Tim Hortons and Post Cereals have collaborated to create Timbits Cereal in Canada. It is mind blowing but I’m so excited to have Tim Hortons part of my morning cereal routine. From quick research online, it looks like there are 2 flavours – chocolate glazed and birthday cake. We were only able to find the Birthday Cake version.
Where to find them
I’ve been hunting for this cereal and my friend spotted the Timbits Cereal Birthday Cake at Costco in a whopping 1kg box. In particular, this was at the Port Coquitlam Costco as the other Costco locations in Burnaby and Vancouver did not carry it. I tried looking at a few other local grocery stores but no luck either. Seems like this has been one of the first sightings on the West Coast.
You can find the 1kg Timbits Cereal Birthday Cake in the cereal aisle. It costs $8.99 per box.
**Update** Both Timbits Cereal Birthday and Chocolate Glazed can now be found at Safeway, Sobeys, and Fresh Co. across Canada at select locations in 326g boxes.
What’s inside the box
Inside the box, there are 2 x 500g packets of all the little ‘birthday cake timbits’.
At 500g per bag, it’s pretty big, but then again, it’s Costco. I’m sure smaller boxes will be rolling out to grocery store shelves soon. I just couldn’t wait, so I got this big box.
Taste Test
When you pour it out of the box, there is a strong vanilla aroma reminiscent of Birthday Cake. As we ate this with milk, the vanilla is strong with a buttery finish. It does taste like birthday cake, so they got that spot on.
It’s on the sweeter side of cereal, but not as sweet as Lucky Charms. If you’re a Tim Hortons fan, this is worth a try, but I don’t think you’ll be switching your usual cereal over to this.
Once you’re done the cereal, you specks on confetti is in the milk and the cereal gives it a nice sweet finish.
Nutrition Facts
Final Thoughts
This is a fun item for Tim Hortons fans to see the iconic Timbits turned into cereal. Seriously, who wouldn’t want that? Canadians have been wanting to get their hands on this cereal, but it doesn’t seem to be rolling out to all major grocery stores yet. Perhaps its because it’s December or they’re just testing the market. Nonetheless, this might make an appearance soon to grocery store shelves.
If you’re looking for fun ways to utilize the cereal, someone suggested making marshmallow square out of this, just like how you would make rice crispy squares. It would seem great to have Timbits cereal bars.
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I just found out about these. Are they basically just vanilla-flavoured Corn Pops with specks? I’ll have to track these down…
They’re sold out at the PoCo Costco, but I still found them at Langley Costco. They also sell them in regular size boxes at Tim Horton’s and Safeway.
Looks and sounds like shit. Tim Hortons have enough money. I’m not giving those greedy bastards any of mine.
I dont see wheat listed. I dont even see may contain wheat. Is this by chance gluten-free #celiac
They’re at Safeway. Both flavors
Seriously its just another ceral box of sugar