May 19, 2026 · 47 min · 12 segments
This is the one-hundred and thirtieth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Tony skips the butter, Cinnamon Toast Crunch puts strong roots in newly broken ground, and Dan shares the best cereal he…
Justin McElroyHost
What's going on in the world of Frosted Flakes? 'Cause these are looking pretty good to me.
Yeah, so there's an oddball new variety of Frosted Flakes hitting shelves right now.
If you listen closely, you can hear it hitting the shelves with a mighty thunk, and it is Chocolate Peanut Frosted Flakes.
And it's interesting, they really doubled down on it because there's like, there's not a, a, a peanut butter cup, which is the universal sign.
I don't know how else to say it, but there's like a, definitely a chocolate bar with peanuts in it.
I, it's, it's exciting to me just because, like, again, I've, I think I've expressed before that peanut is an underrated flavor in the, the cereal aisle.
'Cause usually, obviously peanut butter is made from peanuts, but it's got its own distinct flavor when it comes to the, like, artificial facsimile that gets simplified for a consumer packaged good.
So whenever they allow the peanut to really shine, you can really tell 'cause it's got obviously a more s- distinct salted nut flavor.
And like, again, I can't really think of the last time that it's really gotten to shine in that capacity.
I'm not going to necessarily say that I trust Frosted Flakes of all cereals to do the humble peanut justice, but it ain't nothing but a peanut.
What's going on in the world of Frosted Flakes? 'Cause these are looking pretty good to me.
Yeah, so there's an oddball new variety of Frosted Flakes hitting shelves right now.
If you listen closely, you can hear it hitting the shelves with a mighty thunk, and it is Chocolate Peanut Frosted Flakes.
And it's interesting, they really doubled down on it because there's like, there's not a, a, a peanut butter cup, which is the universal sign.
I don't know how else to say it, but there's like a, definitely a chocolate bar with peanuts in it.
I, it's, it's exciting to me just because, like, again, I've, I think I've expressed before that peanut is an underrated flavor in the, the cereal aisle.
'Cause usually, obviously peanut butter is made from peanuts, but it's got its own distinct flavor when it comes to the, like, artificial facsimile that gets simplified for a consumer packaged good.
So whenever they allow the peanut to really shine, you can really tell 'cause it's got obviously a more s- distinct salted nut flavor.
And like, again, I can't really think of the last time that it's really gotten to shine in that capacity.
I'm not going to necessarily say that I trust Frosted Flakes of all cereals to do the humble peanut justice, but it ain't nothing but a peanut.
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