It’s National Cereal Day!
You know those friends who are always down to celebrate? Like, it’s Thursday… I’ll drink to that!
It’s 5 o’clock somewhere!
It’s not snowing today… Cheers mate!
Sadie’s Nest is kind of like that, but with eating… National Cereal Day?
We’ll eat to that!
In observance of this special day, we’ve recreated a couple of our favorite cereal-inspired goodies; included a totally delicious Sadie’s Nest recipe; and enclosed information about an Instagram contest! (Because we take this cerealously.)
Cake
When we saw this milk splash cereal cake from sugarandsparrow.com we knew we had to give it a try! Placing Fruit Loops and Fruity Pebbles whimsically around the milky icing was easy enough, and the effect is appealing to the kid in all of us. Admittedly, molding a white chocolate “milk splash” over a ballon took a few tries. Obviously, we’re not professional cake decorators, but we were happy with our results. However, the kids were ecstatic! In addition, we used a confetti cake to continue the festive feeling when sliced.
Krispies Treats
Here at The Nest, we are probably the only ones in the world who think, every time we eat a Rice Krispies treat, “this is missing something.” Dip it in chocolate? No that’s not it. Add peanut butter? Still no. Fruity Pebbles? Nope, not quite right…
Listen carefully. Jenn Segal of Once Upon a Chef figured it out with her Chewy, Gooey Golden Rice Krispies Treats. She elevates techniques by browning her butter, and reserving marshmallows for the end making soft chewy pockets; but… Golden Grahams. The missing ingredient is Golden Grahams. Trust us, it just works.
Warning! These Krispies Treats are dangerously addictive.
Cap’n Crunch Milkshake Recipe
If you are a Cap’n Crunch fan, try this Sadie’s Nest original (actually, you could probably replace the Cap’n Crunch with whatever your favorite cereal is and it will turn out great). Using the infused cereal milk is so tasty! As a result, it adds major flavor depth to the shake. It’s delicious and fun! (Especially if you read the box and play along with the games and puzzles… We’re still trying to figure out how many words we can make out of the letters in “Crunch Berry”?)
Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries Milkshake
For one large shake…
1 1/2 Cups Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries
½ cup Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries crushed
1 cup milk
2 cups vanilla ice cream
Whipped cream
Add 1 ½ cups of Cap’n Crunch cereal in a bowl and add milk. Let this rest for about 20 minutes.
Put 2 cups of vanilla ice cream into your blender.
Pour milk and cereal mixture through a fine mesh sieve into blender. Discard the cereal. Blend till smooth.
Reserving 2 teaspoons of crushed cereal for topping add remaining of half cup of crushed Cap’n Crunch cereal to blender. Blend using pulse button.
Your shake it ready to drink! Pour in a glass top with whipped cream and sprinkle the remaining 2 teaspoons of crushed cereal on top. Enjoy!
Instagram Contest
Finally, we are having our first Instagram contest at 2 pm EST today! For those of you not already following @sadiesnest, be sure you do! The first one to answer our cereal question correctly wins a $15 Amazon gift card! #buysomecereal #NationalCerealDay
