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UPDATE: Shortly after posting this, Oatmeal Creme Pies Cereal has been CONFIRMED for a December release by Kellogg’s! No word on Cosmic Brownies yet.
UPDATE 2: Kellogg’s has told me that Cosmic Brownies Cereal “is not launching at this time.” Whether this means it’s been scrapped entirely remains unclear.
Get out of my brain, Big Cereal! Good ideas don’t come ’round too often in this noggin of mine, so I can’t have you siphoning ’em off like a milk-blooded facehugger.
Okay fine, it doesn’t take a particularly ingenious synapse-firing to realize a Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pie Cereal would be a great idea, but given the number of times I’ve referenced the iconic snack cake on this breakfast-centric blog, I at least deserve fringe kudos for keeping the things prominent in our toothsome zeitgeist.
That said, this rumor is an interesting one—it starts with a YouTube video detailing not only a leaked Oatmeal Creme Pies Cereal, but a Cosmic Brownies Cereal, too.
Now, there’s plenty to be skeptical about here. For one, finding evidence of any ongoing relationship between Little Debbie and Kellogg’s is difficult, beyond product recalls from a decade ago claiming Kellogg’s manufactured some snack cracker products for Little Debbie’s parent company McKee Foods. But if Post could cozy up with Hostess, it wouldn’t surprise me to see competitor Kellogg’s seize the chance to partner with the next largest snack cake company. At the same time, with no box art (or rainbow sprinkles!) for Cosmic Brownies Cereal, one could reasonably argue that the cereal pictured is just the similar-looking Cocoa Puffs Brownie Crunch.
But luckily, just this morning I got an inside scoop from a retail worker who saw the UPC for a Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies Cereal in their store’s product order catalogue. They were quick to note, though, that said catalogue also included listings for long-gone releases like Frute Brute and Yummy Mummy, so while all signs point to an imminent release of these two Little Debbie cereals, I can’t confirm them with 100% certainty just yet.
Regardless, my hype is has reached the height of three-to-four dozen double-decker Oatmeal Creme Pies, so I’m going to be reciting silent prayers to goad these leaks into a realized retail birth—especially if the OCP Cereal debuts with a vengeful amount of oat flour. What do you think? Legit or no? Feel free to sound off in the comments below.
CandyHunting has a good photo of the box:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEuVqJ0hj8d/?utm_source=ig_embed
Delish (which also links to CandyHunting) describes it thusly: “crispy spiced oatmeal cookie cereal pieces made with cinnamon, nutmeg, and a hint of molasses. Each piece is covered with sweetly coated, creme-flavored frosting.”
If that’s true, the cereal base sounds delicious. The creme part seems a little short-changed. Tons of cereals have a sugary glaze, and it’s not at all reminiscent of the oatmeal pie filling. I guess they also could’ve gone with the usual marbits, or perhaps filled pieces. But I’m actually glad the oatmeal cookie is the star of the show and they’re not drowning it out with some over-the-top sugary concoction to stand in for the filling.
I agree with you. The base sounds great but imitating the cream filling will be an amazing feat if they are able to pull it off, but I have lots of doubt. They really should puff up the cereal bits as seen in both the Krave and Pillsbury Fillows cereal and then fill them with a cream filling in order to create an experience as close as possible as to eating the baked good itself, as you mentioned. The fact that they would be spherical as opposed to rectangular would make them extraordinary.
I think this is going to happen because this has been a lackluster year for cereal and companies would be wise to produce another bakery shop flavor that will excite the public’s interest just as they did in 2019 with the Hostess cereals.
Love little Debbie oatmeal cream pies they been around long time .hope there around long time more .so I think it’s not Legit.