# Worst Tasting/Least Favorite Breakfast Cereal **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 26, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212 "2015-07-26T05:26:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/61 "2015-07-27T18:32:07Z")
I like Grape Nuts, too - warm milk and a bunch of sugar. I haven’t have them years. I seem to recall they stick in my back teeth. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/62 "2015-07-27T18:36:19Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > I was around for the rollout of Capn Crunch. Those ads were the greatest, by Jay Ward. We got some for free in the mail and I practically spit it out. > Also Trix with the marshmallows? Gross. Silly draddit! Trix are for kids! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/63 "2015-07-27T18:39:50Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > I like Grape Nuts, too - warm milk and a bunch of sugar. I haven’t have them years.\*\* I seem to recall they stick in my back teeth.\*\* And the broken fillings. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/64 "2015-07-27T21:43:55Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I can’t eat Grape-Nuts as a cereal, but I do like to mix them into a cup of yogurt. > > My least favorite was the full-size shredded wheat. Spoon-size shredded wheat I can handle, but there was something about scrunching up those full-size shredded wheat… cakes? biscuits? I’m not even sure what the “units” were called… into a bowl and adding milk that just made it seem like eating a bowl full of hay. I think it’s more like chewing a [loofa](https://www.google.com/search?q=loofa&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMIsbD416L8xgIVDlGSCh2qdQ1V&biw=1022&bih=579#safe=off&tbm=isch&q=loofah+sponge). I don’t like the sweet stuff, and cream of wheat is nasty, but I do like oatmeal and all the flakes I’ve tried. I’ll add my own sugar and fruit, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/65 "2015-07-27T22:15:51Z")
Haven’t read the whole thread, but I used to like AlphaBits. Little letters. Do they still make that? ---
**Author:** ![piepiepie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@piepiepie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/piepiepie)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/66 "2015-07-27T23:29:23Z")
Hmm, maybe[Milk and Honey Original Café Mix](http://deadspin.com/cereals-ranked-1532733312). But really, Raisin Bran. I hate raisins. Terrible cereal. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/67 "2015-07-27T23:44:42Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Another hated cereal for me for the same reason as Corn Pops is Honey Smacks, which I think is just a re-branding of Sugar Smacks. Simply terrible. I’m amazed it took long for this to get mentioned. I’ve been able to finish a bowl, at least, of most of the ones mentioned here, but I couldn’t get past 2 spoonfuls of this nasty-ass concoction. I definitely did not Digg-um. ---
**Author:** ![LAV25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/97f17d/32.png) [@LAV25](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LAV25)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/68 "2015-07-28T01:05:22Z")
Kix, the disappointment of my childhood. My folks allowed us to eat “sugar cereals” only on Saturday, while we watched cartoons. The rest of the week it was Rice Krispies, Cheerios, or Cream of Wheat (in the winter). Kix advertised like crazy during Saturday morning cartoons, and Mom got us a box once. A) They taste like cardboard and despair B) They aren’t a “sugar cereal”. There’s no glaze, or coating, or marshmallows, or anything. C) Mom refused to accept either argument A or B, leaving us stuck eating them, seasoned only with our tears, _every_ Saturday until they were gone and we could return to the wholesome goodness of Froot Loops or Cap’n Crunch. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/69 "2015-07-28T13:33:27Z")
> [@RadicalPi](#): > > Grape Nuts. Ugh. Back in the 80’s Grape Nuts sponsored a bike ride in Boston. Gave everyone a free sample (one of those mini-boxes) of Grape Nuts before the ride started. Eating Grape Nuts then hopping on a bike for 35 miles = very bad idea. The lines at the porta-potties at the end of the ride were incredible. Fortunately, I already thought Grape Nuts were vile and didn’t eat mine… ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/70 "2015-07-28T14:12:18Z")
