Post has replaced its Oreo O’s Cereal with Oreo Puffs Cereal. This makes me scratch my head because the O’s made sense. After all, you can’t spell Oreo without O’s. Okay, technically, spherical puffs can replace the O’s in Oreo and still spell Oreo, but Oreo O’s had such a nice ring to it.

While Oreo O’s was made up of just chocolatey cereal pieces, Oreo Puffs Cereal features sweetened corn and oat cereal made with real Oreo cookie wafers and MARSHMALLOWS.

Yes, some of you perspicacious cereal eaters will point out that there was a limited time Mega Stuff Oreo O’s that had marshmallows. But now the white marbits are standard, like airbags and USB ports in new cars, and AM radios and ashtrays in really old cars. Speaking of the cereal that came out almost five years ago, this is what I wrote about it back then:

Mega Stuf Oreo O’s should be THE Oreo O’s Cereal. With the addition of marshmallows, there’s a better flavor balance between the creme and chocolate that’s more similar to an actual Oreo cookie than the original cereal.

And here we are. I’m not saying my words made this cereal happen, but you’re welcome if they were.

So, how does Oreo Puffs Cereal taste? With the addition of marshmallows, there’s a better flavor balance between the creme and chocolate that’s more similar to an actual Oreo cookie than the original cereal.

Okay, if you want a non-self-plagiarized version, the cereal tastes like Oreo O’s Cereal but with much-welcomed bursts of sweetness from the marshmallows. However, these don’t seem to be the O’s in a new shape. There are taste similarities, but if I remember correctly, the O’s had white specks and an opaque sugary coating that represented the white creme. These puffs only have the sugary white coating. However, it doesn’t make that much of a difference since the marshmallows better represent the filling. While it doesn’t taste EXACTLY like Oreo cookies, there are some chocolatey hints of it in the cereal, much like the original version. But it tastes good enough that there’s no need to cry over spilled milk with Oreo O’s.

Oh, speaking of milk, this makes an unsatisfying chocolatey milk.

So now that an Oreo cereal is safe from being discontinued, can we now focus on bringing Post Nutter Butter Cereal and its bold peanut butter flavor and peanut shape back? Heck, I would even settle for forgoing the peanut shape and having Nutter Butter Puffs Cereal.

DISCLOSURE: I received a free product sample from Post. Doing so did not influence my review.

Purchased Price: FREE
Size: 10 oz box
Rating: 8 out of 10
Nutrition Facts: (1 1/2 cups) 150 calories, 2 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 200 milligrams of sodium, 33 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 16 grams of sugar (including 16 grams of added sugar), and 2 grams of protein.