Honey Cheerios (Nestle)

Reviewer: Ben Kirby
Purchased: Tesco Extra (Scunthorpe)

Honey Cheerios......

As I've established before (see my review of Chocolatey Cheerios), I'm not a massive fan of the plain Cheerios taste, but it isn't the worst thing in the world.  So a variation of Cheerios is always a welcome opportunity.

So, we have Honey Cheerios.  I know folk who love these "Little O's", and I see some of the appeal, but I don't see past them being Cheerios to be honest, and that standard flavour is still there.

You open the box, and there's a lovely sweet smell.  Not sure it's a classic honey smell, but it's not just a sugary smell.  It's sweet and pleasant, and gives the cereal a great start.

Splash some milk on them and you're good to go!

The first few are great! Nice sweet and almost creamy taste.  I don't think it tastes like honey, but it's not some awful powder coating, you can see they have an almost "glazed" look about them.  Presumably, this is to encourage the idea that they've been dipped into honey.....

So, you go through a bowl, they taste great to start with, then you have the semi-soggy ones and they keep their taste pretty well, but there is that classic Cheerio taste becoming more prevalent now.  Then you get to the soggy ones......these are, to all intents and purposes your plain old cheerios, sat swimming in milk that's flavoured by the sweet remnants of the honey-glaze.  Yes, you still get the sweetness, but it's not in the same way, this is where I get disappointed.  It goes from being an almost excellent cereal to a pretty average bowl by the end.

The last few soggy ones are almost a chore, and the sweetened milk isn't enough to save the day.  Yes it's pleasant, but it's not the equivalent of their chocolate counterpart, or the wonderful (now non-existent) Banana Bubbles ("the cereal that thinks it's a milkshake!").

The degradation into soggy blandness is a slow process, so if you wolf though a bowl, it may not be an issue, but when trying to enjoy some and take your time, it becomes more chore than pleasure towards the end.

I would buy them and eat them again, because even at their worst, they aren't awful, just inadequate when hoping to satiate an appetite for a consistent and delicious treat.

All in all, they're better than the chocolate variety when it comes to the actual taste of the cereal, but the soggy remnants and poor flavouring of the milk mean it has some work to do to become a "King".

3/5 (but I'd chooses these over the chocolate ones!)

Do you agree with me? Am I out of control with my assessment?  Let me know in the replies!

-Ben