(Photo via My County Market)
That’s what I love about Cap’n Crunch: he really knows how to C’ze the day.
Yes, reading the near-perfect alliteration of this blog post’s title allowed can give you an idea of just how fast my c-c-cardiovascular system is working to keep up with news this exciting. For after a couple doubled-down strawberry duds, Quaker’s quintessential cereal character is back with a wispy whirlwind of creativity, the likes of which we haven’t seen since Blueberry Pancake Crunch.
And speaking of never-before-seen innovation, Cap’n Crunch’s Cotton Candy Crunch is poised to (somehow) be the first cereal to knit everyone’s favorite sugary skeins into spherical cereal form. This is a surprise to me at least, since the cult appeal of cotton candy foodstuffs like Bubble Yum and, uh, grapes? make the state fair classic a more logical pick for a carnival-themed cereal than…”berry.” Plus—and this one is definitely just me—the ridiculous charm of cotton candy personifications like The Monster and Rollercoaster Tycoon’s Candyfloss Stalls are just begging for a crossover commercial with someone like Cap’n Crunch.
And heck, why not throw in Scooby-Doo while they’re at it?
Though my thanks go to The Junk Food Aisle for first tipping me off to Cotton Candy Crunch’s product listing, additional gratitude goes to the kind folks at My County Market, who generously supplied the above photo that reveals the stuff’s cool two-toned Crunch Berries that I’d happily string onto fishing line to create a sticky-sweet necklace—the perfect accessory for getting scammed out of $12 at the ring toss.
We can likely expect Cotton Candy Crunch to hit most shelves through late spring, into early summer. Until then, let’s just hope it doesn’t debut with a cringe-worthy .gif of Cap’n Crunch doing “The CandyFloss Dance” from his favorite game “FortBite.”
That’s a shame. I’m surprised you were able to find it on Ebay. I only found it at my local ACME supermarket once after checking other supermarkets in the area. I should’ve bought more boxes when I found it. I only bought 2 and then went back about 2 weeks later, and it was gone and never to be seen again. I agree, I think it was my favorite Crunch cereal as well. They always gotta stop making the good stuff, right?
I never did find the Orange Creampop Crunch in stores, had to resort to Ebay. Was totally worth it though as it was probably my favorite Crunch variant of all time.
I hope that I find this one in stores.
Of course, new cereals like this would have to come out while I’m on my diet. I guess I’ll be back peddling a bit once I find this on store shelves. Cotton Candy is an interesting flavor idea for a cereal. Hopefully this flavor lasts on the shelves longer than the orange creamsicle flavor from a few summers ago. That barely stayed on shelves for longer than 2-3 weeks at only a few super markets.
Still waiting on those tropical and strawberry banana fruity pebbles to come out sometime this year.
hm… is it just me who things this cereal will only taste SWEEET sugary? xD
Not that it ist bad, but this seems more like taking an already sweet cereal and making it even sweeter.
But maybe they will use real sugar? 😀
I’m looking forward to the day you write your review (as always) to find out about this new cereal idea 😀
CHEERS!