Trix Fireworks

 General Mills Trix Fireworks

Opening the box this smells great like trix, succinctly tastes like trix, and marshmellows are just a bonus if you're into it. Nothing special besides the colour. They couldn't even bother to make the cereal look like fireworks. Tastes fruity, with just excessive amounts of red #40. Milk tastes good; fruity, light reddish purple colour. Gotta give it to them for putting an activity on the back, rarely see that these days. I'm a sucker for fruity cereals to begin with and even with the lack of description in my review I still appreciate a good cereal.

Aroma 4/5
Colour 4/5
Packaging 3.5/5
Flavour 4/5
Lasting Crunch 4/5
Post Cereal Milk 4/5
Overall 3.92/5

FROOT LOOPS - Willy Wonka

 Kellogg's FROOT LOOPS - Willy Wonka Edition (Gene Wilder)

Now I'm normally already a big fan of Froot Loops in our home and native land, but I am aware that because of our food regulations we can't have artificial colours added and that can be one of many differences present in American vs Canadian Froot Loops (which I have yet to compare). However before I ever make that Head to Head review, I saw this during my trip as well and had to give it a shot. Cracking open the box the smells aren't that intense, but I am getting a hint of blue raspberry. Why exactly blue raspberry? Because the first thing that came to my mind were those blue raspberry gummies you'd buy at a Bulk Barn and this had me intrigued. This cereal is extremely colourful thanks to the American's more lax regulations on food additives and I've honestly been so used to ours on this side of the border it kind of hit me with some nostalgia from when I was growing up as a kid. The cereal itself tastes all the same because each piece is studded with what I'm assuming is a dissolvable blue raspberry/mixed berry concentrate that's intended to make your milk taste as such, but I will say that while chewing the flavours quickly diminish into a basic corn cereal flavour which was kind of disappointing. The milk itself takes on a fantastic pink hue and tastes amazing like advertised 'berry-licious'. The cereal doesn't hold up as well as the Honey Oh's I covered over a week ago, but with it coming from a different cereal manufacturer you can't expect the same. Overall, the milk is great, cereal isn't so much. Fun gimmick though.

Aroma 3/5
Colour 5/5
Packaging 3/5
Flavour 2.5/5
Lasting Crunch 3/5
Post Cereal Milk 5/5
Overall 3.58/5

Kit Kat Cereal

 General Mills Kit Kat Cereal

I saw this at Target when I was over the border a few weeks ago and I had to buy a box to try. Cracking the box open you're hit with predominately cocoa with undertones of wafer cookies. If that didn't foreshadow the taste of the cereal I don't know what else could. This cereal was fine, and thinking about its delivery, I don't know how else they could've designed it. It literally just tastes like chocolate wafer cookies, it starts to get a bit soggy midway through as it is a wheat/rice based cereal which tend to take in milk/liquids quicker than their corn counterparts. I do like that they had the cereal 'segmented' into 4 like the iconic Kit Kat bars, but the cereal left me wanting something else. It was something to buy once, but if you're having a chocolate cereal craving, just go for the Nesquik. And despite the cereal being covered in cocoa, the milk hardly takes on the flavour. I really wish there could be more to be said about this cereal, but a Kit Kat it is not. What separated Kit Kats from other wafer bars was the amount of chocolate found on them, and as I stated earlier quite a difficult task to replicate. Perhaps instead of replicating the look of the Kit Kat, they could have tried to fill the cereal with chocolate to replicate the taste, but in this superficial world what else can we expect than this superficial cereal.

Aroma 2/5
Colour 3/5
Packaging 4/5
Flavour 2/5
Lasting Crunch 3/5
Post Cereal Milk 2/5
Overall 2.67/5

Post Honey Oh's!

Post Honey Ohs!

Cracking open the box you get a mild honey scent emanating from what lies inside. These giant Oh's are about the same size as the Oreo O's which makes sense as they're both made by Post so using the same manufacturing process just different recipe would be the most economical decision for them. I would have to say texturally they are slightly different, but I don't have a side by side comparison to confirm this. By different, I mean that Honey Oh's bring some serious crunch. Throughout the experience, bite after bite this cereal delivers on the crunch. This cereal is airy, crunchy, crispy, and in the middle in terms of sweetness not crazy sweet like fruity pebbles, but not like some cereal devoid of all happiness like Trader Joe's Almond Butter Puffs cereal (I tried it recently and was so disappointed I didn't want to do a review as I didn't have a box or picture of the cereal, but I might consider it just as a public service to warn you all). The little bits of puffed rice and oats are a nice touch to add into the centre of the Oh's, but unlike the picture on the box not every Oh is filled with this mix. Nearing the end of the bowl, surprisingly the texture is still there and you're left with this cereal milk with a golden hue. Drinking it feels like dessert, to put simply it's honey flavoured milk. Not overly sweet either and a good way to finish off the bowl. Overall I'd say that this is a cereal I'm not crazy about, but it isn't a cereal that you'd be disappointed to have in your cupboards. If you're big on texture, and lasting texture then this might be something for you.

