Granula, the first breakfast cereal, was introduced in 1863; to be able to chew it, you had to soak it overnight.
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Pancake Cereal is The Latest Viral TikTok Recipe You Might Want to Make
You know about pancakes, one of the most utterly delicious breakfast and brunch foods around. And you’ve heard of cereal, which is similarly tasty and doesn’t require any prep work.
Prepare to have your mind blown. Combine pancakes and cereal to make something totally new and different: Pancake cereal.
TikTokers have been making lots of pancake cereal lately. And it sure seems easy to make.
All you need is some pancake batter, a hot pan and a plastic bag. You’ll fill the plastic bag with the batter, then snip a tiny hole in one corner (so you can use it like a baker’s piping bag).
Simply pipe little blobs of pancake on your pan, cook and voila. You’re all set!
Just pout these miniature pancakes into a bowl, top with butter and syrup and eat with a spoon.
Here’s how it works.
@urmomaaashleyk THE SOUND OF THE MINI PANCAKES COMING OFF THE PAN
#pancake #cereal
And here’s an inferior version of the process, but we just like the look on this girl’s face at the end. Ha!
@arianalee99 Making pancake “cereal”
Of course, there are all sorts of recipe variations, but we’re only going to show you three today because you could go down this rabbit hole for a MINUTE if you’re not careful.
Here’s one for pink funfetti, which is SUPER cute, btw.
@teresalauracaruso How to make pink funfetti pancake cereal.. what do you think?
#pancakecereal #alwayslearning #learnfromme #minitutorials
Here’s one for rainbow pancakes. Because who doesn’t need more color in their life?
@sulheejessica Pancake cereal trend but make it extra #keepingactive #spacethings #pancakecereal #trend #food #breakfast #rainbow #soextra #neverfitin #boojie #fyp
And here’s a tye-dye version. For all you hippies out there!
@cosmopolitan #cerealpancakes #tiedye #foodfam #learnfromme Cred: @sfeher
Some TikTokers are skipping the plastic bag and using a squeeze bottle instead, which makes it easier to control your batter. But if you don’t happen to have an empty squeeze bottle laying around, a plastic baggie will work just fine.
Would you ever try making pancake cereal at home? What do you think of this idea?
Let us know in the comments!
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Woman’s Life-Changing Cereal Box Storage Trick Is Very Handy
Sometimes, you discover something that makes you say, ‘Huh, why didn’t I know about that sooner?’”
Prepare to have your mind blow, because that’s exactly what’s about to happen with this life-changing cereal storage trick.
Becky Holden McGhee discovered after 40 years that she’s been closing her cereal boxes all wrong (and apparently all of us have?).
Luckily, she shared her new-found knowledge with the internet with some helpful photos and a video. Just check it out yourself:
Had to share this!!!It's only taken me 40 years, but I now know the correct way to close a cereal box.Genius. It takes…
Posted by Becky Holden McGhee on Sunday, 10 May 2020
Here’s exactly how to pull this off at home:
Posted by Becky Holden McGhee on Sunday, 10 May 2020
Um, OK, that’s freaking genius. She’s totally right — it’s super annoying when the cereal boxes just won’t close. Then you inevitably end up with stale cereal down the road.
This trick seems to solve both problems at once!
If you think cereal boxes are bad, don’t even get us started on fitted sheets. Luckily, someone’s figured out how to fold these neatly, too:
And how to properly fold a shirt in just a few seconds:
Or how to fold jeans to save space:
Dang, some people are seriously so creative. How do their brains come up with this stuff? Is it just inherent? A lot of trail and error?
Either way, we’re just glad they share their little tips and tricks with the rest of the world. Thanks, internet!
What’s your biggest storage pet peeve? A cluttered pantry? A mishmash linen closet? A mess under the bed?
Let us know in the comments!
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Dessert for Breakfast Is on the Menu with Cinnamon Toast Crunch Ice Cream
Cereal lovers can celebrate a new way to chow down on Cinnamon Toast Crunch. And yes, you’ll still need a bowl and spoon.
Or a cone.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch-flavored ice cream is officially a dream come true. This sugary cereal-inspired confection is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth and will be available in stores soon.
The news broke on Instagram in late January of the upcoming release.
For flavor enthusiasts, the ice cream will feature a cinnamon-flavored base, a cinnamon graham swirl and pieces of the iconic cereal. Honestly, my mouth is watering just writing this.
As an admitted ice cream addict, the harmonious marriage of cereal and my favorite dessert treat is almost too good to be true. After all, I’m proud to say I’m one of the thousands of people whose favorite part of eating cereal was drinking the cereal-infused milk that remained.
*Me looking at that Cinnamon Toast Crunch ice cream while trying to eat healthy https://t.co/dj3NIWvYOZ pic.twitter.com/mGzGkdcj1H
— Eric Bridges (@Eric_Bridges) January 29, 2020
Now I will be able enjoy that same signature flavor of Cinnamon Toast Crunch in a cold, frozen form? Whatever food engineer concocted this idea deserves a round of applause, and a free lifetime supply of his or her creation.
