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07-28-2005, 09:48 AM
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Acorns!
   
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just in case you need every cereal type from the 80's
Cereal of the 80s
Below are the cereal's the were enjoyed in the 1980s. Almond Delight-This was my favorite cereal as a kid, which was wierd because it was like a grown-up cereal. It had corn/rice flakes, sliced almonds and brown sugar/oat clusters. My younger sister and I used to argue over who got the last bowl. Alpha-Bits with Marshmallows-Same as plain Alpha-Bits, plus a bunch of overly-sweet, slightly rubbery marshmallow bits a lot like those found in Lucky Charms. I believe these were pink, green, yellow, orange and possibly blue. The box looked exactly like regular Alpha-Bits, except it was hot-pink. Alpha-Bits-All 26 letters of the alphabet. They're made from sweetened oat and corn. They added marshmallows to the cereal later on but the original was my favorite. It's still around today but I loved it as a child. Apple Cinnamon Cheerios-A popular new flavor of Cheerios introduced in the late '80s, similar to Apple Jacks. I miss eating half a box, straight out of the box(no milk), on Saturday mornings! Apple Jacks-Tasted like apples and cinnamon Apple Raisin Crisps-This cereal was made by POST it sort of puts you in the mind of Banana Nut Crunch It had I guess you would call the morsels of these apple tasting pieces, raisins, and crispy flakes. The box was a yellowish color, looked like embroidery with the words "apple raisin crisps." Banana Flavored Kellogs Frosted Flakes-They were banana flavored frosted flakes that left the milk tasting like yummy, banana milk. Banana Squiggle-Tasted somewhat like frosted cherios with squiggly shaped banana marshmallows. not sure whether it came out in the late 70's or early 80's. Think it was general mills. Pretty disgusting! Barbie-This Barbie cereal was like Honey Comb and it had Barbie B's in it and had marshmellows. Baron Von Redberry-The enemy of his 'pal', Sir Grapefellow, this WWI flying ace was on the bad side. IE: the German side. Oat cereal with red, berry flavored marshmallow stars. Batman Cereal (1989)-Tasted exactly like captain crunch, the cereal was shaped like little yellow bats, and a batman bank was attached to the front of the box. Big Mix-The cereal was kind of "granola-ey". The commercial had a big moose that said "BIIIIIIIIG MIX! Bill & Ted's Excellent Cereal-Released between the two movies (1988-1991), featuring the cartoon version of the characters from the short-lived animated series. Cinnamon oat cereal with marshmallow "notes". Came packages with a mini-phone booth container. Blueberry Morning-It had real blueberries in them, which I find amazing that Post could preserve blueberries that didn't rot. Body Buddies-It looked like Kix cereal with two styles (white balls and yellow). It tasted a lot like Kix, but a tad sweeter. It had kids on the box doing chin ups and running. Boo-berry-Made by the same people who made Count-chocula and Franken-berry. This was a ghost-shaped blueberry flavored cereal. Bosom Buddies-It was based on the sitcom Bosom Buddies w/ Tom Hanks, tasted/looked like Kix. Buc-Wheats-Kinda like dark colored Frosted Flakes, but they were glazed with sugar, instead of covered in powdered sugar. They were more wheat flavored, and quite yummy. (Early 80's) C3PO's-I can't remember what the cereal itself looked like, but they tasted somewhat like Alphabets cereal, and had Star Wars masks (Luke, Stormtrooper, ect), that you could cut out on the back of the box. Cabbage Patch Kids Cereal-They were like little flowers w/ faces and every other months different pictures of the cabbage patch kids were featured. California Raisins cereal-Tasted better then raisin bran and had the raisins dancing on the front of the box Cap'n Crunch Cinnamon Flavored Cereal-There was a pirate with a sword. It was my favorite flavor, next to the peanut butter variety! Cap'N Crunch Crunchberries-This was the same as Cap'N Crunch cereal but also had round red flavoured bits. Choco Crunch-It was from the makers of Capt Crunch, but this had chocolate balls and were only around a short