The Ultimate Cereal Tier List | Ranked with Babish

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Today's Menu:
00:00 Intro
01:20 Corn Flakes
02:08 Cheerios
02:48 Honey Smacks
03:19 Cocoa Puff’s
04:15 Rice Krispies
04:54 Kix
05:39 Frosted Flakes
06:11 Trix
07:14 Reese’s Puffs
07:47 Honey Nut Cheerios
08:30 Corn Chex
09:21 Golden Crisp
10:36 Crispix
11:10 HoneyComb
12:01 Weetabix
13:36 Corn Pops
14:29 Wheaties
14:58 Golden Grahams
15:53 Grape Nuts
16:38 Captain Crunch
17:16 Fruity Pebbles
18:25 Puffins
18:51 Fruit Loops
19:44 Kashi
20:26 Special K: Red Berries
20:47 Frosted Mini Wheats
21:34 Krave
22:29 Raisin Bran
23:07 Cocoa Pebbles
23:33 Cookie Crisp
24:00 Life
24:29 Frosted Cheerios
25:04 Lucky Charms
25:39 Honey Bunches of Oats
20:20 Apple Jacks
26:50 Cinnamon Toast Crunch
28:49 Conclusion

[@SunnylandProds]

The man who came up with the idea for Cinnamon Toast Crunch was my AP Human Geography teacher during my freshman year of high school. His name was Gary Kurlancheek, and he came up with the idea on a General Mills retreat. (And yes, he had a VERY nice car.) He was able to retire early after a very successful career, and became a teacher. Absolute legend. He didn’t just teach us about Human Geography, he told us so many stories from his life. Everything from first loves to his time at General Mills, his travels around the world… Truly the greatest teacher I’ve ever had. I feel so lucky to have known him. He passed away back in 2014. He was only 60, but he did so much in the time that he had… I only hope I can do half as much. Rest In Peace, Mr. Kurlancheek.

[@lyuba881]

Wow what a story!! So cool

[@dowfreak7]

So uh, how come he has no wikipedia page, no mention of it and the actual inception of the cereal worked very differently, with the one sparking the idea receiving literally just a toy, not money of any kind? Hope he taught you actual facts, because man was lying to you about that little story.

[@SunnylandProds]

@@dowfreak7 it was a group retreat thing, which is why he was never officially credited with it, and he was fine with that.

[@amorantoboy]

​​@@dowfreak7looked into this, even the story told on the Wikipedia page has NO SOURCE. It could be just as made up or true as OP's story. If you dive into the story of the man the Wikipedia page lists, it just states he worked for General mills for 30 years and was successful. There are a lot of blogs parroting this story, but there doesn't seem to be a verified version of the story out there. Can't just trust Wikipedia my dude, gotta double check the sources too

[@SunnylandProds]

@@amorantoboy My guess would be that the person Wikipedia lists was also on that retreat and did indeed work with him at General Mills.

[@mageius]

Ironically, Honey Bunches of Oats has a version of it with almonds. Which is I believe the thing he said he wished they had in there to give it a higher score.

[@Nick-dc6ix]

It is also the superior version of the product

[@mageius]

@@Nick-dc6ix agree with you there. Well unless someone has a nut allergy, but that's beside the point.

[@Jakey726]

if someone has an allergy they shouldnt be allowed to rank something, huge bias there for someone who will die if they actually try eating it@@mageius

[@mageius]

@Jakey726 All depends, as some people might have developed it, have a very mild allergy or can avoid some of their bias. (Face_exhaling emote) For example all those people that have lactose intolerance that might have developed it over time might still love ice cream and could still rank it because it used to not cause problems and now have to take meds for it. The "I like it but it doesn't like me" people.

[@colbunkmust]

@@mageius Lactose intolerance isn't an allergy. While allergies can have varying levels of impact on different people, intolerance to lactose is clearly not going to ever trigger the type of lethal anaphylaxis that was being alluded to previously.

[@cabbagehead3893]

We're just gonna glance over the fact that Reese's Puffs apparently upgraded from having Reese's-themed rappers as their mascot to freaking Goku?

[@dastardlywun]

Goku can't rap as far as we know so he can't beat the iconic Reese's Puffs rap

[@cabbagehead3893]

@@dastardlywun You're right. I still wish they would've at least sent out a memo, or something. It took me by surprise lol.

[@lavenderbakery4184]

the dragon ball reese’s is just a random collab. not the normal mascot.

[@rachelosafoh117]

​@@dastardlywun idk man who knows what DBZ abridged might come up with 😂😂

[@mirroughs7729]

@@rachelosafoh117 You have unleashed a million "sharks" once starved and migrated to other parts of KZbin for nourishing content, back to their beloved feeding hole a crumb, a simple crumb of new content. I hope you enjoy that mental image because I can't believe I found a fellow abridge enjoyer.

[@Justin-TPG]

As a UKer, I greatly enjoyed Andrew’s discovery of Weetbix. I liked them with sugar as a child. There is an even less enjoyable part of the experience, and that’s trying to wash the concrete remains of dried Weetabix off of a bowl that wasn’t immediately rinsed after use.

