{"id":42367,"date":"2020-02-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=42367"},"modified":"2024-06-04T12:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T22:55:09","slug":"honey-bunches-of-oats-frosted-cereal-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2020\/02\/27\/honey-bunches-of-oats-frosted-cereal-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Honey Bunches of Oats Frosted Cereal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Honey-Bunches-of-Oats-Frosted-Cereal.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Honey Bunches of Oats Frosted Cereal\" title=\"Honey Bunches of Oats Frosted Cereal.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Honey Bunches of Oats Frosted Cereal confuses me, much like the puzzle on the back of its box.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll get to the cereal in a moment, but the Arctic Water Park puzzle is lame. The game asks, \u201cWho\u2019s going to make a splash? Follow the slides and see who ends up in the Polar Bear pond!\u201d Now, I believe almost every solver will look at the numbered flags and start with Slide #1. And guess what? Yeah, SPOILER ALERT, Slide #1 leads to Polar Bear pond. <\/p>\n<p>Why make the first choice the correct choice that turns the slide into a drive-thru window for the polar bear? Because it\u2019s so quick to solve, children will now be forced to avoid conversations with their parents by watching TikTok videos on their phones.<\/p>\n<p>As for the cereal itself, it confuses me because I thought all Honey Bunches of Oats varieties had only frosted flakes. I guess that wasn\u2019t the case, and maybe I should start taking my time eating Honey Bunches of Oats so I can catch whatever nuances they have, instead of scarfing it down before the flakes get super soggy.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Honey-Bunches-of-Oats-Frosted-Cereal-Closeup.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Honey Bunches of Oats Frosted Cereal Closeup\" title=\"Honey Bunches of Oats Frosted Cereal Closeup.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every corn flake in the box is frosted, but I kept wondering how much of the coating is on them because they\u2019re not as sugary as Kellogg\u2019s Frosted Flakes or what General Mills has been using. They are sweeter than the flakes with other Honey Bunches of Oats varieties, but the cereal overall tastes less sweet than my go-to Honey Bunches of Oats variety, Honey Roasted. <\/p>\n<p>The coating may not make the cereal as sugary as I expected, but it helps the flakes remain crunchy for a little longer than other Honey Bunches of Oats varieties. So all the crunch lifting isn\u2019t done by just the granola clusters, and I don\u2019t have to scarf it down to avoid Sogsville. But, sadly, the bunches themselves taste bland.<\/p>\n<p>Even though I\u2019d like it to be a little sweeter, Honey Bunches of Oats Frosted is a satisfying cereal. But unlike the answer to the slide puzzle on the back of the box, it\u2019s not choice #1 when it comes to Honey Bunches of Oats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purchased Price:<\/strong> $3.50<br \/>\n<strong>Size:<\/strong> 20 oz. box<br \/>\n<strong>Purchased at:<\/strong> Target<br \/>\n<strong>Rating:<\/strong> 6 out of 10<br \/>\n<strong>Nutrition Facts:<\/strong> (1 cup) 160 calories, 2 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 180 milligrams of sodium, 34 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 11 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honey Bunches of Oats Frosted Cereal confuses me, much like the puzzle on the back of its box. I\u2019ll get to the cereal in a moment, but the Arctic Water Park puzzle is lame. The game asks, \u201cWho\u2019s going to make a splash? Follow the slides and see who ends up in the Polar Bear [&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_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1472,1544,1729],"class_list":["post-42367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-cereal","tag-honey-bunches-of-oats","tag-post-cereals"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59805,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2023\/12\/13\/honey-bunches-of-oats-frosted-bunches-cereal-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":42367,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Honey Bunches of Oats Frosted Bunches Cereal","author":"Mark","date":"December 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Post doesn\u2019t release limited-edition Honey Bunches of Oats flavors very often, so when it does, pay attention! 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