In a world where food gimmicks seem to be at an all time high to seduce consumers, I’ll admit that Cap’n Crunch Berrytastic Pancake Mix intriguied me.

The mix is basically Aunt Jemima pancakes but with speckles of Crunch Berries mixed in. When mixing the batter, it looks more like blueberry pancakes than anything.

Before I bravely made the purchase, my friends at City Café in Newman Grove, NE, were kind enough to buy me a box –all in the name of blog content. Thanks! If you haven’t, follow the café on social media.

After a few minutes of whipping up the batter and pouring it in horribly imperfect circles on my skillet, I realized that I either am terrible at making something as simple as pancakes from mix, or that these flap jacks are just weird and look nothing like the picture on the box. Maybe the truth lies in both?

After adding the necessary coverage of butter, and maple syrup, I figured I’d garnish the cakes with some Crunch Berries cereal. As for the taste of the pancakes, they mostly tasted like typical pancakes with some small gritty bites.

In conclusion, and this is coming from someone who ate Sour Patch Kids Chips Ahoy cookies, pancakes and cereal are best left on their own. Maybe Ron Swanson sums it up best below.

If you want both for breakfast or brinner then make each separately and enjoy–and don’t forget the bacon!