SOFRESH'S MOCK CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH

3 tablespoons heavy cream

2 tablespoons water

1-2 tablespoons granular Splenda or equivalent liquid Splenda

1/2-1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 ounce coarsely crushed pork rinds, or enough to fill the bowl

Pour the cream, water and Splenda in the bottom of a cereal bowl; stir well. Stir in the cinnamon. Don't worry if the cinnamon clumps up a bit. Add the pork rinds and stir until completely moistened. Eat quickly with a spoon before it gets too soggy.

Makes 1 serving

Freezing not recommended

With granular Splenda:

Per Serving: 252 Calories; 22g Fat; 13g Protein; 6g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 5g Net Carbs

With liquid Splenda:

Per Serving: 240 Calories; 22g Fat; 13g Protein; 3g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 2g Net Carbs

This sounded so strange that I just HAD to try it. Amazingly, it really does have the texture and flavor of soggy Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. I tweaked Sofresh's recipe a little and give more precise amounts than she did. I increased the sweetener quite a bit, but you can taste the cream mixture before adding the pork rinds to get it the way you like it. I also increased the cinnamon quite a bit, but again, use it to your taste. I made mine with microwave pork rinds which are quite dry and not greasy like the ready-made kind. I don't know how much of a difference the pre-made kind would have. They might also be a little saltier. I weighed out an ounce of pork rinds on my food scale, but you could just pile some into an empty cereal bowl to measure. I then placed them on a big cutting board and chopped them with a knife to about the size of real Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. If you have the microwave pork rinds, it took nearly about 2/3 of the bag to make one bowl of "cereal". This makes a very unusual snack, but one that I will most likely make again. Click here to see a close-up.

For comparison, here are the counts for a bowl of real Cinnamon Toast Crunch with 5 tablespoons of 2% milk on it:

Per Serving: 162 Calories; 5g Fat; 4g Protein; 27g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 25g Net Carbs

MOCK CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH VARIATION

1 tablespoon heavy cream

1/4 cup water

2 tablespoons vanilla Da Vinci sugar free syrup

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 ounce coarsely crushed pork rinds, or enough to fill the bowl

Make just like the above recipe. This version has less carbs and fat than the original and tastes just the same.

Per Serving: 136 Calories; 11g Fat; 13g Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 1g Net Carbs