Awesome Breakfast

Today I Found Out explores one of life’s many imponderables (and a question Jerry Seinfeld asked first) – why is there a cereal called “Grape-Nuts” that contains neither grapes, nor nuts. Simon Whistler goes on to give us a few more facts about Post’s long-running cereal.

After doing her best to make her own Skittles, Bon Appétit’s Claire Saffitz once again is determined to make a gourmet version of a popular food – and nobody better mess with her Lucky Charms! Of course our method for getting those marshmallows is a bit simpler.

Fans of Funko’s addictive collectible POP! figures will be thrilled to know that the company is working on its own line of cereals, each featuring wonderfully-illustrated retro packaging, and a mini POP! toy inside. Some will even change colors when you add milk.

If there’s one thing that we love for breakfast, it’s a fat stack of buttermilk pancakes, slathered in butter and warm maple syrup. But if you’re craving that flavor while sitting on the bus, you can’t exactly whip out the griddle. Thankfully, Jelly Belly has us covered anytime.

Follow your nose to this campy assortment of old breakfast cereal commercials from the 1980s, from Frosted Flakes to Froot Loops to Cheerios to Pac-Man. And we always thought Little Chocolate Donuts were a fake thing.

Who says food doesn’t belong in the swimming pool? Float your cares away with some delicious high protein grub on these amusing bacon and egg pool rafts from Kangaroo. A 90″ strip of bacon and a 63″ serving of fried eggs should more than satisfy any hunger.

Burger King is teaming up with Kellogg’s to release a special edition milkshake that tastes like a bowl of delicious, sugary breakfast cereal. Sure, it doesn’t contain any actual fruit, but Toucan Sam would still approve. Follow your nose to your nearest BK Lounge on 4/17/17.

Sugary breakfast cereals are delicious, but can’t possibly be good for us. This pack of fragrant lip balms features the aromas of Corn Flakes, Coco Pops, Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, and Rice Krispies, minus all the carbs and calories.

The Vermont-based ice cream purveyors latest treats feature the delicious sugary flavors left behind in cereal milk after eating various breakfast cereals. Choose from Cocoa Loco, Frozen Flakes, or Fruit Loot. Available exclusively at Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shops.

Make the Caped Crusader part of a nutritious breakfast with this whimsical egg cup and spoon that dresses your boiled egg as Batman. Comes with a Bat logo toast cutter. You’d think they’d make one for Robin’s egg too.

The Toasteroid toaster uses a dot-matrix grid of microfilaments which allow it to print custom words and images onto your toast. Designs can be made on your smartphone and uploaded via Bluetooth. It can even print the day’s weather forecast.

Breakfast meets sugary soda pop with Kellogg’s latest toaster pastries. These frosted A&W root beer and Orange Crush flavored Pop-Tarts are expected in grocery stores later this month. As yummy as these sound, we’re still waiting for Han Solo in carbonite flavored ones.

Toyota’s Gazoo Racing shows the amount of energy can be captured from regenerative braking as it connected its 1000hp TS040 hybrid race car to a roomful of appliances to cook breakfast for 171 people by driving the equivalent of a single LeMans lap. More here.

This single-purpose appliance combines an X/Y plotter mechanism with an electric pancake griddle, allowing you to sketch fanciful pancake designs on your computer, then upload them via SD card to literally print your breakfast.

We first spotted Chris Dimino’s keyboard waffle iron when it was an object in an art exhibit. Thanks to popular demand, it’s being turned into an actual product. All we can say is it’s way better than the touchscreen waffle maker.

We’ve seen an Egg McMuffin machine before, but this new model from Hamilton Beach lets you cook two english muffin and egg sandwiches at the same time. Perfect for couples, or really big appetites. Available August 2014.

New York pastry chef Dominique Ansel has invented this epic new breakfast treat which combines the flakiness of a croissant with the sugary toppings, fillings and shape of a donut. One bakers dozen now, please!

Does simply folding food in half make it a taco? If you’re Taco Bell, it does. And besides, the idea of a waffle with sausage, egg and maple syrup sounds good to us. Currently only in test markets, but you can always make your own.

Say goodbye to the Egg McMuffin, and hello to homemade with this contraption from Hamilton Beach, which makes the perfect breakfast sammie using a fresh egg and ingredients of your choice.

As much as we loved the 3-in-1 Breakfast Station, it doesn’t really make waffles or omelets very well. Here’s the OTHER kitchen appliance you need, which can do both – at the same time.

Nostalgia Electrics’ charming 3-in-1 Breakfast Station is great for making quick meals. It has a mini toaster oven, 4-cup coffeemaker and a built-in grill with a removable non-stick hot plate.

(PG-13: Language) Mac Lethal’s killer cover of Chris Breezy’s Look at Me Now, with lyrics slightly tweaked to reflect the fact that its being performed at the same time he’s cooking breakfast.

If you’d rather not buy entire bags of pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers, pluck out the yummy marshmallows yourself, with Tom Lombardi’s ingenious 3D printed gadget.