# Honey Smacks vs. Golden Crisp **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-smacks-vs-golden-crisp/632999 "2012-08-29T03:03:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-smacks-vs-golden-crisp/632999/1 "2012-08-29T03:03:44Z")
Which do you pick? Use any criteria you deem most important, be it ingredients, taste, box design, mascot, whatever. Tale of the tape: Honey Smacks: Introduced: 1953 Manufactured by: Kellogg’s Mascot: “Dig’em Frog” Also known as: Sugar Smacks, Smacks Primary ingredients: Sugar, wheat, dextrose, honey Calories, 3/4 cup serving: 100, 5 from fat Nutrition label can be viewed [here](http://www.kelloggs.com/en_US/kelloggs-honey-smacks-cereal.html). Golden Crisp: Introduced: 1949 Manufactured by: Post Mascot: “Sugar Bear” Also known as: Sugar Crisp, Super Sugar Crisp, Super Golden Crisp Primary ingredients: Sugar, wheat, corn syrup, honey Calories, 3/4 cup serving: 110, 0 from fat Nutrition label can be viewed [here](http://www.postfoods.com/cereals/post_golden_crisp/#nutrition). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-smacks-vs-golden-crisp/632999/2 "2012-08-29T05:36:48Z")
Both are not very good cereals. It’s been a long time since I’ve had them, but I’d say the worst is the softest. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-smacks-vs-golden-crisp/632999/3 "2012-08-29T08:08:28Z")
Golden Crisp has been my favorite ever since it was Sugar Crisp. The other stuff was just the cheap crap my mother bought when it was on sale. ---
**Author:** ![Rubixcube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rubixcube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubixcube)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-smacks-vs-golden-crisp/632999/4 "2012-08-29T11:58:27Z")
The thing with cereal is that you’ve got the good stuff (Honey Bunches of Oats, Scooby Doo’s Cinnamon Marsh mellow Cereal, etc.), the bland stuff (bran flakes, puffed rice), and finally everything else which fall on exactly the same exact level. Both of these fall into the last category they’re just cereal to me. So I’m going with Golden Crisp, not because it’s the better cereal, but because it has the best ads. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-smacks-vs-golden-crisp/632999/5 "2012-08-29T12:29:17Z")
Dig 'Ems were a knockoff of Sugar Crisp in my world. Anybody remember Super _Orange_ Crisp? It had orange flavored rings along with the regular cereal. Nummy. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-smacks-vs-golden-crisp/632999/6 "2012-08-29T13:01:32Z")
I didn’t even realise they were different cereals. ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-smacks-vs-golden-crisp/632999/7 "2012-08-29T23:58:52Z")
I prefer the off-brand version, because it’s cheaper. And they all make your pee smell like the cereal! ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-smacks-vs-golden-crisp/632999/8 "2012-08-30T03:01:02Z")
I remember hating them shredded wheat logs. No amount of sugar stuck to any of it. It just left sugar milk at the end. The frosted ones became strands of mush after cutting em up with a spoon. BUT… Somebody at the shredded wheat log plant got an idea…and made frosted mini wheats. Now that’s a cereal. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-smacks-vs-golden-crisp/632999/9 "2012-08-30T03:41:56Z")
They both smell slightly like piss to me. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honey-smacks-vs-golden-crisp/632999/10 "2012-08-30T04:40:28Z")
Sugar on packing peanuts, both of them.