McCANN'S Instant Irish Oatmeal, Variety Pack of Regular, Apples & Cinnamon, and Maple & Brown Sugar, 10-Count Boxes (Pack of 6)

I love McCanns Irish oatmeal so much that I buy it in three different cooking methods. My son and I usually have it for breakfast as it is very beneficial to our health. I make the easy cooking version and the steel cut oat version. My son like the different flavors of the instant oatmeal. So we are fans of this brand!

I had been buying Quakers Instant Oatmeal and liked it except for the lack of texture after cooking it. Seems more like a mush than a real cooked oatmeal. So I tried the McCann's brand of Instant Irish Oatmeal and really like it better. I take one of the packets of Regular (which has no sweetener in it) and cook it with one of the Apple or Maple packets. Cuts down on the sugar and to me, tastes better when it's not so sweet. Before popping in the microwave, I toss in a handful of raisins and it's a great filling breakfast. Seems the packets are a bit bigger than the Quacker packets. Or perhaps when it cooks up, maybe just seems to be a fuller bowl. Haven't checked the weights... it just seems to make more than the Quacker brand. I like that it has a real oatmeal texture upon cooking it.

McCann's makes oatmeal for every oatmeal connoisseur, whether one likes it from the raw pellet state that cooks for half an hour, to the sloth addled instant, which can be done in the microwave for under three minutes. It's all good, that's for sure, and the beauty of the instant variety is that it is available in different flavors as well as regular.This variety pack allows different tastes to be explored, as well as giving you a chance to experience the difference between McCann's and other well-known oatmeals. What I personally like about McCann's is that it cooks up thicker and with more body than the top brand here in America. The Apples & Cinnamon, though, tends to be a little liquidy so you may want to experiment with the amount of water you add. In my 1300watt microwave the oatmeal cooks up in about one minute and twenty-seven seconds, so you should also watch that to get a handle on how much time and water to use.The only bad thing -- if you can consider it a bad thing -- about this offering is that you have to buy in lot so you'll end up with six ten-count boxes. This is good if you have a whole family of oatmeal-eaters, but if you're a single person alone -- well, love oatmeal.

This is very good, hearty, not too sweet instant oatmeal. I like to keep a couple of boxes in the house for quick and easy breakfasts, and found a very good coupon deal on Amazon. I am not normally a fan of instant, usually too soft and mushy (pasty? glue-y?) but this has a nice firm texture even after cooking.

Our second order for McCann's Instant Irish Oatmeal is a terrible disappointment. The new "Richer Texture" is anything but an improvement over the product we ordered just six weeks previously. The January order had a pleasing texture and a great taste. The "NEW" product has the taste . . . . After three more trials to be sure it was not our mistake in how it was prepared the remaining fifty some servings are in the garbage. Really too bad they had to "fix" a great product. Perhaps the problem is that it is no longer a product of Ireland explains it best. A great corporate decision! NOT

This is the same stuff you can buy at the big box stores. There is nothing healthy about it. It is just carbs and sugars. Save your money and get something that at least has some taste.

The variety packs taste great!I have them every morning. At $0.30 cents per meal, I don't understand why everyone on earth isn't buying this stuff up.Maple and brown sugar is terrific, followed by apples and cinnamon, followed by regular. You don't get tired of the same ole thing, and they taste great.I just boil water from a small pot, empty the packet or 2 in a bowl, pour in boiling water, and watch it expand to 2x its size!Taste really good and takes minutes to prepare.Not sure why everyone on earth isn't this. Convenient, healthy, very quick, excellent quality, and extremely cheap...

For an instant oatmeal, this is pretty good. I compared the Apple Cinnamon flavor to the same flavor from Quaker Oats and McCann's has a tiny bit less sugar and a tiny bit more fiber. The taste is drastically better though and tastes more like real, non-instant, oatmeal.