time in the mid 80's. The characters name was Chuckle the Blob. Cinnamon Mini-Buns-They were miniature cinnamon mini-buns. The commercial had a cinnamon tornado that would sprinkle cinnamon on every bun. Cinnimon Toast Cunch-Mini pieces of cinnimon toast Circus Fun-Tt was a sugary cereal around the time popples and the paw-paw bears were around. The commercial was in clay-mation. It had rings (like froot loops) and marshmallows. Clackers-General Mills' Clackers are probably better known for their commercials than their product. Clackers was a naturally sweet oat (I think) cereal. Each Clacker was big, almost teaspoon-sized, and was shaped almost like a brown cog (picture a cog within a wheel). It was crunchy and supposedly quite nutritious. The commercials overshadowed the cereal, though. A baseball pitcher, with his hand behind his back, winds up for the pitch and 'CLACKERS!!' (he whips out a box of Clackers instead of a baseball). A vampire says to a frightened victim, "Don't be afraid. All I vant is your 'CLACKERS!' (a hand shoves a box of Clackers between the vampire and the girl). Clusters It was a cereal with pecans, and several other kinds of nuts. The commercials always had squirrels tricking people out of it. Cocoa Krispies They were like little chocolate frosted Rice Krispies, and the mascot was a cartoon monkey who lived in the jungle. The commercial had him swinging on vines and singing his trademark jingle: "My name is ? and I live in the trees, Everybody loves my Cocoa Krispies!" This was easily my favorite cereal in the late 80's / early 90's! Cocoa Puffs Hard pellet like chocolate cereal with a bird(whom I used to always confuse with woody wood pecker) as its mascot. The cereal turned your bowl of milk into chocolate milk. Cocoa Wheat Hot ceral that was brown and you mixed it with water or milk and added butter or honey. Coco Hoots Chocolate rings (like fruit loops). They were frosted and turned your milk chocolate. An owl was the character on the box. I think they were made by Kellogg's. They were excellent. Texture like Cocoa Puffs, similar to Choco Donuts. Common Sense Oat Bran It came out around 1989. I remember whe oat bran was really popular to eat, it was just plain oat flakes as I remember, The name of the cereal always stuck out to me because I remember the commercial were these business people in suits saying how they were getting enough oat bran because of this cereal. Cookie Crisp (Oatmeal) rarest and hardest to find of the early 80's cereal, tasted rather plain and bland. Cookie Crisp Same cereal as the 90's, but they tasted like real cookies, and they had the Cop guy on the commercials. Now, it's just the dog. Corn Bran Came in a small yellow box. The cereal was little puffed up squares of, I guess, corn bran. The pieces were rather dense, much more so than Corn Chex. They were sweetened slightly. I really liked them because they tasted good and you could really bite into them for a satisfying crunch. I ate them in the early 80s I think but I found them about 7 or 8 years ago at a supermarket in Maryland. Haven't seen them since Count Chocola The cereal that turned your milk brown and milk chocolatey with the brown chocolate marshmallows and crunchy bits... Cracker Jack This came out around 1984. I can remember eating it and watching the videos from "Purple Rain" that summer. Very good. Cracklin Oat Bran From Kellogs. Shaped like an "O", extremely crunchy, and some in the commercials were accused of "Eating all of the Cracklin Oat Bran" Crazy Cow Chocolate Crazy Cow was also available in chocolate, it was marketed as the cereal that turns your milk chocolate. Crazy Cow Strawberry flavored puffs... Cream of Wheat and Farina Don't forget Cream of Wheat and Farina hot cereals. These cereals are still around today, but I remember them to be so much more tasty back in the day. My Mom fixed my Cream of Wheat with butter and salt in it, I loved that. I would eat sugar in the Farina. Crispix Crispix is basically a response to the Chex brand cereals. Had rice on one side, corn on the other... Crispy Critters Now the jingle is a bit diff. it goes "Crispy Critters, a good wholesome bunch. The most delicious cereal with lots of Cah-runch. They're