Riddle me this, oh wise Spoked reader: What is it with breakfast foods being ring-shaped? We’ve got bagels, donuts, Cheerios, Froot Loops, a single slice of pineapple—you name it, and if it is ring-shaped, it is likely socially accessible to eat for breakfast. But in a world that’s given us so many waffle-flavored cereals and cereal-flavored waffles, cinnamon toast cereals and cinnamon toast cereal flavored…well…everything, you’d think we’d see more overlap and flavor swapping in the world of ring-shaped foods. But we truly haven’t seen much. Until today, that is.
Thomas’ (yes, the grocery store purveyor of all things English muffin) has teamed up with Kellogg’s to give us Froot Loops Mini Bagels. Will this be the one ring-shaped food to rule them all?
Will Thomas’ Froot Loops Mini Bagels look and taste like giant Froot Loops? Could I put them in a large mixing bowl full of milk, eat them with a ladle, and pretend I am a giant?
Okay, I’ve now seen a photo of Thomas’ Froot Loops Mini Bagels, and they are (unfortunately) not the colorful, innertube-looking monstrosities I was picturing. Instead, they are mini donut-sized bagels that look almost Funfetti-like in nature. They appear to be plain bagels with little spots of color (and, I assume, fruity flavor). But that leads me to a separate question: Will the bagels have Froot flavor throughout or only in those colorful pockets? We actually don’t know yet. All Thomas’ and Kellogg’s have disclosed on the topic of flavor and actual eating experience is the promise that these mini bagels will be “packed with the sweet crunchiness of Froot Loops cereal flavor and the savory goodness of Thomas’ bagels.” Sounds to us like the little bits of Froot Loops in the bagels will be crunchy and sweet, but that is truly all we know for now.
The rest we will have to uncover when we try these Froot Loops mini bagels for ourselves, which may well be soon. These bad boys hit stores nationwide this week for $5.49 a bag, and will be around through October 10, when I assume a band of very short New Zealanders, an old guy with a beard, and Dobby will carry the rest of them to a volcano and drop them in so there will never be wars again, thus ending this one breakfast to rule them all.
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