Though 2019 has (at least, as of me writing this) yet to liberate me with its arbitrarily assigned opportunity for self-improvement and rebirth, I’m already esophagus-deep in the new year’s first trimester of fresh cereal madness.
Yes, to the bittersweet disdain of resolution-makers everywhere, the cereal industry always chooses to debut the bulk of its innovative ideas right around January. This means while others are hitting the gym, I’m working up a knuckle sweat trying to cover everything. So please bear with me if it takes a little while for me to review every Sourly Patched Kid and Honeyed Bun—the light at the end of the carpal tunnel is still but a sugary twinkle.
Though of course, that doesn’t mean I can’t make time for a Cerealously tradition: ranking my favorite releases of the previous year, to try and make some quasi-academic at best conclusion about who ‘won’ the last 365-day cereal war. 2018 was a year of much shade-slinging and cereal creativity. In fact, since there were so many good peripheral breakfast products this year, I’m opening up the rankings beyond just plain, milk-able cereals.
This is a rule I’ve already historically stretched, so I’m sure no one will mind if I turn this cereal blog into a brief breakfast bonanza. For richer or pourer, let’s do it!