[@lilithsykes4661]

Another UKer here, and I absolutely DESPISED Weetabix. Give me Frosted Shredded Wheat any day, because those bricks violate every rule of cereals.

[@Justin-TPG]

@@lilithsykes4661 I absolutely would not touch them now. The texture repulses me.

[@traytrayland2279]

Honestly.i still love wheatabix, but I've always been on the hot milk team so mines more like porridge

[@JawzXlives]

Ah yes, the low-quality concrete of dried weetabix sludge, I had almost forgotten about that 😂

[@nicky00017]

As an Aussie, I lovedddd Weetbix especially as kid. My grandma use to always buy a pack for my brother and I, every time we visited her.

[@emmjay04]

When I was a kid, I used to pour a bowl of Raisin Bran, go get dressed, pack my book bag, and then come back and eat my cereal. It had soaked up all the milk and become a homogenous sludge with raisins in it. My mom couldn’t even be in the room when I ate it, and now I understand. That was an abomination.

[@blissfuldj7627]

Ive been there, and i feel you

[@ShOxCooking]

I’d do that with my captain crunch because it was too crunchy and would cut my mouth

[@camplays487]

Its perfect what are you talking about

[@nnoeia]

why did you wait so long 😭

[@jweezy5490]

​@@ShOxCookingCaptain crunch would always cut the roof of your mouth, what an amazing cereal 😂

[@genomatic420]

"Cocoa Puffs, famously represented by a bird with pronounced mental illness" That cracked me up for some reason.

[@michaelwhite8406]

Had me floored

[@Cryptvixity]

Not wrong tho

[@iangiovanni6555]

dad? lol

[@josh.0220]

Jokes do that sometimes. Crazy

[@mattlaymon5531]

No crunch berries? Justice for the Cap’n!

[@yourmomlol3083]

ikr who in their right mind would eat capn crunch without crunch berries?

[@jameshixson1062]

Yep crunch berries fa sho!

[@RayKinStL]

I agree about the justice part, but you have the wrong version....Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch is the GOAT. There is NO better cereal.

[@Fakeaorta]

@@RayKinStL Top 3 for sure! The cheerios version is also delicious!

[@scpatl4now]

@@RayKinStLPeanut Butter RULES!

[@Schwazy35]

Kashi: “Clearly made for adults who’s dreams have long since died” I had to pause to laugh at that line. They should put that on the front of the box 😂

[@SDHC-ub7rp]

Captain Crunch Berries. That one is an easy high tier. It takes the basic Captain crunch and adds the occasional fruity punch to it. Another heavy hitter modifier is Honey Bunches with Strawberries. Near perfect.

[@anamedina5415]

Eww no, I wouldnt call those terrible berries "fruity"

[@SDHC-ub7rp]

@anamedina5415 dont really know what else to call it besides "fruity", fruity itself kinda has a processed sound to it since most fruit are wildly different

[@wegger7stars]

Krave made its US debut in 2012, so unless you grew up in the 2010's you could not have "not been allowed to have this [Krave] cereal as a kid." 😂

[@AllGreyEverything]

False memories

[@alastairhewitt380]

Hey, many 30 year olds still live with their parents because rent

[@AnnaReed42]

I was gonna say, I don't remember that one being around when I was a kid, and I'm a couple years younger than Babish.

[@homemovelha4173]

@@AllGreyEverything human brain moment

[@sasori2dei]

I remember having the same reaction to cookie crisp, my mom wouldn't buy it for the longest time, and when she did I was so excited, just for that excitement to instantly vanish within the first bite and it tasted like betrayal

[@sdk1344]

Weetbix was a winter cereal for me, you warmed it in hot milk and sprinkled some brown sugar on it, it becomes more like an oatmeal kind of cereal then.

[@lets.get.intoit.]

Yeah I can't imagine it with cold milk!

[@jadonhartman1605]

@@lets.get.intoit. Here in south africa we soften the Weetbix with boiling water first and then add cold milk usually in the summer time.

[@lets.get.intoit.]

@@jadonhartman1605 oh okay, interesting. I'm South African, only way I've ever had it is with piping hot milk. Never eaten it in summer!

[@jadonhartman1605]

@@lets.get.intoit. I remember sleeping over with a friend when I was a kid and he made it the same way you do and I found it odd. Hopefully I'm not the weird one here lol

[@lets.get.intoit.]

@@jadonhartman1605 Hahaha! All my family eat it hot too, I genuinely thought it was an old timey winter porridge like oats

[@averagealoneredditor]

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[@-Cybercobra-]

Thank you for speaking out about your experience. Genuinely appreciate it and I hope you are now getting the help you need

[@josepholivarez1281]

By and large, don't trust anything a youtuber sponsors. The only things I've got that are decent are displates (not outstanding, but decent if you want a hard-to-hurt poster), and surfshark(just a standard vpn). Everything else I've seen, ever water bottle, every mobile game, every food prep service, every s*x toy company, literally everything else either does shady stuff or sell a bad overpriced product.

