Customer Reviews

Kellogg's Cereal Favorites Variety Pack, 1.5 to 2.8-Ounce Single Serve Cups (Pack of 60)

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This is really a great way to have breakfast at your office or practically anywhere. However, they don't give you an equal distribution of the various cereals. Here is the breakdown (from the side of the box):

16: 2.1oz Frosted Flakes
8 : 1.5oz Froot Loops
12: 2.8oz Rasin Bran Crunch
10: 1.5oz Apple Jacks
10: 1.5oz Corn Pops
4(!): Cocoa Rice Krispies

The main reason I got this over using regular boxes was that I wanted a variety of different cereals. However, there are way too many Frosted Flakes and far too few Rice Krispies. Kind of takes the "variety" out of variety pack.

You will get 60 cups of cereal. Each cup gives you enough cereal and space to pour a 6-8oz of milk. It is very convenient to have the single serving on the go cup. I would of gave a 5 if the quantities were even.
16- 2.1oz Frosted Flakes
10-2.8oz Raisin Bran Crunch
10- 1.5oz Apple Jacks
10-1.5oz Corn Pops
8-2.3oz Cocoa Krispies and
6-1.5 oz Froot Loops

I take these to work along with little minature milks I pick up at the convenient store. They're quite filling and get me through to lunch just fine. And they're not too bad for you either. Considering they're all the "sugary" cereals your Mom complained about when you were a kid. In fact the one with the highest calorie count (280) is the Rasin Bran, and that's something that would actually be considered "healthy". All the rest fall into the 160-220 range.

EDIT: I edited my original review today because the contents in the assortment have changed. I just got a new box and inside there were:
13 - Frosted Flakes
10 - Apple Jacks
9 - Cocoa Krispies
8 - Froot Loops
8 - Raisin Bran Crunch
6 - Corn Pops
6 - Frosted Mini Wheats

I don't know why they don't make the distribution of each type more equal (8 or 9), but they don't. I imagine some must be cheaper to make or something. Still, at least the ones with the most (Frosted Flakes and Apple Jacks) aren't my family's least liked ones and it is a little more evenly distributed than it used to be. We used to always have leftover Raisin Bran Crunch and with each new shipment, the backlog of those got bigger and bigger. At least the upped the Cocoa Krispies allotment!




Warning: boring review follows! ha ha: I was interested in buying these individual servings of cereal for my family and wondered if the cups, bowls or little boxes were cheapest per ounce. The cups hold more than the bowls and boxes(usually about twice as much based on cereal type). I mean we would have eaten 2 bowls if it was really cheaper that way.

I went to the kelloggs site to compare how much cereal was in the cups versus how much in the individual bowls or the little boxes. The bowls, cups and boxes all seem to end up costing fractions of pennies of one another ounce per ounce. I didn't add up all the kinds per variey pack and see which grand total costed pennies more or less based on ounce (I am not THAT frugal), but picked corn pops and frosted flakes to compare. The prices for all the kinds are very comparable, so if your wondering which type to buy, it doesn't really add up to much difference. I do check these things because sometimes the big "value" sizes are actually more expensive per ounce/gram than the little sizes. Those marketing people are tricky!

Therefore, if you want to have more little bowls or you pick the cups (that have more in each), you can make your choice and know you won't be spending way more either way. I skipped choosing the boxes because I liked the convenience of the bowls, but honestly the carboard boxes are probably better for the planet (but anyway, I will save some energy, water, and soap by not washing bowls!) Now all they need to do is sell a cute little dispenser for my counter and I will never go back to boxes!

I ordered a case of these during the winter when my whole family was stranded inside by bad weather and the flu and again in the summer for a family vacation. Great value. Not ultimate nutrition, but kids love it.

First the good:

Great value - about $1 for each small container. At a convenience store or cafeteria you'd pay double that.

Handy - The container serves as a bowl so all you have to do is find some milk & a spoon & your good to go.

Taste - The cereals that this "assortment" pack offers are pretty tasty. All of them are popular items so you aren't left with a bunch of cereal containers that no one wants to eat.

The bad:

Unhealthy - Unfortunately all the cerals are tasty but loaded with sugar. All cereal containers range from 160 calories (Apple Jacks) to 240 calories (Rainsin bran w/ granola).

Bottom line: If you need a quick breakfast at a good price that everyone will like but is not too nutricious --this is the option for you!

Easy, convenient and tasty snack or breakfast. Particularly good for college students.

These were wonderrful! I have to get up real early and when I get my breakfast all I have to do is grab one pour the milk in and eat. No mesy bowls to worry about. At 5 AM in the morning that is great!

These are sadly the sugary type cereals, but the little cups make these a camping hit--either for trail snacks or for eating breakfast. Just make sure you pack out the cups, please.

lets see here;

Frosted Flakes: Frosted flakes are great, that frosting on the flakes never really leaves when you add milk, but i don't find myself getting them that often, but when I see them in the drawer, I'm happy.

Corn pops: Corn pops are not the type of cereal you'd buy. If there was nothing else to eat at your home, and then you saw some pops on the shelves, you'd be happy, but they have a weird taste....and come in a different bag compared to the others, so they're never on my shelves.

Froot loops: froot loops are good, but after one bowl of 'em, you'd wish you had eaten some other cereal. Unless its that time when they have marshmallows in them, they're nothing special, just colorful.

Raisin Bran: Why are these in the pack? I'm reviewing kids' cereals in detail! you think I've ever eaten raisin bran? whatever, they are just corn flakes with raisins.

Cocoa krispies: Very good. In the beginning all those moist chocolate bits are good, but after you eat 30% of the bowl, the pieces become soggy and you don't get a satisfying crunch or taste, even if you are lucky enough to get a spoonful.

Apple Jacks: These are pretty good, they smell good, and some of them are green! although i must say, the new advertising campaign is lame. The old "they don't taste like apples" commercials were great because it made you wonder why they were called apple jacks, and made you buy 'em. the new "cinnamon is the winna, mon" campaign is lame, why are you all of a sudden advertising its cinnamon taste, these aren't cinnamon toast crunches, they're apple jacks! ever since the new commercials, I've gotten this cereal less.

So, 3 winners, 1 ok one, 1 not-so-good one, and one black sheep that I can't comment on, enjoy and don't forget the milk!