What Makes a Great Chocolate Cereal?
Cereal is a quick and satisfying breakfast that comes in so many varieties almost anyone can find a flavor to get excited about. Chocolate cereal brings a crunchy, sweet and warm edge to the morning meal, satisfying children and adults alike. Serve it with milk, or take a baggie to work for a mid-morning snack. Our chefs define high-quality chocolate cereal as having mostly uniform, unbroken pieces. There shouldn’t be many misshapen or broken bits inside the box. A chocolate cereal should have a color between medium and dark brown, based on the stylistic choice of the manufacturer, and its moderate aroma should deliver chocolate, grain and toasty notes. There should be no inappropriate off notes, including cardboard, packaging or burnt notes. A chocolate cereal is in taste balance when a noticeable to moderate sweetness is the dominant basic taste, followed by very low saltiness and bitterness. Among the flavors, chocolate will lead, followed by a cereal flavor that comes naturally fro
