choose 3 cereals! | TheaterFire

Let me just say that I grew up in a house where we never had name brand anything. Just the big ass bulk bag of raisin bran, or whatever mom got from Grocery Outlet.

But in my first days of post HS freedom, with the (relative) millions of weekly dollars I got from my Hollywood Video paycheck, I definitely had a penchant for J. Pops, W. Honeycomb, and F. Lucky Charms.

Later when my waistline began to expand, I foolishly chose P. Mini Wheats and X. Special K and (no letter) Grape Nuts, not understanding it was all the same sugars in the cereal.

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jugdeesh@reddit

I also grew up without most of the cereals on your chart, except Cheerios and raisin bran. If I only got to choose three of the ones shown here, to eat for the rest of my life, I guess it would be the Cheerios raisin bran and honey bunches of oats.

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ant-master@reddit

honestly my favourite cereal is just plain cheerios, always has been even as a kid. but out of these, frosted flakes, corn chex (since it didn't specify), and frosted mini wheats.

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Funkopedia@reddit

Listen, I like weird cereals. Grape Nuts, Cracklin' Pay Bran, and the giant shredded wheat the size of a hot pocket.

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LiliVonSchtupp@reddit

I looked at the pic and literally thought: “no Grape Nuts? No Cracklin’ Oat Bran?!”

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

i deffy ate the giant shredded wheat also. it wasn't terrible, i hope it wasn't ALL sugar

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ToWitToWow@reddit

Weetabix!

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mikeh0677@reddit

Mixed with Alpen!

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FinallyKat@reddit

Grape Nuts mixed with rolled oats, craisins, and sliced almonds is fantastic, especially if you let the milk sit on it for a bit.

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Mandze@reddit

I thought I was the only kid who liked Grape Nuts.

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gabbobbag@reddit

My mom would give us those giant shredded wheat bars and we would drizzle honey on them. I miss the shredded wheat crumbs on the bottom of the bowl soaked in milk.

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DonGuaglio@reddit

Grape Nuts slightly softened in hot milk with unsweetened muesli stirred in. Whole milk for the sweetness.

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LovelyLieutenant@reddit

🙌

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aubreypizza@reddit

Yes! Came right in here to say where’s the grape nuts?!? Man cracklin’ oat bran was always amazing.

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ILootEverything@reddit

Grape Nuts mixed in yogurt is delish.

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Warshrimp@reddit

Grape nuts in chewy oatmeal crasin cookies

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LovelyLieutenant@reddit

Microwaved hot Grape Nuts in milk...

Why yes, I was an odd child.

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OhkokuKishi@reddit

Millennial and Zoomer sugar cereal culture always weirds me out. I eat Grape Nuts daily, but also enjoy a good shredded wheat biscuit or corn flakes.

I feel like people are so wired on sugars that they can't taste the natural sweetness in grains and cereals.

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brakeb@reddit

Honey bunches of Oats was my jam... especially with the strawberries

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legsjohnson@reddit

I loved cracklin oat bran but it def tore my mouth up

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nefarious_angel_666@reddit

Cap'n Crunch did that too

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Funkopedia@reddit

oh yeah you gotta wait at least 5 minutes

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Switchbladekitten@reddit

I ate the shit out of Raisin Nut Bran as a kid. So damn good.

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nefarious_angel_666@reddit

I called those giant SWs, "hay bales" and would sometimes cover them with a spoonful of "snow". I have them in my pantry, now. No sugar anymore tho

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Haemwich@reddit

Kid me: Pops, Cookie Crisp, Lucky Charms

Adult me: Corn Flakes, Mini Wheats, HN Cheerios

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Less_Likely@reddit

As a kid: Fruity Pebbles, Honeycomb, Apple Jacks

Now: Honey Nut Cheerios, Raisin Bran, Honey Bunches of Oats

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canisdirusarctos@reddit

Weetabix > The big shredded wheat pads > Cinnamon Life > Special K Red Berries

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FinallyKat@reddit

I'm really enjoying the amount of love being given to Grape Nuts in these comments. My SO and friends have always made fun of my love for "old man cereals"

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Super_Fa_Q@reddit

"OH'S!"

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Ordinary-Violinist-9@reddit

None. Never like that crap. Just give me a cheese sandwich.

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muddycurve424@reddit

Can I choose only 2? Honey Nut Cheerios and Special K. If I had to choose a third I'd choose Rice Krispies but only for the rice krispy treats

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Cole3823@reddit

I used to love the Rice Krispy Treats cereal. I would kill to have them back

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CoffeeHQ@reddit

This is mostly an American thing (I hope). How this ever came to be is frankly astonishing imho, because this can hardly be considered food…

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gohashhi@reddit

I was going to say the same thing! I can’t believe people think this stuff is food. Is this normal anywhere outside America?

