Even Brighter Cereal?
I recently bought a box of my all-time favorite cereal, ::amazon("B0004M01H6", "Fruity Pebbles")::. The box was labeled "Now Bronto-Bright," as if this were the best reason ever to purchase cereal.
Don't get me wrong — I love Fruity Pebbles. I believe it's the reason that God created rice . . . God knows there aren't many other good uses for it.
I'm not sure why a cereal that is already red (cherry), orange (orange), yellow (lemon), green (lime), and purple (grape) would ever need to add more colors like blue (berry blue), pink (Bedrock berry pink), and even more purple (incrediberry purple).
I'm further confused as to why the ever-increasing number of colors would also need to be even brighter. None of these colors or brightnesses have changed the taste of the cereal so far as I have detected. Do a taste test: Separate a handful of Fruity Pebbles into piles of each and see if you can determine the color/flavor of the pile by taste alone.
Cereal has become like the movies: The originals rule, but the sequels are unbearable. I'm not sure about the marketing teams that put together new variations on existing cereals, but they need to be taught a lesson. If you ask me, the Pebbles brand has gotten a bit out of hand. I think that the Fruity and Cocoa varieties were enough for the breakfast crowd. Nonetheless, we have three additional varieties: Fiesta Fruity Pebbles (essentially Fruity Pebbles with "confetti sprinkles"), Marshmallow Mania Pebbles, and "1/2 the Sugar Fruity Pebbles," the only sensible alteration of Pebbles.
Now we just have to wait for Bronto-Bright Cocoa Pebbles.
What are your thoughts on Fruity Pebbles' brightness? Where do you think Post will go from here to try and make their cereal more confusingly appealing? What's the worst "cereal sequel" you have seen?
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