Thank you all for your input. I will continue on with the plan. These mornings are weird that's for sure.
And in case anyone was wondering, much akin to school aged children, Cookie Crisps are irresistible to racoons.
I was the odd kid that didn’t care for Cookie Crisp…still makes me cringe slightly as one time my mother bought an insane number of Cookie Crisp (or it seemed to my kids mind) bc it was on sale. She refused to buy any other cereal until Cookie Crisp was gone…long enough for me to still shake my head when I pass the Cookie Crisp section in the grocery. My kids have never been fed Cookie Crisp purely based on my kid experience. That aside, coons around here find mini marshmallows quite delightful.