Cold Cereal Review: Post Bamm-Bamm Berry Pebbles

I bought a box of "Bamm-Bamm Berry Pebbles" a few months back for Olivia. She absolutely loves Fruity Pebbles, so I thought she like this "pink" version of the cereal as well. This proved to be an incorrect assumption as the cereal is, quite frankly, pretty much unredeemable... nasty stuff. I was pretty close to throwing the box away, but we have managed to choke most of it down. I finished the last of it this morning. Never again!

Cold Cereal Review: Post Fruity Pebbles

When I was growing up, it was considered a rare treat to consume a bowl of "sugar cereal". Each year, my brothers and I would look forward to our birthdays not just for the bounty of gifts, but for the one time when we could have any cold cereal of our choosing. Every year, without fail, I selected Fruity Pebbles. Nowadays, I keep several boxes of both Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles in the pantry and I'll have a bowl any day... for breakfast or lunch (and sometimes dinner). Fruity Pebbles has had staying power as my most preferred cold cereal, despite not being the top dog for a number of years (while Post's Oreo O's were still being manufactured). Fruity pebbles also happens to be my daughter Olivia's favorite cereal ("Sear-E-Oh"). She will select off the shelf from amoung man other possibilities... each time, every time. Like father like daughter! (Note: it may help that the box is a bright colored red all the way around.)

Fruity Pebbles has a nice "fruity" taste... not too sweet. It stays crunchy in milk longer than ordinary rice crispies, probably due to the sugar coating - but still becomes soggy relatively quickly. Best eaten within 5-10 minutes after contact with milk. Fruity Pebbles mounds up up nicely on a spoon, allowing it to be eaten in bunches. It also leaves a great flavor residue on the leftover milk. Olivia will hold up a bowl to her mouth to slurp out every last drop of the remaining milk (and truthfully... so will I). The cereal also has the advantage of feeling "light" after consumption but still leaves you feeling full. Good stuff.

Cold Cereal Review: Post Oreo O's

It is a fine Saturday morning here in Sammamish. No rush to get the kids ready for school... and Saturday morning cartoons are on. When I was growing up we looked forward to Saturday morning - not just for the cartoons, but for the cold cereal. It was the only day of the week that we were allowed to eat it. Every other day, my Mom (bless her heart) would feed us a hot breakfast (something maybe I should do more often).

Should you take a peek into the Berrett pantry on any given day, you will find about a couple dozen or so varieties of cold cereal. I just counted this morning - there are 20 different varieties (but the cupboard has been a bit bare of late). One variety I wish I had on hand is that of Oreo O's, a cereal that used to be made by Post. The cereal consisted of Oreo flavored O's with white creme sprinkles on them. The O's were supplemented with marshmallows.

It is my humble opinion that Oreo O's are/were the best cereal ever made by man. They had a fantastic flavor - um, they tasted like the Oreo cookie... and who doesn't like Oreos?! (I mean, other than my father-in-law.) Yet, despite being based on a cookie by the same name, they were not too sweet. Oreo O's also stayed crunchy in milk for quite some time... allowing a bowl to be slowly consumed, extending the enjoyable experience of eating a bowl for 15 minutes or more.

A few years ago I could no longer find Oreo O's in the stores, so I resorted to buying them on-line (from amazon). However, Post has since been discontinued this cereal.