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Subject: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: cinnabon on 04/30/08 at 8:18 pm
One of my favorite breakfast cereals when I was a kid was called Krazy Kow - it was similar to Cocoa Puffs except the milk turned chocolatey when you poured it in.
I also remember when Cracker Jack came out with a breakfast cereal in 1984, which was caramel coated Kix-like corn puffs and just like the Cracker Jack popcorn there was a surprise toy inside the box.
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: nally on 04/30/08 at 8:36 pm
I remember "Addams Family" cereal which was around in late 1991/early 1992, when the movie of the same name came out. It contained a lot of sugar, as I recall.
Around the same time, there was an "Urkel O's" cereal based on Steve Urkel, a character from the sitcom Family Matters.
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: apollonia1986 on 05/07/08 at 7:45 pm
Urkel O's was a real cereal? I never knew that!
Once retro cereal I've been dying to get my hands on is Qwisp. (Quisp?) I saw them talking about it on Food Network and it looked interesting.
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: nally on 05/12/08 at 4:40 pm
Urkel O's was a real cereal? I never knew that!
Yes, there was even a TV advert for it, with Jaleel White as his Steve Urkel character.
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: audkal on 05/12/08 at 4:54 pm
Hidden Treasures, hands-down. I think they came out in like '94/'95 but were only around for like a year.
http://www.x-entertainment.com/cerealprizeproject/group014/3.jpg
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 05/12/08 at 6:51 pm
I remember Mr. T once had his own cereal.
It was Cap'n Crunch that was shaped like the letter "T." ;D
http://www.westportlibrary.org/teenblog/images/t_cereal.jpg
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: ADH13 on 05/12/08 at 7:41 pm
My favorite was S'mores Crunch.
There was also one called Dinky Donuts.
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 05/12/08 at 7:51 pm
Cookie Crisp used to have a vanilla sugar cookie flavor that I really liked but didn't last long.
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: flygirl on 06/29/08 at 11:25 pm
remember Krispy Kritters? they were a band of wierd looking animals whose leader would always end the commercial saying, "Ah cha cha cha!"
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/30/08 at 3:29 pm
I miss Strawberry Shortcake Cereal.
Smurf Berry Chrunch was good too.
Does anyone remember the cereal "Grins, Smiles, Giggles and Laughs"?
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: whistledog on 06/30/08 at 4:43 pm
I remember Mr. T once had his own cereal.
It was Cap'n Crunch that was shaped like the letter "T." ;D
http://www.westportlibrary.org/teenblog/images/t_cereal.jpg
I remember that. Used to eat it all the time.
Others I loved ...
C-3PO's
http://www.thickets.net/toren/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/c3po.jpg
Pac-Man
http://www.firlapalooza.com/Images/Misc/Pac-Man_Cereal_Box.jpg
Nintendo Cereal System
http://www.zeldaelements.net/games_main/1/merchandise/loz_cereal_2.jpg
Ice Cream Cones
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/justking81/Articles/Ice20Cream20Cones20Thumbs.gif
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: Reynolds1863 on 06/30/08 at 4:45 pm
I remember that. Used to eat it all the time.
Others I loved ...
C-3PO's
http://www.thickets.net/toren/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/c3po.jpg
Pac-Man
http://www.firlapalooza.com/Images/Misc/Pac-Man_Cereal_Box.jpg
Nintendo Cereal System
http://www.zeldaelements.net/games_main/1/merchandise/loz_cereal_2.jpg
Ice Cream Cones
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/justking81/Articles/Ice20Cream20Cones20Thumbs.gif
Pac-Man cereal was awesome!!!
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: apollonia1986 on 06/30/08 at 5:02 pm
I remember the Ice Cream cones cereal. I didn't like it. 8-P
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: Tanya1976 on 07/01/08 at 10:18 pm
I remember Mr. T once had his own cereal.
It was Cap'n Crunch that was shaped like the letter "T." ;D
http://www.westportlibrary.org/teenblog/images/t_cereal.jpg
That was some damn good cereal. I pity the fool who thinks otherwise.
I remember that. Used to eat it all the time.
Others I loved ...
C-3PO's
http://www.thickets.net/toren/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/c3po.jpg
Pac-Man
http://www.firlapalooza.com/Images/Misc/Pac-Man_Cereal_Box.jpg
Nintendo Cereal System
http://www.zeldaelements.net/games_main/1/merchandise/loz_cereal_2.jpg
Ice Cream Cones
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m276/justking81/Articles/Ice20Cream20Cones20Thumbs.gif
Ice Cream Cones rocked!
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: whistledog on 07/03/08 at 8:51 pm
That was some damn good cereal. I pity the fool who thinks otherwise.
;D
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: GoodRedShirt on 07/03/08 at 9:04 pm
Oh man, none of those look partiicularly healthy. lol. Probably better off just having a bar of chocolate for breakfast. Same health value, and cheaper! ;D
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: whistledog on 07/03/08 at 9:42 pm
Oh man, none of those look partiicularly healthy. lol. Probably better off just having a bar of chocolate for breakfast. Same health value, and cheaper! ;D
Not many of them were. The actual cereal itself in most of them was nutritious, but that's excluding the marshmallows and chocolatey/vanilla or sugar coating ;D
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: Reynolds1863 on 07/03/08 at 10:05 pm
http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0932/teaser.jpg
http://www3.telus.net/gizzypooh/bwwss/clipart/ss_cereal.jpg
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: whistledog on 07/04/08 at 8:05 pm
^ I remember those. Smurfberry Crunch was great! 8)
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: cinnabon on 07/08/08 at 4:17 pm
There was also Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr cereal in 1983.
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: Ashkicksass on 07/10/08 at 9:17 pm
http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0932/teaser.jpg
Smurf Berry Crunch.
The greatest cereal that mankind has ever known.
:\'(
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: gemini on 07/11/08 at 5:32 pm
Freakies rocked! 8)
http://theimaginaryworld.com/box1313.jpg
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: Cynthia on 08/01/08 at 11:19 am
Freakies rocked! 8)
http://theimaginaryworld.com/box1313.jpg
My mom still has the green freaky fridge magnet that is on the front of this box (we had the orange one as well - but I tore the arms off of it sometime). Wow I forgot about Freakies - I had been thinking the magnets were from quisp cereal. My other favorite. But you are right Freakies did rock - I remember sitting around the breakfast table in a sleep induced trance reading the box. I would have never remembered this till you posted this picture. Thanks
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: audkal on 08/01/08 at 4:48 pm
Freakies rocked! 8)
http://theimaginaryworld.com/box1313.jpg
I like how it says "The crunchy, sugary, fortified breakfast cereal"
No cereal would ever boast about being "sugary" these days. ;D
Subject: Re: Short-Lived Breakfast Cereals of the Past
Written By: Stompgal on 08/04/08 at 11:04 am
When I was a child, Lucky Charms cereal was available in the UK. I also liked a cereal from my teens called Bart Simpson's No Problem-Os. I haven't seen any of these cereals for a long time.