Fitness Romance SagaTasting! Quaker Blueberry Muffin Oatmeal
January 11th, 2010 • 31 Comments | Leave a Comment »
Ooo-la-la. Look at that box. It’s got the wild blueberries plastered on the front with images of savory oatmeal love. It’s got the muffin in the background to make you salivate with joy as you anticipate the instant oatmeal of your dreams.
Too bad it turns nightmare.
This, my friends, is a wild catastrophe. Quaker True Delights Wild Blueberry Muffin Oatmeal is the sister of pure nastiness and the brother of a barf-fest.
I followed the directions perfectly, but it came out too watery despite the proper liquid measurements. So I gave myself a do-over and fed it to Health-hater Husband. This is what happened next…..
- He made a frightful face that made me question his good looks.
- He got up out of his chair.
- He walked out the house through the back door.
- He spit the oatmeal onto the grass.
And then he said, half-screaming….“It’s got a fake azz synthentic taste! Blueberry muffins are delicious. This oatmeal is not!”
There is nothing delightful about this blueberry muffin flavor. It also contains both sugar AND the high fructose corny-ness. Why would Quaker do that?
Blueberry Oatmeal Notes
- Price paid: $4.79
- Calories: 150 (with water)
- Fat Calories: 20
- Total Fat: 0.5
- Sodium: 200mg
- Carbs: 29g
- Fiber: 4g
- Sugars: 9g
- Protein: 5g
Reactions from the Taste Test Crew
Health-hater Husband: The nasty artificial blueberry flavor is so overpowering. It really is wild. And it’s disgusting too.
Greedy Kid #2: Mmm, it’s good. <— he must be insane.
Greedy Kid #3: I don’t want it ’cause Daddy says it’s garbage.
Yum UP! to: Salivating over REAL blueberry muffins.
Yuck Down to: Abusing my lawn with nasty spit-out food.
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Kasey January 11th, 2010 at 21:16
aww bummer…I just got the Quaker brand rice crips things in blueberry – bet they suck too…=/
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Jessica January 11th, 2010 at 21:42
Hmmm never had this flavor. Sorry it was a disappointment!
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Jess January 11th, 2010 at 21:44
That looks really yummy! I love blueberry anything!
<3 jess
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skippymom January 11th, 2010 at 22:26
Everything about this was funny [sorry Yum Husband] I just laughed the whole way through. Thanks for the warning.
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Lesley Lifting Life January 11th, 2010 at 22:36
Well, I guess I’ll stay away from that! ; )
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'Drea January 11th, 2010 at 23:28
Greedy Kid #3 has good intuition.
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amanda January 11th, 2010 at 21:12
That sucks on the bad blueberry taste. I guess you are better off buying fresh/frozen blueberries and add it to the oatmeal
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MizFit January 12th, 2010 at 5:27
I love blueberries—but only the real.
now CRUNCH BERRIES? then we’re talkin’
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Trish @IamSucceeding January 12th, 2010 at 6:55
I love blueberries…not sure if I would enjoy this though. I will take your advice and not even bother to try!
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Marsha @ Green Mountain at Fox Run January 12th, 2010 at 7:00
You’ve got a dangerous job, girl!
I’m with all the rest on the real blueberries. Fake ones taste, well, fake. Nothing in ‘em worth the eating.
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Joanna Sutter January 12th, 2010 at 7:08
Bummer! I guess we’ll have to stick to making our own blueberry oatmeal for now!
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Jody - Fit at 52 January 12th, 2010 at 8:54
Good thing you let us know.. I love blueberries, I love muffins, but ain’t going here!
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Tamara January 12th, 2010 at 9:04
I’m sorry you had a bad experience. I guess that means no blueberry oatmeal until summer when the real fruit is in season.
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Lauren @ Eater not a runner January 12th, 2010 at 9:43
Gross! Artificial blueberry flavor = disgusting
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Tony January 12th, 2010 at 11:52
Always liked the real stuff more than the instant bags with artifical crap.
