Review of Catalina Crunch: Maple Waffle Cereal - Catalina Crunch by friendsnotfoodude

I have to admit that I was pretty skeptical of this cereal at first seeing as it's a sugar-free, gluten-free, high fiber and high protein cereal that still claims to replicate the flavor of a maple waffle - and my skepticism was justified in a way. When I first opened the bag I was hit with a very strong artificial maple smell. I tried one piece, and it was a very strange experience. It was sweet at the beginning, not in a maple-y kind of way though. Just straight up spoonful of sugar sweetness. Then it was like chewing nothing, absolutely no flavor and then it was somehow sugar sweet again? I tried it again with milk and it was much better that way. Still sometimes kind of bland, but usually sweet. It's hard to describe honestly, but it didn't taste much like maple to me still. It's something that gets better the more you eat of it, or maybe you just get used to the flavor? I gave some to another person to try and they said it was very maple-y to them but also agreed it had a strange quality to it yet they still enjoyed it after a while as well, so do what you will with this information. Thank you for reading this extremely long and detailed cereal review.