Grape nuts in ice cream sounds amazing! I sometimes enjoy mixing them into yogurt
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grape nuts are great in yogurt.
As a kid I’d put them in a bowl, pour the milk on them and then put the bowl back in the fridge for 1/2 hour to soften up the nuggets.
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Looking at the nutrition information on the Grape Nut’s website, I not sure if this is a really good option for diabetics like myself, which is a shame as I recall liking it. A standard serving (58g or about 1/2 a cup) is dense, but on the small side and at 47g of carbs, even subtracting out the 7g of fiber, that a lot of carb for a less than filling serving size. That bowl Euell pours in the commercial looks more like two servings, so 80g of carbs (again, subtracting fiber) and that’s before the milk!
Hmm. I may to stick to generic corn flakes.
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My dad ate that during my childhood. Now, I too eat Grape Nuts and love them… it’s the initial crunch with the milk to help immediately soften it once cracked.
I also like crunching ice… maybe it’s a similar thing?
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What is it with Dads and Grape-Nuts?
My father would eat it on occasion, but only drenched in half-and-half. As a pre-teen I emulated my father and would also each it on occasion the same way.
One detail I haven’t spotted here is that it could also be eaten hot, like steel-cut oats, I guess. I never tried it.
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My step-grandad used to eat it in acidophilus milk.
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As a kid I thought the name was some kind of supermarket prank.
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A serving of popular brand corn flakes is 28 g and carbs are reported at 24 g, so about the same.
Oats are where it’s at though (not talking about the sugary stuff), 27 g carbs in 40 g serving.
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All I can say is yogurt was not a popular grocery item in 1970s rural coastal Florida, so one did what one could. 
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What are they? Sorghum? Stale Coffee Powder? Adbusters’ breakthrough product?
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Just checked the ones I eat: Serving size 40g with 30g of carbs. I wonder if the commercial brands add more sugar? Wait, no, I don’t have to wonder that, of course they do! I like oats, but samefood is very much a thing.
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Wikipedia has your back!
Modern-day original Grape-Nuts contain whole grain wheat flour, malted barley flour, salt, dried yeast, and the following added vitamins and minerals: iron, vitamin B3, zinc oxide, vitamin B6, vitamin B1, and folic acid. Grape-Nuts Flakes contain sugar as well.[[15]](Grape-Nuts - Wikipedia
According to the Grape-Nuts website, Grape-Nuts “actually contains neither grapes nor nuts”. The name may have come from the cereal’s resemblance to grape seeds, or from its nutty flavor; C. W. Post may also have intended it to refer to its content of glucose, which Post called “grape sugar.”[16]
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I loved these when I ate cereal. I nuked them with milk to make them softer. Definitely not a cereal if you’re in a hurry.
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I’m in the same boat. Slowly getting those teeth fixed, and looking forward to eating Grape Nuts again. It’s literally one of my top 5 cereals.
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For those looking to follow in Mr. Gibbons’ footsteps and diet, it’s as well to remember that he died of stomach cancer.
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lol YUP, that’s what drove me to grape nuts. Still sweeten it with honey and fruits, but at least it’s on my own terms.
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I love grape nuts, but maybe I cheat a little. I pour a little bit of maple syrup on them and put them in the microwave for a few seconds so they are softer. Yum.
According to Wikipedia, and many articles about his death, that’s not true
By today standards he wasn’t a healthy eater though.
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