# Other ways to eat Nabisco shredded wheat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287 "2019-10-05T00:02:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flaming\_yawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/1 "2019-10-05T00:02:10Z")
Those large size Nabisco shredded wheats are fine with milk and a sprinkle of sugar, I often ate for breakfast as a kid when all the cheerios or rice krispies were gone. I was wondering if anyone did anything else with them. My bestie from back then told me her family soaked them in hot coffee, drained them then melted butter on them then sugar and milk If I recall correctly… anyone else do something different with them? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/2 "2019-10-05T00:17:05Z")
I’ve had them with hot milk and sugar. Quite tasty! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/3 "2019-10-05T00:18:00Z")
Dang, that’s breakfast and a biskit too, all in one. I remember a healthy cookie made with them. Don’t know of a recipe offhand. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/4 "2019-10-05T01:02:55Z")
It makes a good bread. I don’t have my mom’s recipe. Here’s a easy one. [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.almanac.com/recipe/shredded-wheat-bread%3Famp](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.almanac.com/recipe/shredded-wheat-bread%3famp) ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/5 "2019-10-05T01:38:19Z")
I’ve coarsely chopped them up and used them instead of Rice Crispies in treats. They’re dense but tasty. The small, sugar frosted ones are very nice as a sweet component in a savory snack mix. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/6 "2019-10-05T02:40:42Z")
We would toast them in the oven with a pat of butter on top. One of my favorite breakfast foods. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/7 "2019-10-05T02:57:12Z")
My mom poured boiling water over them, let them sit a minute, and drain. Sugar and milk, maybe cinnamon sugar, dee-licious. Just this morning I saw a cooking show using them in a baklava-type dessert. I don’t know the name, but if you find a baklava recipe, the shredded wheat recipe is somewhere nearby. Anyone remember the giant Nabisco shredded wheat sign on the factory that was in Niagara Falls years ago? ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/8 "2019-10-05T03:38:17Z")
As a kid I ate them with peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/9 "2019-10-05T03:43:05Z")
Step 1: feed Shredded Wheat to pig Step 2: details I don’t need to describe Step 3: eat bacon ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/10 "2019-10-05T03:49:21Z")
1.serve them to unwanted guests 2 stuff the mattress with the rest ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/11 "2019-10-05T04:28:52Z")
Gma used to crumble them up a bit for me and mix them with bite size chunks of peach before adding milk when they were in season when I would spend the night. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/12 "2019-10-05T12:32:05Z")
You can clean your pots with them. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/13 "2019-10-05T16:07:25Z")
Fry in melted butter. Lots of melted butter. Put on plate and pour melted buter over them. This works on damn near any food. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/14 "2019-10-05T18:29:55Z")
Dip them in Nutella? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/15 "2019-10-05T19:54:46Z")
Crack them in half carefully along the seam, with a fork. There will be a fair amount of “loose straw”, but you can lay it onto the two intact shells. Lay them open and put slices of sharp cheddar on the inside surfaces (which are now facing up). Salt lightly, add a couple shakes of tabasco if you wish. Melt in broiler, in the oven. ---
**Author:** ![flaming\_yawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/16 "2019-10-09T17:48:36Z")
going to look into the backlava recipe… yum ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/17 "2019-10-10T04:17:29Z")
I liked mine in the cupboard, where I would (not) contemplate them while eating a breakfast of eggs, bacon/sausage/corned beef hash, and toast. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/18 "2019-10-19T01:26:12Z")
My wife soaks them in egg and fries them just like French toast. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-ways-to-eat-nabisco-shredded-wheat/841287/19 "2019-10-19T03:39:52Z")
I always had them with butter and hot milk poured over. Dennis