What is your favorite cereal as an adult?

[Major Nikon]

Currently my favorite is muesli. I soak it in milk for about 20 minutes before eating, or you can soak it overnight for an even softer texture. My all time favorite is probably yellow corn stone ground grits, which when properly prepared is nothing at all like the paste-like hominy grits you get at most restaurants. I also love oatmeal either thick rolled or steel cut served with various dried fruits.

[Iggo]

1. Cocoa Puffs. (n/t)

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Raisin bran. I'm mainlining the Aldi house brand.

I love it in milk, but my digestive system has other ideas about that.

Hot cereal: grits of course. I settle for the microwave version. Yeah, not core. Deal with it.

[Major Nikon]

3. I almost always microwave my grits

The only time I don't is when I'm making a big batch of them. For a single serving it's one minute on high and four minutes on 50% power so they don't boil over. Less clean up, much faster, and the results are the same.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. I'd be clutching my pearls, but I'm in the grasp of instant gratification.

The Supreme Court snack bar (open to the public) serves breakfast until 10:30 a.m. Grits is/are on the menu. They probably just nuke theirs too.

[DFW]

5. Ethereal Cereal (I'm brand loyal) n/t

[OriginalGeek]

6. same one as when I was a kid

Cap'n Crunch Crunchberries. Followed closely by Peanut Butter Crunch.

As an adult, though, I am open to liking a wider selection of less-sweet cereals than I was as a kid. I used to love Frosted Flakes but I tried some for the first time in years a few years back and they were just gross. No idea if they changed the recipe or what - I don't believe it's because I'm older and my palette has improved because, like I said, I still loooooove Crunchberries. They just didn't taste right. I do now like Corn Flakes though. Straight up - milk, no sugar. Maybe a banana sliced up in there. I can eat Cheerios. I like most of the Chexes. Rice is my favorite though. I expect those are sweetened some though.

[haele]

9. Rice Chex has much less sugar than most cereals, and no HFCS.

Same as Ralston's "Rice Biscuits" (a more generically priced version of Chex). Both are generally okay for people that are borderline diabetic according to my husband's doctor.

I use the Rice Chex instead of Rice Crispies when making a low sugar/low carb "crumble" topping for fruits or veggies. You can do both a sweet and a savory crumble.

Haele

[OriginalGeek]

10. Neat!

Thanks, that's good to know. It's rare that the thing I like is the least bad thing for me lol. But I am trying to cut sugar way down - I already stopped drinking sodas, sweet tea and sugary coffee. But my body tricks me into eating sugary things sometimes. I crave carbs since quitting sugar drinks. Ice cream and cake are particular weaknesses.

[femmocrat]

7. Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds. nt

[kairos12]

8. Bran infused with vodka.

[Codeine]

11. Steel cut oats soaked overnight or raisin bran.

Store brand; Kellogs has entirely too many raisins.

[Solly Mack]

12. Plain Cheerios.

[hibbing]

13. Oatmeal

Or my morning gruel as I like to call it. Usually with cut up fruit and some nuts.


Peace

[surrealAmerican]

14. Ginger cashew granola ...

... from Trader Joe's - it's nice and gingery.

Mostly, though, I'll eat whatever is cheep and not too sweet.

[Danmel]

17. I love that granola!

The maple pecan is good too.

[Laffy Kat]

15. Honey Nut Cheerios is a staple in our house.

Any time, day or night, and right out of the box is just fine. Lately, though, I've also been eating Cinnamon Life with or w/o milk. I also like steel-cut oat meal and other hot cereals.

[GoCubsGo]

16. Bob's Red Mill 8-Grain Cereal.

Their "Mighty Tasty" is very good, too. I'm also a fan of grits and oatmeal, especially Bob's "extra thick." As far as cold cereals go, I love Kellogg's Bran Bud, and bran flakes.