Kids, Go Bananas! Grown-ups, Go Nuts!
If you usually top your bowl of morning cereal with a sliced banana, you're not alone. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the average American consumes 30 pounds of the yellow, potassium-packed fruit annually. Now you don't need to, as the newest Cheerios® box to grace the ready-to-eat cereal aisle is bursting with favorite banana flavor, “a-peeling” to Os fans of all ages. A delicious balance of real banana and natural nut flavors are baked into every bite of Banana Nut Cheerios®. And, it delivers the same whole grain goodness you expect from Cheerios and offers a good source of calcium and vitamin D per serving.
If you take a stroll down the cereal aisle, there are only a few banana-flavored cereals from which to choose, including new Banana Nut Cheerios. For the Cheerios team, finding the right balance of banana flavor was the trick. Banana Nut Bread continues to be a very popular home-baked item and a flavor that mirrors banana nut bread in a cereal really resonated with consumers.
From there, the Betty Crocker Kitchens developed eight great-tasting choices to extend the banana-flavor possibilities into recipes.
Chocolate-Banana Bread, Banana-Date Muffins and Banana Nut Cheerios® Nature Bars, coupons and more: www.banananutcheerios.com.