Is it just me, or does “marbit” sound an awful lot like “varmint?”

I’m not saying I don’t like what is perhaps cereal’s single most iconic component, but the mythical munchability of freeze-dried marshmallows, at least to me, has been their scarcity. The Biblical parable of the child who carefully picked all the marshmallows out of his Lucky Charms, only for his father to make him eat the soggy oats alongside the family donkey still rings true: “he who hems and haws makes himself an ass.”

Uh, I think that’s the…unreleased fifth letter to the Corinthians. You wouldn’t know it: Paul wrote it at a different school.

So much did I enjoy the rare treat of breakfast marshmallows as a child that I feel spoiled now—or at least my appetite is. Every cereal from Apple Jacks to Frosted Flakes is chucking marshmallows into classic cereals with no respect for tradition, boundaries, or mouthfeel. And now they’ve gotten to Trix, too. A cereal that has never been paired with marshmallows before this year of Twenty-Silly-Bunny.

It’d be a low-hanging comedic fruit to say it feels like the cereal industry is Trolling us with all these clumsily composed marshmallow cereals, but I will say that, thanks to the Trolls 2: World Tour branding on these Trix, I’m marginally more optimistic about the concept. Because while I deeply, even spiritually prefer the Trix fruit shapes to spheres, I will admit that swirled spheres are aesthetically pleasing enough to thread onto a friendship bracelet.

If I made two, how fast do you think UPS could get one to the Corinthians? Or at least, The Corinthian? I’ve had eyes for him for a while.

The entirety of what I know about the Trolls series comes from the first Trolls Cereal and the exploits of my Empty Bowl cohost. So while I’ll mostly be judging this Trix purely on flavor, I have to wonder just…why…they’re so ugly. I get it: Trolls Dolls were meant to be lovably unlikable from the start, but the uncanny valley of CGI kids’ cinema never stops plumbing new depths.

Now that the unflattering formalities are out of the way, I can say that I’m genuinely surprised that marshmallows in Trix work a lot better than just about every other cereal that’s tried the gimmick recently. See, there’s a certain point where adding sweetness to sweetness breaches the border between pleasantry and impending dentistry. But because Trix—albeit sweet—is perhaps the most citrusy conventional cereal out there, the subtle tang of orange and lemon presents a sharper contrast with the straight-up-sweet marbits, which pop into each bite like the cream in a lemony pie.

Of course, I have to believe that Trolls 2 World Tour Trix with Marshmallows would be even tastier if the variously tie-dyed spheres were palette-swapped fruit shapes—can’t you picture a *chef’s kiss* lavender and mint-hued watermelon?

Just as marshmallows add a welcome burst of creaminess to any dry handful, milk only expedites the process. Except in milk, instead of a mellow-yellow baked good with a whipped-up dollop on top, Trolls Trix with Marshmallows becomes a full-on ambrosia salad, with ribbons of candied citrus streaking through the viscous union of dissolving marshmallow and recursively sweetening milk. If the swirled spheres were any indication, drinking the resulting fruit-striped endmilk is like gently chewing a piece of the same zebra-fronted gum.

And the contents of your bowl will last about as long, too.

I’m not blown away by Trolls World Tour Trix with Marshmallows—after all, does any cereal name need three T’s?—but I’m hoping its charming arrival signifies an upcoming year of more-strategic marbit use, as well as a new dawn for stagnant cereals like Trix or Reese’s Puffs that still haven’t quite explored the boundaries of successfully gimmicky flavoring.

I mean, who wouldn’t want a breakfast double header starring Reese’s Puff S’Mores and Trix Yogurt-flavored Trix?

The Bowl: Trolls World Tour Trix with Marshmallows

The Breakdown: Though it took longer than a tortoise to get here, Trix with Marshmallows is a concept that shouldn’t be slept on. Forget the other cereals that pair sugar with more sugar, and you’ll likely have a good time with this inoffensive berries ‘n’ cream combo.

The Bottom Line: 7 cotton candy colored grape cereal pieces out of 10