Who have thought that the solution to a shrimp tail crisis would be dulce de leche?

General Mills Dulce de Leche Toast Crunch

Look, I don’t think there’s a world where you follow a niche snack review blog without knowing the biggest junk food story that’s happened in ages, BUT just in case you missed it, here are the CliffsNotes:

• Topanga’s husband found some shrimp tails in his Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
• Cinnamon Toast Crunch tried to pass them off as “an accumulation of cinnamon sugar.”
• Mr. Topanga wasn’t buying it.
• Cinnamon Toast Crunch asked him to turn the shrimp tails into the police.
• Mr. Topanga refused, and instead sent them to a lab for DNA testing.
• We still don’t know the outcome.

Look, I don’t know what the big deal is. Ya’ll ever tried Shrimp Toast? It’s phenomenal. But Cinnamon Toast Crunch got raked on social media, so it definitely made sense to release an “Anything-But-Shrimp Toast Crunch” in the weeks that followed.

Enter Dulce de Leche Crunch, which wouldn’t have been in my Top 200 guesses for a new flavor. You see Dulce de Leche, which I believe translates to “Candy of the Leche”, is a Latin American confection that I definitely don’t encounter in my everyday life. Certainly, I’ve never seen it just slapped on some toast.

As I ate a few right out of the box, I’m greeted with a more successful caramel flavoring than I think any other cereal has ever achieved. At the same time, there is no mistaking that this cereal is still OG Cinnamon Toast Crunch at its core. They used cinnamon in the recipe, and it tastes like the original cereal was used as the building block with the caramel flavoring added for depth and nuance. That’s something that other CTC varieties (Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Sugar Cookie) can’t really say.

In the end, you have a fabulous cereal in Dulce de Leche Toast Crunch. The milk it leaves behind is also fantastic with a rich caramel color. I think there is a bit more flavor loss in milk than in Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but considering how unique and tasty the leftover cereal milk is, I wasn’t complaining at all.

In summary, I’m really disappointed I didn’t find any shrimp tails in my cereal.

Burning Questions:

1. How did you think the shrimp tails got in there? Someone was sloppy with their lunch.
2. How do you think that guy snagged Topanga? Huge dong, I guess.
3. I doubt Topanga is that shallow. Never underestimate a huge dong.

Place of Purchase: Sent to me by General Mills for free.

Rating: 9 out of 10

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