indubitably, indubitably, indubitably delicious!!! Acha-cha-cha" Crispy Wheats and Raisins Basically a copy of Raisin Bran, except it's crunchier, the flakes are better looking and the raisins are juicier. Lovely commercial where raisins and wheat flakes fall together onto a stream of milk into a bowl. Cruncheroos Granola-esque O's, Mascot was a toothy purple dinosaur who woudl sneak around saying "cruncheroos" in an amusing voice. Crunchie Island Treasures Cinnamon treasure boxes with palm tree marshmallows Crunchy Stars This was a cereal with Jim Henson's Swedish Chef on the box. On the box it said "It's cinnamonominy"! I loved it, it was so simple... just like plain yello Cap'n Crunch but shaped like stars with a yummy cinnamon sugar coating. CW Post This was my favorite cereal of all time! It was a granola like cereal but had a sweeter taste. It came in a small box. It was great on top of vanilla ice cream! Dinky Donuts They were like Cheerios, only puffier and frosted like donuts. Dino Pebbles From the makers of Cocoa and Fruity pebbles, was dino-pebbles. It was like rice crispies, with little different colored marshmellow dino's in it (dino, fred's pet dinosaur) Donkey Kong Crunch Just like cap'n crunch, 'cept it was bigger. shaped like barrels with mario and donkey kong battling on the box Donkey Kong Jr. Ceral The cereal was like Trix with small berrys and bananas. Donuts Tastes like powdered doughnuts. Look like mini powdered doughnuts. Double Dip Crunch Basically sweetened Crispix. It was from Kellogg's. I think the box said "Double Dip Crunch" inside one of those diamond-shaped road signs. Dunkin' Donuts Cereal The box was divided in half...2 different flavors, one on each side. looked like mini-donuts. Crispy and ooooh so good. E.T. cereal This cereal was very plain indeed. It had little E's and T's that were yellow in color and tasted just like the yellow parts of Captain Crunch minus the berries. Flutie Flakes I never had it, but I recall that this cereal was named after quarteback Doug Flutie when he was in the Canadian Football League. Fortified Oat Flakes Post Fortified Oat flakes were a wholesome (and, I thought, delicious) oat cereal. Nothing fancy, no marshmallow bits, no sugar coating, no free toy inside, just a tasty treat. I was too young to care about the 'healthy' part. Frankenberry The cereal that turned your milk all pink with the pink marshmallows and crunchy bits... Freakies I guess they were similar to 70's Freakies but they had Freakie shaped marshmallows and cookies rather than O's. "We are the Freakies, we are the Freakies, this is our Freakies Tree. We never miss a meal (oh no) cause we love our cer-re-eel" Frosted Mini-Wheats They were good until they got too soggy. Also, for much of the 80's they were too big; you had to break them in half to eat them. Frosted Rice Krispies Kellogs rice krispies version of frosted flakes. They came out in the mid 80's and tasted like rice krispies once you put sugar on them. Fruit and Fiber It was basiclly bran flakes with little peices of dried fruit. Fruit Brute Fruit Brute was one of the Frankenberry/Count Chocula/Booberry line. The cartoon character was a werewolf who was always touting the "howling good taste" of his cereal, which had a vaguely raspberry taste. The product did not survive more than a year or two. Fruit Brute It went along with count chocula,frankenberry,and boo berry. Tt had like a fruitty, kind of chemical taste(I loved it)and had a werewolf on the box Fruit Islands It was a crunchy cereal with fruit shapes and the commercial had a large hawaiian guy who was King Ayumayma Fruit Wheats Like Shredded Wheat with fruit fillings. Raisin was the flavour I remember eating, but I believe there was also apple and possibly strawberry. Yellow, rather plain box with dark brown writing. The commercials aired all the time, and had a kid asking how they got the fruit inside Fruit Wheats cereal (reminiscent of the old Tootsie Pop commercials, just with an annoying guy in a castle instead of the turtle). Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles Flintstones cereal where Barney used to dress up and steal the cereal in commercials. They used to be flaky like and now they are like puffs. Fruity Crisp It was like fruity pebbles (the american version). It had little bright coloured flakes. There was a skateboarding dinosaur on the cover of the box. The box was yellow and I think it was by Post. Fruity Marshmallow Krispies Rice Krispies with fruit shaped marshmallows. Fruity Yummy Mummy I think this was supposed to be the 5th in the monster line of General Mills cereals (or perhaps a replacement for Fruit Brute). I remember the commercial had a cartoon mummy coming out of a sarcophagus eating a bowl of it and saying "Fruity Yummy Mummy makes your tummy go yummy!". But unfortunately Yummy Mummy was short lived (just like Fruit Brute). G.I. Joe Cereal The only thing I remember is the box: on the side there was army man climbing the box with chains. That's pretty much it. garbage pail kids It was little puffy miniature garbage pail kids in it that tasted like christmas lights. Ghostbusters Based on the movie... kinda like Lucky charms only with white marshmallow ghosts Golden Grahams This cereal was king in 87. It was small square shaped cereal that had honey and brown sugar mixed with it. Goonies In honor of the movie, they made a short lived cereal Goonies. Graham Chex Delicious! Graham-cracker-flavored Chex with crunchy little miniature graham crackers in it, too. Came in a red box with teal lettering. Why they discontinued this flavor i'll never know ... Graham Crack-O's This was THE best cereal I've ever tasted. It had a milkman on the box and I believe a milkman in the commercials too. I wish they still made it! Grape Nuts Cereal tiny grain of whole wheat with a crunch. Featured a grain of wheat and a grape on the box by Post cereal. Grape Nuts Flakes The same Grape Nuts we knew and somewhat liked came in flakes. For people that found regular Grape Nuts hard to chew. Gremlins Cereal Was in an orangish yellowish box with Gizmo on the front behind a bowl of the cereal. The cereal was made out of corn or something. Grins & Smiles & Giggles & Laughs I think it was like Capn Crunch or Quisp (now Sweet Crunch) although it may have come out in the 70's Gummi Bears Gummi Bears cereal it was kinda like fruity pebbles if I remember correct. I really can't remember trying it, but it the picture looked like it and their pictures were on the front. Halfsies It was a cereal from around 1981 or 1982, and it had a cartoon king as the main character. It was very similiar in appearance and taste to peanut butter Cap'n Crunch. Heartland Heartland Cereal was a granola/ mueslix type cereal that came with or without raisins. My sister sent away to get the recipe book and they sent us 4 sample boxes of different flavors. Stayed crunchy in milk. Hidden Treasures They were little square shapes, I guess made of corn, they were sweet and some of them had fruity filling, like grape or strawberry. It wasn't THAT good but it was always fun to break them open and see inside. Plus you could always tell the ones that were filled were darker so it was not so much a "Hidden" treasure! Honey Bran A high fiber cereal made by Ralston Purina. Honey Bunches of O's Yet ANOTHER honey nut "O" cereal. This was also best known for its commercial, in which every member of a family ends buying a box of the cereal independently of each other, and they all end up at the register with a box. Honey Chex's It resembles honey nut chex's with out the nuts..kind of like the the honey gram chex's. It was my favorite growing up and you could only find it at certain stores back then and its no longer around.. i miss them sooo much... BRING THEM BACK!!!!!!! Honey Combs Honey Combs came out in late 1989. They are shaped like honey combs and kind of look like flowers. They taste delicious and have a honey and sweet taste. YUMMMM!! YUMMMM!! Honey Nut Cheerios I think these came along in the late '70s or early '80s, and they were definitely my favorite as an '80s kid. Before they were introduced, all anyone could get was the bland unsweetened oat Cheerios (ugh). Also, I remember the numerous commercials with that animated honeybee pouring honey and nuts all over the place. Hot Wheels Cereal Mid to late eighties - Round "wheel" pieces with marshmallow car parts Ice Cream Cone Cereal I could be a bit off on the name...but It was little