![]() ![]() I can think of no better way to end this review than with atomized Grape-Nuts trebuchets. Post first decided in 1897 to name the cereal after the grape seeds they resemble (though that’s just one of the stories behind the name) instead of actually putting raisins into them.Īll Grape-Nuts needs to do to boost sales is show people the badass way they make ’em, a process that involves baking 10-pound barley bricks, which are then quite literally flung into rapidly spinning fans that obliterate them into crunchy nuggets. I only wish Grape-Nuts were better at advertising, because maybe then we’d get the actual “Grape Flavored Grape-Nuts” the world has been asking for ever since C.W. In a world of bland corn flakes and bran flakes, the golden toastiness of Grape-Nuts Flakes is a welcome “wake-up shake-up.” It’s a little too grainy and mild to compete with any of the hearty breakfast big guns like Raisin Bran Crunch or Toasted Oatmeal Flakes, but Grape-Nuts Flakes will be my go-to cereal for when I straight up want to eat a lot of cereal without having to buy a lot of new clothes to accommodate a lot more pudginess. Even though it won’t hurt your teeth, working through a mammoth bowl of malted barley (and one serving size of this cereal really is massive) will give your jaw the kind of workout it hasn’t experienced since you last belted out “Bohemian Rhapsody” on the way to work. My biggest problem with this cereal is one of pure mouth fatigue. My bowl of Grape-Nuts Sarlacc Pit Flakes sucked down a Boba Fett-sized serving of milk within seconds, leaving behind no endmilk.ĭespite its high saturation point, Grape-Nuts Flakes tastes better when milk soaked, as the sweet malt taste gets even maltier and a steady roasted nut aftertaste emerges. If you’re going to add milk to your Grape-Nuts Flakes (and add milk you should, unless you want your mouth to turn drier than a Prohibition era church picnic), be sure to add a lot, because these flaky fellas are thirsty. Since you get way more Flakes per serving than Grape-Nuts nuggets, it’s probably the increased surface area that allows the Flakes to secrete their extra barley sweetness. But as I ate more, the Flakes released a much more potent blast of toasted, malted sugar. It’s pretty much exactly like a bowl of regular Grape-Nuts that got sent through a cheese grater. The initial flavor has a unique, pleasant woodsy sweetness. Sure, they may look like the kind of shredded woodchips you use to line a hamster cage, but between Hamtaro and The Hamster Dance, those chipper domestic rodents have brought the world plenty of good. Grape-Nuts flavor you love with half the number of broken bicuspids.Īnd for those of you who already hated the taste of Grape-Nuts? Well, these charming barley shavings might still win you over.įor a bunch of fluffy flakes, you can sure pack a ton of them into a bowl. A “lite” version of original Grape-Nuts (both in terms of texture and calories), these Flakes promise all of the O.G. ![]() Post must have realized that Grape-Nuts were unfairly lining the pockets of dentists everywhere, which is why we have Grape Nuts Flakes. Oh, Grape-Nuts: you go by many names in my household, from “mouth gravel” to “rugged nuggets.” But most of us just call you “ow!” because the strength of your molar-cracking crunchiness would make the Incredible Hulk blush.
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