Fitness Romance SagaTasting! Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Cereal
January 17th, 2011 • 24 Comments | Leave a Comment »
What’s crunchier than a bag of toenails and nuttier than Greedy Kid #1 asking to borrow the car? It’s Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut Cereal…or did you guess that already?
Had I known this cereal was pregnant with peanuts, I would have gone nut-prejudice and judged without knowing it personally. My first bite of these loud-azz crunchy flakes was infested with the peanut bits glued on by the honey glaze. But wait! I kinda like it. Hmmmm, it’s not too shabby.
Too bad I got seriously turned off by the weird color transformation of the milk. It turns “dirty bath water” color (like this dirty ole man’s bathing waters might look like). I suppose that’s from the molasses and “caramel color” ingredients.
Eh, I don’t like that part. The milk coloring just seems…unnatural. But I did keep on chewing because it was good. The Greedy Family inhaled the box with their eating-nostrils wide open. And now? It’s all gone.
CRUNCHY NOTES
- Price Paid: $3.39 for 14 ounce box
- Serving Size: 3/4 cup
- Calories: 120
- Fat Calories: 10
- Total Fat: 1g
- Sodium: 160mg
- Carbs: 26g
- Fiber: less than 1g
- Sugars: 11g
- Protein: 2g
- Contains HFCS? Yes
REACTIONS FROM THE TASTE TEST CREW
Health-hater Husband: Not too bad. I like the peanuts on it.
Greedy Kid #1: It tastes good at first, but I don’t like the peanuts.
Greedy Kid #2: It’s gone and I didn’t even get any.
Greedy Baby: I eat it all. I want more.
Greedy Baby gnawing on Crunchy Nut Cereal.
Yum UP! to: Not being nut-prejudice. Because every kinda nut deserves a fair chance.
Yuck Down to: Eating through the nostrils. Food tainted with boogie juice ain’t cool.
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Miz January 17th, 2011 at 6:21
sugared cereal is my nemesis.
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dragonmamma/naomi January 17th, 2011 at 7:12
Ingredients
Rolled Oats, Sugar, Maize, Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oil, Peanuts (5%), Honey (4%), Invert Sugar Syrup, Dried Coconut, Salt, Barley Malt Flavouring, Niacin, Iron, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin (B2), Thiamin (B1), Folic Acid, Vitamin B12.
Nutrition information
Typical value per 100g
Energy- kJ 1890- kcal 450Protein (g) 8Carbohydrates (g) 66- sugars (g) 25- starch (g) 41Fat (g) 16- saturates (g) 5Fibre (g) 5Sodium (g) 0.35
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25 grams of sugar per 100g of cereal. That means: 1/4 sugar. No wonder it tastes good!
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Josie Reply:
January 17th, 2011 at 7:37 am
My Dragonmamma! Where’d you copy that from? I’m looking at the box right now and the ingredients start out with:
Milled Corn, Sugar, Peanuts, Honey, Malt Flavoring, Molasses, Salt, HFCS, Caramel Color, Iron, Annatto Extract Color, etc etc.
There’s nothing about “rolled oats, maize, wheat flour…” That actually might be the other variety: Roasted Honey Nut (not the Golden Honey Nut I tried).
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dragonmamma/naomi Reply:
January 17th, 2011 at 8:23 am
I don’t remember; I did a google search and went to about a dozen sites, but you could well be right. What’s the sugar content say on your box?
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Rodzilla Reply:
January 17th, 2011 at 8:59 am
@dragonmamma/naomi, you got the information for the other new variety – the roasted nut and honey. That one has a toasted oat O base, more like cheerios as opposed to cornflakes.
http://www.kelloggscrunchynut.com/#
Jen @ Making Messes January 17th, 2011 at 7:32
You crack me up!
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Coco January 17th, 2011 at 8:17
Thanks for making me think of toenails while I’m eating my breakfast – yum!
No fiber, 11g sugar per serving, HFCS. No thanks. Plus, nothing beats my Honey Bunches of Oats for sweet, crunchy, nutty goodness that is better than crack.
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skippymom Reply:
January 17th, 2011 at 8:30 am
@Coco, I laughed because I was thinking the same thing. Don’t think I will be buying because the mental pic’ is forever burned on my brain.
Please don’t let my kids notice it in the store….please don’t let my kids notice it….
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Josie Reply:
January 17th, 2011 at 9:04 am
But it’s not just toenails…it’s a BAG of toenails. Big difference.
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Tiffany @ Simply Shaka January 17th, 2011 at 10:20
I’m not a fan of super crunchy cereals….especially when the milk turns a funky color!
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Erin January 17th, 2011 at 10:26
It sounds delish, however the name is a bit lolz!
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Ashley @ 365 things January 17th, 2011 at 10:30
DANGIT! This sounds SO good, but I just commented on one of your other posts how Cereal is one thing that I really need to step away from! Once I open a box there is something inside of me that FORCES me to finish it in like 3 days. Grrrr…I guess next time I decide to get some I’ll consider this one. It’s not like I’m never gonna buy cereal again! This kind sounds great though with the peanuts and all. Thanks for the review!
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lisa January 17th, 2011 at 11:57
mmm those look tasty. HFCS free? hope so! I wanna give that a try:)
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lisa January 17th, 2011 at 11:58
nvm- just saw your comment that it had HFCS in it- boo!!!
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Hungry Jenny January 17th, 2011 at 12:06
How have you never eaten Crunchy Nut cereal before? It’s the best!! You should YouTube the TV ads we have for them here, and you’ll see how crazy we are for them…Hungry Jenny x
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Susan@Home Workouts January 17th, 2011 at 15:47
I’m not a fan of anything that is processed and comes in a box, especially breakfast cereals for anyone looking to lose or maintain their weight.
BTW, poor greedy kid #2!
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JourneyBeyondSurvival January 17th, 2011 at 16:30
Mmmm. Sounds so delicious. Boogie juice, toenails and bath water.
Are you sure it aint made of little boys?
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Michael / South Bay Foodies January 18th, 2011 at 13:50
My “yuck down” goes to milk the color of dirty bath water!
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erica@fashionmeetsfood January 19th, 2011 at 21:03
I just tried this and it was pretty good at first and then I wasn`t crazy impressed!
xo
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Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking January 20th, 2011 at 19:55
I quit eating cereal several years ago.They always look good but then after I read the ingredients I put it back on the shelf. You have a great blog. Glad I found it!
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Keli April 10th, 2012 at 17:05
It’s so good! It taste amazing, I eat it without milk though, never tried it with milk. I’m scared that I won’t taste the honey. Overall, my new favorite ceral. I have to eat it fast before the rest of my family does!
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