{"id":49613,"date":"2022-01-06T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=49613"},"modified":"2022-01-05T13:39:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T23:39:52","slug":"reeses-puffs-cluster-crunch-cereal-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2022\/01\/06\/reeses-puffs-cluster-crunch-cereal-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Reese’s Puffs Cluster Crunch Cereal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Reese<\/p>\n

Hmm. Where do I start? I want to be excited about a new Reese\u2019s Puffs cereal, especially one that switches up the shape and doesn\u2019t just supersize it for reasons I don\u2019t fully understand (Big Puffs<\/a>) or have box art featuring a musician I\u2019ve only vaguely heard of (no offense, Lil Yachty, that remote control cereal boat<\/a> was pretty cool). I like when the spheres are seasonally swapped for bunny and bat shapes. Those both take a classically good cereal like Puffs and change it up in a fun way. <\/p>\n

When I first saw the box of Reese\u2019s Puffs Cluster Crunch, I couldn\u2019t help but approach it with a bit of trepidation. The shapes looked familiar like the berry pieces in Trix or, more inauspiciously, the \u201cclusters\u201d in the largely disappointing Lucky Charms Marshmallow Clusters<\/a>. I think I see where you\u2019re going with this one, General Mills. We\u2019re looking at Clusters Plan B, and it\u2019s still not exactly working.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s definitely nothing wrong with this cereal in terms of taste. It\u2019s actually quite good, assuming you\u2019re a fan of Reese\u2019s Puffs to begin with. The same strong Reese\u2019s peanut butter smell is present when you open the bag, and as usual, there isn\u2019t as much of a chocolate component as you might hope for, but I\u2019d be lying if I said I\u2019d ever really docked Puffs for lacking this. The peanut butter-colored and chocolate-colored pieces are interchangeably flavored as usual. The issue here is the wording.<\/p>\n

\"Reese<\/p>\n

Picture this. You\u2019re at the breakfast table with your cereal bowl in front of you, spoon in hand (or if you\u2019re me, at your desk at four p.m. with no spoon and your hand just shoved inside the box. Kidding, I don\u2019t have a desk). You\u2019re about to go fishing in your bowl for a nice crunchy cluster, something that stands out from the other bites. I bet you\u2019re envisioning something like a gob of flakes and oats and maybe pieces of nuts, all different textures and clumped together with the power of something sugary. Instead, you get\u2026a few little rafts of aerated puffs that seem kind of like Rice Krispies but aren\u2019t?<\/p>\n

\"Reese<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t even tell if these are more aerated than usual, and I cut several pieces in half to check. Even if they were, this would be more of an \u201cextra puffed\u201d and not exactly my definition of crunchy. In milk, they fare the same as the regular ones do, and I know this because I ate them both side by side on a fruitless quest to discover the difference.<\/p>\n

\"Reese<\/p>\n

\"Reese<\/p>\n

This cereal is identical to Reese\u2019s Puffs in every way, except instead of regular round pieces, there are \u201cclusters\u201d of smaller balls. But they\u2019re stuck together from the get-go, and this doesn\u2019t produce any significant difference in crunch. They do have more flavor powder on them, thanks to the little bumps and crevices, and eating them feels a little different because they aren\u2019t a shape that my tongue is totally used to when it thinks it\u2019s getting Reese\u2019s Puffs.<\/p>\n

I consider the original Puffs to be an 8 out of 10, and it seems unfair to rank this any lower because it\u2019s exactly the same, but I think the name Cluster Crunch evokes an idea that the product doesn\u2019t deliver on. If you like Reese\u2019s Puffs, you should be happy with this cereal. If you\u2019re hoping for a new and crunchy twist, this underwhelms.<\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/strong> $2.50
\nSize:<\/strong> 11.9 oz box
\nPurchased at:<\/strong> Jewel-Osco
\nRating:<\/strong> 7 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (1 cup without milk) 160 calories, 4.5 grams of fat, 0.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 210 milligrams of sodium, 30 grams of total carbohydrates, 2 grams of dietary fiber, 12 grams of total sugars including 12 grams of added sugars), and 3 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hmm. Where do I start? I want to be excited about a new Reese\u2019s Puffs cereal, especially one that switches up the shape and doesn\u2019t just supersize it for reasons I don\u2019t fully understand (Big Puffs) or have box art featuring a musician I\u2019ve only vaguely heard of (no offense, Lil Yachty, that remote control […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[1440],"tags":[1472,1549,1512,1847],"class_list":["post-49613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-cereal","tag-general-mills","tag-reeses","tag-reeses-puffs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49570,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2022\/01\/03\/spotted-reeses-puffs-cluster-crunch-and-cinnagraham-toast-crunch\/","url_meta":{"origin":49613,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED: Reese’s Puffs Cluster Crunch and CinnaGraham Toast Crunch","author":"Marvo","date":"January 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"If your missed it, we already reviewed CinnaGraham Toast Crunch. 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