Fun fact: Pouring hot fudge over Cinnamon Toast Crunch ice cream basically makes it churro ice cream https://t.co/lR6fM8wwzA
— Matt Lindner (@mattlindner) January 29, 2020
As for those who think pints are entirely too small, good news is that the flavor will be available in both 14-ounce and 48-ounce containers. According to Delish, Nestle confirmed that their newest ice cream offering will be available in major retailers in just a few months.
Oh, and the good news doesn’t stop there.
The company confirmed that the Cinnamon Toast Crunch flavor will be a light ice cream. Suddenly my future breakfast sounds a lot healthier.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch ice cream is now a thing. You're a month late Santa, but thank you.
— Geno from Q105 (@Q105Geno) January 31, 2020
I’ll have my bowl and cone(s) ready for scooping.
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Lucky Charms Now Sells Bags of Giant Marshmallows
The best part, by far, of Lucky Charms is obviously the marshmallows: heart, stars and horseshoes, clovers and blue moons, hourglasses, rainbows and tasty red balloons.
Obviously.
In 2015, General Mills unveiled Marshmallow-Only Lucky Charms, and now they’re taking it to another level by making the marshmallows full size.
On August 8, the company announced the release of 7-ounce bags of jumbo Lucky Charms marshmallows. The large marshmallows are a collaboration between Lucky Charms and Jet-Puffed, the popular marshmallow brand.
The Lucky Charms marshmallows are just $1.50 per bag. Previous boxes of Marshmallow-Only Lucky Charms were limited edition, and the clamoring masses had to hustle to get their hands on one. They’re so rare that they are actually sold on eBay as collector’s items.
But not these giant marshmallows! Nope, these are as easy to get as a regular box of Lucky Charms. They’re already available in select stores, and they’ll go completely nationwide in September.
The bags include all the regular varieties of marshmallow – hearts, stars and so on. However, they only come in one flavor: standard marshmallow vanilla.
Some foodies are a bit disappointed by the change.
“They are just regular marshmallows, colored and shaped,” Instagram food blogger @phatphood wrote. “At first I thought they were flavored, but they are not. I prefer the stale ones (without whipping aid) in the cereal, these are too fresh.”
Fair enough. If you want the Lucky Charms marshmallow experience, it seems you might as well go back to picking out the tiny marshmallows from the box. But if you want a colorful variation on a s’more, these marshmallows are just perfect.
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Lucky Charms Now Sells Bags of Giant Marshmallows
The best part, by far, of Lucky Charms is obviously the marshmallows: heart, stars and horseshoes, clovers and blue moons, hourglasses, rainbows and tasty red balloons.
Obviously.
In 2015, General Mills unveiled Marshmallow-Only Lucky Charms, and now they’re taking it to another level by making the marshmallows full size.
On August 8, the company announced the release of 7-ounce bags of jumbo Lucky Charms marshmallows. The large marshmallows are a collaboration between Lucky Charms and Jet-Puffed, the popular marshmallow brand.
The Lucky Charms marshmallows are just $1.50 per bag. Previous boxes of Marshmallow-Only Lucky Charms were limited edition, and the clamoring masses had to hustle to get their hands on one. They’re so rare that they are actually sold on eBay as collector’s items.
But not these giant marshmallows! Nope, these are as easy to get as a regular box of Lucky Charms. They’re already available in select stores, and they’ll go completely nationwide in September.
The bags include all the regular varieties of marshmallow – hearts, stars and so on. However, they only come in one flavor: standard marshmallow vanilla.
Some foodies are a bit disappointed by the change.
“They are just regular marshmallows, colored and shaped,” Instagram food blogger @phatphood wrote. “At first I thought they were flavored, but they are not. I prefer the stale ones (without whipping aid) in the cereal, these are too fresh.”
Fair enough. If you want the Lucky Charms marshmallow experience, it seems you might as well go back to picking out the tiny marshmallows from the box. But if you want a colorful variation on a s’more, these marshmallows are just perfect.
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Lucky Charms Now Sells Bags of Giant Marshmallows
The best part, by far, of Lucky Charms is obviously the marshmallows: heart, stars and horseshoes, clovers and blue moons, hourglasses, rainbows and tasty red balloons.
Obviously.
In 2015, General Mills unveiled Marshmallow-Only Lucky Charms, and now they’re taking it to another level by making the marshmallows full size.
On August 8, the company announced the release of 7-ounce bags of jumbo Lucky Charms marshmallows. The large marshmallows are a collaboration between Lucky Charms and Jet-Puffed, the popular marshmallow brand.
The Lucky Charms marshmallows are just $1.50 per bag. Previous boxes of Marshmallow-Only Lucky Charms were limited edition, and the clamoring masses had to hustle to get their hands on one. They’re so rare that they are actually sold on eBay as collector’s items.
But not these giant marshmallows! Nope, these are as easy to get as a regular box of Lucky Charms. They’re already available in select stores, and they’ll go completely nationwide in September.
