Since I’ll be spending tomorrow stuffing my face with hot dogs while watching others competitively stuff their faces with lemonade-soaked hot dogs, I figured I’d go light today by munching on Kellogg’s seasonal Limited Edition Red, White, and Blue Rice Krispies.
Truth be told, I’m glad the only Independence Day-themed cereal available this year (we’ve had Summer Berry Pebbles before) is this one. Since it tastes exactly the same as normal Rice Krispies, I can celebrate this most laid-back holiday of the year with an appropriately laid-back review.
So, uh, yeah: if you’ve had Rice Krispies, then these taste the same. No strawberry or blueberry taste—just neon colored food dye soaked into airy rice crisp niblets. They don’t really taste like anything, for that matter. If you grit your teeth and focus like Jimmy Neutron during a brain blast, there are notes of lingering toastiness, but few people are likely to eat these as a traditional cereal (whether dry or with mush-ifying milk) anyway.
These Red, White, and Blue Rice Krispies are destined to be bathed in butter and marshmallow for use in Rice Krispies Treats. I would have made some for the purposes of this review, but I’m saving all my butter and marshmallow fluff for use in my annual “Fourth Of July Butter ‘n’ ‘Mallow Slip’n Slide,” a tradition that I totally didn’t just invent to explain why I don’t have the ingredients for Rice Krispies Treats in my house.
My family just loves apostrophes, okay?
Instead, I made you this to make up for it. These Red, White, and Blue Rice Krispies lose points for not tasting especially fun and for not having enough red and blue pieces, but in the spirit of the holiday, I’ll give ’em a few extra just for being so darn festive. Don’t hesitate to buy a box if you ever wanted to make your own cereal American flag.
Or your own cereal flag for Australia, Cambodia, Chile, the Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, the Faroe Islands, France, Haiti, Iceland, North Korea, Laos, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Samoa, Schleswig-Holstein, Serbia, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Taiwan, Thailand, or United Kingdom, for that matter.
Uh, yeah, there are a lot of red, white, and blue flags.
Happy early Fourth of July, everyone: I hope all your fireworks Snap, Crackle, and Pop!
The Bowl: Rice Krispies with Red & Blue Krispies
The Breakdown: They’re Rice Krispies. They taste like Rice Krispies. Also there are red and blue ones. I want hot dogs.
The Bottom Line: 7.4 (see what I did there?) hot dog bun-shaped Rice Krispies Treats out of 10
(Quick Nutrition Facts: 120 calories, 0 grams of fiber, 4 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein per 1 1/4 cup serving)
Hey Dan! Though there is nothing really special about these rice Krispies (besides two new colors thrown in) I really appreciate you writing a review about them and giving rice krispies a bit more love (which they deserve). It always seems people didn’t know that they are actual cereals and not just an ingredients in the most devilish treat ever created. ^^
But I’m still a bit confused. It’s about the rating. I really like rice krispies (even just plain with milk from time to time) cause I love rice cereal, coco pops aka choco krispies were my favorite cereal as kid and because you can pair them with so many other things like “fruit milk” or other cereal without creating an awfully disgusting flavor/taste.
But isn’t 7.5 a bit high? I mean they are good in their own way, but didn’t they always lack something? (e.g. sugar like in a frosted variant or the distinctive corn flavor of their well known cousins the cornflakes?) 🙂
And if we want to rate just this Limited Edition coloring some rice krispies seems so… uncreative… but that’s probably just the foodie speaking in me who wants to discover new flavors all the time xD
BTW I’m looking forward to pics of all the treats you created for the “Fourth Of July Butter ‘n’ ‘Mallow Slip’n Slide” day 😉
7.5 definitely is too high; like I said, I was being way too generous in the spirit of the summer 😉
xD
Does anyone buy Rice Krispies to just eat? Even with milk, I have just never understood it. Rice goes with soy sauce and tastes flavorless with anything else; and I don’t intend to pour soy sauce on my cereal 🙂
I just have never been able to get into any of the rice krispies varieties, including the treats cereal. I prefer flavor in my completely empty calories!