Wednesday, April 8, 2009

THE MINI-WHEATS FAMILY


thanks to a sale at my local smith's grocery store, i was able to pick up most of the mini-wheats family, and give them all a try. i like mini-wheats. mini-wheats is awesome because it tastes great, fills you up for a long time, and is decently healthy for you. on the other hand I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH MILK TO USE. ITS EITHER TOO LITTLE, AND THE CEREAL IS TOO DRY, OR TOO MUCH AND YOU WASTE MILK. UGHHHH. moving on...



Original(the OG)(Bite Size):

a great cereal. love it. healthy enough that your mom bought it all the time, but is still delicious. it's filling, sweet, frosted, there isn't really anything bad i can say about it(other than the milk thing addressed earlier). a timeless classic cereal, that will constantly be on my purchase rotation for years to come.

Maple and Brown Sugar:

i really like maple. on pancakes, or maple/brown sugar oatmeal. this version of mini-wheats tastes a lot like a maple/brown sugar oatmael, but by proxy, its a mini-wheat. a good change of pace from regular mini-wheats. would buy again. pretty much tastes like they drizled syrup in my bowl. im into it. i wouldn't say better than the OG, but it is a close second when talking about mini-wheats.

Cinnamon Strussel:

I was hoping for a cinnamon-toast-crunch-esque cinnamon flavor, but this one was kind of lacking. yeah it was a little cinnamon-y, but not enough to make me buy it again, or to greatly set the flavor apart from regular, and it kind of tasted like a weak version of the maple mini-wheats. i was a bit let down by these. not terrible by any means...but not that different. the title made it sound like it would be incredible. they were just ok.

Strawberry Delight:

no. just no. not into it. i love cereals that are REALLY fake fruit(pepples, trix etc) and i LOOOVE cereal that has dried fruit in it, but this pseudo-fake strawberry frosting stuff was just not my thing. no thanks.

ps-too many pictures...dont want to clutter this up too much. love: cereal is life staff.

A CHILDHOOD FAVORITE REVISITED


nostalgia is bittersweet. you can't go back, but you long for those carefree days. for me, cereal is a way to eat breakfast like a kid, and therefore start your day acting like a kid...which is normally how i continue through the whole day. my favorite cereal as a kid was rice krispies treats cereal. the big hunks of marshmellowy goodness, tasted just like the dessert my mom used to make, without her slaving over a hot microwave for 15 minutes. i recently attended a 'cereal party' at a friends house and got re-aquanted with my old friend, and after 3-4 bowls of kripie treats cereal, and popping in aladdin on the tv...i felt like i was 7 all over again. i still love this cereal. it has such a great flavor, it really tastes just like the baked good. doesnt get to soggy in milk, and you get big and small pieces. the fusion of the rice kripies, with the marshmellows in a beutiful ballet, results in the hunks of krispie treats that tantalize my taste buds. i will always love this cereal no matter how old i get.

i can't be a kid anymore, but a bowl of rice krispy treats cereal in the morning is a good way to feed my inner child.