![]() ![]() ![]() But despite their obvious contributions to the American (breakfast) experience, both came under assault about a decade ago by people claiming the mascots had been knowingly deceitful.īeginning in 2007, multiple Californians declared that they were tricked by Froot Loops and Crunch Berries because, due to the names of the cereals, they believed the cereals contained a significant amount of real fruit. In 1963, each launched a new fruity breakfast cereal that quickly became part of the very fabric of this country. One is a respected seaman the other is a beloved immigrant. Speaking of blue, the core flavor of this Slurpee feels like a fruit cocktail of tastes carefully proportioned to mimic the ambiguous, yet concentrated tropical sweetness of a Crunch Berry.Īnd it does a pretty good job: a strong burst of blueberry jelly is the prevailing note, while there are some other artificial fruits present for sophisticated palates-my admittedly troglodytic taste buds still sensed ribbons of lime, cherry, and yes, even raspberry behind Big Blue’s main wave.Ĭonsidering how few blueberry slushies I’ve seen in my life, this is a slam dunk gulp accomplishment on its own.For nearly 60 years, Cap’n Crunch and Toucan Sam have served the public honorably. This must have been what Carpenter’s Thing was after. Imagine the biting aura of a blue raspberry slushie, but delightfully isolated and infused into crystallized ice like some sort of ancient Antarctic totem. Thankfully, there is no corn or oat cereal taste to it (much like the underrated Sweetos slushie), but there is a pervasive syrup potency that, while it may sound cloying, goes a long way toward mimicking the coconut oily sheen of a Cap’n Crunch cereal piece. Crunch’s golden chests.īecause this is absolutely a fruit-driven Slurpee. To answer an even bigger question, 7-11’s Cap’n Crunch Berries Slurpee tastes almost exactly like its namesake cereal-though definitely more like Oops! All Berries than ol’ H.M. Why? Because not only is this the first ever collision of cereal and the classic convenience store beverage-a pairing that left some dubious and me, a slushie die-hard who has helped my neighborhood gas station stay (no joke) the busiest of its type in the state of Michigan, titillated-but it’s also super delicious.Īnd yes, its atomic turquoise color does leave your tongue looking like a flamboyant electric eel. ![]() And after trying 7-Eleven’s infinitely hype-able Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries Slurpee, I’m convinced it deserves its own chapter, one worth driving all the way out to the only 7-Eleven in West Michigan to be a part of. These events will no-doubt earn diagrams, if not call-out boxes in any future cereal history book. In recent memory, a few spring to mind: the one-year resurrection of Frute Brute & Yummy Mummy monster cereals, the permanent revival of ’90s classics French Toast Crunch & Oreo O’s, and the documentary-worthy fall/rise of Tiny Toast & Honeycomb. Events that I end up referencing constantly in future reviews, party conversations, and poorly thought out wedding toasts. There are certain events in the cereal world that take on a great historic significance. ![]()
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