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

I am definitely American, I hadn't considered this angle, and now that I am... of course we are winning the worldwide diabeetus prevalence competition.

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CoffeeHQ@reddit

Don’t want to preach, that wasn’t my intention at all, but yeah. It’s criminal imho that this was never nipped in the butt and has instead been allowed to become ‘normal’.

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

Not taken in a preachy way at all, and thank you. I ate this stuff as an adult in college, and (with the benefit of hindsight) am disappointed that it was so easily available. This stuff clearly isn't nutrition.

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shantron5000@reddit

So we're all just going to pretend that Cocoa Krispies aren't a thing then, eh? Ok...

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tjb4040@reddit

At our age my rotation is Raisin Bran, Shredded Wheat, and Cheerios…. Except the Aldi’s brands

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Moving-thefuck-on@reddit

Quisp was my favorite cereal.

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nontoxicspawncamp@reddit

FRENCH. TOAST. CRUNCH.

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SlapHappyDude@reddit

Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Lucky Charms, Special K Red Berries.

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Ditzy_Davros@reddit

Pops, Honeycomb, and.. Kix

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No-Environment-3997@reddit

The lack of Waffle Crisp and Golden Grahams. Mongo is appalled.

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queendweeb@reddit

do you remember Waffle Crisp's predecessor? Waffleos?

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No-Environment-3997@reddit

Sadly, no. But I looked it up and there is something disconcerting about what are essentially square cheerios. How do they compare taste-wise?
Golden Grahams post 2000s all taste much worse than the 90s version.

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No-Boat-2059@reddit

I also looked for Waffle Crisp. Waffle Crisps were my jam.

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Switchbladekitten@reddit

Unexpected DCC!

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linecookdaddy@reddit

For real where the fuck is Golden Grahms

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

Golden Grahams! memory unlocked!

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aubreypizza@reddit

No grape nuts?!?

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hit_reset_@reddit

I feel like these kinds of posts are what Facebook is like.

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Inevitable_Pride1925@reddit

All of these are candy disguised as a breakfast food.

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

I mean you're not wrong

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kimchiman85@reddit

ABC

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Roobix9@reddit

What the fart? How are Life (esp cinnamon) and Cracklin' Oat Bran not on here??

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No_hero_here@reddit

Yeah, Mikey liked that shit.

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nefarious_angel_666@reddit

Tbf, Mikey would eat anything

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Roobix9@reddit

No way. Mikey is a picky little bastard. lol

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nefarious_angel_666@reddit

Mb! I just watched Mikey on Youtube. You're right, I totally remembered it wrong!

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MayoMouseTurd@reddit

Life is GOAT

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Vanman04@reddit

There is only one and it's capt crunch with crunch berries.

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S1ayer@reddit

plain Cheerios for plain days

Krave for sugar craving days

and Lucky Charms for in-between

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The_Pandalorian@reddit

Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Trix and Cookie Crisp.

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Sebastian_dudette@reddit

Kid me would like D. H. I. But my all time favorite isn't there - peanut butter Capt'n Crunch. Regular Capt'n Crunch sucks. And isn't the pic berry Capt'n Crunch? Also yuck.

And what is that first cereal?

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Roscoe_P_Trolltrain@reddit

DMT, baby.

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funkytoot@reddit

Love how A/#1 is there for a reason. Almost like it’s air or water or life itself.

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Economy-Weird-2368@reddit

CT Crunch, Cocoa Peb, Fruit Loops.

Not on this list: Peanut Butter (Cap’n) Crunch

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Grouchy-Reflection97@reddit

Not to lean into the 'British food looks like something you'd feed to a political prisoner or Victorian workhouse orphans' stereotype, but I grew up with Ready Brek porridge.

Not helping matters, the adverts were essentially 'life here is cold, wet, windy, and your child might die on their walk to school, so feed them this gruel to give them a fighting chance'.

The radioactive glow effect was certainly an interesting creative choice, given we were in the midst of the Cold War, when the government was mailing out instruction leaflets on what to do with grandma's charred remains in a nuclear winter, lol.

https://youtu.be/SVAvA6fP8Xw?si=cei5OjLOdqdqvniY

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queendweeb@reddit

capn crunch frosted flakes froot loops

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Dosty913@reddit

So no way I am only picking 3 thats a tiny amount for such a list

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hedwaterboy@reddit

AFT

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ButterscotchAware402@reddit

Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cornpops and the criminally not included Golden Grahams and Count Chocula

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gypster85@reddit

Count Chocula. Back when it was yearround.
Cooooookie Crisps
Trix. (Which are for kids.)