[@hobojoe9717]

Saying “it isn’t $59 month” isn’t really a valid statement, because it depends on your insurance and how often you are going. I do weekly sessions and it actually comes out to about $60/month AFTER insurance. I understand your point overall but everyone’s situation is different.

[@IzumisChild]

Not to mention the improper confidential info releases and the fact some therapist licenses are STATE specific but they're allowing them to practice across state lines.

[@bonk3572]

heard somewhere that they sell your information to facebook so it can give more personalized ads, even though they say your information will be kept private

[@JD3Gamer]

The thing I like about Trix isn't the cereal, it's the lore behind them being changed from fruit shapes to balls and then back to fruit shapes.

[@d4ngerd4d]

Trix were originally created in 1954 and were, in fact, originally balls. They were designed as a fruity and more sugary version of Kix (Kix, Trix. See the similar names?). They were only changed to fruit shapes in the early 90s (I remember when this happened), then they changed them back to balls in the mid 2000's as a way to play off the nostalgia of everyone who had grown up eating them as balls when they were kids. Then of course in the last few years, you had a bunch of 90's and early 2000's kids who were now adults, and they've been changed back to fruit shapes to play off their nostalgia. I imagine in 10-20 years, they'll be balls again.

[@Penguirrel]

@@d4ngerd4d I prefer the lore that they changed into balls in the mid 2000s because the kids grew up to became adults thus losing the ability to see the magic; because Trix are for kids.

[@AllGreyEverything]

The balls were better, but it might have just been a formula change that coincided with the shape change.

[@katla_phc]

Also it makes me laugh that they tried to make people think it was “healthy” by switching to all natural dyes, but then the result looked so gross that it destroyed their sales so they had to switch back to being artificial (I’m also very allergic to the “natural” dyes used so I felt very vindicated by the failed attempt)

[@w1ndw4ker95]

The cereal with a redemption arc

[@belicose9]

9:29 I have said it before, the single best job on the planet is the guy who gets to design the backs of cereal boxes. It is just the wild west back there; anything goes!

[@synbiosblade]

Seeing my second favorite cereal Reeses Puffs hold such a high number made the child in me very happy. Need a sequel episode with some of the alternate versions and the holiday cereals featuring my favorite Count Chocula.

[@jorgeneedssleep7978]

If you’re gonna try Life, you can’t have the original flavor, you need to try Cinnamon Life

[@themikeyfrisco]

What will really bake your noodle is Maple & Brown Sugar Life. But it’s been discontinued. 👎🏻

[@maxhohn5570]

At summer camp one year, breakfast was served every Wednesday with Cinnamon Life in little plastic single serve containers. Our table **loved** Cinnamon Life and always ate all the packages on our table. One day, we noticed the other tables weren't eating their Cinnamon Life, and so we grabbed two milk crates, took all the leftovers, and stored them under our table so we could have them any day we wanted instead of only Wednesdays. Cinnamon Life holds a special place in my heart because of that.

[@rosstucker4301]

1000% accurate!!!

[@calebchristiansen3065]

Honestly I didn't even know plain Life existed, I've only ever had the cinnamon

[@iconoclastic-fantastic]

best cereal of all time imo

[@FatsquatchPNW]

Grape Nuts: for when you just have to start your day with a heaping bowl of gravel.

[@sherrysink3177]

🤣🤣🤣 TRUTH.

[@DeepFriarShow]

MONCH

[@tony_25or6to4]

Until it gets soggy. Then it gets worse.

[@Branklins]

We used to put some brown sugar and milk on them then put them in the MICROWAVE! It was like a weird oatmeal

[@merriemisfit8406]

Stirred into plain yogurt or vanilla ice cream, though ... 😋

[@Uneekname]

There's two kinds of people. Those who like soggy cereal and those who don't.

[@Volyren]

Nah. There's a third. The madman. Wants to release an all-green version of fruity pebbles, and call it Baby Ghost Poops. The slimy sogginess is a feature, not a bug. Thats yummy ectoplasm. Convert some of the non-soggers through memery.

[@zachrodan7543]

My go-to cereal is cheerios multigrain: cheerios take a bit to sog, and even then retain shape and separation, and even some decent texture; ring cereals like the cheerios family don't have the sort of messy splashback as flakes when you pour milk on them; they aren't doused in high fructose corn syrup; and the variety of flavors from the multigrain cheerios makes it interesting to eat.

[@Sledgeh101]

"What have we learned today?" Add a lot of sugar to a cereal, you'll automatically get 2 or 3 points higher.

[@coolbrotherf127]

I liked Kix as a kid. I wasn't a fan of really sugary cereal and Kix was plain but with a touch of sweetness.

[@jamesmarshall6884]

I agree ! However, If you have tried them lately, you would notice they must have changed the recipe. Tastes gross now in my opinion.

