Tell me about French breakfast cereals

[BettyRoodBoy]

Off to France this summer in a campsite cabin - first time self-catering in France. I have primary age kids. Usually for a holiday "treat" we bring those mini Kelloggs Variety pack cereals on holiday in the UK but realised that would be a ridiculous use of baggage space!

I'm a bit over excited about going to a hypermarket but haven't been in one for decades.

What cereals do they have in France? The kids usually eat rice crispies, bran flakes, muesli, Shreddies, all sorts really.

Definitely a lighthearted post so no need to tell me that feeding them cornflakes is the equivalent of a bar of Dairy Milk or whatever... and of course we'll be sampling whatever pastries and other things they have!

Also any other recommendations for French supermarket products?

Not finding chocapic in the UK was heartbreaking for 25 year old me!! Even Nesquick cereal would have done... But no. Only coco pops, which are NOT the same!!! 😂Ended up forgoing cereal all together!

Take them out the box and just bring the bags... because what could go wrong with that?

Chocopic is the ABSOLUTE BEST cereal ever.

we always buy a box as soon as we get to France (which we then forget to eat as we are eating all the croissant and pain aux choc.)

then we buy another box to bring home and try and save for the Christmas holidays.

nothing in this country comes close. One of Aldi or lidl sell something which looks the same but tastes grim.

@Thingsthatgo
oh that was a trip down memory Lane…but look:

If you like drinking hot chocolate try Poulain 1848 in the dark brown tub.

@Nomorecoconutboosts oooh! I wonder if it is still the same. It was so sugary, I used to add just a tiny amount of milk so I could mix it up into a sweet oaty sludge.

@Thingsthatgo
I’ve not tried it but I do have a sweet tooth so would probably like it!
several reviews mention the sweetness.
24g per 100g.
as a comparison Alpen original has 21g…
so neither of them the ‘healthy’ option that we might perceive, but then that seems to be the same for most granola or muesli type cereals.