Hope you’re ready to get buff enough to box Tony the Tiger—and fit enough to out-flex that show-off Special K logo—because I’ve got a whole bunch of healthy grown-up cereals backing up my review queue like an overdose of dietary fiber. I certainly don’t mind eating more sensible cereals—neither do my general practitioner and one-day descendants—but I’ll admit they’re a bit less fun to write about. If I can’t use this blog’s favorite adjective, buttery, then what’s the point?
That said, I’ve stated before how, out of all the Magic Spoons and Catalina Crunches of the world, Three Wishes is probably my favorite grown-up cereal brand—and certainly the most consistent. Besides their unflavored variant, which simply isn’t for me, the brand’s Honey, Cinnamon, and Cocoa versions are all solid and taste naturally sweet with few-to-none of the funky aftertastes that plague this grain-free cereal subgenre.
However, those flavors are small steps compared to the final frontier that is fruitiness. In my years of cereal journalism, I’ve found that fruitiness is far harder to deeply infuse into cereal pieces than something more straightforward, like cinnamon. As a result, the base cereal grain has a stronger palate presence, so if you’re eating a lazy, licensed corn-based fruit cereal, you’re gonna have a breakfast that’s as sucky as it is starchy. Continue reading
