Cereals you miss from childhood

[dolo amber]

Although I can still put a hurtin' on some Lucky Charms or Honeycombs, I really really miss these 2...








(I think they might still make Kaboom, but I never see it anymore :()

Freakies always had a free "Freakie" inside, man those were some weird looking little critters. I'm sure at some point I had 3 or 4 complete sets. I remember Kaboom had this distinctly lemon-y taste to it, and I always turned the boxes around, because even happy cereal clowns are kinda creepy...

Yours? :hi:

[7th_Sephiroth]

1. couple of product tie-in cereals from the 80's i liked

the shostbusters cereal with the holo cards and the dual cereal super mario/zelda mmm mmmm i wish they still made that

[bucknaked]

2. lol! All the generid cereals from the late 80's

...as we grew up broke as hell!

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

3. Kaboom! Wow, worst cereal ever!

There was so much sugar in Kaboom (something like 50% or more) that it triggered the late 70s congressional investigation into the nutritional claims made by RTE (ready to eat) cereal manufacturers, which ultimately led to the nutritional labeling of all packaged foods.

I'm older and the cereals I remember are Post Crispy Critters - "the one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals" - and Kellogg's OKs, which tasted kind of like sugar-sweetened cardboard. There was another cereal with a Hawaiian theme, the name of which eludes me but the advertising showed the cereal blasting out of a volcano, I guess cuz it was puffed.

Speaking of puffed cereals, who recalls when Puffed Wheat was advertised as "the cereal shot from guns"? They used Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture in the ads. Tell me I'm not the only one who remembers this.

[louis-t]

7. You aren't, I remember all of these (sigh).

I also remember BucWheats, and when Corn Pops were called Sugar Pops (are tops!), Sugar Bear (can't get enough of that Sugar Crisp), I remember when Honeycomb actually tasted good, Cap'n Crunch, Count Chocula and Frankenberry, New Country Corn Flakes (please buy our Corn Flakes, they're made with corn). Somebody stop, me ahm gonna cry.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

14. merciful heavens, I'd forgotten New Country Corn Flakes

With the dead-on portrayal of Grant Woods' "American Gothic" for the visual, and the two of 'em singing.

Yeah, there used to be Sugar Pops, and Sugar Smacks, and Sugar Crisp. Mom would buy the healthier Cheerios, Wheaties or Corn Flakes and every once in a great while would get one box of presweetened cereal, which we emptied immediately.

[villager]

9. Puffa Puffa Rice!

That was the Hawaiian cereal -- volcano on box -- right?

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

10. Yeah, that was it!

With the Hawaiian guys on surfboards singing "o-ceans of en-er-geeee." Very silly. Good memory on ya! :)

[villager]

18. actually, not so much memory...

I came across 'em while surfing for a still-unfound image of a Team flakes box!

[EstimatedProphet]

4. I loved Freakies!

Always seemed to remind me of Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

I also liked Quisp and Quake...remember them?

[BrotherBuzz]

5. The buzzword in my day was sugar!

The more the better! Sadly, the use of sugar in the brand label has become politicaly incorrect. Mmmm, cold cereal, milk, sugar, and B&W television. Life was grad in the '50's. Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

[camero]

6. Franken Berries

I don't know if they're still around. I don't see them.

[villager]

8. Team Flakes!

The definitive four-grain flake from Nabisco! Grandma used to serve up bowls with half n' half on 'em!

[Mr. Socko]

11. I never heard of those two...

but I do miss the Ghostbusters cereals.

[Mz Pip]

12. Sugar Corn Pops

Yummy.

MzPip
:dem:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

25. "Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops...

Sugar Pops are tops."

"Aww, ya turned me sweet." ;7

[carpetbagger]

35. Super Sugar Crisp.

I guess they just don't package cereal like they used to.

[mitchum]

13. King Vitamin...

"Have breakfast with the king..." As much sugar as Cap'n Crunch. Mmmm...

I also enjoyed Kaboom.

