The Good: Very nutritious, Does not taste bad, Good ingredients
The Bad: Comparatively expensive
The Basics: Kellogg's Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola cereal is a flavorful granola that adds some important nutritional benefits to one's diet!
One of the nice aspects of living in the literal middle of nowhere is that premium products seldom have time in our stores to catch on. As a result, I often manage to get all sorts of premium products on clearance at my local grocery store. I was utterly unsurprised one day, then, when I walked into my grocery store and saw the little bags of Special K Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola With Quinoa cereal. The Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola is a blend of chocolate-flavored oats granola, crispy rice, chocolate chunks, and coconut flakes . . . at almost the cost of a full box of cereal for a five-serving bag.
Basics
Kellogg’s Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola cereal is a relatively new cereal with bunches of oat clusters, puffed/crispy rice and flakes of coconut and tiny blocks of chocolate.
The standard bag of Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola cereal is 10.6 oz. That represents approximately five servings and I was able to get just that amount out of the bags I bought.
Ease Of Preparation
Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola cereal is a breakfast cereal, so this is one of the low-impact breakfast options as far as preparation goes! Simply open the bag of Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola cereal, pour out 2/3 cup (I’ve taken to using a measuring cup) and add 1/2 cup of milk to it. I have discovered, as part of getting healthy, that one of the biggest challenges one might have with breakfast cereal is actually eating the serving size recommended by the manufacturer. Given that I have been monitoring my intake for several years now, I am now able to enjoy only 2/3 cup of Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola cereal in a sitting, though it is not as filling as some other cereals I have had.
For the purposes of my reviews, and my regular consumption, I only use skim milk (fat free) milk with cereal.
Taste
Opening the bag, Special K Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola smells powerfully of coconut. The coconut aroma is strong and overpowers any other scent from this cereal.
On its own, the Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola is very dry and surprisingly sweet. The Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola tastes strongly of dark chocolate, crispy rice (like Rice Krispies) and coconut. This is a very dry granola cereal; with its sweet bits coming from the chunks of chocolate in the cereal.
With milk, the Special K Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola remains surprisingly dry and grain-flavored. The chocolate flavor is delightfully dark, but while it infuses the cereal with a slight hit of sweetness, the coconut and oats overwhelm the other flavors. This is a very dry cereal.
This cereal has a fairly strong, dry aftertaste to it.
Nutrition
Kellogg’s Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola cereal is exceptionally nutritious on its own and with skim milk! Made primarily of whole grain oats, crisp rice and sugar, there is nothing unpronounceable in Special K Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola cereal. Given that there is a separate listing of vitamins and minerals, Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola cereal is one of those cereals where the nutrients are then sprayed onto the cereal, making it important to drink the milk with this cereal in order to get all of the nutritional benefits out of it.
A single serving of Kellogg’s Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola cereal is 61 grams, 2/3 cup. In that serving, there are 260 calories, with 70 calories coming from fat. There are 3.5 grams saturated fat in this cereal, but there is no cholesterol. With only 95 mg of sodium and 5 grams of dietary fiber, this is a good dietary choice for those striving to improve heart. With six grams of protein and 220 mg potassium, Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola is very healthy. On its own, this cereal has significant percentages of eight vitamins and minerals.
Storage/Cleanup
Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola is a cereal, so as long as it is kept sealed in its bag, it ought to remain fresh for quite some time. The bag of Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola cereal we purchased two weeks ago had an expiration date of February 9, 2018, so it does not have the longest shelf lift. Obviously, when you are done pouring the cereal from the bag, reseal it to help maintain the cereal’s freshness.
Cleaning up after Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola cereal is simple as well. Simply brush away crumbs left by it and you are done! It is that simple! This is a cereal that discolors the milk put in it and that will definitely stain. Consult a fabric guide for getting the chocolate and milk out of any fabric the milk gets on.
Overall
Special K Nourish Dark Chocolate Coconut Crispy Granola is good, but very dry and comparatively expensive, making it a little tougher of a sell than it otherwise could be.
For other Special K products, please check out my reviews of:
Special K Southwest Ranch Cracker Chips
Special K Fruit & Yogurt cereal
Special K Multigrain Oats & Honey cereal
7/10
For other food reviews, please visit my Food Review Index Page for an organized listing of all the food reviews I have written!
© 2018 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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