What Is Cereal and How Can I Use It?
If cereal has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 54 recipes to try it in.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 1/4 cup (1 NLEA serving) (33g)Food group
Cereal is a member of the Breakfast Cereals US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much does cereal weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1.25 cup (1 NLEA serving) | 33 grams |
| 1 cup | 28 grams |
Related
Breakfast Cereals
| In Chinese: | 谷类 | |
| British (UK) term: | Cereal | |
| en français: | céréale | |
| en español: | cereal |
Recipes using cereal
There are 54 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Crispy Easter Nests
Feel too lazy to bake any cookies or cake for Easter. Make these crispy Easter nests that will for sure satisfy everyone. They are easy to make, and taste delicious.
Chewy Granola Bars
Chewy granola bars packed with crisp cereal, wheat germ, coconut, almonds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, and dried figs. A high-fibre snack bound by a brown sugar and honey syrup, ready in 45 minutes.
Apricot-Walnut Cereal Bars
Loaded with fruit, protein, grains and nuts. Yummy and chock full of nutrients. Grab n' go power bars.
Bacon Cheese Muffins
Bacon cheese muffins fold crumbled bacon, sharp cheddar, and crunchy nugget cereal into a batter enriched with the rendered bacon drippings. Savory breakfast muffin with surprise crunch baked into every bite.
Merry Berry Almond Torte
Merry berry almond torte shapes an almond-cereal crust into a holiday wreath, fills it with raspberry, tops with choux-style pastry, then drizzles with almond icing.
Merry Berry Almond Torte
Merry berry almond torte shapes an almond-cereal crust into a holiday wreath, fills it with raspberry, tops with choux-style pastry, then drizzles with almond icing.
Crunchy Cinnamon S'Mores
No-bake cinnamon s'mores bars with chocolate-coated honey graham cereal and gooey marshmallows. Made in the microwave in minutes, set in an hour, and vanish even faster.
Crunchy Breakfast Bread
Quick breakfast bread loaded with cereal nuggets, raisins, and orange zest. No yeast, no kneading, just stir and bake for a loaf with crunch in every slice.
Crunch Coffee Cake
Layered coffee cake with a cinnamon cereal crunch swirl baked in a bundt pan. Vanilla yogurt keeps the crumb moist and tender while the cereal layer adds serious crunch.
Eating Well's Chocolate Cheesecake (2 of 2)
Lighter chocolate cheesecake with a chocolate wafer and Grape-Nuts crust. Cottage cheese blended smooth with cream cheese, melted chocolate, espresso, and cocoa for triple chocolate richness.
Party Mix #2
Classic Chex party mix with mixed cereal, pretzel sticks, and salted nuts baked in melted butter, Worcestershire sauce, and seasoned salt. The original addictive holiday snack mix.
Make Ahead Hot Cereal
Batch-cook and freeze individual hot cereal portions for instant microwave breakfasts. Endless topping options from maple syrup to sautéed apples.
Frescavena
Frescavena is the beloved Venezuelan oat drink: fine-blended oat cereal and sugar stirred into cold milk or water over ice. Creamy, wholesome, easy to customize.
Snack Mixes
One base recipe, five crunchy flavor combos: Tropical, Barbecue, Hot & Spicy, Herbed Pecan, and Curry. Baked cereal snack mix for parties, game day, or straight-from-the-oven snacking.
Mix & Match Cereal Gorp
Mix and match cereal gorp is a no-cook trail mix with cereal, nuts, dried fruit, and chocolate chips. Build your own flavor combo and chill for an hour before snacking.
Florentine Cups
Florentine cups: miniature honey-almond cereal cups with coconut, raisins, and orange zest, finished with a citrus icing drizzle. Italian florentine cookie meets mini muffin.
Fudge Drops
Fudge drops made with melted milk chocolate, granola cereal, and salted peanuts. A 10-minute no-bake candy that only needs a microwave and 3 ingredients.
Tipton Bars
Tipton bars made with chocolate almond bark, Froot Loops, crisp rice cereal, and mini marshmallows. A no-bake candy bar treat that kids love, set and sliced in under an hour.
Party Snack Mix
Toss cereal, pretzels, Bugles, and corn chips with butter and bold spices, then bake low and slow for an addictive party snack mix coated in Parmesan.
Diatetic Bark Candy
Sugar-free chocolate bark candy made with diabetic-friendly chocolate coating, crunchy cereal, and watermelon seeds. Just 3 ingredients melted in a double boiler and snapped into pieces.
Fruit-Nut Nibbles
Crunchy microwave snack mix loaded with honey-cinnamon cereal, peanuts, banana chips, popcorn, coconut, and raisins. Sweet, salty, and ready in minutes.
Raisin Muffins
Hearty raisin muffins with a soaked-cereal base for extra moisture, studded with raisins and walnuts. A quick, wholesome breakfast muffin that comes together in one bowl, best served warm from the oven.
Diabetic Bark Candy
Sugar-free chocolate coating melts together with crunchy cereal and seeds, then hardens into bark candy that's perfect for diabetics or anyone watching their sugar intake without sacrificing sweet treats.
Baked Truffle Treasures
Cocoa and coconut truffles spiked with amaretto and honey, baked then rolled into bite-sized balls dusted with powdered sugar. Dangerously easy to make, impossible to stop eating.
Cyberealm Puppy Chow
Crunchy Crispix cereal coated in melted chocolate and peanut butter, then shaken in powdered sugar. The classic puppy chow snack mix everyone fights over.