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YankSkeez January 12th, 2010 at 12:42
A-thank-you for the warning…I will be sure to stay faaar far away from this hot mess. Anything that needs to be spit out in the yard is good enough evidence I don’t need to try it! Stickin’ to the real thang…
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Emily (A Nutritionist Eats) January 12th, 2010 at 13:17
It sounds so good too! Thanks for the warning!
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JD at I Do Things January 12th, 2010 at 15:58
Oh, your poor lawn. I wonder if you’ll find a blueberry bush growing there next spring. If so, don’t eat any of the blueberries, as they are bound to suck.
(You so funny. I feel jealous sometimes.)
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Anonymous Fat Girl January 12th, 2010 at 19:07
ha ha! Barftastic means I’m definitely sticking with my steel cut oats with REAL blueberries and not trying that crap!!!
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Lily @ Lily's Health Pad January 12th, 2010 at 21:09
Thanks for the honest-and hilarious- review!
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katie January 12th, 2010 at 22:40
ugh that sucks! thanks for the review!
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Chad January 23rd, 2010 at 17:04
This made me laugh out loud. Glad to find your blog. I’ll be sure to keep up with it.
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Jinxed Minx January 30th, 2010 at 13:49
Sadly, I tried this product before finding the review. Not only does it taste disgustingly fake, but it’s way, too sweet. That’s saying something for me. Spare your gag reflexes, and just say, “No”!
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Kansas State Wildcats February 2nd, 2010 at 8:59
Wow, I just had some of this this morning and my experience was mixed. By following the directions on the bag, the oatmeal was a tad watery, HOWEVER, I went ahead and left it in the microwave for another minute and it thickened up nicely like regular oatmeal.
I was surprised to find that the small “blueberry pellets” were actually real blueberries and not pellets after all. And I might add that the blueberries did have a very vivid taste when they broke open. I did find that it did need a very light dusting of Splenda to sweeten it just a little.
I’m not a big oatmeal eater but I did find this to be rather tasty, in spite of all of those above that found it distasteful. I think the real key was cooking it properly, letting it sit for a minute to absorb the water, and then if desired stirring in a very, very light dusting of Splenda to balance things out.
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Wendy February 19th, 2010 at 11:27
I tried it too and sadly realized too late that I should have gone with the Hazlenut Latte flavor instead of the gross-berry.
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Shawne March 1st, 2010 at 12:07
I’m almost embarrassed to say that I liked the oatmeal, but I did. I thought it tasted good. I guess I’m not a blueberry specialist like others. My expectations are never high for artificial fruit – so I was not at all disappointed.
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Fishman April 2nd, 2010 at 10:11
Well, first of all, it’s instant oatmeal… what do you expect? Second of all, never EVER add as much water as they say on the package… it will always turn out majorly runny. And of course it’s going to be a synthetic blueberry flavor. THEY’RE NOT REAL BLUEBERRIES.
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Josie Reply:
April 2nd, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Fishyman: happy eating! ((barf))
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Erwin April 9th, 2010 at 14:55
I have been eating Take Heart Quaker Blueberry oatmeal and it was delicious! Now they discontinued it and replaced it with the terrible tasting goo. It really is bad. Don’t buy it!
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K K January 13th, 2011 at 11:09
I got to this blog by googling “Why does blueberry muffin oatmeal taste so horrible?” True story. I bought this and the hazelnut latte, and both are horrific, although the blueberry muffin is less so. While I have to constantly swallow my stomach back out of my throat during the blueberry muffin experience, the hazelnut latte evokes a walk-out strike from the entirety of my digestive system. I like blueberry and hazelnut, and I also even like their artificial flavors – usually. I don’t know what this tastes like, but it tastes nothing like blueberries nor blueberry artificiality nor muffins. I should have taken a hint when both flavors were on clearance at Wal-Mart and still there a week later. At least I only paid $2.00 for the box, on a different sale. At least the Blueberries ‘N Cream flavor (from that fruit ‘n cream box) tastes pretty good.
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MLS May 20th, 2011 at 1:12
I thought this oatmeal was just awful too. Quaker discontinued my favorite (Simple Harvest vanilla-almond) so I tried this as a substitute. Gross. There’s a company called Better Oats that has a very tasty blueberry muffin flavor. They call it mmmMuffins or something silly like that.
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