Writer Finds Cinnamon Toast Shrimp Tails In Cinnamon Toast Crunch Box
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. There's no better way to get things going in the morning than a well-balanced breakfast, with some fruit and a nice, big bowl of cereal. That's probably what writer and podcaster Jensen Karp thought when he poured himself some Cinnamon Toast Crunch yesterday morning. Little did he know, that things would take a turn for the gross.
Yesterday morning, Karp tweeted that he won a special (read: disgusting) prize in his box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch: a pair of sugar-crusted shrimp tails. As he went through the box, examining other cereal pieces, he found other goodies, such as what appears to be rat droppings baked into the squares and string.
Ummmm @CTCSquares – why are there shrimp tails in my cereal? (This is not a bit) pic.twitter.com/tTjiAdrnVp
— Jensen Karp (@JensenKarp) March 22, 2021
Something regarding the stupid “Did he fake this?” take: there are black items COOKED ONTO the squares and tons of it at the bottom of the bag, in addition to shrimp tails and other SUGAR COATED junk. Also, it’s only “viral” because of their insane response. I would’ve dropped it pic.twitter.com/WOt9j2V0sg
— Jensen Karp (@JensenKarp) March 23, 2021
I was convinced to go back through the bag, since when I first noticed the shrimp tails, I freaked out and closed the box. Here’s all my findings, which also now includes a weird little string? pic.twitter.com/mRDUhqG3I8
— Jensen Karp (@JensenKarp) March 22, 2021
Throughout the day (presumably between trips to the bathroom to throw up), Karp kept followers abreast with the situation and his communications with the Cinnamon Toast Crunch customer service account on Twitter. The company claims that these "shrimp tails" are actually clusters of cinnamon sugar "that sometimes can occur when ingredients aren't thoroughly blended."
Ok, we’ll after further investigation with my eyes, these are cinnamon coated SHRIMP TAILS, you weirdos. I wasn’t all that mad until you now tried to gaslight me? https://t.co/7DmADmoqUt pic.twitter.com/rSLE60pvoy
— Jensen Karp (@JensenKarp) March 22, 2021
Elsewhere, in Karp's DMs with Cinnamon Toast Crunch customer service, the company requested that he send the "accumulation of cinnamon sugar" back to General Mill for inspection. As an insurance policy, though, Karp said he would be keeping one of the tails as to not be publicly told that the problem was just delicious cinnamon sugar.
I think we’ve all dated someone like Cinnamon Toast Crunch. pic.twitter.com/YH1ZtBUXF0
— Jensen Karp (@JensenKarp) March 22, 2021
Should I take MY shrimp tail to a lab? I’m all-in. pic.twitter.com/QCWuqCKgH6
— Jensen Karp (@JensenKarp) March 22, 2021
A customer service complaint like this cannot sit idly online. Karp's followers began sharing memes that make the shrimp tails Cinnamon Toast cannon. Hopefully, some of these ideas are trademarked and General Mills won't just make these memes a reality.
— Bobby Hundreds (@bobbyhundreds) March 23, 2021
New Cinnamon Toast Crunch Oreo just dropped pic.twitter.com/0anluYL4JM
— King Julien’s Waifu (@Gardenboy15) March 23, 2021
"They've been acting fishy for years at Cinnamon Toast Crunch headquarters, hopefully now our voices are heard." pic.twitter.com/oEbjyzeOgV
— Bench Day Dre (@BenchDayDre) March 23, 2021
We wish there was a happy ending to this story, one in which you could go on eating your delicious Cinnamon Toast Crunch without worrying about finding rogue shellfish in your bowl. Alas, that is not the case. The drama is still ongoing as Karp tweeted earlier today and escalated the problem.
.@US_FDA u up?
— Jensen Karp (@JensenKarp) March 23, 2021
Update: Cinnamon Toast Crunch is still investigating the situation but want consumers to know that they shouldn't be eating from tampered bags.
— Cinnamon Toast Crunch (@CTCSquares) March 23, 2021
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