[@coolbrotherf127]

@@jamesmarshall6884 I haven't eaten them in probably over 15 years so it's very probable they might taste different now compared to when I was eating them.

[@GigaTechWolf]

​@@jamesmarshall6884 Wait till he finds out about French Toast crunch...

[@specialestness]

​@jamesmarshall6884 I didn't really like kix all that much, but this did unlock some kind of memory where my mom made bars with kix that had marshmallow and fruity pebbles. Don't remember the flavor, but I do remember the roof of my mouth being destroyed.

[@jessicapadron7886]

Same

[@WayStedYou]

"these all just seem to be covered in sugar" Gets to weetbix "ew get this away from me"

[@kadenk9298]

Probably bc as soon as he put milk in the bowl it became oatmeal instead of cereal💀

[@victreebel170]

he literally said ew to all the non-sugar cereals

[@lagginswag]

My top 3 1. Fruity pebbles/oops all berries 2. Cinnamon toast crunch 3. Reeses puffs

[@joemcken]

Honey Bunches: “If it had almonds in it, it’d be a nine.” There’s a variety with almonds! Literally called Honey Bunches of Oats With Almonds! It’s the only one I eat - I don’t even like the toasted almond slices myself, but it just has a fuller, better-rounded flavor overall than the other varieties of HB.

[@medagross999]

I got up from my seat and literally started yelling this into the monitor when I heard him say that.

[@joemcken]

@@medagross999 Saaaaaaaaame Our beloved HB, unfairly denied their rightful place at the very top of the scale 😔

[@aaronolejniczak6604]

LOL has babish never visited the cereal aisle? hahaha@@medagross999

[@swrieden]

Blue box HB the MF GOAT

[@SegmentW]

I feel validated by your comment, thank you

[@carololeary5929]

I’m old. It is my 71st birthday today. Many of these cereals did not exist when I was a child. It’s worth noting that, however, that way back then, Honey Smacks were called Sugar Smacks, Golden Crisps were called Sugar Crisps, and Corn Pops were called Sugar Pops.

[@BatyBug]

And they’re all terrible lol! I hope you had an amazing birthday! 🎉❤

[@miz_logo_lee]

I’m a decade younger than you but that’s what I recall too. HBD

[@nickygidwani]

Ah... the era when sugar wasn't the killer that it is now!

[@useruser0000]

happy birthday!!!!!! here in canada theyre still called sugar crisps, i love them

[@willlit2806]

I feed old people

[@rakeesh22]

Watching this descent into madness as you delve deeper into the cerealrealms is perfect midnight viewing. My congratulations.

[@sonyamastick]

A half hour to learn that Babish just hates all cereal 🤣

[@Haffina]

As an Aussie who grew up on Weet Bix (aussie version of Weetabix) - we generally eat them with lots of sugar to make it palatable. They also turn into concrete in the bowl after they get mushy and then dry out.

[@sum1rllyspecial]

I can’t believe how popular up and go are too. I like weetbix with fruit and sugar, but soggy weetbix in a box so you can drink it through a straw? I don’t get it.

[@JessWilsonvideos]

@@sum1rllyspecial I do like a chocolate Protein Up and Go in the morning.

[@Dylang01]

And Weet Bix are infinitely superior to Weetabix.

[@TheMimiSard]

Maybe that is the fault of my upbringing - Mum's health-minded attitude kept us from much sugar on cereal, thus Weet-Bix was awful. I preferred classic Granola, which really, was kinda like hardtack bits, in that it needed to be soaked in hot water to be edible. I remember at a church camp, the Youth meeting tent ran a breakfast, and served Granola with chopped dates in it. That was nice. It is a pity that Granola is gone and everything called "Granola" is just toasted museli clusters, which I do like, but it isn't the hardtack cereal.

[@viper32153]

I always melt mine down in warm milk and drown it in sugar. Really sets me up for the day.

[@UpIsNotJump]

This is great! I think going to apples in episode 2 was a bold move

[@johnnyt7067]

I feel he must have been inspired by your pickle video. 🥒

[@Alex_Martin_]

Is breakfast cerial an absolute nightmare?

[@GrabaCuppaPodcast]

Hey Matt. Love your content bro

[@tcaz]

idk man he thinks apple jacks actually taste like apples I think something in that episode scrambled his taste buds. 🤣

[@JameZayer]

Knew UpIsNotJump watched since the pickle video… but seeing a comment is nEwE

[@scrapyardsatyr4427]

Fruit Loops are one of my top cereals for me due to very specific nostalgia. Growing up my family would go on summer road trips down to florida, and every time we stopped at a hotel I would get fruit loops from the breakfast area. So now whenever I even smell that cereal I remember those vacations.

[@springdude1165]

Welp, time to watch and wait with eager anticipation to see where my specific favorites happen to land like usual.

[@Wintergreen56]

French Toast Crunch was incredible. I don't think it exists anymore, but it should.