chocolate and vanilla ice cream cones and it had a cheesy looking ice cream man on the box. Kaboom Based on the Atari 2600 game. Had little bombs that were sugar coated kix. Kaboom There was actually another cereal named Kaboom but it was about clowns in a circus. It had red, green and yellow clown smiley faces in it. We ate it so much we got tired of it! Kamini Rice Bran It was like a knock off of Special K Kellogg's Corn Pops Little yellow colored kernels of corn.."I gotta have my pops!" Kellogg's Frosted Rice A cereal made to market Tony the Tiger's preteen son Tony, Jr. Basically it was frosted Rice Krispies. The R.K. elves replaced T.J. after a few years when they also took Cocoa Krispies and Fruity Krispies, but it still bombed. Kellogg's Fruitful Bran It was like Raisin Bran but it also had dried dates and peaches in addition to the raisins. It had more fruit than flakes. Kellogg's Great Grains That was basically what it had, but it also had dried fruit like dates and raisins. Commercial had a venerable Wilford Brimley type actor. Kellog's Nut N Honey Crunch About 1989. The commecial has an entire office eating bowls of cereal and a guy asks: "honey what are you doing in there?" The woman says: "Nut "N" Honey!" The man says: "I told you not to call me that at work!" King Vitaman They were sort of like Cap'n Crunch but with a bit more sugary taste and finer texture. It had this ridiculous looking king on the cover smiling as he spooned the cereal into his mouth. Krazy Cow They had strawberry and chocolate. They were balls, the size of kix but in these 2 flavors. Super Yummy!! There was a brown cow eating the cereal on the box Life w/ Raisins Unholy creation by the makers of Life cereal. Along with thier "Cinnamon Life" roll-out followed a short lived Life that had raisins tossed in. Didn't last long. Life Square-shaped oat cereal which came in 2 varieties:regular and cinnamon. Commercials had a young boy named Mikey gulping down the stuff and his brothers saying, "He likes it, he really likes it!" Lucky Charms A sugar-coated plain cereal with marshmallows( pink hearts, orange stars, yellow moons, green clovers and blue diamonds). Later on Purple horseshoes were eventually added to the box. Later on red balloons. Mackrel Pops It was the cereal based on the hit cartoon Mackrel Man. It was a sugary sweet cereal in the shape of fish with capes. It also had some little puffy marshmallow-like things in the shape of hammers. Marshmallow Rice Crispies Rice Crispies with colored marshmallows in them. Whatever did happen to them? Mickey Mouse Magic Crunch A corn and oat cereal with honey produced by Post in 1989. Its mascot was Mickey Mouse dressed as the Sorcerer's Apprentice. The commercial featured a parody of the "Mickey Mouse Club" theme. Morning Funnies They were little different colored smilely faces. The back of the box opened out like a book and there were funnies printed on it(they were the same funnies every time). The commercial went, "If you're asking for some funnies you're asking for some fun." Most There was no cartoon character to go with this cereal. It was in a plain red/orange box and the cereal looked just like Wheat Chex. It was made out of bran and had this quirky, almost sour taste. Mt. T The big man, with a big attitude, had a cereal with a big crunch. Little T's that were yellow. Pee Wee Herman can be seen eating them in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. Mueslix It was basically a granola cereal by one of the big cereal companies and the commercials had a European theme to them. Muffins Cereal that had little, puffed corn-shaped muffins. They were coated in honey and brown sugar. The commerical had a really cheesy man in a white truck selling muffins. Multigrain Cheerios This cereal was supposed to be healthy but it was really good even when you didn't put sugar on it. It came in four different shades of the original Cheerios color, each with a different taste. They came out around 1988. Nabisco Frosted Wheat Squares Nabisco's answer to Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats. Had white frosting on one side and wheat on the other. Came in a generic-looking red box. Nerds cereal Came out shortly after nerds candy. they