Maybe it’s just me, but the combination of banana and blueberry seems weird.
Sure, the alliteration makes them sound like they belong together, but not even Yoplait has used this fruit combination in one of their yogurts. And Yoplait has stuffed almost every interfruity marriage into their conic containers that are impossible to eat out of if you have a large spoon.
Maybe Yoplait doesn’t combine them because when they tried to, it created something so unholy that it caused every Yoplait employee to simultaneously yell out, “sacrebleu.”
Because of my uncertainty with the banana/blueberry fusion, I opened the Post Honey Bunches of Oats Banana Blueberry Fruit Blends cereal with some trepidation. The last time any cereal gave me this much fear was when I ripped open a box of All-Bran cereal to help me with constipation.
Oh wait, there was also that time I ate this cereal while driving to work.
When I tore open the packaging inside the Honey Bunches of Oats Banana Blueberry Fruit Blends box, an aroma that smelled similar to a blueberry muffin wafted out of it. The pleasant aroma did ease whatever fears I had about combining bananas with blueberries and it also made me say, “sacrebleu.”
The cereal is made up of crispy banana flavored flakes and crunchy blueberry flavored granola clusters. However, while all the granola clusters were blueberry flavored, not all of the crispy flakes were banana flavored, which caused some flavor inconsistencies.
Some spoonfuls had a noticeable banana flavor, but to taste the banana with other spoonfuls I had to concentrate hard, as if I’m trying to recall the multiplication table in order to show a sixth grader that I’m smarter than him. And during that time of deep concentration all the crispy flakes turned limp and soggy while sitting in the milk and my head began to hurt. I don’t like having to think when eating cereal. It’s why I don’t solve any of the word find puzzles or mazes on the back of kids cereal boxes or read Highlights Magazine when eating cereal. When I did taste the banana, it was that familiar artificial banana flavor that I know and love from banana flavored candy and Slurpees.
What makes Honey Bunches of Oats Banana Blueberry Fruit Blends really good are the crunchy blueberry clusters. Spoonfuls without them make me want to put down the bowl of cereal, slide it away from me, and then let out a disgusted “nay.” But, thankfully, there were a lot of blueberry clusters. The blueberry flavor was sweet, non-overpowering, and seeped into the milk while I was concentrating on the banana flavor.
Honey Bunches of Oats Banana Blueberry Fruit Blends is a really good cereal. Sure, it has as much actual fruit in it than a strawberry soda, but it’s fortified with a bunch of vitamins and minerals. But despite the lack of fruit and inconsistent banana flavor, I have to say it’s now one of my favorite Honey Bunches of Oats varieties.
Sacrebleu!
(Nutrition Facts – 3/4 cup (cereal only) 120 calories, 15 calories from fat, 1.5 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0.5 grams of monounsaturated fat, 1 gram of polyunsaturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 135 milligrams of sodium, 55 milligrams of potassium, 25 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 6 grams of sugar, 18 grams of other carbohydrates, and 2 grams of protein.)
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Item: Post Honey Bunches of Oats Banana Blueberry Fruit Blends
Price: $2.99
Size: 14.5 ounces
Purchased at: Target
Rating: 7 out of 10
Pros: One of my favorite Honey Bunches of Oats varieties. Smells like blueberry muffins. Blueberry clusters gave the cereal a nice crunch, which makes up for the soggy flakes. Nice blueberry flavor. Contains vitamins and minerals. Blueberry milk.
Cons: Inconsistent banana flavor. Crispy flakes don’t stay crispy for long in milk. Doesn’t contain actual fruit, just natural flavors. Being dumber than a sixth grader.
Good call. The peach and respberry one isn’t so great though. I wish they’d bring back the chocolate flavored clusters though.
Thankfully, the Target I went to sold out of the peach/raspberry one. If they had it, I would’ve bought it, been disappointed, and then left with the rest of the box.
Post is my favorite cereal brand. i appreciate that they still do Grapenuts which is decades old – that’s almost an act of bravery. this sounds similar to the “great grains” line which has the same combo of flakes and clusters. blueberry + banana IS weird. blueberries got real popular as an anti-oxidant, maybe they thought blueberry on its own was too subtle?
I don’t think people eat Grape Nuts. I don’t. I use it as ammunition to annoy people.
Grape Nuts are actually over a century old! Unfortunately they taste like it too.
tried it. Ummm. Ya… Nothing special, I personally am a fan of the Pecan flavor (and really disappointed with their multi-grain vanilla flavor). This just seems like overkill. HBOO (yep, thats what the cool kids call it) is a great line of cereal, but they already offer more than enough options. I mean have you seen the shelf at Walmart? Its crazy. This new duo-flavor option is just the team at Post playing some sort of sick joke on us; they are making cereal selection a truly confusing part of my weekly grocery run.
I am all for variety, but there has to be a little sense to the options…don’t just start combining various flavors to create whole new options when there are still plenty of ingredients that can be added to make new HBOO flavors all on their own. What about a Honey Bunches of Oats Peanut, or even just plain blueberry….
Actually, I think I am going to have to continue my “rant” about this on my site…. http://www.fedupfood.com
Anyway, thanks for the review! I really have been following yourfood reviews for a long time!
Sounds like a good cereal to add a banana to before eating. Or some blueberries. Or both.
absolutely disgusting!
I love this. The peach flavor tastes like medicine though.