My son is away at sleep away camp. I kid you not, he says the food is “not that bad, ” but asked that we bring his Cheerios Protein on visiting day! His camp gets a thorough cleaning on visiting day so we had to take him off grounds for 5 1/2 hours, we eventually took him for a meal, but not until he went through a good portion of the Cheerios Protein!
Cheerios Protein also makes for great snacking. Case in point, my spouse is a snackaholic. He had been known to eat a bag of chips and a pint of ice cream every night for months on end. To conquer this poor snacking habit, he has gone cold turkey and not had dessert foods for over 1 1/2 years. He has much better will power than me! The problem then becomes what to do at night for a snack. There have been many evenings where I had to listen to complaints about being hungry, etc. We have found cereal, and in particular a healthier higher protein cereal like Cheerios Protein, to be a great alternative for evening snack choices! Even though it is delicious and tastes like cheating, it is cereal and on the approved list for my spouse’s snacking!
Because of his work he prefers no face pictures on the blog, but this and a yogurt are his evening rituals!
And I needed to restock, so because I always like to put my money where my mouth is, I headed to a great sale at my local Target to stock up! The first 2 boxes of Cheerios Protein we were sent for review. All others were purchased afterwards by me!
And we have even shared this cereal with my father-in-law. My father-in-law is always looking for anything he can take to improve his health. For example, awhile back he read that cinnamon had been found to be extra beneficial, so he started using a lot of cinnamon. When I explained all the extra cinnamon he needed was in the Cinnamon and Almond Cheerios Protein, he was thrilled. Especially because he also eats a certain amount of almonds per day, that has also been in the news as a way to combat various ailments. It’s a win/win!
Lastly, do you remember the days when we used to carry Cheerios around for our little ones to snack on at any time of the day, when we were out and about the town?
To be honest, the old Cheerios is not sweet enough to interest my son as a snack. He might have it for breakfast in chocolate milk, but that is it. This Cheerios Protein is sweeter, thanks to the oats and honey, so I always carry around a baggie’s worth, because that is an after school snack he will eat. I have written before, I am not buying snacks on the go and spending a fortune! I have that in common with all my thrifty blogger friends out there! A baggies worth for on the go works just fine for us and saves a lot of money. I live in Manhattan, you would not believe the elevated prices here! I love being economical with Cheerios Protein, which my son is convinced helps him when he plays basketball at the playground after school, after all, he can read, he sees it has extra protein! That marketing effort works great for this parent!
Please leave me a comment and share with me what you would replace with Cheerios Protein to make this your new afternoon or evening snack!
Disclosure: This is a compensated post. All opinions are always 100% honest and my own.
That sounds like an awesome way to get sneak some extra protein into my day. I know for a fact that I don’t get enough.
Cereal is my midnight snack 🙂 But even midnight eating could use more protein!
My kiddo is vegetarian (by choice) and has a bunch of other food allergies. I might have to try these to get him some extra protein in his diet.
I need that shirt that your son is wearing! We’re a cheerio eating family!
I really need to pick some of these up! It would be great for a school snack.
These look yummy. I can’t remember the last time I had cheerios.
Can I have it WITH my Cheetos rather than as a replacement? I feel like there’s room for everything??? lol Anyhow, I LOVE snacking on cereal!
Love your son’s shirt. These are an awesome and healthy snack. Can’t beat them.
I definitely don’t get enough protein. I snack on cereal a lot so these would be perfect for me to add to my diet.
So true, it’s not just for breakfast. Growing up I always ate a bowl of Cheerios before bed. I still do. love that they have protein added now.
Cheerios happen to be my favorite snack! I eat them dry all the time!
We used to eat Cheerios all the time when I was growing up. We don’t eat cereal anymore but this would be an easy snack!
I just saw the protein Cheerios in the store recently! They look so good. I know my kiddo would love them!
I’ve seen the Cheerios Protein in Target, but haven’t had a chance to buy it yet. I’m trying to run out of regular Cheerios first! (We love Cheerios for snacks – and breakfast – in our house.)
My 15 month old eats Cheerios (the old fashioned ones) as a snack all the time. I haven’t seen the Cheerios Protein variety in our local grocer yet.
I grea up eating Cheerios. Im excited to try this new flavor.
We love Cheerios – we have not tried the new Protein Cheerios – we will give them a try. I like the fact that they are sweeter.
We are a Cheerios house all the way – but I only buy Honey Nut. Well, this past week my mom brought over a big box of this new Protein kind and my kids LOVED it. They’re begging me to buy this from now on.
We love Cheerios in our home. Every member of the family enjoys them. We also purchase the various flavors. My favorite is honey nut and I don’t even mind cheating.
I had no idea that Cheerios had this new protein line out! This would be perfect for my afternoon snack. Lately I have been eating chips or pretzels, so this would be so much better for me!
I’d much all day long if I could! I just love it for movie snacking!
I love that they invented these. I am always looking for a snack with a decent amount of protein and this is a perfect one!
We LOVE Cheerios Protein here too! It is so tasty and delicious!
I love the new variety of Cheerios! Your son’s shirt is awesome, btw!
I just bought the honey one last night!!!! We haven’t tried it yet since we have a bowl or two left of another cereal but I can’t wait! My girls even love taking Cheerios in baggies as snacks too.
My two oldest boys used to snack on cereal. They’re grown now, but I remembered and picked up some cereal for our hotel room at a vacation destination we all met for last month. I quickly found out that the grown boys still eat cereal any time of day. 😉 Cheerios has always been a fave. I’ll give the Protein version a whirl.
Looks like a great way to get your proteins in. I know a lot of cereal lovers who could eat that for all three meals each day
Everyone one of my peeps loves cheerios. Knowing they have added a protein boost just makes them that much better!
I must try this! We run though Cheerios in this house. The kids love it! We’ll have to give this protein version a whirl.
I haven’t tried the new Cheerios Protein yet, in fact, I think this is the first I’ve heard of it! That’s so cute that your son asked you to bring some to camp! LOL
I love cheerios– and even better than they are packed with protein 🙂
Nice shirt! We love cheerios.
There was a $1. off coupon for Cheerios Protein in last Sunday’s newspaper inserts!
My husband and I are bad with our nighttime snacking; he loves ice cream while I prefer popcorn. We’ve been trying to eat healthier snacks and cereal is a great option. We will have to give this one a try!
I think I would reach for that instead of chips or ice cream. Much healthier!
I love that Cheerios is adding protein into their cereal! I also adore your son’s T-Shirt!