Living in a Cereal World

Adult-tested; brother-approved. 👍 Next in my ongoing series "Cascadian Farm cereals I haven't gotten around to trying yet" is Berry Vanilla Puffs. I thought I'd try them while my brother was home since they reminded me of Berry Berry Kix (a cereal he used to love). In this particular bag the puffs seemed a little dry and not quite puffy enough; also they were smaller than I expected. They had a nice vanilla flavor but I couldn't pick up on any "berry." I happened to read the ingredients label right before typing this up and guess what? There's no berry. None. There's "natural flavor" but what's that supposed to mean? I guess "Berry-Colored Vanilla Puffs" doesn't have quite the same ring to it. My brother enjoyed it, though. He doesn't eat cereal much anymore so that's saying something. 😁

This wasn't what I intended to pick up, but you know how it is at Wegmans. It was at eye-level, it had cranberries, I wanted to review something  this week. 😁 So here we are, Cranberries & Almonds. The name is misleading, by the way--there's a lot more to it than that. So much so that I felt I need to test each element separately. Bran flakes: Thin, crisp. A simple bran flake that blends well with other ingredients. Corn flakes: same as the bran flakes, but made of corn. Honey-sweetened corn flakes: why two different corn flakes? I don't know, but I wouldn't turn down honey. Dried cranberries: plump, chewy. Not overly dry and tough like in some cereals. Probably my favorite part of the cereal. 👍 Oat clusters: simple, crunchy. Not difficult to bite. Almonds: I forgot to single out one of these, but, you know, it's a plain sliced almond. No surprises. Is this meant to compete with  Great Grains Cranberry Almond Crunch ? If so, it might actually be