Honey Nut Cheerios

Honey Nut Cheerios
General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios, with milk
Product typeBreakfast cereal
OwnerGeneral Mills
CountryUnited States
Introduced1979; 45 years ago (1979)
MarketsWorldwide

Honey Nut Cheerios is a variation of Cheerios breakfast cereal, introduced in 1979.[1]

Honey Nut Cheerios is sweeter than the original, with a honey and almond flavor. While Honey Nut Cheerios used to be made with actual nuts, as of 2006, the nuts were discontinued, and natural flavor, from peach and apricot pit is used instead [citation needed]. In 2011, Honey Nut Cheerios was the best-selling cereal in the United States.[2]

Honey Nut Cheerios was the third variation of Cheerios introduced; Cinnamon Nut Cheerios was test marketed in 1976. There have been many other Cheerios variations, including Maple Cheerios, Chocolate Cheerios, and Blueberry Cheerios.[3]

  1. ^ "All in the family" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2006. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  2. ^ Elliott, Stuart (June 27, 2011). "7 Agencies Will Tell You This Cereal Is No. 1". The New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  3. ^ "Whole Grain Oat Cereal | Our Products". Cheerios. Retrieved November 16, 2020.