[@moviemetalhead]

Chocolate Toast Crunch was better

[@nunyabiznis9186]

It's still around, but it has less of a syrup taste and more of a cinnamon taste

[@WilliamClarkNC]

I think food lion (grocery store) has it from time to time

[@somenormie]

We have French Toast Crunch in most grocery stores in Canada

[@kristacochhh13]

Canada still has it well at least Ontario

[@sanyr80]

My mom always said if sugar was the first or second thing on the ingredients list, that cereal was banned from the house. Except for the one time in the summer of 89 when she figured we were outside enough to run the extra calories off anyway, so we got one box of Nintendo Cereal System. It was terrible, but it was Nintendo, so I was all about it. Strong 6 out of 10 because the box had two bags in it; one for Mario and one for Zelda.

[@tlniec]

Nin-ten-do, two cereals in one! 🎶

[@DG-hw8it]

I prefer sugar before mold, though 🤔

[@HJ-gg6ju]

@DG-hw8it What cereal has mold as an ingredient?

[@diggity1039]

I remember having one of those around 89.

[@Hungry_Hufflepuff_]

Fun fact: Apple Jacks are actually Froot Loops that have cinnamon, apple juice I believe,and citric acid added. Apple Jacks are just Froot Loops that went through a different conveyor belt, just like how Frosted Flakes are corn flakes that went through a diff conveyor belt. The Food Theorists have an entire video about it

[@ahnjoemama7104]

I love that your top 3 for cereals is also mine. I will cherish this forever

[@briannalee5066]

Me, starting the video as someone who loves Corn Flakes: 🙂 Me, listening to Andrew mock Corn Flakes for the rest of the video: 🙃

[@Pand45]

Same I love them, we have it at home all the time. Slightly sweet and the texture is amazing

[@JCH2768]

You mean the 130 year old cereal that still sells well today?

[@dannygomez929]

That hypothetical for Cookie Crisp was exactly what happened in my childhood - “Cookies for breakfast” only leads to disappointment

[@Stratilex]

Yeah, in my case I'd just eat actual cookies for breakfast 😂

[@leanneandrysco6812]

I felt the same way, the commercial said cookies. What was in the box were disgusting corn puffs with brown specks.

[@yoohootube]

I upgraded to freshly baked chocolate chip cookies & milk for sale for breakfast in the high school cafeteria, paired with string cheese

[@EVHRules]

Count Chocula should definitely be up there!

[@user-iw4zy3rr4o]

I’ve had most of the cereals you tried, and am in solid agreement with just about everything. I’m pleased to see that my memory of certain cereals getting soggy within seconds still holds true.

[@Tvdiet]

As a British person seeing an American reaction to Wheetabix is always so satisfying

[@jameslloyd2540]

As a British person, seeing you spell Weetabix with an 'h' made me spill my tea.

[@jakerz117]

Do you guys eat it with milk or no

[@krillianlastrange4886]

I crush and snort it

[@price5647]

As kiwi im a bit annoying, he added way too much milk for the little piece than blamed the wheatbix

[@sooly1]

Aussie kids are weetbix kids

[@1993killian]

Love Weetabix, but Andrew's face when he opened the packet was absolutely priceless

[@Micg51]

I had to rewatch that, because I had the EXACT reaction

[@GiraffeFeatures]

It's too healthy for his American taste buds.

[@GiraffeFeatures]

Guys cooked 100 nice meals from the UK on his channel by now but still had to make a 'Brits live in WW2 ration' joke, American humour is pathetic.

[@dariusjr98]

@@GiraffeFeaturesit’s actually embarrassing how affected you are by the joke lol

[@GiraffeFeatures]

@@dariusjr98 it’s actually embarrassing that you still find a joke that’s been told a million times before funny. How simple are you?

[@jjnewbold]

Smart Start was my favorite cereal growing up, sweet and crunchy. I also really loved Frosted Cheerios.

[@atmosphere3273]

The smile in Andrews eyes when he takes that first but of Cinnamon Toast Crunch warmed my soul 🥹

[@masheroomboi2884]

There is just something so comedic about babish getting angry about kendall thinking he didnt have tricks as a kid

[@zman08]

I actually really like Kix. It has that corn toastiness and also a slight sweetness. Don’t understand why some people hate it.

[@travistotle]

Do you also find Saltines to be an enjoyable snack 🤣

[@libby2262]

yes@@travistotle

[@flor9018]

Me too!😂

[@rosalie.e.morgan]

I think they are one of the ones that are better without milk

[@brett730]

If you're going to start with the baseline cereals, you have to go to the second tiers. Cap'n Crunch Berries. Oops! All Berries. Cinnamon Life. Raisin Bran Crunch. Chocolate Cheerios. Very Berry Cheerios. Cinnamon Chex. Peanut Butter Chex. Chocolate Krispies. Rainbow Krispies. Part 2 is pretty necessary here.

