A bowl of cereal is still a bowl of cereal if you swap the milk with ice cream, right? Maybe I'm trying to justify an unhealthy habit of eating ice cream first thing in the morning instead of a balanced breakfast. I can't help but feel like it's partly General Mills, Nestle's and Dryer's fault this time.

While out for essentials at Dollar General, I managed to find a few non essentials; one of them being the new Cinnamon Toast Crunch ice cream. They come in 14 ounce (which is what I found) and 48 ounce containers. Another note, this is "light" ice cream. At 170 calories per 2/3 cup (84g) and 450 calories per container, it's not as light as say... Halo Top or Enlightened, but still a bit more caloric friendly than some other pints.

The packaging is beautiful. Its strange seeing an ice cream like this without seeing Perry's, Bryer's or even Good Humor on the packaging. Nonetheless, like some creamy kryptonite, it's a concoction that single handedly weakens all Saturday Morning Cartoon and cereal ritual abiding 80s and 90s kids.

Right away, after opening the lid and removing the plastic film, you get some nice notes of cinnamon. It seems to have a decent bit of cinnamon swirl peeking out on top but no cereal chunks in sight. The first scoop is sweet but not so sweet that it takes away from the cinnamon. The cinnamon and sweetness seem to work hand and hand together to deliver a very satisfying experience with each bite. The ice cream, like most light ice creams, is nice and airy. I love full fat ice cream but also enjoy a nice creamy and airy ice cream as well from time to time. The cereal chunks are in there but they aren't as plentiful as I had hoped. When you do find them, it is heaven. The texture from sitting in the ice cream and thawing slightly has morphed the pieces into an almost waffle cone feel with a burst of warm, sweet cinnamon which compliments the ice cream quite well. For what it lacked in cereal pieces, it made up with cinnamon swirl.

I would absolutely buy this again in the 48 ounce container. I give this an 8.5 cereal boxes out of 10! With more cereal pieces I could see a solid 9 ranking for sure but it has its place among all delicious ice cream in the freezer regardless. Now, if you'd excuse me, I have a bowl of "cereal" and cartoons to get back to. Thanks for reading!

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