It makes the blueberry stand out a bit more and it unites the fruity-maple flavors in a cohesive union of creaminess. Milk is a good “syrup” for dousing Blueberry Pancake Crunch. I’m half-tempted to fill a pepper mill full of ’em and sneak it along on my next Waffle House trip to season my flannel cakes mid-meal. The puffs themselves have an eggy browned batter sweetness and an aftertaste of whipped butter. The syrup glaze is light and nearly floral, almost as if it’s been blended with golden honey. It’s shocking how well Cap’n Crunch’s maple puffs emulate a real pancake-munching experience from start to finish. But if you aren’t a breakfast hipster, allow me to dust off my thick-rimmed glasses and elaborate. If the blueberry pieces are the cabooses of Blueberry Pancake Crunch, then the maple puffs are conducting the flavor train with their rotund and sticky hands.Īnd if you’ve ever had an obscure little cereal called Sunrise Crunchy Maple, these puffs taste just like it. It’s a fun flavor that combines nostalgic notes with IHOP intricacies, and I wish it wasn’t so overwhelmed by the puffs’ corn base. In true-blue Powerpuff Girls fashion, it tastes like Cap’n Crunch mixed…ī) The distilled juice of a Kellogg’s blueberry Fruity Snack, andĬ) Some blueberry compote from that cute little pancake house in your hometown: you know, the one run by a old couple that’s had the same laughably simple barnyard maze on its Kids Menu since the pancake was first invented in the 5th century B.C.E.? While I prefer Tiny Toast’s approach, Blueberry Pancake Crunch puts a uniquely syrupy (that’s the word of the day, kids) twist on society’s preconceived notions of blueberry flavor. They’re the milder pieces of the bunch, and their artificial blueberry flavor is a far cry from the freshly plucked taste bud smack of Blueberry Tiny Toast. So while all you kids turn on Matlock for me and get off my darn lawn, I’ll pour a fresh bowl of spherical Johnnycakes.ĭespite the Cap’n’s reputation for mouth-wateringly potent products, his glowing sapphire orbs don’t bludgeon you over the head and bury you with blueberry flavor. Personally, I would have preferred Buckwheat Pancake Crunch, but my pancake house menu choices are decidedly more octogenarian than most. Anyway, come on and IHOP aboard my cereal review ship, and we’ll…darn, I did it again! I really must have pancakes on my mind today.īut really, how can anyone not have pancakes stuck to their brains like syrupy griddlecakes to a plate when Cap’n Crunch’s Blueberry Pancake Crunch cereal is finally here? Sold in boxes taller than Paul Bunyan’s flapjack stacks, Blueberry Pancake Crunch combines fruity aquamarine and maple-flavored creme puffs (no, not that kind of cream puffs, sorry) to re-create a fascinatingly obscure breakfast in cereal form. I meant to write, “Ahoy, matey!” Sorry about that.
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