Chex Whore

Is that Mark?

When I was a kid one of my favorite cereals was Wheat Chex. They weren’t pre-sweetened so I would have to sweeten them to taste. That meant I poured mounds of sugar over them. So much sugar that when I finished eating the Chex, there would be a half inch layer of sweet goo at the bottom of the bowl. I don’t need that much sugar anymore, but I do still like a bit of sweetness in my cereal. That is why I was so happy to find something called Cinnamon Chex at the supermarket. Not only does it contain sweet, cinnamony Chex cereal, but it has a picture of Mark on the front of the package. So I grabbed a box, and over the course of five mornings I finished it off. The only problem was the very last portion that I poured into my bowl yesterday. Not only did those little woven squares of sweet goodness come tumbling out, but they were accompanied by a rock. My first thought was that it was some kind of free give away, like a toy or something. But no, it was a rock, or so it seemed. I dropped it on the counter, and it sounded like a rock. I inspected it up close, and thought for a moment that it might be a rock of crack cocaine, so of course I licked it. It was sweet, and very cinnamony tasting. What I think it might be is a bit of sugary goo that had formed on the equipment back at the General Mills factory. I figure it became dislodged at some point and fell into my box of Cinnamon Chex. It really doesn’t matter, because I ate that bowl of Cinnamon Chex before I ever determined what the rock was. That is how good Cinnamon Chex is. In fact the more I think about how addictive that cereal is, the more I think it might have more than just cinnamon in it.