The Best Weetbix Recipes - VJ Cooks (2024)

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How to make Weetbix taste better? ›

Creamy yoghurt, sweet peaches, and a crunchy topping make for a special breakfast treat! Your breakfast options with Weet-Bix are only limited by your imagination. Here's a delicious tropical mix. Try layering Weet-Bix with warm apple and berries for a delicious winter brekkie idea – Hot Weet-Bix breakfast crumble.

' 'Whole with either a little bit of hot water and then cold milk or just cold milk then either honey or yoghurt on the top,' another said. A third added: 'Leave them whole, soak with hot water, sprinkle with honey, pour on milk and eat before they soak up all the milk'.

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The choice between the two may depend on personal taste and dietary requirements. Porridge made from rolled oats, steel cut oats etc. is much better for you. Oats are a whole grain and have many proven health benefits. Be careful to avoid 'instant oats', and products with added ingredients such as sugars etc.

A survey of 2,000 adults, who enjoy the popular cereal brand, found that almost three-quarters (72%) like to pour cold milk over their Weetabix – with just 27% opting to heat the liquid up. Almost a fifth (18%) would rather tuck in while it is still crunchy, although 33% prefer to let theirs go soggy.

Based on our investigations, it appears the best way to eat your Weetabix is with cold milk and bananas.

How do you eat your Weetabix? Fans have had their say on whether it's better with hot or cold milk – and the results take the biscuit. A poll, of 2,000 consumers of the popular breakfast, have had crunch talks, and the majority (72 per cent) like it with cold milk.

A healthier option is to switch to an unsweetened cereal, like cornflakes or puffed rice, and add some fruit for sweetness that counts towards your five-a-day. A 30g serving contains: Energy 478kJ / 113kcal, 6% of your RI. Fat 0.2g, 0% of your RI.

Is there a difference between Weet-Bix and Weetabix? ›

Produced in the UK since 1932, Weetabix is the British version of the original Australian Weet-Bix. Both Weet-Bix and Weetabix were invented by Bennison Osborne, an Australian.

Mildly sweet, slightly malty flavoured, and extremely soggy. Nothing else tastes quite like a bowl of wheetabix. If the sogginess is offensive you can put butter on them and use them like a fat cracker.

Weet-Bix is a good source of B vitamins including B1 (thiamin), B2 (riboflavin) and B3 (niacin) for energy, as part of a balanced diet. Weet-Bix is high in folate! This B vitamin helps support healthy blood cells and immune system, fights fatigue and maintains a healthy mind, in combination with a balanced diet.

If you want to add sweetness to unsweetened wholegrain cereal, add whole fruit (fresh/frozen/canned in juice/dried) which adds natural sweetness plus fibre, vitamins and minerals rather than adding table sugar, other sugars such as brown or coconut, honey or syrups which adds sweetness but little else.

A spokesman for the breakfast brand said: “Weetabix has always been versatile in how it can be enjoyed. Having been around for over 90 years, our position is there is no right or wrong way – hot or cold are both delicious.”

Alongside the classic 'two Weet-Bix with milk', Aussies love topping them with fruits, nuts, seeds and spreads, blending them into smoothies and even dipping them in yoghurt. Served hot or cold — good either way.