{"id":33911,"date":"2018-12-31T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=33911"},"modified":"2024-06-04T12:55:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T22:55:15","slug":"sour-patch-kids-cereal-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2018\/12\/31\/sour-patch-kids-cereal-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Sour Patch Kids Cereal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sour<\/p>\n

I\u2019m calling it now. <\/p>\n

2019 is The Year of the Cereal! <\/p>\n

But not just any cereal, the crazy mashup or off the wall flavors that will hopefully debut to push aside the bajillionth Oreo flavor. We are off to a good start with one of the wackiest debuts in a while. Who knew the candy you sometimes get at the movie theater and when you do you end up eating very slowly so as not to get a mouth ulcer (true story!) would be the way to start your day off right? <\/p>\n

As I break open the bag of Sour Patch Kids Cereal, I get a whiff of fruitiness very similar to the other many fruity breakfast cereals \u2013 Fruity Pebbles, Trix, Froot Loops, etc. However, there is that tinge of sour that’s always present in sour candy. They do smell like Sour Patch Kids. I can feel my lips puckering already!<\/p>\n

\"Sour<\/p>\n

There are five colors (blue, green, orange, yellow, and red) that appear subdued a bit as the pieces all have a whitish powdery coating. The shape is close enough to the candy that it works although they are smaller and skinnier and the tops of their heads sometimes skew more towards pointy than rounded. Here\u2019s what they look like in a friendlier breakfast type of way – the kids of Count Chocula while they are still sleeping. <\/p>\n

\"Sour<\/p>\n

I take a heaping handful and chomp down on the colorful corpses. The sour comes in strong right out of the gate but fades quickly as it seems to be powder based and certainly not as strong as the large granules on the real thing. Post nailed the intensity as it is just right. Any more would have been pretty off-putting, and any less would have made the whole concept pointless.<\/p>\n

However, after it wears off, these devolve to (Insert here any generic fruity cereal). In a gummy shell, these taste like slightly sour fruit loops. As with Froot Loops, the colors all taste the same as each one is a fruity mix of flavors.<\/p>\n

\"Sour<\/p>\n

I inhaled a good number of handfuls of these before having the kids take a trip to the milky swimming pool. I wasn\u2019t really shocked to find out that the milk washes away nearly all of the sour powder. With the coating gone, the sweetness of the pieces gets heightened. What did shock me was that the dairy at the end had no sourness whatsoever. It was like a magic trick. Sourness? Poof! Gone with a spoonful of milk. They did stay crunchy, though. <\/p>\n

Sour Patch Kids slogan is \u201cSour. Sweet. Gone.\u201d For this cereal, it should be \u201cSlightly sour. A little too sweet. Kinda feel nauseous now.\u201d This isn\u2019t going to become a staple in your pantry anytime soon, but it sure is a fun novelty that I hope opens the door to more. <\/p>\n

Long live The Year of the Cereal!<\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/b> $3.89
\nSize:<\/b> 10 oz. box
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Walmart
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/b> (1 cup) 140 calories, 3 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 210 milligrams of sodium, 25 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of fiber, 13 grams of sugar, and 1 gram of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m calling it now. 2019 is The Year of the Cereal! But not just any cereal, the crazy mashup or off the wall flavors that will hopefully debut to push aside the bajillionth Oreo flavor. We are off to a good start with one of the wackiest debuts in a while. 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