The bags include all the regular varieties of marshmallow – hearts, stars and so on. However, they only come in one flavor: standard marshmallow vanilla.
Some foodies are a bit disappointed by the change.
“They are just regular marshmallows, colored and shaped,” Instagram food blogger @phatphood wrote. “At first I thought they were flavored, but they are not. I prefer the stale ones (without whipping aid) in the cereal, these are too fresh.”
Fair enough. If you want the Lucky Charms marshmallow experience, it seems you might as well go back to picking out the tiny marshmallows from the box. But if you want a colorful variation on a s’more, these marshmallows are just perfect.
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Corn Flakes Were Made to Get You to Stop Masturbating (+7 More Weird Facts About Cereal)
We all know that Frosted Flakes are “Grrrrrreat” and that Lucky Charms are “Magically delicious,” but I’m willing to bet that a lot of you have no idea what the real story behind some of your favorite cereals.
#1. Alpha-Bits were a concentrated effort to market cereal to children.
Image Credit: Post Cereals
Post Cereals worker Thomas Quigley, a father of seven, rose to a challenge to design a new cereal to market to kids – that combining fun, education, and sugar would be just the ticket.
He was right, of course, and the tradition of selling sugar to kids and calling it a healthy breakfast was born!
#2. Wheaties were the result of an accident.
Image Credit: Wheaties.com
In 1921, a clinician at a sanitarium accidentally spilled wheat gruel onto a hot stovetop. It dried into flakes and, inspired by the preparation of Corn Flakes, a miller and his employees tried 14 times and 36 varieties of wheat to find the perfect combination of wheat, salt, sugar, and malt syrup.
They became popular due to the first radio commercial jingle.
#3. Cap’n Crunch is designed to make you want more.
Image Credit: Quaker Oats
By the 1960s, some of the best-selling cereals marketed to kids had lots of sugar, and research showed that kids preferred cereal that floated and stayed crunchy (duh), so Quaker came up with a combination of corn and oat cereal that fit the bill.
Flavorist Pamela Low brought the key ingredient to the table, though, with a favorite combination from her childhood: brown sugar and butter sauce over rice. She called it a “want-more-ishness” and people couldn’t get enough – especially kids after the introduction of their seafaring mascot.
#4. The history of Chex is…not very nice.
Image Credit: Pixabay
Chex came from a pet food company called Ralston Purina that was led by one William Danforth and self-help author Webster Edgerly (who was looking to promote whole grains as people food). Edgerly was the founder of a cult-like movement that, in addition to promoting a healthy diet, was into mind control and racial supremacy (he advocated for non-whites to be castrated and believed watermelons were toxic to Caucasians?), but the diet piece made Edgerly interested in creating yummy sources of whole grains to his followers.
Together, the two first came up with Shredded Ralston, which was bite-sized squares of shredded wheat, changing it to “Chex” in 1950 to honor the brand’s checkerboard logo. Danforth continued to make pet food under the name Purina while Chex was sold off to General Mills.
#5. Your Corn Flakes were meant to curb sexual desire.
Image Credit: Pixabay
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, who worked as a physician in a Michigan sanitarium, believed (along with the rest of the Seventh-Day-Adentists) that irritating foods (like too much meat at breakfast) led to an increase in sexual desire, and that masturbation could lead to worsening illness.
He experimented until he came up with bland, grain-based breakfast flakes after he left boiled wheat out for too long and then decided what the heck, I’ll toast them and feed them to my patients anyway. Luckily, it worked out for all involved!
#6. Cheerios are the perfect result of over 500 test products.
Image Credit: Pixabay
Puffed cereals made from rice and wheat were all the rage in the 1930s and 1940s, and General Mills wanted to see if it worked with oats. Food science innovator Lester Borchardt and his team tested the oat-based recipe (and a variety of shapes) – over 500 formulas in all – before the winning donut shape won out.
It was originally called CheeriOats but the name was shortened after Quaker Oats filed a lawsuit over the use of the word ‘oats.” It was rebranded in 1945 and has been a top-selling cereal ever since.
#7. Honey Bunches of Oats combines the trifecta of popular cereal ingredients.
Image Credit: Post Cereals
In 1989, long-serving Post employee and cereal lover Vernon J. Herzing took his three favorite cereals – Toasties, Grape-Nuts Flakes, and Sugar Sparkle Flakes – and tried combining the three. Together with his daughter, Kimberly, they combined products until they landed on the perfect mix.
Its success has led to other flake-and-cluster cereals and myriad spinoffs.
#8. Rice Krispies are the product of an experiment and a gun.
Image Credit: Quaker Oats
In 1901, botanist Alexander Pierre Anderson wanted to know what might happen if he heated starch granules – he thought the water inside the granules would turn to steam and result in small puffing explosions (and of course, he was right). He then used a gas pipe and a sledgehammer to form a gun-like device that simplified the process.
He debuted his cool little trick at the 1904 World’s Fair and Quaker Oats snapped it up, marketing it as “food shot from guns.”
Interesting, right? You just never know what you’ll find online!
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