No Other General Mills Products are Involved

General Mills announced a voluntary recall of LÄRABAR Peanut Butter Cookie flavor snack bars and JamFrakas Peanut Butter Blisscrisp flavor snack bars because peanut butter in the products was sourced from Peanut Corporation of America, and may be contaminated with salmonella.

No illnesses have been reported in connection with LÄRABAR or JamFrakas products, and no other types, varieties or flavors of LÄRABAR or JamFrakas products are being recalled.

No other General Mills products are involved or impacted.

Peanut butter produced by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) has been implicated in an outbreak of salmonella. As the scope of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigation into this outbreak expanded this weekend, Peanut Corporation of America expanded its recall to additional lot codes of peanut butter. PCA supplied peanut butter to one of General Mills’ suppliers, including some lots that were part of the expanded recall, prompting General Mills to issue its own voluntary national Class I recall of the two LÄRABAR and JamFrakas products potentially involved.

LÄRABAR Peanut Butter Cookie flavor snack bars and JamFrakas Peanut Butter Blisscrisp flavor snack bars are distributed nationally under the LÄRABAR and JamFrakas brands, and are sold primarily as individual bars in grocery and specialty retail stores.

General Mills is NOT recalling any of their cereal products including Reese’s Puffs or Peanut Butter Cookie Crisp. Those products have been determined by the company to have not been possible contaminated by the “industrial peanut butter” in question.

Kelloggs has recalled 16 products, but again no cereal products are on the list.

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Who doesn’t like peanut butter?! … Well, ok, lots of people don’t like peanut butter. And many other people are actually allergic to it, but if you don’t fall into either of those categories then I have the cereal for you!

Peanut Butter Cookie Crisp is a whole grain corn cereal made by General Mills and is part of the Millsberry line of kid cereals. It was added to the Cookie Crisp collection in 2005. Chip the Wolf, originally known as Howler, is the cereal’s mascot. Judging by the smacking of his lips he enjoys a little bit of peanut butter in his diet, as any canine would.

The cereal packs a serious peanut butter punch. It is admittedly super sweet, but you’re reading the words of a woman who sprinkles extra sugar onto her peanut butter before eating it, so this is exactly the way I like it. The bite-size peanut butter cookies taste exactly like a homemade peanut butter cookie, even better than some I’ve had! And the best part is that the cereal stays crunchy in milk which is much more important for a cereal to do than its cookie counterpart.

Peanut Butter Cookie Crisp contains 12 vitamins and minerals, including 25% of the daily recommended allowance of Iron, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, and Zinc.

If you’re looking for a low sugar cereal for your kids this might not be the best option for you, but if you want something with vitamins and minerals that tastes delicious enough for your kids to actually eat then I say go for it!

No toy inside, but a fun Cookie Cruiser cut-out activity on the back keeps the family occupied.

Slogan: “The Great Taste of Peanut Butter Cookies & Milk!”
Taste: Seriously peanut buttery
Box opening: Easy
Bag rippage: No ripping
Bag slippage: Minimal slipping
Allergy alert: Contains peanut and wheat ingredients

Cereal Wednesday Bowls:

For more information about the cereal please visit the General Mills website.

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