Fans of football and sugary breakfast foods, rejoice—Jason and Travis Kelce are tackling the world of celebrity-themed cereals. The famed football-playing brothers recently teamed up with General Mills to create Kelce Mix cereal, bringing together personal favorites from the cereal giant’s lineup. A combination of their “three favorite cereals mixed together,” the limited edition Kelce Mix consists of Reese’s Puffs, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Lucky Charms, all in one box.
Peace and love, Kelces, but this isn’t exactly the innovative idea you thought it was—it’s the innovative idea I’ve had throughout college, when I shovel all the cereal in my pantry into my mouth at the same time like a rabid raccoon. Alas, I gave Kelce Mix the old college try to see if their pre-mixed concoction can save me money and the time I spend cleaning up my kitchen after a particularly aggressive midnight snacking session. Who knows, maybe this will be your new favorite breakfast—or my new late-night craving.
- Kelce Mix Cereal
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The box features the Kelce brothers in both real and animated forms, so they can watch you eat their cereal no matter which way you turn it. I don’t know what I was expecting when it came to the cereal itself, but it looks exactly how you’d expect a mix of Reese’s Puffs, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Lucky Charms to look. But what’s the verdict on flavor?
Pros: It’s a fun sensation to eat this cereal. There’s a lot of different textures and shapes in your mouth, and, surprisingly, it’s not overpoweringly sweet. There are pops of sweetness when you get to bite down on a Lucky Charms marshmallow, and maybe a bit more than a flash of peanutty goodness from the Reese’s Puffs. The flavors blend with each other slightly better with milk than without, but that’s not surprising considering they also get significantly more muted.
Cons: The cereals taste okay together, but they’re better by themselves. The peanut butter flavor of the Reese’s Puffs obliterates the flavor of the Cinnamon Toast Crunch, which I’d heretofore artfully omitted from discussion because its flavor profile has been artfully omitted from this cereal. But I think I’m most disappointed about the fact that there’s really no harmony to be found in eating all three of these sweet cereals at once. They’re iconic, they’re beloved, and they are better on their own.
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