[leftist_rebel1569]

15. Anybody remember Mini Buns?

They were this cereal I absolutely loved when I was a little kid. They stopped making them about 6 or 7 years ago, and it made me sad. Now that I think about it, I would kill for another box of those :P

[scarlet_owl]

16. Mr. T cereal.

We only had it once when we were kids, but I'll never forget how good it was.

[lucidmadman]

17. Jets...

...Kix just drenched in sugar....

[Whitacre D_WI]

19. Colombian Flake.

God, I miss that shit.

[dolo amber]

26. Man!

Those were the days, eh?

*sigh*

:P

[underpants]

20. Cookie Crisp!!!!

Wit the wizard on the box. More than enough sugar to get you through "smear the queer" and enough to get you to lunch.

[tishaLA]

31. THAT's the one I was trying to remember.

Thanks

[SarahB]

21. My mom was the crunchy granola type

We were never allowed to eat "those" kind of cereals. I used to eat raisin bran, cracklin' oat bran, and if I was really, really lucky, I'd get some cinnamon Life.

[jsw_81]

22. Marshmallow rice crispies; I haven’t seen those in years

[Philosophy]

23. Choco Crack

Sugar rush plus a cocaine high! Talk about a morning pick-me-up! You won't even be able to blink until noon. :evilgrin:

[gmoney]

24. Urkel-O's

I saw a box of those in a grocery in Columbus OH (Test market capital of the world) back in the late 80s. Yes, that's Urkel from the TV show. I think it was a Quaker brand, so I think it was just circular Cap'n Crunch.

Wish I'd bought a box and saved the package... why, I don't know.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

27. Sugar Jets

:7

[MrSlayer]

28. Pac Man and Donkey Kong

[fleetus]

29. I still remember the jingle from PacMan cereal...

It amazes me that I remember it to this day:

You can do it, you can do the Pac Man!
Pac Man cereal you can open wide,
Gobble up the ghosts that are hiding inside!
Red... Orange... Pink... and Blue,
Gobble up the ghosts before they gobble up you!
You can do it, you can do the Pac Man!

[dolo amber]

32. Wow

That's impressively disturbing. :wow:

;) :D

[Deja Q]

30. OMG! The mental block has been lifted!

Pac Man, Silver Spoons, Punky Brewster, Ronald Reagan, other nightmarish things from the 1980s... HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Norbert]

33. Crispy Critters

"The one and only cereal that comes in the shapes of animals."

[Norbert]

34. Kellogs OKs

Well I only half miss them sonce you can still get the "O" part of OKs in Cheerios.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

36. Kellogg's OKs

with Big Otis on the box.

[mac56]

37. For some reason, Big Otis was a Scotsman.

I always wanted it to be Otis Redding.

[Spirochete]

38. The one and only cereal

that comes in the shape of animals...

Crispy Critters

I liked Quisp and Quake too. Alphabits occasionally.

[KittyWampus]

39. Peanut Butter Captain Crunch

was really good... they still make them.

There's even a Whole food version called Peanut Butter Bumpers ( IIRC).

I try to watch my budget so don't spend on boxed, heavily processed cereal.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

40. Quisp 'n' Quake. I am older than you all!

Also:
Capn' Crunch (always a classic)
Peanut Butter Crunch
Cocoa Pebbles
Super Sugar Crisps (?) w/ Sugar Bear

[tinrobot]

43. Not me...

I always had to have Quisp.

My sister had Quake.

I'm surprised my mom actually bought us separate boxes when we were kids.

Here's a factoid - Quisp & Quake (and Cap'n Crunch) were designed by Jay Ward, who also created Rocky & Bullwinkle, George of the Jungle, etc...

[WillyBrandt]

41. Mario Bros Cereal

[Doc_Technical]

42. Rice Crinkles

I think it was produced by Kelloggs.
It's animated spokesperson was a chinese
fellow named So Hi.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

44. Yah, they were So High when they came up with that campaign...