March 24 2005 -- Flintstones Marshmallow Mania Pebbles, an introspective by a young male.

(Still fixing the site folks.. please be patient. this review was also written by Archebalo but I am still working on getting the proper credit to the proper people in the postings)

Now that I've got at least a month before I start working weekends again I can take some of my much needed free time and review new products I've been interested in trying. First off will be Marshmallow Mania Pebbles (don't be confused like I originally was, this is NOT Fruity Pebbles w/ Marshmallows, this is an entirely new cereal). That's right folks, pebbles, which means its a Flintstones brand product which can only mean one thing...QUALITY!



Just so you know my bias, I've been a huge supporter of Flintstones brand
products since I was a youngin'. I took Flintstones brand vitamins as a kid to help me grow to the big, strong, bald man
I am today. Then throughout my life I ate Fruity Pebbles for breakfast quite often, all throughout college and even during my apparent adult life I am experiencing right now, so I attribute Flintstones brand products to many of my successes I've achieved along the way. Ok, back to the topic at hand. I discovered this cereal in the cereal aisle of
Giant (that's the local supermarket here in Virginia, for those who only know Shoprite) and I was instantly excited to buy this and try it out. On the box in big letters it says NEW!, well when any product uses explanation points I know its gotta be good...marketing. So the box stouts many different things; here is a sampling of them: "10 essential vitamins and minerals" (don't care) (10% mark again? - Lord Jezo), "Iron & Zinc for growth" (don't care, unless it's for growth in my pants), "Low Fat" (I heard that it's good to eat a certain amount of fat in the morning to get your metabolism running better for the day, so this might not that great of a thing to brag about, but it probably tricks most people or maybe it is good, I actually don't care either way), "Double The Marshmallow Fun!" (oooh, I'm only used to singular marshmallow fun via Lucky Charms so I look forward to the double fun), "Sweetened cereal with artificial vanilla-graham flavoring" (hmmm, well that sounds all right I guess, not really sure what vanilla graham flavoring is), "With Marshmallow Flavored Sprinkles Baked On!" (strange, if you look at the picture the sprinkles are quite tiny and unless they are very potent marshmallows those sprinkles are a worthless gimmick), and finally "Flintstones Marshmallows!" (there goes those exclamation points again, it gets me so excited to eat this, except looking at the box the marshmallows look nothing like the
supposed Flintstones; see picture below:




the red and blue one is supposed to be Dino, the orange one is supposedto be Fred, the green one is supposed to be Gazoo, and there's no explanation of what the other ones are supposed to be).



Ok, so let's get on with the actual review (holy crap I wrote a lot so far, it's my first one, I'll get better at this). So how does this actual cereal taste? Like complete poopy. It's worse than any cereal I've ever had before, although I refuse to try that Tony Tiger Power (or for a second review check out The Impulsive Buy) cereal. I've never tasted anything like it, the new invented flavor of vanilla graham basically tastes like stale slightly flavored vanilla
cardboard. Also, the cereal itself seems to absorb the milk quickly thus making it soggy to eat halfway through the bowl.



The
only saving grace of this cereal is the marshmallows in them. So kids, for your Flintstones cereal fix stick with Fruity Pebbles and don't be fooled by the inviting blue box of Marshmallow Mania Pebbles, you WILL be disappointed. This cereal deserves one cheese (just cause of the marshmallows) even though it tastes like dog food.


Review Summary: Marshmallow Mania Pebbles: Yabba Dabba Don't!

1 out of 5, because everything gets at least one.

Posted by LordJezo