Growing up, I remember the idea of making cookies into a cereal was a dream come true. Then I ate Cookie Crisp and was forever disappointed that it didn’t taste like cookies and milk. Thankfully, Nutter Butter cereal has restored my faith in the idea of the taste of cookies as cereal. Why it took nearly 50 years (Nutter Butter cookies were introduced in 1969) for this to happen, I don’t know. Anyway, let’s dig in to the review.

Aesthetics

It’s all about brand continuity, and the packaging is similar to how you’d find Nutter Butter cookies. From the font to the colors, to the claim of this cereal being made with REAL peanut butter. (side note: I am always skeptical of any time you have to capitalize words for emphasis. Or, like a used car dealership that has “honest” in the name. But I digress.)

The cereal itself does a nice job of being shaped like a peanut. Coincidentally, Sour Patch Kids cereal is also shaped oddly similar. It must be due to both being made by Post Cereals and using the same cereal-shape mold.

Snackability

Nutter Butter cereal does nicely as a quick snack. I’ve eaten more of it dry than I have in milk. The consistent, good-sized shape of the cereal makes it easy to handle and provides a satisfying crunch. The only thing that kept it from getting five spoons from me is that after a little time, the peanut butter taste and the coating/dusting on the cereal can be tiresome.

Structural Integrity

For the first time in my reviews on this site, I will say the structural integrity of Nutter Butter cereal is so good that letting it sit in milk for a little bit to soften a tad is probably best. The morsels are pretty dense, which can make the jaw a little tired from chewing. It’s not as dense and tiring as eating Churros cereal dry though. That’s a hardness on a whole different level.

Sorry, I’ve been rewatching The Office again.

Cereal Concept

Post Cereals continues to add zany cereals to its roster. From Sour Patch Kids to chicken and waffles ti Hostess Donettes and Hostess Honey Buns. There might not be a snack or candy safe from being made into a cereal. I think Post did a great job executing Nutter Butter cereal though. From replicating the peanut butter taste to the crunch of a cookie, it all falls together in a bowl of perfect harmony. I will say this though, please Post Cereals, I beg you not to ever do a circus peanut cereal. My mouth, nay the world, doesn’t need that sort of atrocity.

Flavor

It doesn’t even take a bite of Nutter Butter cereal to know what you’re getting yourself into. As mentioned earlier, Post Cereals did a solid job of making this cereal taste like eating a miniature Nutter Butter cookie. I’m not sure how much cereal you would have to eat to match the calories in one of those cookies, but nevertheless the taste is similar. Even when you add milk to the cereal (yes, I add milk after pouring the cereal into the bowl and not vice versa), the flavor isn’t diluted like what occurs with most other cereals.

Final Thoughts

Nutter Butter cereal was a pleasant surprise, and one I’d recommend trying. I figured it would taste like peanut butter, but unlike other peanut butter cereals, this one actually tasted like peanut butter: a wild concept, I know. If you don’t like the taste of peanut butter then this cereal won’t be for you. If you have a peanut allergy then this cereal may not be for you, since it contains peanuts, which it states in bold on the nutrition label. Just be prepared that when you first open the bag, that aroma of peanut butter will come at your face faster than a bad axe throw. You’ve been warned.