{"id":21190,"date":"2017-01-30T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=21190"},"modified":"2023-08-28T16:00:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T02:00:01","slug":"review-limited-edition-girl-scouts-thin-mints-cereal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/30\/review-limited-edition-girl-scouts-thin-mints-cereal\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Limited Edition Girl Scouts Thin Mints Cereal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One hundred years.<\/p>\n

The Girl Scouts of America have been selling cookies since 1917. That\u2019s how long in the making this was.<\/p>\n

Now that Girl Scout Cookie season is upon us, our favorite pint-sized peddlers have teamed up with General Mills to stock shelves with a breakfast cereal representative of their famous baked goods. It\u2019s about time.<\/p>\n

The famous flavors of Girl Scout Cookies have managed to find their way into everything from ice cream to chocolate bars over the years, and starting now, you can officially have Thin Mints and Samoas in a bowl for breakfast without feeling awful about yourself.<\/p>\n

I picked up a box of Thin Mints at Target, opting to pass on the Caramel Crunch (Samoas) variety, because the idea of having a mint flavored cereal intrigued me much more.<\/p>\n

They certainly smell the part, which took a second to adjust to. I don\u2019t think I\u2019d ever even heard of a breakfast cereal with mint in it until that moment. I can\u2019t think of one off the top of my head. Either way, the cereal smells just like the cookie.<\/p>\n

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As far as aesthetics, they aren\u2019t the best looking cereal. My brother\u2019s dog eats food pellets that look exactly like these little dark discs, so that image was tough to shake at first. For a more palatable example, If Cookie Crisp ever borrowed a marketing ploy from the Cap\u2019n, these would be \u201cOops, All Chocolate Chips Cookie Crisp.\u201d <\/p>\n

The cereal pieces have an outer crispy area encapsulating a center that tasted like it was on a fast track to sogsville the second I poured the milk in. Each bite had a typical crunch but soon turned gluey, and clung to my teeth more than I expected.<\/p>\n

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All in all, they taste like less chocolately Cocoa Puffs with a cool little mint kick on the finish. The mint flavor fades as the cereal pieces start to scratch your mouth up, but there was still a constant cooling reminder that you\u2019re eating a mint cereal. That being said, these aren\u2019t exactly Altoids. Don\u2019t forget to brush your teeth after breakfast, ya sickos.<\/p>\n

I tried these as a dry snack, too. I had a couple handfuls out of the box, and the chocolate was more pronounced. The pieces are coated in a powdery layer of flavor that must have faded immediately when the milk was poured on. The mint also powers through more on the dry pieces. I guess it was intentional that the extra powder layer was included to improve the milk at the end of the bowl.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve gone on record about my feelings of cereal milk. I don\u2019t even want it half of the time. Part of me finds it mildly disgusting \u2013 a tepid, gross colored pool of cereal backwash \u2013 but the other part of me feels guilty pouring half a cup of milk down the drain. <\/p>\n

But Thin Mints has some pretty damn good cereal milk. You can\u2019t really go wrong with minty chocolate milk, can ya?<\/p>\n

So, this is a decent first effort by General Mills. I still plan to try the Samoas cereal, but expect them to be a less impressive transition to a cereal box. As a lover of Reese\u2019s Puffs, I really hope they tackle Tagalongs next.<\/p>\n

These cereals are a limited edition, so act quick. I\u2019m not positive if proceeds benefit the Girl Scouts, but I imagine they do. Either way, I always take some solace knowing I\u2019m contributing to a good cause when I house an entire box of Girl Scout Cookies.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 3\/4 Cup \u2013 120 calories, 3 grams of fat, 1 gram of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 90 milligrams of sodium, 22 grams of carbohydrates, 12 grams of other carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 9 grams of sugars, and 1 gram of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/b> $2.99
\nSize:<\/b> 11 oz. box
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Target
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> They smell like the real thing. Basically a Cocoa Puffs\/Cookie Crisp hybrid. Mint in a cereal. Tasty cereal milk. Hopefully a good sign of what\u2019s to come. 100 years of Girl Scout Cookies.
\nCons:<\/b> Sogged up quickly. Mint fades as you go. What the heck are \u201cother carbohydrates?\u201d Little burger looking cereal pieces. No fun games on the back of the box, just some kind of environmental message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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