If you came to this page in hopes of finding the Minecraft Creeper Crunch Cereal review with the fewest cheeky nods to the game, you’re in luck! Minecraft Creeper Crunch Cereal (surprisingly) deserves more respect than that. So I won’t be telling you how its “goodness creeps up on you,” how you “really should fill up a bucket of it,” nor how much I’d love to “swim in a swampy biome of it.”

Nope, just straight facts from here on out, promise: Minecraft Creeper Crunch is the latest in a long line of Kellogg’s licensed cereals following a similar squares-‘n’-marbits formula. From Frozen Cereal to Finding Dory Cereal, this is as inoffensive and forgettable as licensed cereals get, which may not sound great, but the bar for movie tie-in releases is set lower than bed—I can’t. Don’t make me say it.

Bedroc—

No. Enough is enough. The point is that, since Kellogg’s cereals of this breed actually use oat flour in their little squared circles, they’re just barely within spitting distance of Lucky Charms in terms of how good an oats with marshmallows cereal can be. All they were missing was an it factor. A flavor nebula unexplored by man or leprechaun. And yes, Cinnamon Vanilla Lucky Charms happened, but the cheap vanilla only cut the cinnamon’s potency. No, Minecraft Creeper Crunch is a pure cinnamon and marshmallows cereal, baby. 

Now before you go correcting me on the uniqueness of a cinnamon-marshmallow cereal, I’ll clarify: corn-based Marshmallow Apple Jacks cannot hang, But you are right, in that there is an old cereal worth comparing with Minecraft Cereal.

Can you guess it?

Yup, Scooby-Doo Cinnamon Marshmallow Cereal. I’ve talked about this stuff before in my above Lucky Charms review, but it’s especially apt here, too. There’s honestly not a whole lot to be said about what makes Minecraft Creeper Crunch good (but I’ll probably say a lot anyway). The appeal is clear after one bowl: its multigrain squares have a satisfyingly dense crunch, genuine & aromatic cinnamon, and cool marshmallows to temper the cinnamon’s slow-building spice with bursts of creamy sweetness.

And I have to admit, I really think it’s hip for marbits to be square…err, cubic. Though very conservative with Minecraft’s marbit potential, these Creeper bits are a welcome geometric reprieve from the lifeless, white placebo aspirin found in many licensed cereals.

Milk is ideal for Minecraft Creeper Crunch Cereal, too. Eating enough of this stuff dry will also dry out your mouth, as these are far more cinnamon-y than Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Creeper Crunch is about on par with Cinnamon Cheerios, which were also delightfully simple. Milk helps soften this cinnamon buildup and swell the Creeper marshmallows nearly to the point of bursting, resulting in a cozy, unpretentious cereal experience.

It’s unlikely to blow you away, but for a licensed cereal, Creeper Crunch should be proud of itself for crawling out of some allegorical cave where unevolved licensed cereals have never heard of fun flavors. In the end, if you’re in the market for a new Cinnamon Toast Crunch-style cereal, go for Honey Maid Cinnamon Graham. If you prefer actual, articulate cinnamon flavor, go with Cinnamon Cheerios. If you want a middle ground between those, Creeper Crunch is a well-rounded and well-squared mediator.

Oh, I guess I have time for one more Minecraft reference.

Um.

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Pickaxe.

The Bowl: Minecraft Creeper Crunch Cereal

The Breakdown: A little better than sSSssSSo-sSSssSSo, These little squares know how to make a streamlined, simple cereal that doesn’t overcomplicate things, and its cinnamon–sugar balance is way more even than any Toast Crunch. Bring on the downloadable capes!

The Bottom Line: 7.5 meddling mobs out of 10