I tried the bizarre ice cube and cereal trend that is taking over Twitter - and it's not as weird as you'd think

Move over peas and guacamole, there's a new culinary combination sweeping the internet: cereal and ice cubes. 

The trend germinated when Twitter user @Vidarrina posted a tweet in June asking if anybody else enjoyed eating cereal served over milk with ice in it, Yahoo News UK reports.

Since then, the message was retweeted over 1,000 times. Many people have replied in support of adding cubes to your daily breakfast bowl.

Here's a look at the tweet. 

 Not everyone on Twitter has been supportive of the ice cube phenomenon.

Many users think the combination is ridiculous. 

Intrigued, I decided to try it for myself. I was concerned that the ice cubes would just water down the milk, making the cereal soggy and effectively ruining a perfectly good breakfast. I started by adding two ice cubes to my morning bowl of cereal and 1% milk. 

Here's what it looked like.

 

 

At first, I didn't notice a difference in the temperature of the milk or cereal.  It tasted like any bowl of cereal served with refrigerated milk.  

So I added five more cubes to my bowl. 

 

 

Those extra cubes made all the difference and the milk got noticeably colder. 

It wasn't a totally life-changing experience, but it was nice to eat a bowl of cereal where the milk stayed cold the entire time. Plus, drinking the leftover milk in the bowl was much more enjoyable since it hadn't warmed to room temperature while I ate. 

As for my concern about watered down milk, it wasn't a problem. The cereal didn't get as soggy as I had expected. The ice melted somewhat at first. But much like a glass of ice water, once the milk chilled a bit, the melting slowed. This gave me plenty of time to enjoy my breakfast. 

 

 

One of my coworkers keenly observed that you could make your own milk cubes, if you were really concerned about the ice diluting your milk. 

My cereal of choice was not particularly sweet and I used 1% milk.  I imagine a more sugary option, like Lucky Charms or Fruity Pebbles, served with whole milk, might feel a bit like eating ice cream for breakfast. 

While the ice cube trend may have gained gained social-media popularity in recent months, people have been talking about this breakfast hack for years - even famous people like Jennifer Hudson back in 2009.

 

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