The official breakfast cereal power rankings: Part I
The month is called "March" for a reason: because it's a slog. As we in Los Angeles freeze to death in 66-degree temperatures I can hear you asking, what are we marching toward, exactly? The short answer is: to our inevitable deaths. The more complicated answer relates to the show "The Good Place," which I may have binge-watched the entirety of last weekend. The afterlife, if that's what you believe in, doesn't mean an existence free of worry, or even suffering: We're all interconnected and take care of one another, through good times and bad, just like on earth. And, you know, maybe we'll get to fly or something.
What better way to plow through existential angst than with a cold, crunchy bowl of breakfast cereal? A perfect snack day or night, cereal has played an oversized role in my life above almost any other food item. I am, therefore, thrilled to present to you the highly scientific, unimpeachable and 100 percent correct L.A. Times Breakfast Cereal Power Rankings. These rankings deal solely with cereals on the sweet side of the spectrum, as comparing Lucky Charms to, say, Fiber One wouldn't make a whole lot of sense. Non-sweet cereals will be judged in a future ranking.
This meant making some choices, however - Froot Loops? That's obviously a sweet cereal. Life? More difficult to judge. Cereals that were on the border that I ultimately decided did not go in the sweet category: Life, Honey Bunches of Oats, and Kix, among others. I ranked these cereals based on 1) taste
