{"id":2262,"date":"2009-02-04T12:44:34","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T22:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=2262"},"modified":"2023-08-28T16:06:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T02:06:29","slug":"review-honey-kix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/04\/review-honey-kix\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Honey Kix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;padding-left:10px;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/images\/honeykix.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kix has always been one of those cereals that have puzzled me.  It&#8217;s one of those cereals that makes me wonder why it&#8217;s still on store shelves because, frankly, it&#8217;s as tasty as a wet hobo&#8217;s home.  I used to think that way about Rice Krispies too, but then realized that its production is probably still going thanks to people who makes homemade Rice Krispies Treats and those who use it to absorb liquid spills.<\/p>\n<p>My dislike for regular Kix was the reason why I was skeptical about the new Honey Kix.  It would take a lot for me to like Kix and adding honey might not be enough to do it because you can put a sheep&#8217;s clothing on a wolf and it&#8217;s still a wolf and you can put a beard on Spencer Pratt and he&#8217;s still an asshole.  What also made me pessimistic about Honey Kix was the fact that, just like the original Kix, it&#8217;s &#8220;Kid-Tested, Mother-Approved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kid-Tested&#8221; is such a vague term.  Sure, they gave it to kids and they might&#8217;ve all hated it or they might&#8217;ve all loved it, but there&#8217;s no way to know what those children were thinking with the open-ended phrase, &#8220;Kid-Tested.&#8221; At one point, kids might&#8217;ve liked Kix, perhaps back in 1937, when it was introduced.  But, of course, kids would like it back then because they didn&#8217;t have much of a choice.  There wasn&#8217;t enough variety to have a cereal aisle.  It was just a cereal corner.<\/p>\n<p>What I want to know is, how often do they do these tests?  <\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_top&#038;bc1=FFFFFF&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=theimpulsivbu-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;asins=B00286DAQ0\" style=\"float:left;padding-right:10px;width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>I hope they do it often because kids likes and dislikes are so fickle.  If they need someone to do more tests, I could do it because I understand the basics of experimentation thanks to college chemistry and watching Mythbusters.  All I need is a kid to be a control subject who eats only Kix and a bunch of other kids to be subjects that aren&#8217;t controls who will be eating cereals that will make the control subject jealous.  Although, now that I think about it, it will be difficult to do this testing since I&#8217;m pretty sure having a 33-year-old man entice children to his &#8220;laboratory&#8221; with promises of delicious cereal is illegal in most, if not all, countries.<\/p>\n<p>I ended up using myself as a test subject with the Honey Kix.  The first thing I noticed about the latest Kix is that it&#8217;s much more yellow in color than regular Kix.  Then I noticed it stayed crunchy in milk for a decent amount of time.  Its taste was definitely sweeter than original Kix and it had a slight honey flavor that made the cereal sort of taste like Cookie Crisp, except without the chocolate.  But it&#8217;s flavor won&#8217;t satisfy those who love their sugary cereals that either come with marshmallows or colors that don&#8217;t occur in nature.   <\/p>\n<p>After all my experiments, I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that Honey Kix is better than original Kix.  So consider it, &#8220;Marvo-Tested, Marvo-Approved!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><small>(Nutrition Facts &#8211; 1.25 cups &#8211; 120 calories, 1 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 230 milligrams of sodium, 70 milligrams of potassium, 28 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of fiber, 6 grams of sugar, 19 grams of other carbohydrates, 2 grams of protein, and lots of vitamins and minerals.)<\/small><\/p>\n<p><b>Item:<\/b>  Honey Kix<br \/>\n<b>Price:<\/b>  $5.99<br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b>  12 ounces<br \/>\n<b>Purchased at:<\/b>  Foodland<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b>  6 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Pros:<\/b>  Sweeter than original Kix.  Sort of tastes like Cookie Crisp without the chocolate.  Provides 16 grams of whole grain.  No high fructose corn syrup.  3 grams of dietary fiber.  A bunch of vitamins and minerals.  No artificial flavors or preservatives.  Mythbusters.  Using Rice Krispies to absorb liquids.<br \/>\n<b>Cons:<\/b>  Taste won&#8217;t satisfy those who love sugary cereals.  &#8220;Kid-Tested&#8221; is vague term.  Enticing children to a &#8220;laboratory&#8221; with promises of delicious cereal.  The asshole-ness of Spencer Pratt.  The fickleness of children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kix has always been one of those cereals that have puzzled me. It&#8217;s one of those cereals that makes me wonder why it&#8217;s still on store shelves because, frankly, it&#8217;s as tasty as a wet hobo&#8217;s home. I used to think that way about Rice Krispies too, but then realized that its production is probably [&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":[1440],"tags":[1472,1549,2299],"class_list":["post-2262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-cereal","tag-general-mills","tag-kix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76769,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/13\/spotted-bluey-by-kix-berry-cereal\/","url_meta":{"origin":2262,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED: Bluey by Kix Berry Cereal","author":"Marvo","date":"April 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Oh, Goodness Gravy! 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