Chocolatey Cheerios

Reviewer: Ben Kirby
Sourced: Tesco Extra, Scunthorpe

Ah, Cheerios. You don't quite do it for me, I don't dislike you, but you're way down on my list of "go-to" cereals.

Then come the "chocolatey" variation..... Will these redeem the Cheerios name?

Not quite.

There's no wonderful aroma upon opening the box, but that's fine, there's no awful smell either.

So, here they are, in the bowl, covered in ice cold milk....

I think to myself "a new contender to weetos", that can't be a bad thing right? Well Weetos, don't worry too much.

These are quite literally Cheerios that have been coated in a chocolate flavour. The chocolate basically washed off upon contact with the milk, so soggier ones are just plain Cheerios.  The harder, non-soggy cereal was much more on par with a Weeto, but they became so few and far between in such a short space of time, they just don't compete.

The redeeming factor here though is that, because the chocolate washes off, you're left with a wonderful chocolate milk at the end, not powdery, not sugary. Just delicious.

All things considered, these aren't a bad cereal, they just don't do anything that other cereals already do better. It's a fair effort, and no doubt very appealing to children and parents alike (get those grains and vitamin D!), but I can't get past the traditional Cheerios taste.

Not awful by any stretch, but they won't be a "must have" when I see them on offer or something I would choose over other chocolate hoop cereals.

3/5 (good)

Have you tried these? Have I been too harsh?

Let me know in the comments!

-Ben