{"id":49,"date":"2004-10-01T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2004-10-01T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/?p=49"},"modified":"2023-08-14T18:20:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T04:20:08","slug":"honey-bunches-of-oats-with-real-bananas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2004\/10\/01\/honey-bunches-of-oats-with-real-bananas\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey Bunches of Oats with Real Bananas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Honey<\/p>\n

Here at The Impulsive Buy we like to keep up with the latest product trends because we so desperately want to be cool and hip.<\/p>\n

In our short existence, we have followed a few trends, like the breakfast smoothie trend and the low-carb soda trend. Another one we have been closely following is the cereal with real fruit trend, which we think is an awesome idea, but not as awesome as the Hypercolor clothing trend in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago we reviewed Corn Flakes With Bananas<\/a>, which we found to be pretty damn good. Who would have thought adding bananas could make Corn Flakes, which is something just as bland as any Britney Spears’ CD, taste better?<\/p>\n

So today we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to review another cereal with bananas, Honey Bunches of Oats with Real Bananas.<\/p>\n

We at the Impulsive Buy are fans of the original Honey Bunches of Oats, with its crunchiness and lightly frosted corn and wheat flakes. After our kick-ass experience with Corn Flakes with Bananas, we assumed the Honey Bunches of Oats with Real Bananas would be just as good. Unfortunately, we were very disappointed.<\/p>\n

To be honest, we were only dissatisfied with the dried bananas in the cereal. If we were able to pick out all the dried bananas, we would like it, but if we wanted that it would be easier to just buy a box of regular Honey Bunches of Oats.<\/p>\n

The bananas in the Honey Bunches of Oats were soft and squishy, like Bob Dole without Viagra. So when we added the milk, the bananas absorbed it like a sponge and they got soggy faster than you can say, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153These bananas suck ass.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This was unlike the Corn Flakes With Bananas, which had crunchy banana chips, like the kind you find in hippie health food stores in between the dried apricots and hemp bracelets.<\/p>\n

These bananas in the Honey Bunches of Oats were so bad, we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think gorillas, monkeys, orangutans, or Robin Williams would like them.<\/p>\n

After our positive experience with Corn Flakes with Bananas, we had such high hopes for Honey Bunches of Oats with Real Bananas. To summarize how we felt about this cereal, we would like to use the following analogy: It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just like getting caught in the rain without an umbrella. Things get soggy and it sucks.<\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Honey Bunches of Oats with Real Bananas
\nPurchase Price:<\/b> $3.00 (on sale)
\nRating:<\/b> 2 out of 5
\nPros:<\/b> The Honey Bunches of Oats part.
\nCons:<\/b> The soggy bananas part. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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