Chaos Theory Reviews

Ever since I was a kid I’ve preferred healthy cereals over the sugar bombs that most children enjoy. Seriously - my two favorite cereals as a kid? Raisin Bran and Special K. Without any added sugar from the sugar bowl. I was weird that way I guess, but it still stands true now, I love good cereal that isn’t laden with excess sugar.

Recently I was given the chance to receive some complimentary Special K BlissCereal Bars thanks to Mom Central, and I would have been crazy to say no!

I received two boxes full of cereal bar goodness. One was a chocolate-raspberry flavor and the other was chocolate-orange. Oh my. The raspberry bars were definitely very good. However, I’ve often said that I would like to personally make out with the first person who mixed chocolate and orange as a thank you to them for the best flavor combination ever, so I absolutely loved those bars. Unfortunately for me, Hayley loved those ones best as well and so I had to share. Alas.

They were both very delicious and perfect for sticking in your purse (or camera bag if you’re me) to munch on at the park or while you’re standing around with the other moms, waiting for your kid to get released from school.

Overall, the Special K Bliss Cereal Bars went over very well in our home. George enjoyed them as well, and even Breanna ate one even though she’s usually not that into cereal (it may have been the chocolate appeal). Hayley and I battled it out over most of them. Let me put it to you this way - both boxes, totaling 12 bars, were empty in two days after they arrived.

I’d call that a hit!

You know what’s a lot of fun? Opening up a package that was delivered to your door and finding a big box of a brand new cereal. It’s no secret that I love food, so getting a free box of the new Kelloggs Wild Animal Crunch to review courtesy of Mom Central was awesome.

Unfortunately, Hayley was home from school and Breanna was not napping so I had two bugs kids clamoring around me to try it. The up side was that I was able to give them a bowl of cereal for a snack for an immediate review from the two people that the cereal is actually geared towards. Later in the evening, George had a bowl and I had a bowl of my own for breakfast the next morning.

The overall verdict is a good one. Breanna ate most of hers and Hayley ate some for breakfast every day until the box was empty. George wasn’t sure what flavor it was supposed to be but enjoyed it enough to eat the whole bowl. Meanwhile, I loved it.

I’m generally not a fan of sugary cereals. I just don’t like them and even as a kid I preferred more “grown-up” cereals without all the frosty coatings. However, I found Wild Animal Crunch, with its chocolate and vanilla flavored animal shapes had just enough of a a sweet taste to make it seem like a treat while not being so sugary as to turn me off. It also gave a good start for breakfast rather than hopping my kids up on a sugar high first thing in the morning which is always good.

As a bonus, because Kelloggs collaborated with Animal Planet for the new cereal, we also got a complimentary copy of the entire first season of Meerkat Manor. Breanna thought the meerkats were kind of funny and looked at them from time to time in between playing but Hayley? Hayley was enthralled and begged to keep watching episodes. I think I’ll have to re-introduce her to Animal Planet if she loved it that much.

Overall, Wild Animal Crunch was a hit in our household. The only downfall for me is that being in Canada means it probably isn’t available yet. I don’t even know if it WILL hit our shelves up here. Hopefully it will because I’d definitely add it to my shopping list. If you can get it in your area, I’d definitely recommend trying it yourself!