# The monster cereals are here. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2014, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-cereals-are-here/697451 "2014-09-04T06:26:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-cereals-are-here/697451/21 "2014-09-05T19:09:55Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > I’m old enough to remember when the monster cereals consisted of just Frankenberry and Count Chocula. Boo Berry, Yummy Mummy, and Fruit Brute are the cereal equivalents of Scrappy Doo, and best to be ignored. I love Boo-Berry, too. IMO, blueberry is a flavor that is under-represented in breakfast cereals. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-cereals-are-here/697451/22 "2014-09-05T23:20:34Z")
Mentioned upthread was Freakies cereal. It, like King Vitaman, tasted just like Cap’n Crunch. I ate Frankenberry when I was a kid. I had a strawberry flavor thing for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-cereals-are-here/697451/23 "2014-09-06T01:41:13Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > When I was a kid, we ate Boo Berry. I remember a Boo Berry ghost in the box that was covered with fuzz that changed color depending on the temperature. I used to hold it up to the space heater. I remember it just being covered with a glow-in-the-dark chemical (you had to ‘charge’ it by holding it on front of a light first, it wasn’t Radium! :D) ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-cereals-are-here/697451/24 "2014-09-10T17:42:22Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Not to be kill-joy but as a Gen-Xer who grew up with them we rarely had our parents buy them because, ah, well, they were freakin’ horrible! They were sickeningly sweet, chemically artificial tasting, and most of all packed with pieces of Styrofoam pretending to be marshmallows! They were the same as Lucky Charms or Trix, two other disgusting cereals we all hated. Give me Frosted Flake or Cap’n Crunch any day… Less was more… You’re a kill-joy 😃 I love count chocula, which was sold year round for quite some time. Only in the past few years has it been Halloween only, and in those unusually small novelty-sized boxes (\< 10 oz per box) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-cereals-are-here/697451/25 "2014-09-10T17:58:51Z")
Yeah, when I was a kid we loved Count Chocula! It was probably mostly because our parents wouldn’t generally buy it. I remember Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and Booberry being available year-round, and then Booberry becoming pretty patchy in terms of availability. I don’t remember Fruit Brute or Yummy Mummy outside pop culture references to them. I’m actually surprised now that they are only seasonal. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-cereals-are-here/697451/26 "2014-09-10T18:42:32Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, when I was a kid we loved Count Chocula! It was probably mostly because our parents wouldn’t generally buy it. I remember Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and Booberry being available year-round, and then Booberry becoming pretty patchy in terms of availability. I don’t remember Fruit Brute or Yummy Mummy outside pop culture references to them. I’m actually surprised now that they are only seasonal. Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy were released along with the others last fall. IIRC, Fruit Brute was orange-flavored and Yummy Mummy was cherry. I can see why they weren’t that popular. Not that they’re bad, but orange and cherry aren’t flavors that are usually associated with cereal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monster-cereals-are-here/697451.md?page=1)