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Cereal and bacon are obviously breakfast staples, and while I can’t say I’ve ever found myself wondering what would happen when you combine them, the folks at Hormel apparently have based on their plans to unleash a new creation involving Cinnamon Toast Crunch on an unsuspecting world.
As someone who’s spent a fair amount of time covering the many, many weird foods brands have managed to dream up over the years, I’ve come to the conclusion plenty of corporations can’t resist the urge to fall victim to the Jurassic Park Problem: a tendency to be so o preoccupied with whether or not they can do something that they don’t stop to think if they should.
That’s how we’ve ended up with culinary monstrosities like eggnog that tastes like ranch dressing and ice cream inspired by mustard, pizza, and macaroni and cheese (among others), and now, a new challenger has emerged that has plenty of people on the internet scratching their head.
On Wednesday, Snackolator–an Instagram account devoted to chronicling notable developments on the unhealthy food front—shared a picture of a new product Hormel is apparently gearing up to launch, which involves strips of bacon covered in “Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cinnadust.”
That development led to mixed reactions in the comment section, including haters and doubters who declared “Nobody asked for this,” asserted the coating was “disrespectful to bacon,” and stated “There is absolutely no need for this.”
With that said, there were also plenty of other enlightened bacon connoisseurs like myself who saw the potential in what is essentially a prepackaged version of candied bacon, which typically involves coating the slice in brown sugar before cooking it to produce a sticky, sweet, and delicious end product.
The addition of cinnamon is admittedly a bit of a wild card, but I’d be willing to give this one a shot.