{"id":3695,"date":"2009-05-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=3695"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:33:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T03:33:45","slug":"news-kelloggs-adds-honey-to-corn-flakes-to-make-them-slightly-less-damn-boring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/28\/news-kelloggs-adds-honey-to-corn-flakes-to-make-them-slightly-less-damn-boring\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Kellogg&#8217;s Adds Honey To Corn Flakes To Make Them Slightly Less Damn Boring"},"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\/newshoneycornflakes.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>When I want to express how boring something is, I occasionally use the phrase, &#8220;It&#8217;s like watching paint dry.&#8221; But when I want to mix it up, I use the line, &#8220;It&#8217;s like eating Corn Flakes.&#8221; Or, &#8220;It&#8217;s like watching C-SPAN with the volume turned down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Corn Flakes is a cereal I don&#8217;t pay attention to in the vast cereal aisle because everything about it is boring. I&#8217;m surprised there&#8217;s a rooster on the front of the box. Instead I think there should be sheep jumping over a fence, because Corn Flakes are so boring that they make me fall asleep. Recently, Kellogg&#8217;s introduced a new Corn Flakes variety with a hint of added sweetness, the Corn Flakes Touch of Honey.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure the addition of honey will make Corn Flakes a little more interesting, but why has it taken so long for Kellogg&#8217;s to do this? Corn Flakes has been around for about a century and only now they&#8217;ve come up with this idea?  I guess better late than never.<\/p>\n<p>A cup serving of the Corn Flakes Touch of Honey contains 120 calories, 0 grams of fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 220 milligrams of sodium, 50 milligrams of potassium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of dietary fiber, 6 grams of sugar, 20 grams other carbohydrates, 2 grams of protein and a bunch of vitamins and minerals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I want to express how boring something is, I occasionally use the phrase, &#8220;It&#8217;s like watching paint dry.&#8221; But when I want to mix it up, I use the line, &#8220;It&#8217;s like eating Corn Flakes.&#8221; Or, &#8220;It&#8217;s like watching C-SPAN with the volume turned down.&#8221; Corn Flakes is a cereal I don&#8217;t pay attention [&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-3695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotted-on-shelves"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34438,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/31\/honey-nut-frosted-flakes-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":3695,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Kellogg&#8217;s Honey Nut Frosted Flakes","author":"Marvo","date":"January 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I want to start this review by writing about the back of the box of Kellogg\u2019s Honey Nut Frosted Flakes. 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