At what point does cereal stop being cereal?

[thistlechaser]

Oh now this is just being silly.



"Sweetened corn cereal
with chocolate pieces
and sliced almonds"

Chocolate chunks. In your breakfast cereal. Yummy? For sure. Breakfast cereal? I can't imagine.

Unrelated: AC repair guy is coming out today. I sure do hope he can fix it, since today is going to be as hot as yesterday.

Comments

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

Hee, that's my chocolate company! That is, the actual Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory is right here in town, and because they have a 2nds sale three times a year my basement is full of random chocolates from them bought very cheaply. I didn't know they were making breakfast cereal, though...

[gmth.livejournal.com]

Ah, you have obviously never had Special K's chocolate chunk cereal. It's awesome. :D

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

That is a desert. But desert for breakfast can be just fine. If I bought that my husband and kids would eat it happily, I'm sure.

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

They turned granola into cookies decades ago. :( :( :(

I don't have the kitchen resources (space) to make my own granola, so I'm sextuplely :(.

Love, C.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ahh! Yes, I remember you writing about that, but I hadn't remembered the company's name.

Much envy for your chocolate basement!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Actually, I haven't! *googles* Ah, not surprising that it's good. It has more calories, fat, sodium, and sugar than Cocoa Puffs.

Seems kind of like they're cheating to put the Special K name on something that's worse for you than a children's cereal.

And boy, this post makes me feel like the Debby Downer of the food world! I like chocolate and sugar, honest! Just not so much for breakfast.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Agreed, to both parts. So long as you know it's a dessert and make a choice to have it, it's all good. Unlike the chocolate Special K cereal mentioned in the comments above, that's just plain trying to trick the customers.

[gmth.livejournal.com]

Well, the good news is, no one is forcing you to eat any of it.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I bought some homemade granola once. (Made by isiscolo, in the first comment of this post!) It was so good! I don't buy the store-bought stuff -- like you said, it's just cookies now. :/

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yep!

[doxxxicle.livejournal.com]

This is what I have for breakfast on the weekends as a treat: http://www.jordanscereals.com/en-ca/what-we-make/morning-crisp/morning-crisp-chocolate

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Looks yummy! The stats on it aren't so bad, either. 36 carbs for something with chocolate in it? I'll take it!

[teaandfailure.livejournal.com]

Oh GAWD. I'm not going to pretend I don't get a peanut butter bucket from Rocky Mountain as a travel treat whenever I go somewhere there is one, but ANYTHING WITH MORE THAN FOUR GRAMS OF SUGAR IS NOT BREAKFAST.

I can't get behind everything the Paleo Diet recommends, but I do think they're right on modern cereals. That is not food, that is pure sugar with a little wheat dust in there.

I agree with that's not a breakfast, that's a dessert.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I have no issues with people eating it, assuming they know that. I worry too many people see "cereal" and think "good breakfast".