[@civicr6693]

Weetbix with Vegimite is the classic Aussie school lunch. Usually the first sign the parents have given up on life

[@alexfraser8352]

😂

[@DarknessLiesWithin]

I cannot tell you how happy I am to see Golden Grahams get the respect THEY DESERVE. Totally underrated cereal

[@Southernguy39]

I liked it as a kid, but the retro version is disgusting. My older sister, who loves the cereal, hates it too. Since he bashed KIX, I am gonna buy some just because he hates it.

[@MCCENTx2]

Should have kept his 9 score

[@victreebel170]

It's garbage, would have rated it a 3 myself.

[@erikforsell6605]

I'm not from a weetabix eating culture, but I am from europe, and I think the strangest part of that product is the picture on the box. It's really more of an "instant porridge" than a breakfast cereal, and if it were marketed as such, people would not get so confused and disappointed.

[@mildredwetbed9791]

people always eat it plain, like babish did- which is very annoying to see as a brit. as almost everyone here has it with some sort of topping, it’s a base

[@user-cl9uo1eq6q]

​@@mildredwetbed9791Absolutely, it's a vehicle for toppings and, once you get to know them you can eat them at exactly the moment they reach the required consistency. Cleaning them off the cereal bowl once they've dried on though, that's a whole different thing.

[@mpinkchristofalo]

THIS!!! 😆

[@flurglhinge3051]

​@@user-cl9uo1eq6qyou have to eat them while standing over the sink and wash the bowl as you are chewing the last spoonful

[@Yahntia]

The first crunchy bites you get in before it turns into porridge are great. And then it's just porridge. I really liked it when I went to Australia as a kid, but it's nothing like other cereals.

[@jrock102293]

18:33 lol 😂 that’ll be my new movement for the year when I’ve had an Epiphany about something! 🤣 love watching your videos

[@shannonshaw338]

That speech about cinnamon toast crunch got very real. Also, that needs to be Cinnamon Toast Crunch's new slogan "My heart is broken and this is the glue holding it together." Describes adulthood better than anything I've yet heard.

[@nikolasmokalis3425]

Grocery store cookies would be fun; chips ahoy, Oreos, Pepperidge farm, etc.

[@Stratilex]

Milano! 😋

[@-EchoesIntoEternity-]

could've ranked just the 20+ varieties of Cheerios alone themselves

[@madeleine4433]

Game Grumps did this on the 10 minute power hour last year, it's chaotic

[@katherinecollins9636]

The Apple cinnamon Cheerios are great!

[@Trendyflute]

Feeling like frosted flakes and froot loops got hard done by. Glad you appreciated the charms of the pebbles while also noting that they are totally inadequate dollar store tissue paper when faced with milk.

[@socalledbutton]

Crispix is the best cereal. These lists all prioritize heavy sugar content over texture, which is more important to me because I am not a child. Crispix is the perfect form factor/texture in milk and has a great corn/rice flavor.

[@godaistudios]

It's crispy times two. IYKYK

[@mrp4242]

@@godaistudiosah yeah

[@ifmyfacewuzjello]

You clearly just didn’t understand weetabix. The beauty of weetabix is that you can for a brief moment feel what it was like to be an old world peasant in the modern era by eating gruel whenever you want. It is beautiful and there is no substitute.

[@EidolonplaytestFan45]

I keep a box of grape nuts in my pantry to put on my yogurt. Grape nuts are yogurt croutons to me

[@matthewcox7985]

Grape Nuts still need time to soak, unless you have teeth that can handle gravel!

[@sleinadb]

Yogurt croutons. 😂

[@bryandaunt9411]

Thank you for validating my love of Honey Bunches of Oats. My wife's family tradition growing up (and remains to this day) is getting to choose a "birthday cereal" - a special cereal that you really really love but might not always just have lying around the house. I'm not a huge cereal eater, but man when my birthday rolls around, I'm asking for Honey Bunches of Oats!

[@Currentlyunnameddj]

I grew up in Battle Creek, and you could tell the days they made Fruity Pebbles at Post. They burned them rather frequently too.

[@brqxton8974]

I grew up in Cedar Rapids, and every day smells horrible except for Crunch Berries day(thursdays) everyone around here has a love and a hate for the quaker plant

[@user-ql4md1wl2g]

Kellogg’s is in Battle Creek , Post is in Minneapolis

[@nathanbrocker690]

@@user-ql4md1wl2g Kellogg's and Post are both originally from Battle Creek and Post still has a factory there, but yes it has moved it's headquarters to Minneapolis.

[@josephvaldivia7647]

Cap'n Crunch absolutely eviscerated here. A 10/10 cereal for me growing up but I have to respect it.

[@rmoultonrmoulton145]

How's the roof of your mouth doing?

[@AllGreyEverything]

They taste great, but the greasy milk is a huge negative. Same with Fruity Pebbles. Generic versions of both are way better because they don't ruin the milk.

