It turns out reports of Tiny Toast’s death have not been greatly exaggerated. The brand of crunchy, strawberry and blueberry-flavored mini-loaves has been officially absorbed into the Toast Crunch family of cereals, as General Mills and many suddenly cereal-happy media outlets (after the Oreo O’s news, no one’s sleeping on everyone’s favorite wake-up foodstuff anymore) are now reporting.

I took to Twitter this morning to succinctly share my thoughts on this change, and I thought I’d reproduce my retrospection here, since copying and pasting tweets is the only way to keep me from writing 1,000+ more unnecessarily sappy words about pygmy bread pieces.

Now that Tiny Toast is being absorbed into the Toast Crunch family, I wanted to briefly reflect on this cereal we knew for hardly a year. pic.twitter.com/EvDIGgt67N

— Cerealously (@cerealouslynet) June 3, 2017

I don’t mind the change—I like the Toast Crunch line’s colorful look and TT’s distinction from French Toast Crunch was always questionable.

— Cerealously (@cerealouslynet) June 3, 2017

Tiny Toast owes its life AND death to French Toast Crunch. Without FTC’s nostalgic fan revival, the bread shape couldn’t have been reused.

— Cerealously (@cerealouslynet) June 3, 2017

But it’s because people prefer the old and familiar that General Mills probably decided it would be easier to market as a “Toast Crunch.”

— Cerealously (@cerealouslynet) June 3, 2017

In the end, Tiny Toast gets to influence French Toast too. Strawberry’s box is naturally red, so FTC is changing its iconic one. (far left) pic.twitter.com/sDOItXfbUx

— Cerealously (@cerealouslynet) June 3, 2017

And did you know Cinnamon Toast Crunch wouldn’t even exist without “Tiny Toasts”? That was actually CTC’s original, unused name! pic.twitter.com/Nv13d3Y57R

— Cerealously (@cerealouslynet) June 3, 2017

I just hope TT’s failure doesn’t stop General Mills from trying new brands—12 years passed between TT and Harmony Cereal, their next newest! pic.twitter.com/pKcccrcHIB

— Cerealously (@cerealouslynet) June 3, 2017

Thankfully, Tiny Toast is already paving the way for more Toast Crunch cereals—though I hope we get a few more square varieties.

— Cerealously (@cerealouslynet) June 3, 2017

PB&J Toast Crunch! Banana Bread Toast Crunch! Nutella Toast Crunch! Even Avocado Toast Crunch! All possible thanks to Tiny Toast’s sacrifice

— Cerealously (@cerealouslynet) June 3, 2017

And Tiny Toast or Toast Crunch, this stuff’s still uniquely jellied & delicious. A toast by any other name is still just as sweet! #endrant

— Cerealously (@cerealouslynet) June 3, 2017

If it sounds like I’m making a big deal out of this, it’s only because Tiny Toast was, ironically, kind of a big deal. For a couple weeks last summer, everyone was talking about it, with the cereal even earning a neat mention on Stephen Colbert’s late-night show. Tiny Toast was quietly billed as a savior that would herald a turnaround for slowing cereal sales with something fresh-faced and new. That’s why it’s bittersweet that this progressive, powder-dusted prophet eventually fell victim to the trend that may actually save cereal: nostalgia.

Just like with Pokémon Go, I’m still glad I got to be part of this Summer 2016 craze. The cereal’s taste really does hold up to this day, and it’s grown on me so much that I wish I could amend my original review to give both flavors a higher scorer—or at least change French Toast Crunch’s. Blinded by sentimentality, I gave French Toast Crunch a 10/10, when in reality, those crispy maple slices couldn’t hold a strawberry shortcake-scented candle to Tiny Toast’s, well, strawberry shortcake flavor.

And now that I’m already halfway to the 1,000 words I promised I wouldn’t write, I must depart. Rest in lovably loaf-shaped pieces, Tiny Toast.