What was your favorite cereal as a kid?

[Mr. Ected]

I'm old, but I remember loving Puffa Puffa Rice. And Buc Wheats. There were others, but as I mentioned, I'm old. Help me refresh my memory.

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[elleng]

1. THIS!

[pinboy3niner]

2. LOL!

I grew up mostly on corn flakes and wheaties. Trix, if I was lucky.

As an adult I have a special appreciation for Cocoa Puffs and Pebbles.

[madamesilverspurs]

3. This~

And it was ALWAYS a fight for the toy!


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[GreatCaesarsGhost]

12. I remember those frogmen.

And the Sugar Pops. And Andy Devine.

[WinkyDink]

82. Corn Chex.

[hlthe2b]

4. Rice Krispies, Cheerios, & when allowed, Cap'n Crunch & Frosted Flakes

The latter two were considered "occasional" due to all the sugar, but boy were they good...

Hot cereal was definitely chocolate malto-meal, which became hard to find as we moved from one area of the country to another...

[pinboy3niner]

5. Malto-Meal came in chocolate?

Damn! If my parents were still alive they would feel my wrath!

[hlthe2b]

7. yup... was hard to find even then but it is available today...

http://www.maltomeal.com/product/chocolate/

[malthaussen]

35. All your childhood, you were betrayed!

For very shame!

-- Mal

[Codeine]

19. . . .

[True Dough]

25. So true

Lots of nicks in your mouth after a bowl of that stuff. And sticks in your teeth. But pretty damn good!

[SMC22307]

27. Heh... ain't that the truth! (n/t)

[malthaussen]

36. Ever read Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon?

One of the many digressions in the book is a several-page description of the proper way to eat Captain Crunch.

-- Mal

[lame54]

40. You'll like this...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. Cap'n Crunch (without the crunchberries-- I'm a bit of a purist)

[TeamPooka]

21. I'm a with Crunchberries person. The best. nt

[pinboy3niner]

8. As a kid I was a cereal killer

Thank your lucky stars or charms I reformed.

[Coventina]

9. Lucky Charms. But now I think they are gross.

Now, I alternate between Froot Loops and Apple Jacks.

[Major Nikon]

10. Grits

[pinboy3niner]

11. But are they groceries?

[Major Nikon]

14. George Jones says so

Along with most everyone else raised in the South.

[yellowdogintexas]

68. I prefer my grits as a main dish with lots of cheese, butter and eggs...and garlic nt

[Laffy Kat]

78. Yep, you're from the South, alright.

I like my grits with red-eye gravy. Can't remember the last time I had that, though. There MAY be a few small diners in the South that still offer red-eye gravy, or a truck stop or two.

[GoDawgs]

91. Silver Skillet on 14th st & Ria's Bluebird on Memorial dr se can hook you up LaffyKat!

In Atlanta. Delicious!

[Laffy Kat]

94. Googled and bookmarked!

They even have a photo of grits and red-eye on their Website. May have to make a stop in Atlanta next time I visit my sis in Tallahassee. Yummers. Thanks, GoDawgs.

[nolabear]

99. You guys are killin' me. My granddaddy taught me to make red-eye gravy. And grits.

Grits and eggs, shrimp and grits, grits and grits...

[Laffy Kat]

101. Makin' ya hungry?

[yuiyoshida]

13. I was always having Hot Oatmeal...love it still today

In fact, I am going to go make some now!

[Major Nikon]

17. As a kid I always called it goatmeal

Still do

[GoCubsGo]

122. I like it more now than I did when I was a kid.

I have gotten really picky about my oatmeal, too. No quick oats, please. I like 'em thick and chewy. Bob's Red Mill Extra Thick Cut are the best! I used to eat them with milk and sugar. Now, I prefer them grits-style--just some butter.. and maybe some salt.

[yuiyoshida]

130. I love it with Butter

but no salt thanks. I like it even better with real Maple Syrup!

[GoCubsGo]

136. Yep, maple syrup is the best, especially with chewy and steel-cut oats.

Especially with butter.

Everything is better with butter (that includes the Earth Balance kind, for you vegans reading this.)

[moonscape]

15. Loved Frosted Flakes, but mostly

begged Mom to get the variety pack with a bunch (8? 10?) of one-serving boxes. Loved opening them like french doors, pouring the milk in, and eating out of the box.

Kid's delight!

[malthaussen]

37. Me too!

Although I passed on the Special K. That was okay, Mom ate it.

-- Mal

[trof]

132. Yeah, I thought that was cool too.

[megahertz]

16. They rotated, but for awhile: King Vitaman & Kaboom

[SMC22307]

28. Never had Kaboom but damn...

King Vitaman was yummy.

[mdbl]

107. King Vitaman

as well as Quisp and Quake all reminded me of Capn Crunch.

[jmowreader]

153. King Vitaman is still being made

[femmocrat]

18. Sugar Crisp

They call it "Golden Crisp" now. Sugar is a no-no!

Check out this ancient commercial!! http://classictelevisiononline.com/index.php/day-time/ads-psas-bumpers/40-sugar-crisps-cereal

[yellowdogintexas]

69. Anybody remember that cartoon show which featured some of the Post

cereal 'characters'? Sugar Bear, little chinese guy for sugar rice krinkles, and so on. Can't remember the main characters name but it was just one long commercial for Post products. However, the cartoons were pretty cute. Think there was an Indian kid for Post Toasties???

