They still sell King Vitaman at my local Target. I once found Quisp there. Both are fave raves of my husband.
I prefer the more piquant taste of Cap’n Crunch Peanut Butter.
I ate both Quisp and Quake–I preferred Quake. I even had the Quake doll and the Quake miner’s helmet. then they went and changed his look-- :mad:
When I was twelve, ther was nothing better than a bowl of Baron von Raspberry, wahed down with a Shasta raspberry soda.
I like Freakies–I even had the whole set of little rubber freakies.
Wasn’t there a Cap’n Crunch cereal with little round orange-flavored pieces?
But then the kids might grow up to be cereal killers.
References toward the bottom of this page suggest that you might be thinking of either Cap’n Crunch’s CoZmic Crunch (featuring Orange Space Dust) or Deep Sea Crunch (which included “a lot of natural fruit-flavored shapes”).
Anyone else ever have Corn Crackos? I remember the cereal only because when I was in third or fourth grade, I was the smallest and weakest kid in my class, and my gym teacher kept telling me I should eat Wheaties. One day he asked what I had for breakfast, and I was divided between saying “Corn Crackos” (the real answer) or giving the response he wanted. I chose the latter alternative. Cowardly, I know.
Here’s an attempt by Post to increase Corn Crackos sales by both introducing a rock ‘n’ roll theme and offering Mr. Potato Head for fifty cents plus two proof-of-purchase seals.
“The one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals.”
I loved those commercials as a kid.
Speaking of weird cereal, though, I got ahold of some some Shredded Wheat recently. I guess I had always had the mini version before. The full-sized SW makes no sense at all. Who wants to eat a wheat brillo pad?