurate for what it is, and, what\u2019s more, comes with the benefit of not having any annoying unpopped kernels. And if you\u2019re into the whole “Chicago Mix” thing, I have great news. It pairs wonderfully with an extra salty cheesy crunch from a snack like Cheese Nips, which everyone knows is far<\/i> superior to Cheez-Its.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not going to endorse Caramel Popcorn Crunch as a part of a complete breakfast because I don\u2019t want the <\/a>First Lady coming after good old Cap\u2019n Horatio again, but I will definitely give it a thumbs up as a snacking cereal with excellent mixability with other salty snacks. <\/p>\n

Will it stick around for more than a couple of years? Probably not, but such is the lifespan of caramel-flavored cereals. If you don\u2019t like it too, then tough. But at least we\u2019ll have twenty million other caramel or salted caramel-flavored products to fall back on.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts \u2013 31 grams \u2013 120 calories, 10 calories from fat, 1 grams of fat, 0.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 150 milligrams of sodium, 60 milligrams of potassium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, 1 grams of dietary fiber, 14 grams of sugars, 1 grams of protein, and if you\u2019re getting the majority of vitamins and minerals from cereal you really need to rethink your dietary choices.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Cap\u2019n Crunch\u2019s Caramel Popcorn Crunch Cereal
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $3.00
\nSize:<\/b> 16.2 oz. box
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Walmart
\nRating:<\/b> 7 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Salty-sweet flavor makes for an addictive snack. Brown sugar and molasses depth. Delicious dulce de leche type end-milk flavor. Pairs exceptionally well with Cheese Nips.
\nCons:<\/b> Lacks the buttered richness of caramel popcorn. Absolutely no redeeming nutritional value. Tastes horrible mixed with Cocoa Puffs. Not as crunchy as the other Cap\u2019n Crunch flavors, and still only the fourth tastiest version of Cap\u2019n Crunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite its popularity in everything from Chips Ahoy cookies to Hostess Cupcakes, caramel remains something of a third rail flavor when it comes to this unbalanced side of a complete breakfast. We\u2019re all fine with it mixed into our frappes and covering an ooey-gooey sticky bun, but we\u2019re only moderately interested should it show up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"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_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1653,1472,1598],"class_list":["post-18613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-capn-crunch","tag-cereal","tag-quaker"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47275,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2021\/07\/01\/capn-crunch-chocolate-caramel-crunch-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":18613,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Cap’n Crunch’s Chocolate Caramel Crunch Cereal","author":"Brandon","date":"July 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"What is Cap\u2019n Crunch's Chocolate Caramel Crunch? 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