Coco Pops Straws from Kellogg's (Kellogg's Coco Pops Straws)

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Product:	Kellogg's Coco Pops Straws
Date:	13/07/07 (141 review reads)
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Coco Pops Straws from Kellogg’s





Of course the whole concept of this product is totally ludicrous and I for one wasn’t going to be trying them let along spending out good money for them. However I soon changed my mind when I saw them on special offer in Tesco’s at the ridiculously cheap price of 69p for a whole box. I thought not only would I be able to try them out for a review but also I don’t think you can judge something until you have tried it out for yourself. How wrong I was and I should of stuck to my first impression.



They have been in the cupboard at home for quite some time now as I had never really felt the time was right to try them out. But seeing as I have not ben shopping for a while I thought it about time that I used up all the rubbish that was laying around in the cupboard and this box was one of the first things to go. The Coco Pops Straws come in a large box which inside holds two plastic containers wrapped in foil that holds all the straws, 18 in each to be exact. The recommended portion size is just three of these straws but I was thinking that the rest of them now the box had been opened were destined to go soft and soggy. Still I put therein a bowel and added a large amount of milk.


To look at the straws they look very wafer like which indeed is exactly what they are. They measure around 17cm in length, which makes it very awkward to fit into a bowl comfortably with milk. The inside of the wafer straw is coated with the Nestle chocolate flavouring and overall does not look too chocolate tasting. The fat content and calorie content is not really that bad is eaten with the right amount of skimmed milk. For a portion you’re looking at eating 192 calories and 3 grams of fat. But really who has skimmed milk for cereal?


I found these straws very difficult to eat and wondered really what was the correct way. The adverts I am sure has the idea that you suck all the milk through them just as you would a straw but for just 125ml of milk this really wouldn’t take too long and I am more likely able to down a few pints but using them as straws. I therefore broke them up into smaller pieces and ate them as regular cereal.


The taste I found really to be lacking any real taste whatsoever and couldn’t for the life of me see how they were anything like coco pops. The chocolate coating on the inside of the water was far too weak in taste and with the milk I really could not taste the chocolate flavour at all. I did then try the way the advert says and got another whole straw from the box and trued sucking the milk through it to see if this enhanced the flavour. No, still no great flavour just biscuit like wafer taste. Very disappointing as I initially thought.


I could not bring myself to eat the rest of the bowl I had poured and ended up throwing the rest of the Coco Pops Straws away and drinking the left over milk from the bowl. I don’t think this is right as a breakfast cereal at all. Nestle have really thought up a bum idea with this one. I threw away the rest of the box and thanked god I only paid 69p for it and not full price. I should of stuck to my initial opinion about this product and stayed well clear.


Even for 69p I think this product is not worth a single penny of that. The wafers are more like something that belong in a desert with ice cream or the like but to eat them like this well it really is just animal like!!! I will steer well clear of this product in the future and I have advised all friends and family to do the same. Do not fall into the same trap as me and purchase these on a special offer as the truly are not worth a cent.

Summary: give these a miss