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meredithedith0@reddit

Trix were round when we were kids, right?

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expat2immigrant@reddit

No Cinnamon Toast Crunch? Boooo.

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YEMolly@reddit

It’s A!

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

It's not my picture! But that is the top left, CTC

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YEMolly@reddit

A, B, D

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anonymoususer98545@reddit

Then and now:

D. Most varieties of Cheerios

Q. Oops! All Berries (because i hate my mouth)

T. Raisin Bran (because i have always been an old woman)

but also, a fourth one because i can X. Special K

Dry cereal has always been one of my most favorite snacks!

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nefarious_angel_666@reddit

Fun story: a theatre group in my city often puts on classic Saturday Morning Cartoon and Cereal marathons and serve bottomless ultra sugary kid-favourites to eat while we watch with other Xennials and Gen X friends. I'd eat two servings in their little wee bowls and feel sick the rest of the morning but I stay bec CARTOONS

Maybe not funny, idk but thought I'd share

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VVrayth@reddit

Where my Golden Grahams????

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GhostingTheInterweb@reddit

After these messages we'll be right back!

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Sparked_Zwei@reddit

Raisin Brand, Honey Combs, Cap'n Crunch.

Especially if it was the same formula from when we were kids.

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amodsr@reddit

Who the fuck be putting krave on a list and leaving off life?

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nefarious_angel_666@reddit

NOW me or kid me?

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

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nefarious_angel_666@reddit

Ok!

KID me: Cap'n Crunch, Apple Jacks and Honey Combs

NOW me: Chex, Rasin Bran and that Special K looks pretty good with the strawberry slices

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

Cap'n and Honeycomb are bringing back some toothache nostalgia for me. Solid choices all

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nefarious_angel_666@reddit

It was a tough one for kid me but my choices stand. My gramma always had sugary brand name cereals for my sibs and I when we slept over and these are the ones that stood out. Two close runners up are CTC and HN Cheerios

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PercentageRoutine310@reddit

I’ve tasted every cereal there except A, B, M, P, Q, R, U, and V. That means I’ve tasted 18 of the 25 cereals.

X: Special K Red Berries

E: Fruit Loops

F: Frosted Flakes

Once in a while, Cookie Crisp. I don’t eat it with milk. I grab some and eat them from my hand. Another one I like is Kashi Honey Almond Flax Crunch. I need the fiber and protein. They’re all mostly sugar bombs. I usually grab oatmeal with less sugar or no sugar on it and slice a banana and sprinkle raspberries on it. Once in a while, regular Cheerios. Very plain but 1 or 2 g of sugar. Not 11-13 g like most of them.

Special K Red Berries is the only one I eat nowadays with Horizon Organic milk as I’m lactose intolerant. Lactaid milk sucks. Still gives me gas. Horizon Organic is so much better.

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DiazIsDirectCurrent@reddit

A A A

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Switchbladekitten@reddit

I begged my parents for cookie crisps and they were like “you can’t have cookies for breakfast.” Buffoons. But they were right, it is rather sickening.

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

😂 so gross but delicious to an 8 y/o

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Logiconaut@reddit

A,M,W

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Sudden_Discussion306@reddit

Cookie Crisp #1 for sure, then probably Fruity Pebbles and either Lucky Charms or Honeycombs

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brakeb@reddit

mini wheats, chex, raisin bran.

even as a kid, never a huge fan of the sugary cereals... 4th place would be froot loops or trix

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el_pinko_grande@reddit

Man, what? I'm picking Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch, Golden Grahams, and Oh's. None of them are even in this list.

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johnvalley86@reddit

Are we judging by which ones have the most textural staying power or the ones that have the best after milks? That is going to sway my opinion by quite a lot

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

Mate I found this on a random sub and shared here. The world is your oyster

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cobe656@reddit

CLR for me

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OmegaRainicorn@reddit

I’m glad your sink is calcium and rust free.

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

Thinking of Fruity Pebbles makes my teeth hurt. But man, in 1999, what bliss.

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cobe656@reddit

I used to get an extra large mixing bowl and pour half of the box in there. I miss having a faster metabolism.

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

😂😂 same

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BravaCentauriGFL@reddit

I was always a Product 19 stan myself.

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Mr_Coach_Pat@reddit

CTC, Apple Jacks, Honeycomb

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OmegaRainicorn@reddit

CDS!

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AustinGearHead@reddit

Dairy Queen has breakfast cereal mixed with ice cream as their monthly special right now. I got the fruity pebbles in a vanilla shake.

