None. My mom had a strict policy: no more than 10 grams of sugar per serving. (Honey nut Cheerios were the exception, but weâd mix them with regular Cheerios.)
As a child this bummed me out, but i learned to read labels.
As an older adolescent i overdid my consumption of sugary cereals in college.
As an adult i know i need something more than empty carbs for breakfast.
Rocky Road is correctly listed first, as it was several standard deviations better than Pac-Man, which has all the roof of mouth destroying power of Cap'n Crunch, even more milk-coloring 'marshmallows' than Lucky Charms, but a quarter of the flavor of either. It was a lesson in painful disappointment.
I have never heard of Crazy Cow, but the box art leads me to believe that General Mills knew they had a stinker on their hands, so they spent as little as possible on the packaging.
Loved them. They were real hard. But got slimy on the outside when in milk. Whatâs weird is, they came out like 10 years after the muppets were peak. I was into the muppets because I had nostalgia of them, yes I had nostalgia at age 9 of being 3 or so. Muppets reminded me of before my parents got divorced. Anyways, I was super into the Swedish chef and then all the sudden they came out with Swedish chef cereal !!!??? Whoah ! I loved it.
Right? I couldn't wrap my head around why they came out when they did, but yeah, I liked how they were different in milk than anything else - good memory!Â
Swedish chef is so random too. Youâd think they would do a top tier muppet like frosted Gonzos or something. The chef was definitely an ancillary character.
That dang Ice Cream Cones jingle won't ever delete itself from my headspace all these years.
I need an eternal sunshine of the mind wipe of that dude Ice Cream Jones.
The sugary cereals thing is another xennial hallmark.
It goes with the cancelling protection on advertising to children. But it created a pretty safe dynamic... Mom's going to buy cereal anyways, let's load a free toy in there... win/win.
Add on to that each serving size was essentially a candy bar of sugar. The whole market became super lucrative.
You had obvious companies with long standing brands like General Mills and Kellogs. But the fun one is Ralston Purina... the straight up dog food manufacturers. The market became SO lucrative, they set aside a portion of their business to get in on it.
They didn't have any recognizable brands like Frosted Flakes or Rice Kripsies... so they partnered with whatever gimmicky fad... this is how we got Mr. T cereal, the Nintendo Cereal System, etc.
Just kind of a wonderful weird blip for 10 years that we all experienced first hand where the cereal aisle was turned into this magical candy/toy store aisle
Xennials are so nostalgic, the cereal companies should do like limited time retro cereals. People would love it. It works with the monster cereals around Halloween. I remember going to the store one day because my pregnant wife had a craving for frankenberry. They didnât have it ! They only sell it starting in September! The fuck ? Anyways yeah, if they one day just busted out with gremlins cereal, Star Wars, and Batman, but only for like 2 months. It would totally lure me in. And weâd probably learn a lot of the cereals werenât as good as we remember.
I had a few of them! My grandparents always had something like these for us. Ice Cream Cones, Smurf-Berry, Nerds, Dunkin Donuts, and Pac Man are the ones I remember most.
I don't think I had any of those. My family gravitated more towards the cereals that were probably just as sugary, but disguised themselves like Honey Nut Cheerios, Golden Grahams, Honey Bunches of Oats, and stuff like that.
I remember some of these. I also remember how gross. The Nintendo cereal was. It was like eating card board. It was also the same gross formula used in the also the Gi Joe cereal and C3PO'S.
This is what sucked about growing up in Canada back then. We didn't have most of these. Pacman cereal was my favourite, and I remember smurfberry crunch also being awesome. But I've never heard of most of these :(
Rocky Road cereal was basically a sugar heist disguised as breakfast. Those chocolate marshmallows had no business hitting that hard. And the radio on the box? Picked up nothing but static and disappointment. Still miss it though. Modern cereal is just sadness in a bowl.
HereWeFuckingGooo@reddit
As an Australian I have to say American cereals are terrifying. They're literally just confectionery.
Pnmamouf1@reddit
I wanted that NES cereal so bad as a kid
VashMM@reddit
Nah. We would get Captain Crunch, Fruity Pebbles, Raisin Bran or Cheerios.
I think we maybe got the Nintendo cereal once. But that might be bad memory.
Primary-Strawberry-5@reddit
I would chow down on a whole box of that Nerds cereal in one sitting
therealpopkiller@reddit
missnickypearl@reddit
This one. Damn theme song is still stuck in my head.
strong_as_the_grass@reddit
Is that the one that went "Ah-cha-cha-cha!"
Hilsam_Adent@reddit
Jimmy Durante still being culturally relevant at the tail end of the '80s was bizarre.
eyelers@reddit
Ok Richie Rich. Name brand cereal? I would have fallen over if my mom would spend $2 on a box of cereal when she could get the imitation for $1.50.
MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit (OP)
The cereal in bags?? đ
Hilsam_Adent@reddit
The bag cereals nowadays often taste more like the originals did back then than the originals do now.
Store brand Cocoa Pebbles are super close to the '80s O.G. formula, whilst Post's formula is hot doo-doo.
Battle_Unicorn_3006@reddit
Memory unlocked, I had forgotten all about the Nintendo cereal
therealpopkiller@reddit
NIN-TEN-DO
Itâs for breakfast now!
NIN-TEN-DO
Itâs a cereal, wow!
Frequent_Alfalfa_347@reddit
None. My mom had a strict policy: no more than 10 grams of sugar per serving. (Honey nut Cheerios were the exception, but weâd mix them with regular Cheerios.)
As a child this bummed me out, but i learned to read labels.
As an older adolescent i overdid my consumption of sugary cereals in college.
As an adult i know i need something more than empty carbs for breakfast.
Yay mom!
Hilsam_Adent@reddit
Rocky Road is correctly listed first, as it was several standard deviations better than Pac-Man, which has all the roof of mouth destroying power of Cap'n Crunch, even more milk-coloring 'marshmallows' than Lucky Charms, but a quarter of the flavor of either. It was a lesson in painful disappointment.
I have never heard of Crazy Cow, but the box art leads me to believe that General Mills knew they had a stinker on their hands, so they spent as little as possible on the packaging.
ManWhoTalksToHisHand@reddit
The best themed children's cereal that I remember was the Swedish Chefs Magic Stars. The taste, crunch, etc was superior to most imo.Â
ouijahead@reddit
Loved them. They were real hard. But got slimy on the outside when in milk. Whatâs weird is, they came out like 10 years after the muppets were peak. I was into the muppets because I had nostalgia of them, yes I had nostalgia at age 9 of being 3 or so. Muppets reminded me of before my parents got divorced. Anyways, I was super into the Swedish chef and then all the sudden they came out with Swedish chef cereal !!!??? Whoah ! I loved it.
ManWhoTalksToHisHand@reddit
Right? I couldn't wrap my head around why they came out when they did, but yeah, I liked how they were different in milk than anything else - good memory!Â
ouijahead@reddit
Swedish chef is so random too. Youâd think they would do a top tier muppet like frosted Gonzos or something. The chef was definitely an ancillary character.
ManWhoTalksToHisHand@reddit
I thought the same thing at the time, but now because of the cereal he's a main character for me lol
Bajadasaurus@reddit
Oh, wow. Memory unlocked!
tiddymcdiddy@reddit
None. We only got that government cereal :(
Bajadasaurus@reddit
Bajadasaurus@reddit
Anyone remember these?
grapecityjammer@reddit
Nintendo! I remembered the taste as soon as I saw the picture. We didnât get it a lot. I remember my mom didnât was âexpensiveâ.
DazzlingBullfrog9@reddit
I can hear the commercial for the Smurfberry Crunch.
5ladyfingersofdeath@reddit
That dang Ice Cream Cones jingle won't ever delete itself from my headspace all these years. I need an eternal sunshine of the mind wipe of that dude Ice Cream Jones.
MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit (OP)
I don't remember
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E166wfxy21Y
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=58M8uAHmJEA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qOFN04QzyKs
AeonFluxIncapacitaor@reddit
Nerds, Rocky Road, and maybe Smurfs.
tettoffensive@reddit
The only one I remember is NintendoâŚitâs a cereal!
tvmediaguy@reddit
Omg!!! I totally forgot about crazy cow!!! Wow!!!
delphine1041@reddit
Omg the OJs
reddituserno9@reddit
My parents would never buy âjunkyâ cereal although we had Frosted Flakes and frosted mini wheats
supergooduser@reddit
The sugary cereals thing is another xennial hallmark.
It goes with the cancelling protection on advertising to children. But it created a pretty safe dynamic... Mom's going to buy cereal anyways, let's load a free toy in there... win/win.
Add on to that each serving size was essentially a candy bar of sugar. The whole market became super lucrative.
You had obvious companies with long standing brands like General Mills and Kellogs. But the fun one is Ralston Purina... the straight up dog food manufacturers. The market became SO lucrative, they set aside a portion of their business to get in on it.
They didn't have any recognizable brands like Frosted Flakes or Rice Kripsies... so they partnered with whatever gimmicky fad... this is how we got Mr. T cereal, the Nintendo Cereal System, etc.