I wasn’t aware anyone ate those bran twig cereals. But they are an essential ingredient in baking the best bran muffins. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/71 "2015-07-28T15:11:22Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > [Uncle Sam Cereal](http://mycouponexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/0003068484659_500X500.jpg), with fully intact flax seeds shaped like small, sharp beetle carapaces. I use to get free food from the church. They had a blue bin where people put food they didn’t want, and anyone could take things out of it. Someone must have donated a couple of cases one month, and I think every box of that stuff ended up in the blue bin. ---
**Author:** ![BaldDudePeekskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/72 "2015-07-29T22:52:37Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > My paternal grandmother used to have only “puffed rice” in the house for breakfast cereal. Needless to say, we weren’t all that fond of sleeping over there. Inedible stuff. Only thing worse is Puffed Wheat. Which I was forced to eat as a child whilst dieting. Made so much better by the saccharine tablet dissolved in 1/2 cup of skim milk! ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/73 "2015-07-29T22:59:58Z")
First of all, all y’all are wrong, Grape Nuts rock! Froot Loops are the worst of the $0.59/10 gallon bag cereal knockoff doused in fruit air-freshener. Lucky Charms & any other marshmallow cereal are like cuttings from Satan’s hemorrhoid. ---
**Author:** ![yandoodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d6d6ee/32.png) [@yandoodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yandoodan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/74 "2015-07-30T03:23:00Z")
Scrapple. In second place, scrapple. Third place, scrapple. In fact, scrapple makes up the entire top ten. But I suspect that’s only because I’ve never tried liver mush or head cheese. Nothing in the cold cereal aisle can possibly compete with animal innards ground to a mush and mixed with filler. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/75 "2015-07-30T03:37:00Z")
> [@RadicalPi](#): > > Grape Nuts. Ugh. This. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/76 "2015-07-30T05:31:59Z")
> [@yandoodan](#): > > Scrapple. In second place, scrapple. Third place, scrapple. In fact, scrapple makes up the entire top ten. But I suspect that’s only because I’ve never tried liver mush or head cheese. Nothing in the cold cereal aisle can possibly compete with animal innards ground to a mush and mixed with filler. That depends. What is the filler? And what do YOU eat at breakfast, Hmmmmmmmmm? ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/77 "2015-07-30T08:40:32Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > The cold cereal I hate, and which I believe I read was recently discontinued Not true, just so you know. Kellogg’s has apparently been dispelling this rumor since at least [2011](http://www.sodahead.com/living/kelloggs-corn-pops-not-being-discontinued/question-1930175/). ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/78 "2015-07-30T09:37:49Z")
Every week, the canteen at work sets out an assortment of cereals. Inevitably, after a few days the only thing left is a bunch of dejected-looking containers of Kellogg’s [Krave](http://www.amazon.com/Kelloggs-Krave-Chocolate-Cereal-11-4-Ounce/product-reviews/B006BXV130). I tried it once: flavorless pillows of powdered grain filled with some sort of chemical analogue of chocolate pudding. It’s Krap. IMO. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/79 "2015-07-30T12:38:35Z")
The worst cereal I’ve actually tried was some sort of shredded wheat, which I usually like okay, but it was sweetened. It wasn’t horrible but I prefer it unsweetened. If I’d ever actually tried Froot Loops, I’d probably hate them, but they look and smell disgusting to me, so I’ve never actually tried them. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212/80 "2015-07-30T14:01:26Z")
> [@yandoodan](#): > > Scrapple. In second place, scrapple. Third place, scrapple. In fact, scrapple makes up the entire top ten. But I suspect that’s only because I’ve never tried liver mush or head cheese. Nothing in the cold cereal aisle can possibly compete with animal innards ground to a mush and mixed with filler. Yuck. Around here in most diners, if they have scrapple at all it is usually scrambled eggs mixed with chopped up bacon, sausage and ham. The gimmick is, it’s what’s left on the grill after all the other breakfasts are cooked but it isn’t literally that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-tasting-least-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726212.md?page=5)