has two small bags inside with 2 different colored cereals. I remember my box I had being grape and cherry. Nintendo Cereal I rememeber the jingle, well most of it. Nintendo is for breakfast now. Nintendo its a cereal wow. Nintendo a fruit flavored crunch. Nintendo its an outragous munch. Nintendo Cereal Nintendo cereal had two cereals in one, one side was mario, one side was zelda. It was basically trix in the shape of nintendo characters. The mario side had red and orange, and the zelda side had green and yellow, to match with the color schemes of the game. Nut-N-Honey I remeber wacthing the tv and it would come on and the wife would ask her husband what he was eating and he answered nut-n-honey. it was flakes with nuts and honey on them O.J Cereal It stood for orange juice cereal. the commercial went "O.J, round 'um up, let's keep those ...." It was supposed to be like the west. It was small orange balls and yellow cereal. Around 1986. Oat Bran O's These came out during the oat bran fad of the late '80s/early '90s. They looked like some kind of animal feed, however, they tasted quite good. Oatmeal Raisin Chex Similar to the other Chex cereals. Not real sweet; made with oats and raisins. At the height of the "oat bran is healthy" craze. This was a tasty cereal you could feel vituous about eating. Nothing like the brown-sugar-sweetened version on the market now. Oatmeal Swirlers It was instant oatmeal with a gel packet that you could squeeze on the oatmeal. It was yummy! Oh's Good stuff in the middle. Honey circles with nuts in the middle. Manufactured by Quaker Cereals. Originally, Quaker manufactured the Honey & Nut version. Later (@1988), the developed an Apple & Cinnamon version. It did not last long. Honey and Nut "Oh's" can still be purchased in quality stores today. Orange Blossom Cereal A spinoff of the Strawberry Shortcake cereal. It Tasted Like orange and was orange balls(I think). Orange Blossom I don't know what brand, but it had the Orange Blossom doll on the box, and I think she's pouring milk on the orange cereal. Like all-orange Trix (when they were ball-shaped, not fruit-shaped). Orange BLossom was a friend of Strawberry Shortcake, the doll. She probably had a cereal, too, but I only remember this one. Orange O's Shaped like Fruit Loops, but they all were orange in taste and in color. Orange Quangaroos Quake couldn't compete with Quisp for the hearts and tastebuds of American kids, so, along came the Orange Quangaroo, to the rescue! Er, sort of. At least, that was the plan. These round, orange, crunchy nuggets were one of my faves as a kid, but, alas, the life of this , what else could have been on the box? orange kangaroo, was even shorter that that of Quake. Pac-Man Cereal Basically, it was a lightly frosted KIX like cereal with Pac-Man and ghost marshmellows. Pac Man It had marshmellow Pac mans and ghosts. Pink Panther Flakes Pink frosted corn flakes turned your milk PINK. Popeye Cereal Basically, this was a rip off of Sugar Smacks. Little puffed pieces of rice in a bag instead of a box. Pretty good as I remember it. Pop Tarts Crunch 80's or early 90's: There was a strawberry variety and a chocolate variety. These were mini-Pop Tart cereal pieces. Post Alpha-Bits They were sweetened oat bits in alphabet form--not the frosted marshmallow alphabits they're selling now. Powderd Donuts It was little round O's (I think oat) rolled with powdered sugar. General Mills used to make it. product 19 yes oh yes, it was healthy, it was a bright red box much like mini wheats but it tasted, well, healthy. trust me, not a great memory for me, but a memory none the less Pro Grain From Kellogg's around the late 80's. It's claim to fame was that the cereal had more vitamins and was higher in carbohydrates than other cereals. Various tri-atheletes were featured on the box. Pro Stars Cereal launched with Wayne Gretzky as the sponsor, around the time of his trade to Los Angeles from Edmonton. Emphasized how it was sweetened with golden honey - which they quietly changed to plain old sugar - little oat-based stars. Motto: "You can be a Pro Star in your own way..." Punch Crunch A berry-flavored variety of the Captain Crunch cereal. Shaped like Fruit Loops cereal and purple