Just kind of a wonderful weird blip for 10 years that we all experienced first hand where the cereal aisle was turned into this magical candy/toy store aisle
ouijahead@reddit
Xennials are so nostalgic, the cereal companies should do like limited time retro cereals. People would love it. It works with the monster cereals around Halloween. I remember going to the store one day because my pregnant wife had a craving for frankenberry. They didnât have it ! They only sell it starting in September! The fuck ? Anyways yeah, if they one day just busted out with gremlins cereal, Star Wars, and Batman, but only for like 2 months. It would totally lure me in. And weâd probably learn a lot of the cereals werenât as good as we remember.
westgazer@reddit
Rocky Road, the ice cream cones one and then the smurfberry cereal also seems familiar.
noidontwantto@reddit
remember when cereal had fun things inside?
MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit (OP)
Like Wacky Wall Walkers
noidontwantto@reddit
i can still smell them
DrMcJedi@reddit
Some say, theyâre still walking wackily to this very dayâŚ
DrMcJedi@reddit
See flair for details.
BlindMouse2of3@reddit
We got Cheerios and shredded wheat growing up and if we were lucky once in awhile honey bunches of oats or froot loops.
JakeJakeJaaake@reddit
I had a few of them! My grandparents always had something like these for us. Ice Cream Cones, Smurf-Berry, Nerds, Dunkin Donuts, and Pac Man are the ones I remember most.
catmom_422@reddit
There was a sâmores one with tiny marshmallows and graham cracker/chocolate squares. I was sad they stopped making it.
drrj@reddit
Iâve definitely had the Smurf Berries and Ice Cream Cones.
A couple of the others seem familiar but with that sort of fuzzy am I really remembering this or just imagining it quality so Iâm not sure.
DrewBaron80@reddit
I don't think I had any of those. My family gravitated more towards the cereals that were probably just as sugary, but disguised themselves like Honey Nut Cheerios, Golden Grahams, Honey Bunches of Oats, and stuff like that.
Nikkianne617@reddit
Same - until we moved away from our grandmotherâŚ
PlatypusDependent271@reddit
9,8,7 and 6
IronBobBerserker77@reddit
I remember some of these. I also remember how gross. The Nintendo cereal was. It was like eating card board. It was also the same gross formula used in the also the Gi Joe cereal and C3PO'S.
Electronic_Nobody826@reddit
The Nintendo cereal. I remember it came with 2 separate plastic bags for each cereal. My childhood mind remembers it tasting delicious.
tribbleorlfl@reddit
I was just thinking about Rocky Road the other day! For some reason, the free stickers of the Rocky Road characters were huge hits with my friends!
Clumsy_Ninja2@reddit
Smurf Berry Crunch!!
jivemasterjohn@reddit
Rocky Road, Pac Man, Ice Cream Cones, Smurf Berry Crunch, and Nintendo. Loved every one of them. Thank you for unlocking these memories
ouijahead@reddit
God I want some of that ice cream cereal. Nostalgia is a drug to xennials.
MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit (OP)
It wasn't that good
BayouLuLu@reddit
None of these. I always wanted the Barbie cereal but my dad refused to buy it.
What_Up_82@reddit
Rocky Road!! I love that shit. And my mom would let me eat bowl of it for an evening snack, lol.
Moons_of_Moons@reddit
Big ass bag of generic cheerios
Ill-Percentage-3276@reddit
I was telling my kids about ice cream cone cereal a while back and how much I loved it.
bwrobel12@reddit
Rocky road, Pac-Man, Smurf berry crunch, and Nintendo cereal I have had for sure. Rocky road I really enjoyed from what I remember.
castortroys01@reddit
This is what sucked about growing up in Canada back then. We didn't have most of these. Pacman cereal was my favourite, and I remember smurfberry crunch also being awesome. But I've never heard of most of these :(
Deep-Interest9947@reddit
Ice cream cones and rocky road were so good.
Obviously deserts and not a healthy breakfast, but still.
Pleasant_Sea180@reddit
I've cream cones were sooo good. Totally forgot about them
Jingoisticbell@reddit
I loved OJs and want them more than anything in the world right now!
Positron14@reddit
Rocky Road and Smurf Berry Crunch.
Tinkerfan57912@reddit
We had Frosted Flakes, Trix, and Cheerios
Kinda_Quixotic@reddit
Nerds Cereal! I think it even had a Nerds style top with a different flavor on the left and right.
Impossible_Bit7169@reddit
I miss KaBoom!
_buffy_summers@reddit
I think I had that ice cream cone cereal.
Nova7ryxeloria99@reddit
Rocky Road cereal was basically a sugar heist disguised as breakfast. Those chocolate marshmallows had no business hitting that hard. And the radio on the box? Picked up nothing but static and disappointment. Still miss it though. Modern cereal is just sadness in a bowl.
MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit (OP)
That was the best cereal of the bunch. It should be revived.