Monday, October 27, 2008

La Lechera

I found this strange cereal in Ollies Bargain Outlet...not in my regular Giant Eagle. I don't think this cereal was ever released in the US, which is evident by the Spanish writing all over the box. You Dulce de Leche fans should recognize this as another type of 'milk' cereal. You're right! In fact, it's corn flakes with sweetened condensed milk. Not frosted with sugar. I had to try it...even if it did come from a bargain outlet..and even if I had no idea where it's been before ending up in Cumberland, Maryland.


These babies are covered in the sweetened condensed milk 'frosting'. So much so that the flakes are a bit on the hard side and need a couple of minutes in cold milk to get to the texture that I like. Man, are they sweet - almost too sweet. I have to wait until the milk washes off some of the frosting to really enjoy this. I want to add strawberries to it..or blueberries. Something that's a little tart to counteract the sweetness.


Still, experimental cereal is a good thing. Wonder why we don't have this in the States.



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Just found your blog!

La Lechera is available in the states, just more so the way south states like Texas. And I love the stuff. We are on the border here and darn near more than the majority of the population is hispanic. There are a lot of products like this in our regular market that people not from here would think are special but are actually everyday staples to us.