Miel Pops – Cœur à la Noisette

Hello cereal fans, or should I say ‘bonjour céréale fans’. I am so sorry that I have neglected you for so long but I have been rather busy trying to forge my new life in France and stumble my way around the French supermarkets in search of the cereal aisle and decent milk! Having lived off a mixture of croissants, Nutella and baguette every morning for the past 2 weeks, I was really craving some cereal and was therefore delighted when in Franprix, after about 5 minutes of broken ‘franglais’ on my part, and several looks of incomprehension and bemusement on behalf of the employees, I was finally shown to the aforementioned sacred aisle.

Faced with a choice of cereals from all over the globe, all that I knew was that I wanted to try something French and it was this desire that spurred my decision to pick Miel Pops – Coeur à la Noisette, translated as Honey Pops with a Hazelnut Heart. This description makes the cereal seem rather lovely, almost as if after a bowl all your worries will just melt away. I wouldn’t say that all my worries have completely disappeared; this is a breakfast cereal and not a psychiatrist or magic genie, but while tucking into my breakfast at 6:30 in the morning I felt unusually chirpy for that hour. Perhaps it was just the temporary euphoria one experiences when trying a new cereal for the first time, or perhaps it was due to the wonderful mélange of honey and hazelnut in the same bowl and the sunshine yellow colour of the cereal per se. However, after about four or five spoonful’s, this very sweet cereal begins to get a little sickly. On the plus side, the longer the cereal stays in the milk, the softer the hazelnut centre becomes but the outer shell keeps its crunch, c’est formidable!!! A final note is that despite the sweetness of the cereal the milk remains milk tasting, an added bonus for those who don’t like their milk tainted by other flavours.

Here are my ratings for Miel Pops – Cœur à la Noisette:

Crunch Factor: 4/5


Flavour: 3/5


Aesthetics: 3.5/5


Filling: 4/5


Overall Rating: 3.5/5