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(Update: We reviewed Cinnamon Pebbles!)
It’s about time Post put Fred & Barney back squarely in the cardboard spotlight.
Yeah, yeah, I know: new Cinnamon Pebbles cereal, coming from Post in January 2017, sounds exciting and delicious and all, but the real news here is that the new cereal monarchy of Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm is finally over. While The Flintstones’ Fred & Barney still grace the front of Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles, those two rascally rugrats Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm always get to appear on new Pebbles cereals: from Sugar Cookie Pebbles to Poppin’ Pebbles and Marshmallow Fruity Pebbles.
Why? Do troglodytic infants statistically sell more cereal? Or does Pebbles think she has a contractual entitlement to every cereal featuring her name?
Either way, good ol’ Fred & Barn are here to stay: Post has already stated that Cinnamon Pebbles will permanently join Fruity and Cocoa on shelves. About 12 years ago, the brand released Cinna-Crunch Pebbles, but those quickly went the way of the dinosaur. The scientific jury is still out on whether poor sales or a grocery aisle meteorite pushed Cinna-Crunch Pebbles off shelves.
There are so many other unanswered questions, too. Even though the box says “Cinnamon Sweet Taste,” does the giant cinnamon stick on the front mean it will have some unique heat? Will Post reuse the same flavor formula from their discontinued cult favorite Mini Cinnamon Churros cereal? And with Cinnamon Pebbles suddenly competing with Kellogg’s brand new Cinnamon Frosted Flakes, will Cap’n Crunch and Jean LaFoote’s Cinnamon Crunch cereal return from the ’70s for an all-out cinnamon war?
Only time will tell. But I know one thing for sure: by the end of January, my New Year’s Resolutions and taste buds are both going to be burned raw by cinnamon goodness.
btw did something wrong with yopur classic review of Krave Double Chocolate?
https://www.cerealously.net/classic-review-double-chocolate-krave-cereal/
I had it in my feeds but it’s nowhere to be found ^^
It’ll be up soon: I just wanted to give the Cinnamon Pebbles news the full spotlight it deserves for now.
alright! now i got it! good point and great idea! 🙂
I mean we are talking about rice based cinnamon cereal! (i already love the chocolate versions… so… i’m excited about the cinnamon one)
Nevertheless I’m looking forward to the review, though i will never like krave cereal ^^
btw: i’m amazed you understood what i wrote there… i now see it was way too late for me to write proper english xD
(*looks at the clock* *sight*)
pretty bold move not? Saying It’s gonna be a regular and not a limited edition?
I would have guessed they will run some test period first and put a “limited edition” on the box. (though this always alter the result since a lot of people just buy it, because they think they wouldn’t get a chance to try it otherwise)
Still: Interesting news and trend here…
(and a funny one too. I mean it seems like the old school cereal makers just discovered cinnamon… again xD)
So… as you mentioned the battle for the cinnamon crown just began and we’ll see if the everlasting king “cinnamon toast crunch” will keep its crown or if corn and cinnamon (aka frosted flakes), rice and cinnamon (aka pebbles) or even the not yet announced corn/oat and cinnamon (aka THE cap’n) will be able to take down CTC ^^
You have to keep us updated and tell us how they compare to each other. (and if you are nice and sweet (;)) you’ll give apple jacks some credit there since i really like it as cinnamony cereal ^^)
I don’t understand how these high level executives operate. Lately it seems like the “big ideas” have been:
“Let’s do our cereal, but with peanut butter flavor!”
and then
“Let’s do our cereal, but with chocolate flavor!”
and now
“Let’s do our cereal, but with cinnamon flavor!”
Yeah, it’s kind of boring, but much less risky for them then doing, say, Eggnog Pebbles (as much as I’d love to try that!)