{"id":60201,"date":"2024-01-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=60201"},"modified":"2024-01-18T15:50:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T01:50:34","slug":"cinnamon-toast-crunch-cocoa-puffs-trix-loaded-cereals-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2024\/01\/19\/cinnamon-toast-crunch-cocoa-puffs-trix-loaded-cereals-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, and Trix Loaded Cereals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In my last review on this very site, a review for a healthy cereal, I made fun of \u201cthe new Trix that is stuffed with frosting.\u201d And while I am still enjoying my box of Cheerios Loaded with Nuts, when I saw the new General Mills Loaded Cereals on the shelf, I laughed and figured \u201cin for a penny, in for a pound.\u201d Wait, no, that\u2019s not it. When in Rome? Whatever doesn\u2019t kill me only makes me stronger? Maybe that one. Because the jaw-rattling sweetness on these new Krave knock-offs is enough to kill me. (Or at least leave me in mild discomfort.)<\/p>\n

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All three varieties \u2014 Trix, Cocoa Puffs, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch \u2014 are squared puffs filled with \u201cvanilla creme.\u201d The image on the box promises a creme that will decadently ooze from each piece. In what is probably a quite obvious development, this doesn\u2019t happen. Despite this structural design flaw, is this cereal worth buying? Let\u2019s dig in.<\/p>\n

Trix Loaded<\/h3>\n

The world\u2019s foremost cereal mascotted by a deranged woodland creature tastes the most like its forebearer. When you first pop one into your mouth, you get the unmistakable artificial fruit taste of Trix. As you bite in, however, you get the vanilla creme, which tastes like sweet. That\u2019s right, it tastes like sweet. There is no discernible vanilla flavor; it tastes, in fact, like someone managed to stuff a piece of the outer shell from a Little Debbies Zebra Cake into the inside of a Trix. That doesn\u2019t sound appealing, necessarily, but it\u2019s better than you might think. This was the best of the three.<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> 7 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (1 cup) 180 calories, 6 grams of fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 110 milligrams of sodium, 32 grams of carbohydrates, 2 gram of fiber, 12 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.<\/p>\n

Cocoa Puffs Loaded<\/h3>\n

Like the Trix version, this one tasted quite a bit like the cereal from which it was born. And while the concept of a vanilla filling seems like it would be an excellent compliment to a chocolate cereal, something about it just didn\u2019t seem to click as well. I noticed the aggressive sweetness of the filling more with this one, I think, which was a detraction. After a few spoonfuls, I realized I probably didn\u2019t need to try this one again.<\/p>\n

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Rating:<\/strong> 6 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (1 cup) 180 calories, 6 grams of fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 130 milligrams of sodium, 31 grams of carbohydrates, 2 gram of fiber, 12 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.<\/p>\n

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Loaded<\/h3>\n

This was the biggest disappointment of the group. First of all, CTC is the best cereal in General Mills\u2019 catalogue, and maybe even the best cereal ever. Second, the idea of adding FROSTING to a cereal flavored like cinnamon toast sort of makes you think this would strongly evoke a cinnamon roll itself, right? Well, it doesn\u2019t. Part of what makes CTC so good is the almost extreme amount of Cinnadusting on each heavenly square. These Loaded pillows have but a FRACTION of the namesake\u2019s powder. On every fifth piece you go, oh, right, cinnamon; but by and large, these things are tasteless. Well, except for the overbearing \u201csweet\u201d from the filling. Like a grandmother meeting Tom Selleck at a Blue Bloods fan convention, it is loud and proud.<\/p>\n

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Rating:<\/strong> 4 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (1 cup) 180 calories, 6 grams of fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 120 milligrams of sodium, 32 grams of carbohydrates, 2 gram of fiber, 12 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.<\/p>\n

All three were purchased at Walmart for $4.93.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my last review on this very site, a review for a healthy cereal, I made fun of \u201cthe new Trix that is stuffed with frosting.\u201d And while I am still enjoying my box of Cheerios Loaded with Nuts, when I saw the new General Mills Loaded Cereals on the shelf, I laughed and figured […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1472,1596,1751,1549,1718],"class_list":["post-60201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-cereal","tag-cinnamon-toast-crunch","tag-cocoa-puffs","tag-general-mills","tag-trix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54257,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2022\/12\/22\/cinnamon-toast-crunch-minis-reeses-puffs-minis-trix-minis-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":60201,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Reese’s Puffs, and Trix Minis Cereals","author":"Ann","date":"December 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I'll be the first to admit I'm enchanted by the \"tiny\" versions of normal things. 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