{"id":37559,"date":"2019-06-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=37559"},"modified":"2019-06-25T16:07:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T02:07:35","slug":"general-mills-mermaid-cereal-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/06\/27\/general-mills-mermaid-cereal-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: General Mills Mermaid Cereal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"General<\/p>\n

Last year, Kellogg\u2019s trotted out a limited edition Unicorn Cereal. With unicorn off the board, the Big G didn\u2019t want to be left out of the mythical creature cereal category, so here we are with Mermaid Cereal. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s no universal consensus to what unicorn products should taste like, but the same can\u2019t be said about mermaid products. All brands that have come out with mermaid food products seem to agree that they should not taste fishy. According to the box, this cereal is naturally fruit flavored sweetened corn puffs with other natural flavors. <\/p>\n

Two different pieces swim in the box \u2014 pink-colored stars and green-colored mermaid tails. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve watched The Little Mermaid<\/em>, Splash<\/em>, or the 18th episode of season two of Snorks<\/em>, \u201cThe Littlest Mermaid,\u201d too many times, but it\u2019s a little unnerving to me to be eating mermaid tails. I can almost hear the underwater screams in my head with every chew.<\/p>\n

\"General<\/p>\n

The sizes of the pieces are a lot smaller than I thought they\u2019d be. I know the image on the front of the box is enlarged to show detail, but it skewed my perception of how big they would be. They\u2019re less puffier than most corn puff cereals that I\u2019ve eaten before. I also thought, at first glance, the green pieces were marshmallows. As someone who loves cereal marshmallows, I\u2019m a bit disappointed they\u2019re not.<\/p>\n

The flavor of the brightly colored pieces remind me of Trix, but more like Trix Lite, if that existed. So if you want to trick the Trix Rabbit, blindfold him, tell him you\u2019re feeding him Trix, but feed him this. It\u2019s fruity flavored, so he won\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019re super evil, when he takes off his blindfold, laugh like Kawhi Leonard<\/a> in his face, show him it\u2019s Mermaid Cereal, then say, \u201cSilly rabbit! Trix are for kids!,\u201d and then hand him a carrot.<\/p>\n

Mermaid Cereal is an average fruity cereal. It tastes fine and stays crunchy in milk for a decent amount of time, but doesn’t leave behind a fruity milk. There\u2019s nothing mythical, mysterious, or magical about it.<\/p>\n

DISCLOSURE:<\/strong> I received a free sample of the product. Doing so did not influence my review in any way.<\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/strong> FREE
\nSize:<\/strong> 11.4 oz. box
\nPurchased at:<\/strong> Received from General Mills
\nRating:<\/strong> 6 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (1 cup w\/o milk) 150 calories, 1.5 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 170 milligrams of sodium, 34 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 12 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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