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An idea whose time has come

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:36 pm
by Green Gibbon!
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I've waited years for this. Dino Pebbles, Cinna-crunch Pebbles, and Marshmallow Pebbles were all delicious, but not really Pebbles. This is the first new flavor that deserves to stand alongside the venerable Fruity and Cocoa varieties. (I myself would favor Vanilla Pebbles, but there's a perception among kids that vanilla has no flavor which makes it impossible to market vanilla cereal which is a tragedy.)

Anyway, Berry Pebbles taste exactly like you'd expect: super sweet artificial fruit flavor heaven. Of all the fruit and chocolate cereals on the market (and believe me, I have tried them all from about 1983 to now) I think the Pebbles line has the strongest flavor, and Bamm-Bamm's mix is no exception. It's lightyears better than the new Berry Rice Krispies, just as Cocoa Pebbles soundly trumps Cocoa Krispies. As always, it get soggy entirely too fast - you're chewing mush by the fourth spoonfull - but more delicious gruel I could not imagine in my wildest dreams. Aesthetically, I think it would benefit from some blue pieces, but cereal companies always seem reticent about using blue food dye, so I imagine it must be the most expensive on the market.

The flavor is actually very similar to Blueberry Morning (also from Post), but with several times the sugar. Later on I'm going to mix a bowl of Fruity and Berry Pebbles together. I'm so daring.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:59 pm
by Yami CJMErl
...wow. That's the first time I've seen CEREAL being reviewed.

Though I always DID wonder why they didn't do this sooner...I mean, other cereals have done this, all the way back to the ye olde "Oops! ALL Berries" cereal.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:05 pm
by Brazillian Cara
Oh, dang. Another cereal topic?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:30 pm
by WW
Yami CJMErl wrote:...wow. That's the first time I've seen CEREAL being reviewed.
Go Here: http://www.x-entertainment.com/

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:49 pm
by Delphine
You know, <i>some</i> people have <i>grown up</i> and eat <i>Rice Krispies.</i> Hmph.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:20 pm
by Heroic One
Captain Crunch is by far the superior cereal. Instead of cavemen [previously cool but ruined by Geico's annoying image campaign] we have some old man who thinks he's in the navy.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:29 pm
by Segaholic2
Delphine wrote:You know, <i>some</i> people have <i>grown up</i> and eat <i>Rice Krispies.</i> Hmph.
You lead a sad, lonely existence and this is just further proof.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:34 pm
by Cuckooguy
What... what's the difference between berry flavored pebbles and fruit flavored pebbles?

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:38 pm
by Yami CJMErl
One has citrus fruit flavors in it.

Re: An idea whose time has come

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:43 pm
by Shadow Hog
Green Gibbon! wrote:Aesthetically, I think it would benefit from some blue pieces, but cereal companies always seem reticent about using blue food dye, so I imagine it must be the most expensive on the market.
Or perhaps it stems from the fact that eating blue cereal makes it look like <i>you're eating mold</i>.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:45 pm
by cjmcray
If it doesn't have the words "Honey-Comb" on the box, i'm not interested.

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:22 pm
by Bo
Green, I had no idea you were a cereal aficionado too. I eat cereal about 10 meals per week, and if it were socially acceptable, I would eat it the other 11 too.

I usually rotate Froot-Loops (actually the Wal-Mart kind; they are far superior to the Kellogg's kind), Honey Nut Cheerios, and Lucky Charms. I always forget that I like Honey Comb, but then when I get some I find that it is delicious.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 3:25 am
by Forza Johnman
We don't get all these fruit based cereals in the UK unless they have actual dried fruit in. (Raisins, banana, berries, etc) The cereal itself is plain or sugared. Which is a bit of a shame.

I tend to rotate between Coco Pops, Frosties, Honey Nut Cheerios and Cinnamon Grahams.

Also vanilla cereal would be sickly.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:57 am
by j-man
I refuse to believe Americans can make decent breakfast cereals. Everything tastes like stale rice pudding dipped in food colouring.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 7:41 am
by Delphine
And that's why I eat Rice Krispies.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:29 am
by Popcorn
Delphine wrote:And that's why I eat Rice Krispies.
Even Rice Krispies are too danged flash for my preference. As a man of more mature tastes, I like my cereal unsweeted. And brown.

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Sometimes, if I am feeling flush, I will have some muesli.

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It's got raisins. That's pretty wild.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:59 am
by WW
Your choice of cereal's lack of bright colors depresses me. D:

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 1:57 pm
by j-man
Jesus Pop, what are you; 21, 22 going on 85? Everyone and their mums likes to hear it snap, crackle and pop, and if they don't they're freaks.

As a man who's been around the block a few times when it comes to breakfast cereals, I gotta say it always comes down to Ricicles.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:50 pm
by Rob-Bert
Peanut Butter Pebbles would own.

I'd like to say that Cap'N Crunch is awesome, mainly because it takes a tough breakfast eater to eat something with a good chance of cutting the roof of your mouth.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 3:18 pm
by Popcorn
WW wrote:Your choice of cereal's lack of bright colors depresses me. D:
Muesli's got a pleasant autumnal pallete, all right?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 4:05 pm
by Locit
Popcorn wrote:Muesli's got a pleasant autumnal pallete, all right?
Well, it does sort of look like you're eating dead leaves. That really doesn't help your case, though.

Long ago when Toastyfrog.com used to review off-brand cereal I was lucky enough to get my hands on a box of King Vitamin (don't ask how):
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Look at that face! Those eyebrows! That crown! Truly it was the king of cereals.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 4:23 pm
by Yami CJMErl
Bah, he's still got nothing on the Burger King.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 5:09 pm
by Opa-Opa
Nescau Cereal, bitches.
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:40 pm
by Shadow Hog
Locit wrote:Image
Is it just me, or does this guy look like Howard Dean?

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:26 pm
by Delphine
Do you have the Royal Racing Coach, Locit? Is it as amazing as I hope it is?