#if only my weak human body could withstand gluten and I could eat more than one forbidden bowl of this sweet sweet multigrain

[bowlzone]

Today's cereal is the new Nestle Kitkat Cereal!

Initial impressions: I like how stripped back the box is, they know if they just put Kitkat in huge text on the font it will do the marketing for them and as we are here today, it has clearly worked. My personal favourite cereal category is tiny representations of a larger food, like French Toast Crunch, so this has already won me over through the comical illusion of being able to eat several Kitkats in one giant bite. The deciding factor of this one will be what makes it distinctively Kitkat beyond the shape and a chocolate flavour coating, I look forward to finding out.

Post bowl thoughts: after unsealing the bag and doing my usual ritual of putting my face straight over the opening to huff the scent that arises, this smells exactly of Nesquick powder. An instant nostalgia hit for me, who, as a child, used to enjoy clandestine pilgrimages to the Nesquick pot to eat the powder raw with a large spoon.

The pieces of cereal are a little smaller than I would have liked, which does admittedly make them easier to eat, but removes the promise of the ungodly thrill that comes from biting into a big Kitkat whole. At first spoon however, all misgivings about the size are forgotten, as this cereal tastes wafer-adjacent. It doesn't exactly hit Kitkat wafer in flavour or texture but it gets so close that I'm beyond impressed. The chocolate is pleasant and undemanding, ticking all of the boxes it needs to without distracting from the focus on the wafer. It sits on the cereal nicely, filling in the cracks and evenly coating all of the pieces in a fine dust that adheres well, ensuring as the bowl goes on that the cereal never loses its flavour. Unfortunately, it also means that drinking the milk after is not particularly exciting.

Overall this Kitkat cereal is a solid miniaturised representation of the classic Kitkat and although there was almost no conceivable way they could fuck up this concept, I find myself pleasantly surprised at the attention to detail that has gone into this exceptional bowl.