

Deeply caramelized and with an earthy amber sweetness, the caramel here pairs beautifully with the subtle undertones of roasted Dunkin’ coffee.

See what I did there? Yes, if I could compare Dunkin’s to any other caramel cereal, it would be General Mills’ Girl Scouts Caramel Crunch-albeit a more souped up one. And while Dunkin’ Caramel Macchiato Cereal has close contemporary analogues, it’s also a deLite of its own. For one seemingly simple flavor, every cereal approaches it differently. Dunkin’ Caramel Macchiato Cereal ReviewĬaramel cereals always leave me a little apprehensive. Sure, Dunkin’ cereals only contain 1/10th the caffeine of a cup of coffee per serving, but if my own childhood cereal consumption velocity is any indication, those perky percentiles will add up fast-the length of a single SpongeBob episode kind of fast.īut enough pep talk, let’s simultaneously eat and drink our breakfast. Yes, it is this last point that makes Dunkin’ cereals so significant-there have been mainstream coffee-flavored cereals before, but none that dared bring real bouncy bean juice into a supermarket aisle already known for sugar-rushing young kids: the last demographic that needs more energy.

Granted, these two new cereals are based on coffee drinks rather than doughnuts, but that simply gives you an excuse to dunk a real cruller in your caffeinated cereal endmilk. Not since the egg predated the chicken has such a causality dilemma been posed: “but first, cereal” or “but first, coffee”? I’m sure you’ve seen the latter phrase emblazoned on countless Etsy shirts and flea market embroideries-right next to the Live, Laugh, Love pillows and fat chicken kitchen décor-but with cereal serving as a perfect toothsome preface to just about any activity, sometimes one can face cognitive gridlock when forced to choose between a warm mugful and a cold-milked bowlful.īut worry no longer, crunchy koan ponderers, because Post & Dunkin’ have teamed up to reanimate the Donut-slinging brand’s cereal division, which has laid dormant since Ralston stopped making their chocolate and glazed goodies in the late ’80s.
