# The Best(and Worst) To You Each Morning! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288 "2013-02-14T16:01:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/21 "2013-02-14T20:28:26Z")
My favorite is Honey Bunches of Oats with Cinnamon Bunches. I can’t really think of one I actively dislike, but when I was a kid, it was always disappointing when my mom bought the plain Rice Krispies. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/22 "2013-02-14T20:30:50Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > You guys are far too healthy. The best is Count Chocula and the worst is Grape Nuts. This is not open for debate. 🆒 Okay, but I think at some point they changed the recipe and started making Count Chocula out of plastic, so let’s specify the old formula, okay? ---
**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:** [February 14, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/23 "2013-02-14T20:34:05Z")
My favourite is Frosted Mini-Wheats. My least favourite is probably some sort of bran flake. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/24 "2013-02-14T20:35:58Z")
Best is a tie between Cap’n Crunch and Frosted Shredded Mini Wheats. Worst is Grape-Nuts. How I loathe Grape-Nuts. _shudders_ ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/25 "2013-02-14T21:48:23Z")
Best good ol’ Raisin Bran. The only cereal I really remember not liking was Super Golden Crisp. Or maybe it was Suger Smacks. Either way, to quote Ralph Wiggum, it tasted like burning. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/26 "2013-02-14T21:56:33Z")
Best: Frosted Mini-Wheats, especially the Touch of Fruit in the Middle Mixed Berry variety. Worst: Corn Flakes. How did they ever get to be so popular? ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/27 "2013-02-14T22:02:37Z")
Jeez, I just don’t get Cheerios. . . why do people love them? I really just hate them because so many people love them. And I don’t get it. I think they’re OK. When I was little, Count Chocula was my favorite. Now, Vanilla Almond Special K, is probably my fav. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/28 "2013-02-14T22:04:31Z")
> [@AnthonyElite](#): > > The best is lucky charms when you take out all of those pesky grain pieces. Then you’re riding the rainbow road to charmville. > > ETA: The worst is…well…someone has to eat those grain pieces. Ha ha, when I was a kid my brother would give me all the grain pieces and keep the marshmallow bits for himself. But I didn’t like marshmallows, so it was OK. He called them “Yucky Charms”, as in “I’ll eat the charms and Tim can have the yuckies.” Nevertheless, they were his favorite cereal. So far as I know, they still are. Now he probably just throws the yuckies away. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/29 "2013-02-14T22:31:53Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Grape-Nuts before or after the instant they go from rock to mush? I ate Grape Nuts dry.😛 Seriously, I never put milk on any of my cereals, especially flaked ones. I hated how you’d have to hurry up and eat it before it got mushy. I preferred to eat cereal slowly. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/30 "2013-02-15T02:26:45Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I ate Grape Nuts dry.😛 > > Seriously, I never put milk on any of my cereals, especially flaked ones. I hated how you’d have to hurry up and eat it before it got mushy. I preferred to eat cereal slowly. Grape-Nuts dry? How did you prevent choking or cracking your teeth? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/31 "2013-02-15T02:41:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The original, or one of the many varieties currently available? Original oat flavor only. Glazing them with nut-infused honey (or other flavors) is gilding the lily, AFAIAC. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/32 "2013-02-15T04:14:16Z")
Absolute worst: Corn Pops. Best: Raisin Bran. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/33 "2013-02-15T04:20:01Z")
Best: Cracklin’ Oat Bran–don’t laugh, I would eat it as a snack. It’s either a bad breakfast or a healthy dessert in my opinion. Worst: Rice Krispies, no flavor whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/34 "2013-02-15T04:30:46Z")
I’ve loved Special K since I was a kid. The original version was all that was available then, of course, but I also like the “Red Berries” version. I also like Frosted Mini-Wheats and (as long as I can eat it before it turns to mush) Raisin Bran. The worst, I suppose, would be corn flakes. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/35 "2013-02-15T08:30:42Z")
I’ve actually enjoyed plain ol’ corn flakes! A long, long (LONG!) time ago, there was a Kellogg’s cereal called “Concentrate.” It was so full of vitamins and minerals and healthiness, I think one serving was a tablespoon or two. I loved that stuff, and would eat a BOWLFUL. Worst? Either All-Bran, or Lucky Charms. I’d rather eat kitty litter than Lucky Charms. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Mood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Blue\_Mood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Mood)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/36 "2013-02-15T10:23:48Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > A long, long (LONG!) time ago, there was a Kellogg’s cereal called “Concentrate.” It was so full of vitamins and minerals and healthiness, I think one serving was a tablespoon or two. I loved that stuff, and would eat a BOWLFUL. [Concentrate](http://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=1143) was definitely my favourite. Now I like Alpha-Bits or Life. Worst: puffed rice. ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/37 "2013-02-16T06:22:57Z")
Simple hot oatmeal with brown sugar and whatever the hell else I decide to throw in is the best. The worst is Roman Meal, which my abusive parents used to try and feed me and my siblings. We would not eat it, even at the threat of corporal punishment. They had to stop feeding it to us or risk stunting our development. It tasted like ground-up bricks. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/38 "2013-02-16T10:52:33Z")
Another vote for corn flakes as the best. A very close second would be the Shredded Wheat biscuits. A big Shredded Wheat biscuit with some brown sugar and milk (as well as toast, juice, and coffee) is a fine breakfast indeed. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/39 "2013-02-16T11:16:03Z")
Corn Chex is probably my favorite, and anything sugar-coated, frosted, marshmallowed or similarly overly sweet is to be avoided at all costs. I used to love Team flakes, but I don’t think they’re made any longer. But, in the grand scheme of things, I’m not much for breakfast cereals - just not my breakfast of choice. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288/40 "2013-02-16T14:02:58Z")
I absolutely agree with our friend FairyChatMom. Sweetened cereals are not for me. My go to cereal is Basic 4. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-and-worst-to-you-each-morning/650288.md?page=3)