Do you put fruit in your cereal?

United States
May 28, 2007 9:25am CST
My favorite is probably strawberries but then I put strawberries in almost everything I can. I especially like Special K with the dried ones in it and their actually very good tasting. If your a strawberry lover have you ever tried it? Of course now all the cereal makers are coming out with fruit in them and I'm surprised to find that their not bad. I don't like the dried bananas though. Other than strawberries I like bananas and blueberries in my cereal. If your a cold cereal eater do you like fruit in it and what is your favorite?
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@Jshean20 (14349)
• Canada
28 May 07
Although it looks appealing to add fruit to cereal (judging by the cereal boxes themselves), I don't bother to add any. I've never really been a big fan of eating fruit in the first place and I imagine it being soggy and icky in the milk.
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• Philippines
29 May 07
i also prefer to add some milk and sugar to my cereal rather than fruits. at times i add some chocolate flavor like ovaltine. we always differ in our food preferences.
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@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
28 May 07
I love blueberries and I put them in cereal a lot! I also like to add strawberries or banannas. (not all three at once!) I also add fruit to hot cereal such as oatmeal and/or cream of wheat. I am not a fan of the cereals with the fruit already added, somehow the fruit just doesn't taste the same to me in those cereals!
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@TinaCL (429)
• United States
28 May 07
I agree--I don't like it when the fruit is already added. It just tastes artificial. It's just too sugary too me. Besides, you're probably not getting the same nutrients as you get from the real fruits.
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• United States
29 May 07
Definitely not getting the same from dried fruits as we do from fresh ones. Not to mention how much better they taste!
@hezoid (2144)
28 May 07
I don't often eat cereals, but if i do i tend to buy the oens that already have dried fruits in them, rather than buying fresh fruits to chop up and add, simply becuase i don't have the time to add fresh fruits to my cereal in the morning, and also becuase we don't go food shopping too often so don't have much fresh fruit in other than apples, and also becuase unless the fruit i wanted to add was in season it would be too expensive for my budget to buy fresh fruits in.
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• United States
28 May 07
Even chopped up apples are good in cereal if you get the time to do it real fast. It makes for a tastier cereal.
• United States
28 May 07
i'll put bananas in raisin bran sometimes.. not the dried ones though,i agree,they're kind of nasty like that. blueberries are good too when i have them:)
• United States
28 May 07
I also put fruit in raisin bran. Everything goes well with raisins. I also love blueberries when their in season and only fresh.
@OURDEW (4809)
• United States
28 May 07
I agree with you, I love Special K with the strawberries. I put bananas in some cereal also. Special K is my favorite cereal.
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• United States
28 May 07
Special K is just one of my favorites and that would be a whole new discussion...lol...
• New Zealand
28 May 07
Peaches or apples always go well on my cereal, I prefer this option to sugar.
• United States
28 May 07
Fruit is always better than sugar. There is enough most fruit for it not to matter.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
28 May 07
I dont usually put fruit on my cereal. But every once in awhile I will. And I like bananas and thats what I put on my cereal. I dont eat cereal all the time because its too expensive.LOL
• United States
29 May 07
Cereal is horribly expensive but a new grocery store has opened near me where it's more than 50% cheaper than other stores so I'm stocking up.
@sunshinecup (7871)
28 May 07
No, I did a post on this to see if I was the only one, but I HATE fruit. It taste terrible to me and it kills my stomach. Now my girls, they love fresh banannas or fresh blue berries in their cereal. Hubby he loves strawberries. I just think they are all nuts, LOL.
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• United States
29 May 07
Since fruit makes you sick I can see why you would feel that way! It's too bad because your missing out on a yummy breakfast treat...lol...
• United States
29 May 07
I eat fruit in my cereal sometimes too. I like using bananas and strawberries. I've never tried any other fruit in my cereal before.
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
29 May 07
yup. i see my friends loving bananas and strawberries in their cereals. try adding apples, too. they say it tastes good as well.
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• United States
6 Jun 07
I've also tried the fresh apple slices and love them. There's no need for sugar when I use fruit.
• United States
28 May 07
I love sliced fresh bananas in my corn flakes. And raisins in my raisin bran (but of course it comes that way, I don't have to add anything.) Mostly, though, I stick with a hot cereal -- oatmeal with raisins, apples and cinnamon.
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• United States
28 May 07
I only eat oatmeal in the winter and even then I'll put in fresh bananas or strawberries. I could never get into the instant oatmeals and especially don't like cinnamon but the raisins are great.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
28 May 07
i am like you, i prefer strawberries and bananas in my cereal... How about pancakes? we put canned peaches on them!!
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• United States
29 May 07
Please don't get me started on pancakes! I put everything you can think of on them and then smother them with whipped cream! Now I'm getting hungry! lol
@sukumar794 (5040)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
28 May 07
As for me, I would not prefer fruits of any kind with cereals . But my young daughter likes it ..she has a liking for plantain fruit with either breakfast or lunch.
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• United States
29 May 07
I have seen plantain but never tried them. They look like bananas to me do they taste anything like them?
@jb_vete (323)
• Philippines
29 May 07
I haven't tried ctrymuziklvr. But i think it's a good idea. I'd love to try it next time i eat my cereal.
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@Lvdeckape (320)
• United States
28 May 07
Yes banana's and sometimes strawberrys. I LOVE cereal and could eat it 24/7!!! it is delish! Plus I only eat the healthier crap, I hate the sugary stuff..yuck! -Lora
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@chileman (967)
• Australia
30 May 07
I love having fresh fruit in my cereal, prefer to have it with yoghurt rather than milk though. Strawberries are the best but if we have some mango or even rockmelon that goes well also.
30 May 07
I'm all about the sliced fruit in my cereal. I think this is because I hate smothering it in granulated sugar, the only exception being porridge, which I think needs it. My favourite fruits to use are strawberries and bananas, sometimes both at the same time. I also love the cereals with dried fruit in, especially Fitnesse. x
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@randy88 (683)
• Indonesia
1 Jun 07
I will put banana on my desert
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@shestalou (293)
• Canada
29 May 07
I always put bananas on my cereal, I love bananas it makes the cereal taste that much better, especially on the healthy cereals but if I put bananas on I never add sugar only bananas and its a healthy alternative to sugar, though I do find the bran cereals sweet enough you dont need sugar.
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29 May 07
I love banana in my cereal.
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@k0ne27 (20)
• Philippines
29 May 07
i dont eat cereals
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