I don’t know if I can trust you, Trader Joe.

For some reason, you chose not to pluck the literal low-hanging fruit and call your new mango cereal “Mang-O’s.” And I just don’t know if I can trust a man who doesn’t exploit every bad pun possible. It’s simply punacceptable.

But I’ll play along anyway, mostly because Trader Joe’s Mango O’s is one of very few mango cereals to ever exist. Outside of Peace Cereal’s Mango Peach Passion and the unfortunately discontinued Mango Coconut Honey Bunches of Oats, mango lovers have long been forced to eat something other than cereal for breakfast.

Like some kind of, I don’t know, fresh fruit or something?

But despair no more, mango maniacs, because Mango O’s are here to provide a breath of fresh air. Well, more like a breath of mango air that’s been sealed for a while in a plastic bag, but you get the idea.

All talk of taste aside, these O’s are completely different from their namesake fruit in one obvious way: crunchiness. Trader Joe’s O’s cereals always have a hearty crunch, but these Mango O’s seem almost supernaturally crunchy.

Every chewed mouthful produces a raucous white noise that would probably reveal ghost voices if you recorded and played it backward. I consider this crunch to be a good thing, except for when I’m trying to sneak a midnight snack past snoozing roommates.

So despite the oxymoronic idea of crunchy fruit, this cereal is still aggressively mango-flavored. It seems redundant to just say they taste like mangoes, but darn it: they do! The lightly glazed and mango nugget-stuffed O’s may be about halfway between an atomically orange Mango Dum-Dum Pop and a slice of ripe mango, but they still taste freshly fruity.

This realness is amped up by the chunks of dried mango scattered throughout. Unlike the dried fruit seen in other cereals, these mango niblets aren’t bitter or chalky. Instead, they have a charming chewiness that oozes tangy mango goodness.

Some of the more mammoth chunks—which often look like an albino SpongeBob—have a texture bordering on “rubbery,” but if rubberiness is what it takes to produce a mouthful of sweet mango juiciness, then buy me a box of novelty rubber chickens and call it lunch.

Milk isn’t necessary for enjoying these Mango O’s. In fact, I might even discourage it. While milk softens the supersonic crunch (these O’s are very porous and absorb milk quickly), it also mellows the flavor too much. Biting into a mushy spoonful, I got a briefly puckering pop of mango—from the now gummy fruit chunks which suddenly look like pats of butter—and then only the flavor of the base O’s.

And what is the flavor of the base O’s? Nothing. There are traces of sweet and earthy oat flavor, but it’s obvious that TJ’s was banking on the mango glaze ‘n’ bits to win this one a mealtime medal.

Trader Joe’s Mango O’s really are worth celebrating, too. Mango flavor probably isn’t for everyone, nor will it dethrone chocolate or peanut butter in my cereal royal court. But like a real mango, this cereal can bring an exotic experience to an often mundane breakfast if you welcome it with an open mind and an open pantry.

Another (sort of) famous Mango once said, “Life is this crazy, mystical thing, and sometimes you go out like a buster.” I’m just glad this cereal didn’t go out like a buster—instead it will be going into my mouth as fast as I can muster.

The Bowl: Trader Joe’s Mango O’s

The Breakdown: Simply put, if you like mangos, you’ll love this authentically fruity cereal. Just be wary of the crunch and the flavor betraying powers of our once trusted friend milk (et tu, 2%?).

The Bottom Line: 7.5 rubber chicken sandwiches out of 10

(Quick Nutrition Facts: 120 calories, 3 grams of fiber, 7 grams of sugar, and 3 grams of protein per 1 cup serving)

***Our friends at Junk Banter reviewed Trader Joe’s Mango O’s, too. Check it out!***