[@brookeashton6169]

I think i pretty much disagree with everything. First, Grape nuts, raisin bran, and frosted mini wheats are amazing. Second, anyone who thinks disgusting fruity pebbles are better than the far superior fruit loops is not trustworthy. But, he did redeem himself slightly with honey bunches of oates and lucky charms 😅

[@user-ns1um8kq7i]

The cookie crisp slander is gonna keep me up at night

[@lagginswag]

Cookie and waffle crisp both fire

[@user-ns1um8kq7i]

@@lagginswag Waffle is even better!!

[@MusicalMethuselah]

I hope cracklin oat bran gets the recognition it deserves one day

[@sherrysink3177]

Ooh, I remember liking that as a kid! But then my mom decided it was too "fattening" and my parents stopped buying it. 🙄 Sad day.

[@spaceghost27]

the most underrated cereal ever

[@dragontoothdw]

Essentially Grape Nuts v2.0, imo. Significantly better tasting (added some sugar), but still quite healthful. Babish *needs* to try them...

[@adeptfelix]

I'm a Cracklin' Oat Bran stan. Delicious, stands up to milk to deliver crunch for like 20 minutes, has a buttload of fiber. Great cereal.

[@Conmaan]

It truly is amazing that a 4 out of 10 cereal becomes a 10 out of 10 treat when you throw in some marshmallow and melted butter. Looking @ you Rice Krispies Treats...

[@McSnacks930]

That Dollop Episode on the men who invented cereal is a classic! The Cereal Men!

[@saladmcjones7798]

Bashing our favorite childhood cereals, the internet will be taking that personally.

[@petervandewege3940]

Can we please appreciate the mic drop quote that Andrew dropped perfectly explaining love??? 28:13 "If you love something, you have to be willing to see its flaws... it's part of what makes it who it is."

[@BusinessCasualLabCoat]

It reminds me of this quote from Welcome to Night Vale: "Everything about him, and us, and all of this, is…it’s imperfect! And those imperfections in our reality are the seams and the cracks into which our out-sized love can seep and pool. And sometimes we are annoyed, and disappointed, and that too is a part of how love works. It is not a perfect system, but… Oh, well."

[@SimplySwayze]

Considering that my three favorite cereals are Honey Bunches of Oats, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Reese's Puffs, I feel so incredibly validated by this video.

[@hopsonkim4952]

“Is anything a 10” gives me PTSD flashbacks to customer service surveys

[@nicolearnell]

13:15 The American mind cannot comprehend Weetabix.

[@onyxplays94]

Bruh the reviews on better help are awful, how are you still accepting a sponsorship from them

[@Squabbit]

Not just reviews.. Their ethics are none-existent.. Selling client personal data to Meta and others

[@tarynrila-smith392]

I've seen comments on other channels postulate that they may be contracted for a period of time so would be legally obligated to do sponsorships until the contract is over :/

[@Taolan8472]

​@@Squabbit they didn't really do anything out of the ordinary. There was an accusation that they were selling market profiles based on privileged medical data, but they weren't. It was basic marketing demographics. There is this wrong perception by the general public that your raw personal information (name, addrsss, etc) is what is being sold - it is not. Your personal data is used to build a profile, your profile is one among many, and the ability to put ads in front of you and people that have similar flags on your profiles is what is being sold. Those ads come in the form of banner ads, popups, emails, etc.

[@Rainb0wofblood]

He most likely signed a contract which makes him legally bound to keep doing sponsorships with them until the contract is expired.

[@Nepomniachtchi_Austin]

Pretty much every KZbin sponsorship is unethical or just a scam. I don't know whose money they're using to pay creators but it ain't mine.

[@443nimbyworld0842]

Kendall gasp over the verdict of the fruitloops was my same reaction

[@brettlarsen4650]

I lived in Fiji for a few years and the only cereal I had while there was Wheatbix. I grew to enjoy it especially when I added cane sugar.

[@mndlessdrwer]

Pops are nice to snack on without milk, because they're quite sweet, but aren't super caloric for the sweetness. Side note: if you use an ultra-filtered and ultra-homogenized milk like Fairlife milk, then your cereal will get soggy slightly slower. It'll still get soggy, but slower.

[@kaitie210]

When you were baffled by the Weetabix, I was reminded of Ted Lasso also being baffled by Weetabix

[@305Independent]

WHY IS GOKU ON THE COVER OF THE RESSE'S PUFFS 😂

[@littlemax2012]

Hopefully there’s a future Mid-Atlantic episode. Crab cake sandwich, soft shell crab sandwich, pit beef. You could even go Colossal Crab and get both crab fillings on the same bus. I think this would be where you fit the Coronation Chicken sando also.Dont forget Baltimore Club, Chesapeake Chicken, and the Kieffer J Mitchell Jr! Throw some love to the area there’s a broken sunken interstate blocking half of the region’s waterways.

[@kei.13]

Corn Flakes are my favorite. They are so underrated and way better than Frosted Flakes.

[@kristianzenz4922]

Cinnamon life is at least a 7. Also missed out on Quaker Oat Squares,which for me are an 8.

[@aileenxie3321]

those are awesome

[@felisl]

What this video truly communicates is how powerful the corn lobby in the U.S. is. Wowzers.