Aroma 3/5
Colour 4/5
Packaging 3/5
Flavour 3/5
Lasting Crunch 5/5
Post Cereal Milk 4/5
Overall 3.67/5

IHOP Mini Pancake Cereal - Blueberries & Syrup

 IHOP Mini Pancake Cereal - Blueberries & Syrup

This one I was pretty excited for, but to give you a TLDR before the review even begins I would recommend you try it once however this one isn't one you'll want to keep restocking your cupboards with. Opening the box you get some intense syrupy aromas coming through with a touch blueberry. The cereal itself looks like they took something similar to corn pops and just squished them down; similar texture and crunch, just flatter. Adding milk just intensifies the syrup flavours and the blueberries take a backseat. Note: these are table syrup/pancake syrup flavour not maple syrup. After a few minutes of eating the milk takes on a nice blue colour, but it doesn't help the blueberry flavours come through. It begins to get soggy a little sooner because of the larger surface area, but never did they go to mush like something like a mini wheat or the like. If you like syrup then you'll like this cereal. I feel like I've repeated myself a bunch of times now, but the blueberry flavour is faint, but present and another thing to point out is that the poptart style blueberry flecks of sprinkles on the pancake cereal don't really dissolve that well and it's a bit of a tough time scooping them out of the milk by the end of it. Post cereal milk kind of tastes like an overly sweet blueberry ice cream which was the best part of the experience, but not something to look forward to every time you pour a bowl. To give credit where it's due, they did a good job making it look like mini blueberry pancakes doused with syrup and thinking about it now this is very much just a cookie crisp base cereal with different finishes considering they're both made by the same company.

Aroma 2.5/5
Colour 4/5
Packaging 4/5
Flavour 2/5
Lasting Crunch 2.5/5
Post Cereal Milk 3/5
Overall 3/5

Kellogg's ICEE Cereal - Cherry + Blue Raspberry

 Kellogg's ICEE Cereal - Cherry + Blue Raspberry

Very special thanks to my friend Matt for gifting me this cereal after I was cooking all weekend for his bachelor party weekend which I insisted on doing before anyone even asked. It was a great weekend and we had a good time with the lads. That being said, lets get to what we're all here for, the cereal.

First off, cracking open the box and opening the bag you're hit with a big blast of fruitiness, slightly sour, but mostly of cherry with it resembling very closely to cherry licorice nibs. Eating it dry the flavours are muted which are to be expected however something unusual occurs after you finish eating it. A cooling sensation wraps around your mouth and gradually gets stronger, but never to the point where you're wondering if you've just brushed your teeth. Adding milk to the cereal the colours really brighten up and the flavours come through much better or at least the cherry flavour is the more predominate flavour forward and blue raspberry can be detected in the background. The cooling sensation is still present and texturally they're very similar to corn pops or any other corn based puff/pop cereal. Cereal stayed crispy until the last bite with some evidence of sogginess beginning to develop near the end, but it wasn't at any sort of accelerated rate. Milk kept more of the cherry flavours over the blue raspberry and cooling feeling was still sticking around. Overall I really liked the cereal, but I kind of wished the 2 bags had separated flavours of ICEE's so that we could choose how to mix it ourselves like we could at the local convenience store or just have straight up 1 flavour. No puzzles for the kids on the box either.

Aroma 5/5
Colour 4.5/5
Packaging 4/5
Flavour 4/5
Lasting Crunch 4/5
Post Cereal Milk 4/5
Overall 4.25/5

Berry Berry Kix!

Sorry for no pictures, but this was an older review before I started taking pictures.
When I first poured it in the bowl it kind of resembled like colourful Captain Crunch but in smaller ball shapes. The smell when it was dry was mellow on the berry front. The colours were also a little saturated compared to the package, but I guess that's better than having extra artificial colouring added to it. I got some milk in there and had at it expecting my gums to be cut up in the ol' Captain Crunch fashion, but was surprised to find out that these "corn puffs" gave in to my bite quite easily and without the sacrifice of a receding gum line. The flavour however was kind of bland, artificial and definitely not as sugary as I was expecting. As I ate it, the remaining kix that were marinating in the milk did get better, but only slightly and it kept it's crispiness rather fairly well. 

Aroma 3/5

Colour 2/5

Packaging 2.5/5

Flavour 2/5

Lasting Crunch 4/5

Post Cereal Milk 3/5

Overall 2.7/5

#Cereal #Breakfast #Kix #SuperCerealReviews #fullbowl #cerealjunkie #belowaverage #hashtag