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This Lucky Charms Cotton Candy Cereal is the unluckiest Lucky Charms cereal. I mean, come on, cotton candy flavor would\u2019ve been a significant sidekick to the marshmallows. It had the potential to be one of the most magically delicious varieties of the oat and marshmallow cereal. Instead, it ended up being the most magnificently deficient.<\/p>\n
What makes this cereal so disappointing is its whisper of cotton candy flavor, which is wispier than the texture of actual cotton candy. The aroma doesn\u2019t even bring the carnival treat to mind. I can\u2019t even say it\u2019s a slight upgrade over the lightly sweetened coating on regular Lucky Charms oat pieces. This cereal is more cOATton candy-flavored than cotton candy-flavored. It\u2019s so unfortunate.<\/p>\n
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Its wispy cotton candy flavor probably should\u2019ve been expected since the cereal\u2019s dark purple color doesn\u2019t scream cotton candy either. If the pieces were as blue as the blue moon marshmallows or as red as the red balloon marshmallow, they would\u2019ve looked more convincing. Heck, if they were as purple as the purple horseshoes, they might\u2019ve also looked the part. But that dark purple color on the box looks brown at a quick glance. Only at a closer examination do I notice the dark purple.<\/p>\n
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That coating is more color than flavor, though it does turn the milk a shade that looks like Grimace was used to clean up a spill and wrung out over my cereal bowl. The purple milk, unfortunately, is just as light on cotton candy flavor as the cereal itself.<\/p>\n
Not even the three new unicorn marshmallows in the cereal make this worth buying. And they\u2019re not even three different unicorn shapes, just three different unicorn colors. The only way those marshmallows could\u2019ve improved this cereal is if the box was half or fully filled with them, since they do a better job of suggesting cotton candy flavor than the purple oat pieces do.<\/p>\n
Lucky Charms Cotton Candy Cereal is less pleasing than the original. It\u2019s magnificently dismissible.<\/p>\n
Purchased Price:<\/strong> $5.69 This Lucky Charms Cotton Candy Cereal is the unluckiest Lucky Charms cereal. I mean, come on, cotton candy flavor would\u2019ve been a significant sidekick to the marshmallows. It had the potential to be one of the most magically delicious varieties of the oat and marshmallow cereal. Instead, it ended up being the most magnificently deficient. 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\nSize:<\/strong> 18.6 oz box
\nPurchased at:<\/strong> Target
\nRating:<\/strong> 4 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (1 cup – no milk) 140 calories, 1.5 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 230 milligrams of sodium, 30 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 11 grams of sugar (including 11 grams of added sugar), and 3 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"