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(Update: I reviewed Pumpkin Spice Cheerios!)
This is not a drill! Red alert! Err…I mean…orange alert!
As part of their ongoing efforts to revitalize the Cheerios brand, General Mills just announced an autumn debut for Pumpkin Spice Cheerios.
Set to hit stores around Labor Day, Pumpkin Spice Cheerios will bring an iconic seasonal flavor—which has already hit lattes, toaster pastries, dish soap, and much more—to your breakfast bowl. Since General Mills is committed to removing artificial flavors from its cereals, I’m willing to bet that this cereal will be stuffed with real pumpkin, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and hopefully fan favorites cloves and allspice.
Of course, Pumpkin Spice Cheerios won’t be the first pumpkin cereal: Trader Joe’s Pumpkin O’s, Pumpkin Puffins, and Pumpkin Spice Frosted Mini-Wheats have already broken that farm-fresh ground. But since those three cereals are cinnamon-y, squash-y, and pumpkin pie-y (in that order), Pumpkin Spice Cheerios could still easily claim the title of most authentically spicy pumpkin spice cereal,
Between Pumpkin Spice and this summer’s Strawberry Cheerios, I’m excited for the “revival” of a cereal line that I never really considered to be “dying” to begin with.
Keep up the good work, Cheerios: as long as you’re around, I can get my O-shaped breakfast food fix without having to pour milk on my SpaghettiOs.
Why are all the Cheerios spinoffs 3/4 cup servings but original Cheerios is 1 cup?
I would guess because the added flavors/sugar to non-standard Cheerios adds calories.
Um, the serving size difference, weight wise, is just a gram or two (I think mostly they’re identical.) The issue is that because 8-10 grams of sugar are added, the volume in terms of number of Os decreases. I mean it’s really a pretty negligible difference though if you portion out by weight.
Given how good the Strawberry ones were, these need to be great. I do like that they are gluten free, which means they should have a thick oat crunch. All the flavors with more corn than oat flavor taste off to me, which is why I think Frosted and Apple Cinnamon are the best.
oooh, after reading your TIB review, I cannot wait to track down Strawberry Cheerios!
Though Pumpkin (pie) spice doesn’t mean there’s any pumpkin involved you really hope for GM to put it in the cheerios?
i’m crossing my fingers bro! ^^
but cheerios is really raising up their game, right?
Would love to try the pumpkin spice cheerios since i love speculass and gingerbread ^^
Cheerios certainly aren’t messing around anymore. Gingerbread Cheerios would be a dream come true.
THAT sounds amazing!