If, like me, you enjoy a bit of honey crunch in your graham (think Golden Grahams) you’ll be disappointed. I like the initial dry crunch of each biscuit, but the graham flavor leaves a lot to be desired. Notwithstanding this highly questionable aroma, each biscuit is engrained (ha, food group pun!) with a sturdy shell of graham flour which yields a crunchier bite than the standard Krave pieces. That’s because it does smell off, and this is coming from the guy who would make Lucky Charms into a cologne if he could. I also won’t hold it against you if you find Krave S’mores to smell something like dog food dessert, if such a thing exists. I wouldn’t go so far to label it a fetish, but I won’t hold it against you if you call it weird. And in case it wasn’t, well, at least there’s always the trusty S’mores Pop-Tart.įrequent readers may know I have something of an infatuation with that initial moment when you open up a cereal box and are greeted by that wonderfully processed yet always nostalgic smell of unadulterated empty carbs and “natural and artificial” flavor. With box art featuring what one imagines to be a completely unrealistic marketing image of chocolate and marshmallow bursting forth from an oversized graham cereal biscuit, I naturally assumed Krave’s rendition of the classic campfire dessert would be far superior to Smorz. It’s a sad day in my household when one cereal dies, but in the case of Smorz, I won’t be mourning too long.
The new cereal has jumped the gun in invading grocery stores in front of the new cereal blitz we see each January, replacing the classic also-ran Smorz cereal that’s been slowly disappearing from shelves. I speak, of course, of S’more Krave Cereal. In fact, I happen to practice a strict doctrine of non-discrimination when it comes to empty carbohydrates and the seasons, and applaud Kellogg’s attempts to do the same. I have absolutely no problem with this concept. Granted, the combination of chocolate, graham cracker, and marshmallow isn’t exactly associated with comfort food for the winter, but cereal companies need something to sell us after the post Thanksgiving and Christmas blitz of all things pumpkin and gingerbread. Or make your own fat-melting breakfast, using one of the recipes in Zero Belly Breakfasts.This time of the year, as the thermometer plummets and stuffing your hands in your crotch becomes an essential component of keeping warm, it’s customary to crave traditional warm foods like chili, roasted root vegetables, and a whole host of things capable of giving your tongue a third-degree burn.Īlso capable of giving your tongue a third-degree burn: s’mores.
And always skim the ingredient list A whole grain should be listed as the first ingredient-not sugar-and ensure there are no artificial colors or flavors, preservatives, or partially hydrogenated oils. The fiber will help slow your body’s digestion of the sugars, which can limit energy-draining spikes (along with subsequent crashes) in blood sugar that cause you to feel always hungry. We recommend looking for a cereal with at least 3 grams of fiber and no more than 10 grams of sugar per 1 cup serving. This list includes cereals with 13 or more grams of sugar per serving, and/or anything containing harmful ingredients-partially hydrogenated oils, harmful preservatives, and artificial colors and flavor additives. Because serving size differs between brands (many particularly sweet cereals denote smaller serving sizes so it looks like they have less sugar), and because the FDA will be increasing the standard serving size of breakfast cereal from ¾ cup to 1 cup on the new nutrition label (which will be updated in 2018), we calculated the nutritional information for a 1 cup serving for every cereal.
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