{"id":9844,"date":"2011-07-29T00:20:12","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T10:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=9844"},"modified":"2020-12-24T07:34:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T17:34:20","slug":"review-kelloggs-fiberplus-antioxidants-caramel-pecan-crunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/29\/review-kelloggs-fiberplus-antioxidants-caramel-pecan-crunch\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Kellogg’s FiberPlus Antioxidants Caramel Pecan Crunch Cereal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kellogg's<\/a><\/p>\n

This being my second straight review involving a fiber-heavy product, a lot of you probably expect me to lay down a bunch of infantile poo jokes.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, shame on you for making assumptions, because they make an ass out of you and me.\u00c2\u00a0 I promise that will occur only insofar as ALL of my reviews eventually devolve into poo jokes.\u00c2\u00a0 But rest assured, I’m not going to go out of my way to drop nuggets of fecal hilarity on you.\u00c2\u00a0 That would seem forced, and I’d rather just relax and let things flow naturally.\u00c2\u00a0 Okay?\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8 <\/p>\n

So what we have here is a product aiming to quench my unslakable appetite for cereal, keep me healthy, and keep me, er, regular.\u00c2\u00a0 All without making me want to carve out my taste buds with an apple corer.\u00c2\u00a0 No small task, but this is an entirely different fiber-based product line from the last one, so it would be unprofessional to just assume it’s going to be bad, and that’s not what we do here at The Impulsive Buy.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n

What we DO do is give unbiased reviews, and that starts with visual appraisal.\u00c2\u00a0 So I should note that out of the box, FiberPlus Antioxidants Caramel Pecan Crunch appears kind of… meh.\u00c2\u00a0 It basically looks like a bowl of Total with some random lumps of randomness mixed in.\u00c2\u00a0 The lumps don’t look like anything in particular, just little pellets of, presumably, flavor country.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t know if I expected them to look like those little squares of caramel, but they absolutely do not.\u00c2\u00a0 If it is theoretically possible to look like the exact literal opposite of a caramel square, that’s what they look like.\u00c2\u00a0 Examination of the box indicates they are, in fact, the pecans, but you probably wouldn’t guess that just by looking at them.<\/p>\n

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Still, as your fourth grade teacher took pains to impress upon you, we judge others not by what they look like, but by how they taste.\u00c2\u00a0 And that’s where the Caramel Pecan Crunch both surprises and, if not delights, at least generally pleases, because the flavor is far more palatable and caramel-…y than expected.\u00c2\u00a0 Rather than a hint, they seem to have included a smattering, dare I say a dollop of caramel in each flake, and it results in a pretty flavorful cereal.\u00c2\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong — it’s not going to overwhelm you with the richness of the caramel, and you’re unlikely to trick yourself into thinking you’re eating pecan pie.\u00c2\u00a0 But since I was expecting maybe one step above cardboard if I was lucky, a fiber cereal that has a fair amount of sweetness and actually does taste like what it says on the box is a welcome relief.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8There’s no question that any pecan flavor takes a definite backseat to the caramel.\u00c2\u00a0 Where the pecans really contribute is in terms of consistency, as even a caramel-flavored cereal runs the risk of getting boring if it’s just flakes.\u00c2\u00a0 The pecan lumps both break up the monotony and provide the “crunch” promised in the name.\u00c2\u00a0 Admit it, “Caramel Flakes” just doesn’t sound as appealing, does it?\u00c2\u00a0 That said, I’d still prefer that they have a more discernible taste presence.\u00c2\u00a0 And be warned, Kellogg’s turned down Cap’n Crunch’s generous “protection” offer, so these do get soggy in milk pretty quickly.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8I’ll concede it may be benefiting from lowered expectations, but as far as I’m concerned, FiberPlus Antioxidants Caramel Pecan Crunch does all I could ask of it: it’s fairly healthy (by breakfast cereal standards), it helps with that thing we’re all thinking of but I’ve run out of jokes for, and it’s fairly tasty.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s a win in my book, so if you’re a caramel fan, you should definitely buy a box and see what you think.
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\n(Nutrition Facts – 3\/4 cup – 170 calories, 10 calories from fat, 1.5 grams of total fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 200 milligrams of sodium, 110 milligrams of potassium, 43 grams of total carbohydrates, 9 grams of dietary fiber, 12 grams of sugars, 22 grams of other carbohydrates, and 3 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Kellogg’s FiberPlus Antioxidants Caramel Pecan Crunch
\nPrice:<\/b> $3.49
\nSize:<\/b> 15.5 ounces
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Acme
\nRating:<\/b> 7 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Healthy cereals that don’t taste like crap.\u00c2\u00a0 Real caramel taste.\u00c2\u00a0 Decent aroma.\u00c2\u00a0 Mysterious “crunch” element helps balance out the flakes.\u00c2\u00a0 Flavor country.\u00c2\u00a0 Beats other fiber-based products like they stole something.
\nCons:<\/b> Total + unidentified lumps = not appealing.\u00c2\u00a0 Understated pecans.\u00c2\u00a0 Predictable poop jokes.\u00c2\u00a0 Become soggy quickly.\u00c2\u00a0 Looking like the opposite of caramel squares.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This being my second straight review involving a fiber-heavy product, a lot of you probably expect me to lay down a bunch of infantile poo jokes.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, shame on you for making assumptions, because they make an ass out of you and me.\u00c2\u00a0 I promise that will occur only insofar as ALL of my reviews […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"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_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":[1472,1473],"class_list":["post-9844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-cereal","tag-kelloggs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44235,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2020\/06\/17\/kelloggs-limited-edition-mashups-cereal-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":9844,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Kellogg’s Limited Edition Mashups Frosted Flakes + Froot Loops Cereal","author":"Julie","date":"June 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"What is Kellogg's Limited Edition Mashups Frosted Flakes + Froot Loops Cereal? 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