![]() Guppy in search of adventure, joined by his loyal crew, Seadog, Alfie, Dave, Brunhilde, and Carlyle.ĭebuting in 1963, the character's adventures were unique for the time in that they were serialized from commercial to commercial, with recurring characters as well as enemies for the good captain to fight, including the lovesick Magnolia Bulkhead and her dimwit assistant Otis, fearsome pirate Jean LaFoote, who got his own spinoff cereal, and the extraterrestrial Soggies and their leader, the Sogmaster. Cap'n Crunch sailed the Milk Seas in the S.S. The character was created by Jay Ward and voiced by Daws Butler, in imitation of actor Charles Butterworth. Speaking of blue, the core flavor of this Slurpee feels like a fruit cocktail of tastes carefully proportioned to mimic the ambiguous, yet concentrated tropical sweetness of a Crunch Berry.Īnd it does a pretty good job: a strong burst of blueberry jelly is the prevailing note, while there are some other artificial fruits present for sophisticated palates-my admittedly troglodytic taste buds still sensed ribbons of lime, cherry, and yes, even raspberry behind Big Blue’s main wave.Ĭonsidering how few blueberry slushies I’ve seen in my life, this is a slam dunk gulp accomplishment on its own.One of the most recognizable cereal mascots of all time, Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch, Cap'n Crunch for short, is the mascot for his namesake cereal, produced by Quaker Oats. This must have been what Carpenter’s Thing was after. Imagine the biting aura of a blue raspberry slushie, but delightfully isolated and infused into crystallized ice like some sort of ancient Antarctic totem. Thankfully, there is no corn or oat cereal taste to it (much like the underrated Sweetos slushie), but there is a pervasive syrup potency that, while it may sound cloying, goes a long way toward mimicking the coconut oily sheen of a Cap’n Crunch cereal piece. Crunch’s golden chests.īecause this is absolutely a fruit-driven Slurpee. ![]() To answer an even bigger question, 7-11’s Cap’n Crunch Berries Slurpee tastes almost exactly like its namesake cereal-though definitely more like Oops! All Berries than ol’ H.M. Why? Because not only is this the first ever collision of cereal and the classic convenience store beverage-a pairing that left some dubious and me, a slushie die-hard who has helped my neighborhood gas station stay (no joke) the busiest of its type in the state of Michigan, titillated-but it’s also super delicious.Īnd yes, its atomic turquoise color does leave your tongue looking like a flamboyant electric eel. And after trying 7-Eleven’s infinitely hype-able Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries Slurpee, I’m convinced it deserves its own chapter, one worth driving all the way out to the only 7-Eleven in West Michigan to be a part of. These events will no-doubt earn diagrams, if not call-out boxes in any future cereal history book. ![]() In recent memory, a few spring to mind: the one-year resurrection of Frute Brute & Yummy Mummy monster cereals, the permanent revival of ’90s classics French Toast Crunch & Oreo O’s, and the documentary-worthy fall/rise of Tiny Toast & Honeycomb. Events that I end up referencing constantly in future reviews, party conversations, and poorly thought out wedding toasts. ![]() There are certain events in the cereal world that take on a great historic significance. ![]()
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