Best granola cereal. (Aside)

If you were like me and futilely searching for Jordans Morning Crisp Dark Chocolate Chip cereal, well it’s your lucky day. Target’s house brand, Archer Farms, has just come out with a cereal that is as close as it gets to the delightful Jordans that I so dearly miss. In case you have no idea what I am talking about, Jordan’s organic cereal is a British company that makes heavenly cereals. Delicious granola clusters with either mixed berries, dried strawberries or dark chocolate nibs make these cereals simply divine. I enjoyed my Morning Crisp cereals the five years I lived outside the US. When I got back here, and went to the grocery and couldn’t find my Jordans cereals, panic ensued. I searched the internet far and wide and did find an outlet that sold them that would ship to the US but the price would have been about $10 a box with shipping. I, of course, didn’t go that far. I emailed Jordans in the UK and they claimed there were too many shipping problems to distribute to the US. I ended my search, and sadly mourned the loss of my favorite cereal. Imagine my surprise when out of the blue while talking with my mom on the phone tonight, she mentioned in passing, “Oh, I got a new cereal at Target that tastes just like that chocolate cereal you used to send me.” ( I often would bring back several boxes of the Morning Crisp for my mom to enjoy whenever I visited home.) I couldn’t believe it, I was shocked. “What????” I exclaimed. I questioned her thoroughly about whether or not she was sure and she said yes. I told her I had to go to Target and promptly shouted my discovery to my husband as I left the house! Luckily, there is a Target less than five minutes from my house. I promptly drove down there, got my cart and nearly raced to the cereal aisle. There I found a new section of Archer Farms cereals in these nifty canisters. My eyes scanned nervously, I didn’t see it. Then, there it was. On the bottom shelf, I saw the Chocolate Chunk Hazelnut Biscotti Granola. I picked it up and searched it with my eyes. The only main difference I noted was more hazelnuts that I remember. Who cares! I grabbed 2 of the 3 boxes on the shelf and home I went to test it out. I opened the nifty resealable top and pulled back the safety wrapper. Ahhh. The scent was so familiar. I immediately grabbed a handful and tasted it. To my surprise, it was very much like the familiar Morning Crisp I had enjoyed. I yelled to my husband and he came in to try it. His thoughts were similar and he claimed that he ate way more of the Jordan’s than I ever did and should be the resident expert. He thought that the Archer Farms was a little fluffier and the chocolate was slightly different, but overall, it was very close. Close enough I said.

I did a little searching this evening and found the nutrition information for each cereal and found that they were very similar. On thedailyplate.com (which has any food you can think of in its database), I found the calories, carbs, fat and protein to be almost the same.

What a wonderful surprise! If you haven’t tried this cereal beware. It’s highly addictive and somewhat pricey. I usually enjoy mine with vanilla soy milk. My mom likes hers with yogurt and my husband just uses regular milk in his.

You can see it here at Target: http://www.target.com/Archer-Chocolate-Hazelnut-Biscotti-Granola/dp/B0015RXNEC

Archer Farms Chocolate Chunk Hazelnut Biscotti Granola