All in all, the taste and mental effect of Lucky Charms Marshmallows Only take a backseat to the simple experience of owning and exploring the cereal.

I entered—all you had to do was submit pictures of yourself with a pretend box of Marshmallows Only.

Last week, we reviewed a bag of Lucky Charms Just Magical Marshmallows—that is, a sackful of the little sugary bits, with none of the pesky cereal nonsense. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. In a typical bowl of Lucky Charms, the application of milk never makes the marshmallows soggy all the way through; a grainy core remains at the center of each marshmallow for your teeth to hook onto. This is a cup of slurpable, foamy-sweet topping superior to the typical tiny marshmallows that accompany a packet of Swiss Miss—and it’s a lot prettier, too.

But in a steaming mug of cocoa, the marshmallows finally, finally relent, and I was able to consume them without having to bite into them at all. And I don’t know what was more shocking: that the marshmallows came out of the oven having doubled in size on the surface of the cookies; that the marshmallows had turned a slightly leathery, puffy consistency, like a piece of stale Pirate’s Booty; or that the latter was not altogether unpleasant as I took my first bite. I went with a scoop of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream’s Cream Puff flavor, not only because it’s one of Jeni’s finest but because I thought this pastry-based variety might best mimic the flavors of the sweetened oat cereal pieces found in a regular box of Lucky Charms. I must give endless thanks again to Gabe for sending me this unforgettable gift, and to General Mills for doing such a cool promotion.The experience is different than just separating marshmallows from normal Lucky Charms, because these marshmallows are untainted by even the faintest crumb of oat dust. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies.

Always altruistic, Gabe sent the third box to General Mills’ cereal archive to be preserved for all time. I really love Lucky Charms, though it’s probably one (if not THE) of the sweetest cereals i ever ate (You know we don’t have that much, NONE, Cereals with marshmallows here com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US.

Our Taste Test was measured, but none too positive; the takeaway was that it’s simply too much sugar, in too high a concentration, to be enjoyed. Unfortunately, when you have chewy/crunchy/otherwise solid toppings on your ice cream, that ice cream must be bitten into rather than simply licked from the spoon, and given that these grainy marshmallows are already a substance against which my teeth reflexively brace for impact, adding shivery cold ice cream to the mix left my mouth with a minefield of textures and temperatures to negotiate, for minimal payoff.