Madison Malone Kircher
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.
Am I the only one that can't eat cereal without ice cubes?!! ?????? pic.twitter.com/jr0erHJTvu
- corrina (@Vidarrina) June 11, 2015
Many users think the combination is ridiculous.
All y'all putting ice cubes in your cereal are nuts
- Kim Lockhart (@kimlockhartga) July 9, 2015
The people who eat cereal with ice cubes are savages, all savages.
- Brenton Marcum (@brentonmarcum) July 9, 2015
Here's what it looked like.
Madison Malone Kircher
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.
Madison Malone Kircher
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.
Madison Malone Kircher
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.
@fourfifteen cuz I can't stand warm milk . I always put 3 to 5 ice cubes in my cereal.
- Jennifer Hudson (@IAMJHUD) July 22, 2009