[@DG-hw8it]

What NGO are you working for? 😁

[@sanseijedi]

Corn was immense even before they started making auto fuel from it as well.

[@af1saucy]

I can *smell* these cereals through the screen… the nostalgia is hittin

[@michellepalmer655]

You got one correct. Lucky Charms are deelishous!

[@CyrusBluebird]

if you're wondering what the smell of Fruit Loops are, it's trying to be a Ramos Gin Fizz. So lemon, lime and orange blossom water. Which explains the insane smell of the yest of both + the orange blossom water upon opening the box.

[@suehines1658]

I think it's bergamot

[@juliagross3136]

I don’t know how I feel about this information but I do think you’re right upon pondering it.

[@Dah-dy2dp]

I love these types of videos! I think it would be cool to see boxed mac and cheese tier list, or ranking different pasta shapes!

[@hhhhhhhng4380]

youre not gonna believe this

[@hazel-vf7on]

@@hhhhhhhng4380 hahahaaaaa yee

[@raghudurina2354]

Life is a 10, Cinnabon cereal is a 10, wafflecrisp is a 10.

[@redskins59rocs]

When they changed Trix to balls, I had a mind blowing moment realizing Trix is fruit flavored Kix.

[@DFENS-dx1ns]

the main criteria is how the milk tastes afterwards tho

[@bradzeigler]

The outrage I’m containing over the lack of peanut butter captain crunch cannot be quantified. I’ll save you the trouble: 10/10

[@metkja]

That's what I was thinking when he said he liked reese's puffs - just go for peanut butter capn crunch. It's way better

[@rmoultonrmoulton145]

Agreed dude. Those hold a very special place in my heart along w/ Frosted Flakes. It's what my grandparents always had because it's all my mentally disabled Uncle liked. Shit...I just got a little emotional. Why did you do that to me Brad? I don't appreciate it.

[@LordBrozart]

I prefer Reese’s Puffs 🙊

[@Bound2Asgard]

Gotta take a point off for the cuts on the roof of your mouth

[@kaldo_kaldo]

Crunch berries too

[@fanpiresam482]

Cinnamon life is the real one. Also not taking the chocolate milk made by the coco pebbles into account is heresy.

[@matthewbutner8696]

Cornflakes are fantastic on vanilla ice cream. Adds fantastic crunch to the dish without interfering with the flavor of the ice cream.

[@emmagray9638]

Seeing Babish eat a dry Wheatbix sends shivers down my spine. In New Zealand it’s always made a challenge at every primary school to eat a whole wheatbix dry because it soaks up all the liquid in your stomach

[@cocoabuttervaseline]

Eating one dry, then choking and drinking water is probably top 10 worst experiences. Imagine having a near death experience AND THEN tasting watered down wheat cement on top of that.

[@hardrockinhere]

Ain't your sponsor the same company that got outed for stealing people's personal info? And also using fake A.I therapists?

[@JimboMarsh]

Dang what?

[@Squabbit]

yup..

[@bigbrain1415]

Yep! They are. Genuinely don’t know why people still take sponsorships from them, other than greed.

[@marinekid13]

The personal info thing was proven wrong. Cinema Therapy broke that down a bit ago. Don't know about the AI thing. Not defending the company just hoping to update the context a lil bit.

[@Fartucus]

Dosent matter, money over integrity.

[@soapm8119]

I can (and have) eaten an entire box of Fruity Pebbles after a night of Arts and Crafts and THC. They bring me joy

[@monicatoro2286]

Weetabix is just not for Americans. It’s healthy, high in fibre, and yes, it gets soggy but that’s why you put blueberries, almonds and cinnamon with it and it’s an incredibly healthy breakfast.

[@lilsheba]

I feel like it could also easily double as food for older babies, which is handy.

[@horndude77]

One missed that I like: cracklin' oat bran. It looks like dog/cat food. It's one of my favorite cereals.

[@aimeeparrott9204]

I was looking for that one, too! I loved it.

[@BnaBreaker]

Cinnamon Toast Crunch IS a nine. Cinnamon Toast Crunch from the 90's, however, is a TEN. And yes kids, it's different.

[@gajesell]

I love these food ranking taste tests

[@friesandrupees]

Now you gotta make cereal treats with marshmallows for all the cereals and see which ones are the best!

[@erichansen2999]

Raisin Bran Crunch was my go to cereal throughout all of high school. It solves the main problem of Raisin Bran by sugar coating the flakes to give them a much better flavor and durability in the milk, not to mention it also has crunchy granola clusters. It's the perfect balance of sweet but filling for those late night cravings. My nightly ritual was having a bowl while watching the Daily Show and Colbert Report before bed.

[@megansaupe9668]

I get teased often about my daily bowl of Raisin Bran crunch! It’s so nice to hear from someone who understands

[@katherinecollins9636]

I eat this about 3x a week. My favorite cereal.

[@JDLaney-zk4wb]

Yup, RBC is a 10, perhaps the only 10 cereal.