There are several different varieties of Cap’n Crunch and to
be sure I’ve tried them all. Except for a brief, unrepeated stint in my early years, I’ve never
been a huge fan of the peanut butter flavor and I found the Chocolate Crunch to
be unappetizing, but all of the other varieties grace my bowl from time to time. [1]
Given all of that, you might have thought that when I and
the family entered our local Target and saw the Cap’n’s newest offering I would have been eager with anticipation, but it wasn’t like that at all.
Somehow the idea of the already sugary sweet Cap’n Crunch
being combined with frosted donuts seemed to take things much too far. [2]
The Pook wasn’t nearby while the Bear and I made our initial
opinions. As I’ve already said, I was
immediately a ‘no go’ on this one, but after gazing at the box the Bear looked
up at me and said, “Let’s get it!”
Using a time honored and proven strategy passed down from
generations, I immediately said, “Let’s see what mom says.” I was semi-sure that she would be as put off by
the whole thing as I was. However, when
she wheeled the Bean up to us in the red target buggy and saw giant display of the cereal in question she
immediately said, “Let’s get it!”
That evening, though dinner had long past and breakfast was
but a distant memory, the Bear asked if he could have a snack. When told that he could, he asked if he could
have some of the new donut cereal.[3]
And thus we broke into the box.
The cereal is more akin to Quaker “Oh’s” than Cap’n Crunch. Each bit is shaped like a small donut and
they definitely lives up to their name and are very crunchy. In fact it is one of the few cereals that
benefits from sitting for a few seconds so that it can soak up some of the milk
and soften a bit.[4]
There are in fact, tiny sprinkles on each of the rings,
though honestly I don’t know that they provide any real flavor to the
dish. They do have the unfortunate side
effect of coloring your milk. Usually I’m
all for colored milk, but because the sprinkles are a variety of colors the end
result is a kind of gray with a slight blue tint that does not look appetizing
at all. [5]
And what about the flavor you ask?
Surprisingly they are downright tasty. The four of us ate over half of the box that
night eating the cereal dry right out of the box. It makes for a great snack when eaten that
way.
The next morning I had it for breakfast with milk and it is
equally tasty eaten in the traditional manner.
Again it strongly reminds me of “Oh’s” in its flavor as well has shape
and texture.
In fact, since it was on sale and tasted so good that the Pook went back to Target
that day and bought two more boxes.
Cap’n Crunch’s
Sprinkled Donut Crunch: A-
[1] – To be completely honest, in recent years I have found
the Crunch Berries and Oops! All Berries to be too sugary sweet and thus I
pretty much only eat the regular Cap’n Crunch at this point.
[2] – My stomach actually gave a little squirch of distaste
as I gazed at the purple box.
[3] – Because cereal is by no means just for breakfast.
[4] – As opposed to most cereals which are of the “eat fast
before it sogs” variety.
[5] – Of course, I never drink the milk from regular Cap’n
Crunch either as it is so sugary sweet it promises an instant case of diabetes
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