# What's happened to all the good cereals? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 13, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010 "2003-08-13T20:58:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/21 "2003-08-14T08:25:40Z")
I just remembered one from my childhood that I haven’t seen in the stores (or the commercials for, thankfully) since: Cookie Crisp (?) Whatever happened to them? **Corbomite** , I remember Product 19 in a similar way. My grandmother used to always buy several boxes of cereal, the types varying depending on what was on sale, except for Product 19. I swear she thought it cured cancer or something and me and my sister would always leave it as the last box to be eaten, but our grandmother wouldn’t buy any new cereals until all the old boxes were gone. I have many memories of two morose kids eating it while watching the Mr. T cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![hyperjes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@hyperjes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperjes)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/22 "2003-08-14T10:29:50Z")
I really miss BooBerry cereal. I know they still make it, but it’s near impossible to find. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/23 "2003-08-14T11:01:08Z")
Everything tastes _way_ sweeter than it did when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/24 "2003-08-14T12:05:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tanookie \* > \*\*Booberry is tough to find but I can get it at Shaw’s when I’m lucky 🙂 > > \*\* WOW!!! They still make it? I would drown bunnies to eat it again. It rocked. The monster cereals have all gone to seed. Why, it used to be Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and Booberry were the three biggies, with Yummy Mummy and some Wolfman one in there as well. And then they got rid of Frankenberry (seemingly) and then Booberry (ditto), leaving only the Count. ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/25 "2003-08-14T12:07:08Z")
Cookie Crisp still exists… I’ve seen it in the local market basket. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/26 "2003-08-14T12:39:04Z")
Anyone remember King Vitaman? And Quisp? A glow-in-the-dark sticker which came in a box of Quisp adorned my bedroom light switch plate for years. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/27 "2003-08-14T12:41:03Z")
The cereals of today… they have crappy prizes, if any. I mean, come on. CD-ROMs? What ever happened to bouncy balls or ring pops? Damn kids. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/28 "2003-08-14T13:59:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*The cereals of today… they have crappy prizes, if any. I mean, come on. CD-ROMs? What ever happened to bouncy balls or ring pops? Damn kids. \*\* Don’t blame the kids, blame the litigious parents. Nobody’s going to choke on a CD-ROM. Cracker Jacks have the same problem. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/29 "2003-08-14T14:03:51Z")
Oh yeah? Ever see a kid try to wedge an AOL disk into their mighty maw? Them things get stuck, they do. Damn parents. ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/30 "2003-08-14T14:04:19Z")
Speaking of prizes… I also hate the ‘free with 5 proofs of purchase’ crap. Like I want to have to go through all that for some cheap toy 🙂 Besides when I was a kid my parents would always trash the boxes and not let us keep the required info! ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/31 "2003-08-14T18:48:40Z")
Whatever happened to “Quisps?” ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/32 "2003-08-15T00:49:59Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Jeff Olsen_ > Nobody’s going to choke on a CD-ROM. Anyone who thinks this is true just isn’t shoving the CD far enough down the little darlings’ throat:D ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/33 "2003-08-15T01:06:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*Nothing at all. I get great granola from Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods weekly. \*\* Trader Joe’s boxed cereals all taste like card board and kitty litter to me. I was about to give up on their cereals altogether but thought I’d try _Trader Joe’s Maple Pecan Granola_. Yum. Add some dried cranberries and it’s perfect. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/34 "2003-08-15T01:25:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neidhart \* > \*\*Anyone remember King Vitaman? > \*\* Have breakfast with the king! I still buy King Vitamin. But my favorite cereal is Cinnamon Puffins. Like little corny pillows. Ooh! Julie ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/35 "2003-08-15T05:08:14Z")
\ Prizes. I still have Andretti and Petty race cars, a Thurman Munson 3-d card, a Reggie Jackson 3-d card and various other cut-along-the-dotted-line cards from cereal. I swear they used to put 45 (records) acetates in there and sometimes on the box. \ Always, with me and my brothers, the box was open and cereal was poured and the prize plundered. “It’s a fruity pebble boulder!” “Cocoa Crisp: part of this complete breakfast”: bacon, two slices toast liberally buttered, glass of OJ, and your first bowl of CC. Eat till the roof of your mouth is like a carpet. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010/36 "2003-08-16T05:58:32Z")
Hell, I must be boring. I prefer Total. With a splash of pure maple syrup for a sweetener. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happened-to-all-the-good-cereals/195010.md?page=1)