It’s Decision Season, the place individuals wealthy and poor, younger and previous, skinny and unthin alike proclaim that they may give up smoking, give up cussing, learn extra, hit the health club, drink much less booze, floss every day, spend much less on the Lotto, and numerous different acts of self-improvement/self-harm discount. For a lot of, “eat more healthy” is a well-liked pledge, and why shouldn’t it’s: except for unsalted uncooked greens and nuts, all the pieces we eat is principally rubbish. However in the event you’re on this camp — both as a result of your physician is telling you that you simply’re advantageous to keep away from making 5-year-goals or simply since you’ve obtained a pair of Jordache hip-huggers you’re hoping to rock by St. Paddy’s Day — Cheerios has obtained your again.
2024 has the oat circle cereal model imbuing it standard cereal with veggies (the brand new Veggie Mix line that includes Apple Strawberry and Blueberry Banana), and the one I attempted that’s crammed with nuts — the Maple Cinnamon Hearty Nut Medley.
The Maple Cinnamon Hearty Nut Medley Cheerios Cereal — heretofore often known as MCHNMC² — options “Crispy Flakes, Cheerios Cereal, Flavorful Almonds, and Hearty Pumpkin Seeds.” That’s proper, THOSE pumpkin seeds. And look — in the event you’re somewhat perturbed by the thought or just not offered on their inclusion, fret not: there have been, like, eight seeds in my whole bag. That’s it. I don’t know if this was a manufacturing difficulty or if it’s par for the course, however for one thing that made my eyebrow initially arch mistrustfully, I wasn’t unhappy there weren’t extra.
There have been loads of almonds, nevertheless, which is a extra frequent and accepted well being cereal nut. They have been advantageous; requisitely tasty and with a crunch that held up in an ordinary milk-soak. The place this cereal actually shined, although, was with the flakes and Cheerios. The flakes have been the stunning winner from a cereal that largely offers in rings. Thicker than Wheaties and smaller than Complete, this appeared like a brand new flake to me. (Although I’ll be the primary to confess there are different flake-heavy cereals within the Normal Mills catalogue with which I’m unfamiliar – Raisin Nut Bran and Fiber One, for instance.) No matter it was, it was stellar — crispy with the barest trace of cinnamon. The Cheerios had the identical quantity of flavoring — sufficient so as to add somewhat pleasure to the beginning of my yr, however not sufficient to make me query if I used to be actually making a wholesome alternative.
Whereas I didn’t discover a lot in the best way of “maple,” I nonetheless discovered this cereal to be a pleasing, healthy-ish different to, oh, say, the brand new Trix that’s full of frosting. (Which, don’t get me incorrect, I’m certain is sinfully pleasant.)
MCHNMC² was a pleasant shock to start out my yr, and sliding into my Bugle Boys by spring makes the selection that a lot sweeter.
Bought Value: $4.49
Measurement: 20 oz field
Bought at: Walmart
Ranking: 8 out of 10
Diet Details: (54g) 210 energy, 6 grams of fats, 1 gram of saturated fats, 0 grams of trans fats, 0 milligrams of ldl cholesterol, 210 milligrams of sodium, 39 grams of carbohydrates, 6 grams of fiber, 9 grams of sugar, and 6 grams of protein.
