This conversation is sponsored by General Mills® via Burst Media. The opinions and text are my own. I did it again. I slept in on a Saturday morning. It seemed like the only day that I could get a break, but then the kids had to wait way too long for breakfast. What happened then? I had a lot of grump-a-lumps on my hands and that made for a really sad Saturday morning. It wasn’t working, so finally my daughter piped up, “Mom, can’t I get everyone breakfast on Saturdays?” Ah! Why was my 5-year-old smarter than me? Yes, yes you can my dear!
I remember when I was young and my mother let me make my own breakfast in the morning. Although it seems like nothing to us now, to a 5-yr-old, getting your own cereal all by yourself makes you feel way grown up. My daughter is especially proud and if I show my face in the kitchen when she’s getting breakfast, oh no! My mother always had Honey Nut Cheerios® in the pantry when I was young. I guess it’s just an ingrained preference, but that’s what we always have in our pantry too. But I know my mother didn’t have a smart phone to help her shop for deals on cereal like I do.
That’s why I love my Ibotta App and check it before I go shopping each week. You have to try it out and get the weekly General Mills® cereal offers at WinCo. Each week from now until May 25th there will be a featured cereal of the week that you can redeem for $1.50! If you buy 5 cereals, you can redeem an additional $2.50! Cereals included in this offer are Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Chocolate Toast Crunch, Golden Grahams, Dark Chocolate Multigrain Cheerios, Lucky Charms, Fiber One Protein, and of course, Honey Nut Cheerios! Save up to $14.50 on your favorite cereals! For more information visit Ibotta’s blog.
And when my daughter’s not making breakfast for herself, she’s begging along with her brother and sister for me to make muffins. Of course I will! As long as someone helps me 🙂
I have three muffin recipes that I like to rotate through; banana, blueberry, and Apple Cinnamon. The best part is, I use the cereal that’s left over from Saturday mornings as topping for the muffins during the week.
You know that annoying amount of cereal at the bottom of the bag that doesn’t quite make a full bowl? It doesn’t split between 3 children well, but it makes a great crunch topping for the muffins.
- ½ cup Butter
- ½ cup Applesauce (Room Temp/Warmed)
- ½ cup Brown Sugar
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 Lg Eggs
- 1 cup Sour Cream or Plain Yogurt
- 2¼ cup Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp plus ½ tsp Cinnamon
- ¼ tsp Nutmeg
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 2 Medium Apples Chopped or about 2 cups
- 2 tbs White Sugar
- For the topping:
- 1 tbs Melted Butter
- 2 tbs Brown Sugar
- ½ tsp Cinnamon
- 2 tbs Flour
- ½ cup Honey Nut Cheerios® or your favorite cereal
- Preheat the oven to 350 and prepare your muffin tins with muffin liners or nonstick spray. Combine the white sugar and ½ tsp of the extra cinnamon and sprinkle each sprayed or lined muffin cup with ½ tsp of the mixture.
- Next, Cream ½ cup butter, applesauce, and ½ cup brown sugar. Add the vanilla and eggs and mix well.
- In a separate bowl mix together 2¼ cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, 1 tsp cinnnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
- Alternate adding sour cream and the flour mixture to the butter mixture. Stir in the apples.
- To make the topping, melt the extra 1 tbs butter and combine it with 2 tbs brown sugar, ½ tsp cinnamon, 2 tbs flour, and cereal.
- Fill muffin cups to the top and add 1 tbs cereal topping to each muffin.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Makes 24-28 muffins.
No they don’t look that pretty with the Cheerio® topping, but the crunchy sweetness is awesome! You can use any type of cereal you want. Apple Cinnamon Chex® would be a perfect combination.
Or leave the topping off and eat them with a big bowl of your favorite Big G cereal.
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Follow WinCo Foods on Facebook or Twitter! Thanks for reading! This conversation is sponsored by General Mills® via Burst Media. The opinions and text are mine.
My son would like to get his own breakfast… but I am a control freak lol.
Thanks for the giveaway! We love Cheerios- it is a staple in any house with little ones.
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they had a deal on hamburger that i need to take advantage of.
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Those muffins look delicious! That’s a fantastic idea. Can’t wait to try them!
I like that I can get $1 rebate when I buy Yoplait Greek yogurt
I love that you’re teaching your children to love being in the kitchen and having them prepare their own foods at such a young age! Cooking is a critical skill to have, yet so many adults fail at the most simple of tasks.
Thank you! Exactly why I’m getting them in the kitchen, I didn’t know up from down in the kitchen until I was in high school!
They had some good deals on produce!!
I always love their deals on produce!
the bulk nuts and candy they sell at great prices
I don’t have a Winco near me, but my friend does…so I’d love to give this GC to her. She’s told me how she prints out coupons right off their site before she goes shopping. And I know she’ll be happy with the All they have $2 off of, and using Ibotta on General Mills products like Cheerios!
That is so nice of you to do for your friend! Good luck!
I LOVE WinCo! It’s not quite one of their deals, but I love “the barrels”! When my family is in need of a treat I tell the kids to go pick out a barrel candy. It’s so fun, and they love it!
I like their bulk foods section. It’s handy to know that green is their sales and white is the low price.
I am excited about the $1.50 off of Old El Paso frozen foods from Winco.
WinCo is my favorite grocery store. I shop there several times a week. I love their Pantene coupon on their website, and in-store I love their meat selection and the price on their dairy products. Their milk and eggs are always less. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
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Their smart shopper program for green tags that are cheaper
I love to shop their bulk aisles. I need to go there now to get beans and rice actually.
I like the Ibotta app that you can earn money while you shop.
Save $1.00 on any KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce, we love to bbq and I love the taste of the bbq sauce.
The Bulk items!
I like having the option of the bulk items.
I like looking for sales. I’ve been loving Hormel chili lately so I am excited about the Hormel Chili coupon.
I didn’t realize that Winco has printable coupons you can get right off of their site! They have a $1.25 off of Pantene that I might use.
Winco always has such great deals on produce! I love it! I love the bulk section they have too – so much cheaper than buying whole boxes/bags of things you will only use a little bit of.
They have great printable coupons for Big G Cereals that you can combine with the Cereal of the Week Sale!
I love there produce deals and old El Paso deals
SAVE $1.00 KC Masterpiece® great deal right in time to BBQ for the weekend.
I like having the option of the bulk items.
I love their produce deals, they always have the best strawberries
I love the deals they have on the bulk food items
I love that they add recipes to their site so you can use the sale items to make great meals!
I love the great prices in the bulk section