Nothing says “I just turned 50” like a bowl of rocks!
Post Birthday Cake Pebbles
Description via Post: Limited-edition Birthday Cake PEBBLES™ cereal features festive, colorful flakes in blue, pink and yellow, and a classic vanilla birthday cake and frosting flavor.
Description via Junk Banter: Yabba Dabba Birthday.
It’s hard to believe that people have been eating Pebbles for half a century, but it just goes to show you how truly remarkable this cereal is. Surely its creators couldn’t have imagined that 50 years later we’d be drinking our coffee with Fruity Pebbles coffee creamer, getting gains with Fruity Pebbles protein powder, and watching Netflix while eating Fruity Pebbles chips, but we are living in truly magnificent times. So by now, it should come as no surprise that there’s a Birthday Cake flavor on the block.
In my mind, this has to be the reincarnation of Cupcake Pebbles that debuted just over a decade ago. Cupcake Pebbles somehow escaped me then, probably because I spent the entire decade eating nothing but mini cupcakes and bacon-infused things. So naturally, I’m excited to eat these Birthday Cake Pebbles for the first time and wait patiently for the Bacon Pebbles to follow.
The smell of Birthday Cake Pebbles doesn’t achieve anywhere near the same heights of the iconic Fruity Pebbles – it just smells like vaguely sweet cereal.
Aesthetically, it lands somewhere between “birthday cake” and a “let’s just play it safe” baby shower.
If Post got anything right about this cereal, it’s that turning 50 is fun, but also kinda sucks.
Listen, this cereal is fine. There’s some sweet vanilla vibes but you definitely get a little of that artificial taste – kinda like when you find a “birthday cake” flavored lollipop. But my biggest complaint is how much flavor loss there is in milk, which basically turns it into plain Rice Krispies.
The concept is a good one, but I’m not left wanting to celebrate these Birthday Cake Pebbles. They’re nowhere near as good as the Fruity Pebbles, Cocoa Pebbles, or Marshmallow Fruity Pebbles that you can buy on each of your birthdays and not just the 50th.
Can’t wait to see what Pebbles come up with when they turn 100!
Burning Questions:
- What should Pebbles do when they turn 100? Oat Bran Pebbles?
- What does Bamm-Bamm think of these? Bamm Bamm!
- How come the Flinstones don’t age? Because they’re all dead.
Place of Purchase: ShopRite
Rating: 50 out of 100
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