Back when I was a youngling I collected five Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes boxtops and $1 and sent away for the Tony The Tiger breakfast set. Six weeks later, I got a nice bowl, cup and spoon, all imprinted with various images of Tony.
Thanks for the memory jog, Czarcasm: I saved up a gazillion Kool-aid packages and got a free camera – a pretty decent one, too. It was rather hefty, very thick plastic, and I probably could have used it as a murder weapon, a la Seinfeld.
Do you still have them?
Growing up I saw most cereal commercials that ended with a scene like this. I always wondered who could pack away a bowl of cereal, buttered toast, another glass of milk, a glass of orange juice or an orange for breakfast.
Anyway, my contribution would be the old Life Cereal commercials, with the kid just eating bowl after bowl. The earliest I remember seeing that commercial was in 1993 or 1994.
I bought Life Cereal in cinnamon flavor a while back. You could have handed cardboard perfumed with sugar and a hint of cinnamon and it would have tasted the same. Maybe Life Cereal has changed its recipe in nearly 30 years but I found it disgusting.
About ten years ago I bought a box of Lucky Charms and threw it away after I couldn’t finish a single bowl. I’m pretty sure my preferences have simply changed over the decades as there are other foods from my childhood I can no longer tolerate.
Life isn’t as sweet as your typical cereal. That’s the point I was trying to make. I’d say it’s less sweet than Honey Nut Cheerios, in fact. I simply found it very bland.
It’s funny you mention Lucky Charms, it used to be sweeter up until about 10 years ago when they cut down the sugar. Though the cereal recently got an FDA recall due to people reporting being sick after consuming the cereal or having severe stomach distress. My best guess is they began using another dye and that can sometimes cause issues.
Nasty stuff.
For me, Frosted Mini-Wheats.
The adult in me appreciates the fiber. The kid in me loves the frosted side.
Yep, fiber and whole wheat… plus the sugar. Win. win, win.
If your cereal is a third sugar by weight or more, better hope it is high in “whole grains”…. I am curious what the best tasting cereal is which has a reasonable sugar content. But that is another thread.
Kix? I think I read that somewhere
As of May 5, there has not been an FDA recall of Lucky Charms.
Close enough. I was told to dispose of the box I’d bought in early March. A local/regional chain store ran some deal if you bought 3 boxes of name brand cereal from General Mills it was $1.50 a box. I figured what the hell, I haven’t had kids cereal in ages.
It was that, Cocoa Puffs (which are still disgusting) and a box of some Cheerios flavor. I ate the Lucky Charms in two sittings while watching some movies, yeah yeah unhealthy whatever.
I don’t remember feeling as sick as what people claimed but I experienced cold sweating for about 2-3 days after. Enough so I did a test thinking I’d caught COVID. I didn’t think much of it until I saw the news on Bing and connected the dots. Saw the article in late March or early April.
“Nope, nothing wrong here!” – The Sharp Cereals Professor
At least no rabid St. Bernards.
Dave Barry, of course, has the definitive comment on breakfast cereals (the quoter left off, “Part of this complete breakfast.” Da noive!)
If something is in a brown package and says it’s “chocolatey”, it’s going back on the shelf.