colored. Web photo is here: http://theimaginaryworld.com/quakergrid.html Q*Bert Cereal The cereal, as I recall had little q*bert looking puffed kix things, and a big-nosed cream colored q*bert looking creature on the front of it. Quaker Corn Bran The ads featured a live scarecrow who wondered why bran cereals are made of wheat,'when corn tastes better'. Cornmeal-filled squares about the size of Cap'n Crunch. Quaker Oat Squares Don't know if it was the 80s or early 90's, but as a kid i loved them, and still do now. I remember my brother would always have to mash them to pieces becuase he liked them all soggy and soft, and I called them "Oap-squares" before I knew how to read. Quake If I remember correctly, Quisp and Quake came out at the same time and were simular, but shaped differently. Quisp It had a dude from space on the cover with a propeller hat type head Rainbow Brite Cereal Captain Crunch-like cereal with bright colored pieces. The commercial for it I most remember involves the little girl from "Poltergeist" enjoying a big bowl of the cereal while Rainbow fights Murkey and Lurkey, ending in happiness and fruity goodness for all. Raisin Nut Bran I loved the "raisi-nuts" that came in the cerial. Also had little slivers of almonds. Raisin Squares Patterned after mini shreaded wheats, with raisins inside. I remember it from 80's and 90's. Raisins Rice and Rye A cereal marketed towards older people during the late 80's if I remember the commercials correctly. Reese's Peanutbutter Crunch Cereal that kinda tasted like Reese's, but not all the way....... Basically, nothin' to write home about Ripples It was a cornflake....a small version of a ruffle potato chip with the ridges and it NEVER got soggy...the milk rolled right off of it. Rocky Road Had chocolate covered marshmellows, and I think it was chocolate and vanilla cereal balls S.W. Graham Shaped and textured like shredded wheat (s.w.), but tasted like graham crackers. The box had a boy's face on it, with red hair and freckles. I think there was some mythology surrounding who, exactly, S.W. Graham was. Scroomptious Croonchy Stars This cereal was inspired by the Swedish Chef from the Muppets. It was a puffy,star shaped, cinnamon flavored cereal. The commercial showed the Swedish chef in a kitchen, and a pot exploded and Croonchy Stars flew all over the place. The box was even funnier. It read This product does not contain: (among other things) Venetian Blinds and Pachederms. I kid you not. Sir Grapefellow Sir Grapefellow, a debonaire Britsh WWI pilot (looked almost like a Sopwith Camel he was flying on the box cover), was the character associated with these oat flakes, garnished with purple (yes, PURPLE!) stars taht tasted like artificial grape flavor. Didn't last very long. Smacks This also had a name change around the early '80s. It was originally called Sugar Smacks. It was very similar to Super Golden Crisp (puffed rice), but had a frog mascot instead of a bear. S'Mores They were a lot like Golden grahams, only they had little miniature marshmallows and some chocolate bits. Smurf Berry Crunch Based on the 80s cartoon, it consisted of blue and red "smurfberries" Special K White Box with a lady doing some type of yoga exercises dressed in a red work out leotard she would for her body in the shape of the big red "K". Spider-Man Sorta tasted like lucky charms, only more of a chex type of cereal with marshmallows in the shape of spider-man characters Sprinkle Spangles Puffed stars that each had a few sprinkles on them Stax Square,flat...the commercial always was "stacking" the cereal to see how many high they could go. Strawberry Honey Combs Looked just like Honey Combs but had the taste of strawberry to them. Turned your milk pink. Strawberry Rice Krispies Strawberry flavoerd Rice Krispies. Turned your milk pink, and strawberry flavored. Made awesome treats! Strawberry Shortcake This cereal was based from the cartoon Strawberry shortcake and consisted of stawberry flavored balls. Sugar Pops Now I think it is just Pops, But it was Sugar Pops. Also I think I was in some kind of Cookie Crisp club, but the mascott or whatever was some kind of Wizard. Sunflakes Honey coated corn flakes Super Golden Crisp The theme song in the commercials went, "Can't get enough of that Golden Crisp!" Also, the frog representing sugar Smacks's name was Dig'em. Superman It had red and blue marshmallows, and I think the cereal was a cross between Golden Grahams and Chex. Team Team cereal had corn flakes, bran flakes, and I think some other kind as well. It came in a brown box and on the front it said team in red, yellow, and orange letters. Teddy Grahms Cereal Late 80's cereal. Just like the Teddy Grahms cookies but smaller and made into a cereal. