# Your Favorite Breakfast Cereal **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279 "2015-07-27T01:26:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/21 "2015-07-27T13:47:58Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > As a kid in the 70s I ate all sorts of teeth-rotting fare, all the Cap’n Crunches, the ‘Monster’ cereals (including Fruit Brute, once, Bleeech!) **Quisp and Quake** , and the major Kelloggs stuff (never liked Post much). > > Becoming diabetic I tend to stay away from most _Adm Sugarman’s Sugar Coated Chocolate Sugar Lumps_\* flavors these days. 😃 Life and Kix are ok, but mostly stuff like Wheaties, Corn Flakes, Special K with Berries, Shredded Wheat etc. Always name brands, never generic, and usually with a generous amount of Splenda of course… What, no Orange Quangaroos? You are wise beyond your years. \*o’Froot? But it’s part of this complete breakfast! ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/22 "2015-07-27T13:51:09Z")
Cheerios, Raisin Bran, Wheaties, and Grape Nuts are my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/23 "2015-07-27T14:01:44Z")
In order: Raisin Bran (must be Kellogg’s) Cheerios Frosted Flakes (store brand OK) Cocoa Puffs Cocoa Krispies Fruit Loops ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/24 "2015-07-27T14:03:22Z")
I have a child’s tastes when it comes to cereal: Apple Jacks, Cap’n Crunch with Crunchberries, Cocoa Crispies or Honey Smacks for me, in more or less that order. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/25 "2015-07-27T14:15:53Z")
Raisin Bran Frosted Mini Wheats Rice Chex ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/26 "2015-07-27T15:38:51Z")
I am 35 years old. Number one for me is Grape Nuts. Other purchases include Shredded Wheat, Cheerios, Rasin Bran, and less occasionally Corn Flakes. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/27 "2015-07-27T16:30:30Z")
I am 46 years old. My favorite is Peanut Butter Cap’n Crunch. I could also eat a box of Fruity Pebbles in one sitting (ask me how I know!) Other favorites: [ul] [li]Golden Grahams[/li][li]Grape Nuts (and its flattened and slightly sweetened sibling, Grape Nuts Flakes)[/li][li]Cap’n Crunch \*sans \*peanut butter[/li][li]Life[/li][/ul] Pour a half-pint of milk on the ground for the following that are no longer available but I remember with great fondness: [ul] [li]Original recipe Kix (they slightly sweetened the newer stuff, and it’s not nearly as good; the texture was also coarser)[/li][li]Buc Wheats[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/28 "2015-07-27T16:39:00Z")
Full-Size Shredded Wheat, followed by Raisin Bran ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/29 "2015-07-27T16:45:45Z")
I never get tired of Quaker’s Life cereal (original flavor). Great texture, not cloyingly sweet, just perfect with milk. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/30 "2015-07-27T16:57:33Z")
Raisin Bran Crunch. However they treat the bran flakes, it makes them stand up to milk longer instead of instantly turning to mush. However, the “granola” clusters in it are extremely offputting - chomping into an unexpected difference in texture and taste when I’m half-asleep makes me think I’ve eaten a bug or something. So I usually fish out the bigger chunks, which have often fused together into one giant boulder of sticky granola, too. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/31 "2015-07-27T18:14:08Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I don’t think they make it anymore but my favorite was S’Morz. > > Growing up it was Fruity Pebbles (hated Cocoa Pebbles!) or Apple Jacks. You must look exactly like me… just with a goatee to indicate “evil doppelganger”. 😉 Love Cocoa Pebbles. Love, love, love, love, love. However, I usually eat Corn Flakes as the box lasts longer than 18.3 hours. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/32 "2015-07-27T18:15:16Z")
My favorites were listed above but I eat better now and what actually I eat and enjoy to a point (but couldn’t call my favorite) are a rotation of the Trader Joe’s versions of Cheerios, Corn Flakes and Rice Krispies. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/33 "2015-07-27T18:19:18Z")
I’m nearly 60, but I still like one kiddie cereal…Cocoa Krispies. The best part of CK is drinking the chocolated milk after you’ve eaten the cereal. Yum. I also like Product 19. But my favorite favorite of favorites is Honey Brunches of Oats. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/34 "2015-07-27T18:20:15Z")
I used to love Team flakes, but they’ve been discontinued for eons. So today my cereal of choice is corn chex, or the generic equivalent. I’d like raisin bran if they’d back off on the raisin to flake ratio. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/35 "2015-07-27T18:42:25Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I used to love Team flakes, but they’ve been discontinued for eons. So today my cereal of choice is corn chex, or the generic equivalent. I’d like raisin bran if they’d back off on the raisin to flake ratio. Just dilute it with Wheaties.🙂 ---
**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, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/36 "2015-07-27T19:01:13Z")
Fortified Oat Flakes - no idea if they even make it anymore. Anyone remember Stax? ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/37 "2015-07-27T19:17:01Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > Anyone remember Stax? I think so. They looked a little like Honeycomb, but they were wheat, right? I don’t like my breakfast to be too sweet. I’m partial to Shredded Wheat and Bran, Cheerios (only the original), Grape-Nuts, and occasionally Grape-Nuts Flakes, Wheaties, or Puffins. I really like Kashi Golean Crisp (original), too, but Kashi Golean Crunch is a bit sweet for me. ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/38 "2015-07-27T19:20:53Z")
Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs - the favorite breakfast of Calvin from Calvin and Hobbs fame. I eat cold cereal about 90% of the time for breakfast. I like a lot of different cereals; however, they all have the same thing in common: 15% to 25% fiber. The things one worries about as they get older… ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/39 "2015-07-27T20:08:39Z")
I never really had an unquestionable favorite. I was always kind of a serial cereal dater. I might develop a fancy for Golden Grahams or Apple Jacks or whatever, but by the third or fourth time Mom comes home from the grocery store with the same brand, it’s probably time for me to change allegiance again. It’s been a pretty long time since I ate cereal on a regular basis. If I happen to get a wild hair while I’m in the cereal aisle these days, my selection will have as much to do with whether it’s on sale than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279/40 "2015-07-27T20:44:29Z")
There’s a vaguely healthy food brand called “Nature’s Path”, and they make a nice crunchy flake cereal: Heritage Flakes. The flakes are thick and durable, and they stay crunchy for a long time after the milk goes on. Although they’re very slightly sweetened, they’re not too sweet, which I like. Heritage Flakes with sliced peaches, yum. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-breakfast-cereal/726279.md?page=3)