Cravy Reviews: Liquid Death x Fruity Pebbles Cereal Criminal
Does this sparking water rock your whole mouth?
Liquid Death is always up to some of the craziest collaborations imaginable, from teaming up with a whiskey brand, to partnering with Metallica, to teaming up with Sheetz to literally cut your Sheetz Sandwich with a chainsaw, Liquid Death does it all! But this collaboration that we’re talking today is one that I would have never seen coming, ever! Enter, Cereal Criminal!
What is Cereal Criminal and where can I find it?
Cereal Criminal is an epic collaboration with Post’s Fruity Pebbles and is described by Liquid Death’s Senior VP of Marketing as tasting “just like Fruity Pebbles and milk, but it’s sparkling water with 3 grams of sugar, 15 calories, and no artificial sweeteners. Now you can drink breakfast all day long.” I have to wonder why it isn’t called Cereal Killer instead. The pun is right there!
The cereal-milk inspired sparkling water is available now at Walmart, Target, Kroger (and Kroger-owned stores) in 6-packs as well as Amazon in 12-packs, only for a limited time. If you would like to purchase Cereal Criminal online while also supporting Cravy, check the footnotes for affiliate links for Amazon1 and Walmart2.
Liquid Death very graciously sent over a case of Cereal Criminal for us to try so let’s crack it open and see how it stacks up!
LIQUID DEATH X FRUITY PEBBLES CEREAL CRIMINAL
I don’t know how they’ve done it, but both in taste and smell, I am absolutely getting the Fruity Pebbles flavor. Make no mistake - this is very much still a sparkling water, so if you go into this expecting it to just taste like a fruity cereal milk experience, you may be a little bit disappointed.
I’m torn on this, because part of me really loves how well that Liquid Death has captured the Fruity Pebbles essence here. As soon as the flavor hits your mouth, the flavor is fantastic, but once it goes down the flavor leaves a lot to be desired.
As much as I hate to look at the ingredients list and point at one ingredient on the list and say “This is what’s tanking the flavor” - Cereal Criminal uses Stevia and I can’t help but wish they would have gone for something else instead. (I believe other flavors of Liquid Death do as well.)
If you’re a fan of sparking water and you love Fruity Pebbles cereal and you aren’t bothered by stevia in drinks - I think you’ll definitely love this one. I do wish it was available in tall boy cans so consumers wouldn’t need to commit to a 6-pack to try it, but I do think it was a fun try, even though I wouldn’t say it is exactly my cup of tea.
RATING:
Taste: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❌❌❌❌ - 6/10 While I really enjoyed the flavor of the Fruity Pebbles coming thru and working way better than I expected from a sparkling water, the stevia takes away the enjoyment of the drink faster than I expected it to.
Craveability: 🔥🔥❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌- 2/10 I’ll be honest, as excited as I was when I cracked into the can, I don’t know if I will be able to finish it, yet alone be eager to grab another one.
Value: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❌❌❌❌❌ - 5/10 While this pack was gifted to me, I think that the price of $6.48 (on Walmart) for a 6-pack and around $14 for a 12-pack on Amazon is relatively average. I think if you are not bothered by stevia and are willing to commit to the pack, it is definitely worth it, but it’s hard for me to go higher than a five here.
OVERALL SCORE: 4.3/10
Let us know in the comments what YOU thought of Cereal Criminal! Thank you once again to LIQUID DEATH for the samples!! #gifted
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