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Sugar Cookie Flavor Pebbles Cereal!

Since Christmas Crunch hasn't changed their box design once again this year, there's nothing new to report on the Cap'n. Fortunately, the Post company has delivered some new holiday cereal goods for all of us to give a try this season. Check it out:

Post Pebbles Sugar Cookie Cereal!
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Limited Edition Pebbles Sugar Cookie flavor cereal! The second I saw this at Target, I knew I had to try it. I'm a huuuge fan of Cocoa Pebbles, and Fruity Pebbles aren't too shabby either, so with it being the holiday season, this purchase was a no-brainer.

For starters, I'm totally sold on the box art here. You have Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Pebbles Flintstone, and Dino dressed in their best winter outfits being sucked into a swirling green Christmas snowflake vortex. That sort of action is usually reserved for blockbuster Hollywood films, and yet here we have it on the front of a goddamn cereal box. Dino in particular is looking great; he has a collar with jingle bells on it along with wooden reindeer antlers tied to his head. You know, every time I see Dino on a cereal box, it harkens me back to the glory days of Dino Pebbles - a cereal that had an insane marshmallow-to-cereal ratio.

Pebbles is also eating a big sugar cookie over the heaping bowl of cereal, as if to suggest that the crumbs from each bite she takes ends up falling into the bowl to flavor the cereal. Alright, perhaps it's not the most appetizing thing to picture, but come on... she's an adorable little cartoon character. I doubt you'll contract any diseases from eating her sugar cookie crumbles. Well, maybe diabetes.

Upon opening the box, you're hit with a strong sugary smell. I wouldn't say it makes me think of sugar cookies... it smells more like some combination of candy corn and marshmallows. It's hard to put my finger on it, but it's a familiar scent for sure, and a pretty good one at that. In fact, I wouldn't mind if they made air fresheners or scented seasonal candles outta this stuff.

A heaping bowl of Pebbles Sugar Cookie flavored cereal!
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The cereal itself is incredibly festive looking, with red, white, and green rice pebbles. Add some milk to that and you have your own personal edible winter wonderland in a cereal bowl. According to the ingredients, they used Red 40, Yellow 6, Blue 1, and Tumeric Oleoresin to achieve these colors. Only the magic of Christmas can bring a cereal company to bust out the ol' Tumeric. Seriously though, I really love how the cereal displays, and dare say it looks even better than Christmas Crunch.

While it looks good enough to feed to Santa, I'm not sure even his reindeer would want to partake in too much of the cereal. As nice as it smells, the cereal tastes a bit too artificial and chemical-ish. I know that shouldn't be surprising, considering it's a breakfast cereal made to taste like sugar cookies, but there are plenty of cookies and candies in the world that don't have a strong chemical flavoring. It's a good effort, and the cereal isn't bad per se, but after doing this taste test, it's just not something I'd want to eat for breakfast every morning. I'd rather just use it as a nice decoration. That said, they did include a snowflake treats recipe you can make by using the cereal if you do happen to be a fan of how it tastes.

Overall, Sugar Cookie Pebbles have a great presentation, and we can always use more combatants in the extremely limited holiday cereal arena, but the flavor leaves something to be desired. I'd rather have Cocoa Pebbles cereal, because I can eat 10 bowls of that stuff and still want more... especially since it turns the milk all chocolatey. In terms of holiday cereals, I'd have to recommend sticking with the classic Christmas Crunch as it still tastes the best of the bunch. The Cap'n will always treat you right... until he shreds the roof of your mouth. But it'll be worth it, because I'm sure he's doing it in the spirit of Christmas.

Oh, and remember when I said the sugar cookie cereal works better for Christmas decorations? I meant it:

Behold, my Pebbles Sugar Cookie Cereal Christmas Tree!
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I'm pretty sure my sugar cookie cereal Christmas tree art is worthy of a coveted spot on our refrigerator. Of course, the second I slam the fridge door shut, I know half of those cereal pebbles are gonna end up on the floor. Guess I'm just gonna have to frame it and put it up on the auction block instead. Who wants to start the bidding?

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ChrisGlass on 12/10/2013 5:10 am

I wanted that, but the wife said I had too many cereal boxes currently. Guess I need to eat like a maniac to justify buying this ASAP.



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ColdFusion (Guest) on 12/10/2013 5:18 pm

oh hot damn if i see this i'm buying it..
one box to eat and one to mix up with icecream-flavored marshmallows and butter



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A-bomb on 12/11/2013 7:54 am

Now, there's a cereal (and box) that looks Christmassy as hell, just too bad about the taste. And thanks to that picture you took of the bowl, I'm going to have to eat every meal for the next 2 weeks with my plate surrounded by multicolored lights.



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Sean Joseph on 12/13/2013 3:29 pm

Like, about a week ago, I had a dream. A golden light filled my head and then teenage Pebbles Flintstone appeared within the center of this light. And then, Pebbles put on a large white bib. And then, she started to inch closer towards me. And then, the dream cut to an image of her father Fred sitting at a dinner table getting ready to chow down on something... I have no idea what. And then, I woke up. I think Rog may have had a similar dream when he got the urge to review this cereal. But hey, kudos to the warning about the cereal having a chemical taste. I'm sure none of us feel like eating shit.



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