Ice cream franchise Carvel has always been a nostalgic brand. I mean, Fudgie the Whale and Cookie Puss are basically eternal bastions of the good ol’ days. The Batman and Superman of ice cream cakes. The Godzilla and Kong of wistfulness. The Dialga and Palkia of retrospective sentimentality. I could go on.
Part of what makes Carvel so beloved are their Crunchies. These bits of crumbled-up cookie are coated in chocolate sauce, and Carvel scatters them generously atop and between their cakes’ many delicately dairied layers.
And now, Carvel is cashing in on Crunchies’ cult appeal with a super-limited Crunchies Cereal. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to find the stuff in any supermarkets. Rather, from April 16th through the 18th, the first 150 people to make a purchase at each Carvel location will get a box of Crunchies Cereal. If we interpret that as 450 boxes per location—of which Carvel claims to run over 400, we’re talking somewhere in the ballpark of 180,000 Carvel Crunchies Cereal boxes in existence. Which sounds like a lot, honestly, but I’m still betting these will go fast.
I’ll try my best to get my cone-gripping mitts on a box to review, but no promises. Though, speaking of cones, maybe the next ice cream novelty to deserve a cereal would be Muddy Bites. I’d happily pierce my palate with those like a slain medieval dragon!
I am absolutely captivated by the idea of eating a whole bowl of these with milk and not just as a topper. There’s no way I’d be able to do more than a few bites but I still want to try. I wonder if they’ll be better sprinkled in other cereals.