When I say that was the most fragrant and over powering flavor I've had in a very, very long time I am not kidding. I could only eat about a 1/3rd of it before I was done. I'm not sure if the cold ice cream ramps up the cereal but man alive that was bonkers. One and done for me.

Also, where the heck is golden grahams???

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JJosephmichaels@reddit

Lucky Charms tied with Count Chocula which is somehow not on this list. Get a little crazy and do a bowl of both of them and that was gonna be a great day. Cocoa Puffs and Apple Jacks 2 and 3

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Calm_External36@reddit

From this list: Kix, Honey Bunches of Oats and Special K.

But I was also the weird kid who was obsessed with Just Right! It had a white box with a spoon on it and my grandparents always had it. I was an old soul, lol

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

I loved kix but I remember them tasting kind of like... cardboard maybe? Don't get me wrong I would never turn down a bowl of kix but they were different.

I do not remember Just Right but I love your backstory

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CrazyButterfly11@reddit

Ok, Frosted Flakes, Lucky Charms (for the marshmallows), and Apple Jacks! Real Question 🙋🏻‍♀️ Here… do we get Gen X prizes in boxes? Because if so, I may reconsider!

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MuffinMatrix@reddit

I like mixing cereals. I'll almost never have only 1 in a bowl.
Also... I want my cereal partially soggy. Whats the point of adding milk if you just want crunchy cereal? Just have it plain in a bowl with a glass of water!
I mix it around in the bowl to make sure every piece soaks up some milk. Then I enjoy.
Especially good for stuff like min wheats, rice krispies, chex, etc.

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78Sparkles@reddit

I miss Alpha Bits

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

😮 how did I forget that one also?

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ClarenceJBoddicker@reddit

I'm not sure but I haven't had cereal in such a long time like literally 20 years.

And this is making me want to drive back in.

I really liked Captain crunch back in the day especially the peanut butter one. But I'm looking at all of these with very fond memories. Ice cold milk with crunchy cereal is the greatest thing. I need to go back. To the store and buy all these.

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

I loved Captain Crunch too, though not the mouth abrasions I would suffer if I ate it too aggressively. It was so good.

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PNW-FirSure@reddit

Honey Smacks, Pops, Crispx

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arnpjb@reddit

I haven’t eaten any of them in many, many years, but frosted mini wheats were my favorite, and for two others I would go with Frosted Flakes and Honey Nut Cheerios. We were not allowed sugar cereals very often when I was a kid so when we got them it was a huge treat, most were way too sweet though.

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StonedWheatThicc@reddit

No Waffle Crisp? 🥲

Of these, I guess Reese’s Puffs, Fruity Pebbles, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch

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Gian_Luck_Pickerd@reddit

Honey Smacks/Golden Crisp, Cracklin Oat Bran, and Cocoa Puffs

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WannabeCanadian1738@reddit

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Apple Jacks Cookie Crisp

Not pictured: Peanut Butter Cap’n Crunch, but eaten dry out of a ziploc like a lil’ snack

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WittyClerk@reddit

Honey Bunches of Oats x3

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cdizzle6@reddit

HB of Oats, Raisin Bran Crunch*, Reese’s Puffs.

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Morbo782@reddit

I will forever miss Honey Nut Corn Flakes

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ILootEverything@reddit

Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Lucky Charms
Apple Jacks

I wasn't allowed to have sugary cereals as a kid and so now these are a indulgent snack for me.

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neuro_space_explorer@reddit

Rice Crispy Treats Cereal (RIP) , Captain Crunch with Crunch Berries, and Honeycomb.

Honorable mentions are: Reese’s puffs Cinnamon Toast Crunch And Frosted Flakes.

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Day2205@reddit

What we had in our house growing up: HN or plain cheerios, corn flakes, Raisin Bran

What I go ham on as an adult because we weren’t allowed to have sugary cereal: trix, Cocoa Puffs, kix mixed with chocolate granola

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Roobix9@reddit

Of the ones here: Lucky Charms, Frosted Mini Wheats, and HN Cheerios

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SeaSkimmer2@reddit

It’s amazing…I probably haven’t had cereal in over 30 years and I can still taste every single one! (Except Krave and Oops All Berries, never heard of.)

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

I think Krave is the quaker squares which I definitely loved, and were definitely also full of sugar which is why i loved them

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

deservedly so

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

I had a lovely cocoa puffs phase. loved the bonus chocolate milk. but could never get into apple jacks.

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

Reese's Puffs were S tier. my goodness.

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theonetruecov@reddit (OP)

I loved honey smacks, but thinking about fruity pebbles makes my teeth hurt