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cereal It was sugar-coated chex with marshmallows. Toasty O's I believe this cereal was made by Malt O' Meal. It came in a large plastic bag, and the cereal itself was shaped like Cheerios. It was coated in sugary frosting that gave the left over milk a slighly sweet taste. Total Total was introduced in the late '70s, with Total Raisin Bran coming out in the early '80s (I think) but really caught on in the '80s with all the ads claiming "you'll need THIS many bowls of your regular cereal!" Treasure Chest These were little treasure chests (yellow colored) with different colors inside the treasure chest. The different colors tasted like fruit flavors. Triples Three kinds of grain, in little oval shapes with a sugary coating Trix! "Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids" Undercover Bears This oatmeal had "hidden" fruit-based gummy bears in it. The bears were coated in oatmeal dust, which melted off as you spooned through it (after adding hot water, of course). Urkel-O's Based on the Character "Steve Urkel" from the Family Matters's Series. Sweetened "O"-Shaped Cereal. Vanilla Wafer Cookie Crisp This was the "other" flavor of the popular Cookie Crisp. In my opinion it was much better than the chocolate chip flavor. I remember it was in a blue box, and I believe this was when the wizard was used in the advertising campaign for this cereal. 1982 or 1983 would be the year. Vanilly Crunch Ball-shaped; it was white, vanilla flavored. The box was blue and had a white whale on the cover. It was my favorite cereal of all time....... Waffle-os The cereal contained little waffles that were covered in maple syrup. Wheat Hearts Can be cooked like oatmeal or used as a substitute for flour in pancakes or waffles. A finely ground dark grain. Wheaties 100% whole grain wheat and 0% taste. OMG that was absolutely the most disgusting cereal I think I ever tasted in my whole life. WWF Wrestlemania VII Yellow box made by Purina... Has the Hulkster "Hulk Hogan" on the cover. Yellow cereal almost like captain crunch.. Yummy Mummy It was one of the Monster cereals(Count,Boo,Franken, + Fruit Brute) Also Fruit Brute was in the movie Pulp Fiction Zoom Hot, wheat based cereal from the Fischer Company. One of the greatest, as far as I'm concerned. -------------------------------- wow that is some list 
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07-28-2005, 09:15 PM
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JEEBUS!!! pls tell me you did not type all of that.
I have believe I read all of that. Either way. Fruit Wheats sound NASTY!!!, Eating Cracker Jack cereal and watching Purple Rain videos cracked me up. lmao....im still laughing at at. where's the berry berry kix...yummy. And Im really kinda p'ed off that I missed out on the Pop Tarts cereal as much as I love pop tarts  nice list!! too bad too, then don't make that Ice Cream cone cereal anymore. "My name's Ice Cream Jones...something about Kids go crazy for ice cream cones" or something like that the commerical said. lol |
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04-14-2007, 08:20 AM
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Americans always had such a better selection that in Canada. We had about half of those cereals, maybe more. Of course all the ones from GM, Kellog's, Post, etc.
My family used to eat sugar cereals all the time, but we were never allowed marshmellow one. Man it was fun going to camp and getting to try those!. Great memories. Although you forgot fruit loops. Wasn't that created in the 80s? It certainly fit the genre. I used to get that all the time in first year undergrad :P
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