[Codeine]

20. These

I collected all the Wild West buildings and played with them endlessly. Needless to say we didn't get much television reception in that part of Wyoming back then.

[malthaussen]

38. That's a new one on me...

... maybe it wasn't marketed on the East Coast. I envy you your Waffeloville!

-- Mal

[Yonnie3]

22. My favorites were anything sugary but changed as I got a little older.

The Chex cereals were my favorite with Cheerios as a runner up. I also fondly remember a cold winter morning treat of Nabisco Shredded Wheat with a pat of margarine and hot milk poured over it.

[MicaelS]

23. Froot Loops. n/t

[Grammy23]

24. Raisin Bran. Nt.

[onethatcares]

131. and I thought I was weird.

because that was my favorite too.

[True Dough]

26. Cereal is still a staple in my diet

Almost always have a bowl for breakfast and almost always before bed. As a kid, Cocoa Puffs Count Chocula and Frosted Flakes were favorites.

Now, I love this stuff:

[SMC22307]

29. Cream of Wheat (with lumps), brown sugar, and whole milk. (n/t)

[2theleft]

100. I liked it lumpy, too! So funny...

My family thought I was so weird.

[SMC22307]

126. LOL "Weird"...

keeps things interesting!

[Laffy Kat]

150. LOL. My #2 son INSISTED on lumps in his COW.

Still does.

[AgadorSparticus]

145. Ditto on the lumpy side! Malt o meal was one of my favorites!

[Iggo]

30. The kinds that'd tear up your gums. Cap'n Crunch, for one. Honeycombs, for another. (n/t)

[applegrove]

31. Fruit loops. I had a great aunt who was a hoot. She openly confessed

to us that she had a box of Captain crunch in her apartment all the time. She was in her late 80s at the time. And proved her whole life that one could be as young as one wished at any time.

[blue neen]

32. Coco Wheats.

Hot Cereal. It's still my favorite.

[area51]

33. Cocoa Krispies

Though I was also partial to Kaboom, as seen upthread.

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[malthaussen]

34. What is this "kid" noise?

I still eat the same cereal at 60 as I did at 5. I alternate between Frosted Flakes and Cocoa Krispies.

-- Mal

[Ron Obvious]

39. Chocolate-Frosted Sugar Bombs!

[love_katz]

41. Cocoa Puffs.

I was "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs".

[El Supremo]

42. These:

Too hard on my teeth now.

[SCantiGOP]

44. Which contains

neither grapes or nuts

[GoCubsGo]

49. They are delicious hot, and easy on the teeth.

Just cover them with milk, and cook in the microwave for a minute. Best with some honey. Haven't tried with a nut milk, just cow juice, but I don't see why they wouldn't work with almond/cashew/coconut/whatever milk substitute.

http://www.food.com/recipe/hot-grape-nuts-cereal-122103

I may have to pick up some Grape Nuts the next time I go shopping.

[yellowdogintexas]

70. cook them per the box directions. Awesome!

You cook them in milk, and they turn into one rich bowl of warm goodness

[freebrew]

109. You're supposed to cook them??

My mother used to love them with cold milk.

A bit crunchy, hard on the teeth.

Leave them sit a while and THEN they were good; malty deliciousness.

KIX was good for cold cereal.

I lived on oatmeal, though.

[spiderpig]

43. Team. I always was weird.

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[blogslut]

45. Me too!

I loved TEAM FLAKES so much! They had a flavor and consistency that was unmatched.

[spiderpig]

58. Soulmate!!!

My grandmother, who was relentlessly brand-loyal when it came to food, would always serve my grandfather Pep cereal for breakfast, along with a sunny-side-up egg cooked in a little cast iron skillet. Plus a side of Sunsweet prune juice.

<img src="" alt="Pep Wheat Flakes Cereal Box"/>

[etherealtruth]

92. my very favorite

I still miss it!

[murielm99]

46. I had several favorites.

Sugar Pops, Lucky Charms, Grape Nuts.

As an adult, I favor Wheat Chex and oatmeal.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

75. As a kid, I preferred Wheat Chex. With added sugar, of course.

[Generic Brad]

47. Captain Crunch with Crunch Berries

However, as an adult, I have yet to successfully locate a Crunch Berry bush.

[El Supremo]

48. Now it's:

[paleotn]

97. Damn straight. Same here.....

reminds me of Wacky Packages back in the early 70's.

[spiderpig]

104. Now you're making me nostalgic about Phil Hartman.

I miss him and Gene, The Anal Retentive Chef.

[rurallib]

50. Like I had a vote - mother got us Cheerios

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she thought those sugared cereals were bad.
So we'd load up the Cheerios with table sugar.

[mdbl]

108. Ha Ha

Same in my house. We just dumped the sugar bowl all over unsweetened cereal. When we the occasional sweet cereal, we would just eat the whole box in a couple of days.

[mrmpa]

115. I think the first word in your title should be "like"........n/t

[rurallib]

117. yes - thanks

[mrmpa]

118. You're welcome.........

I saw that, scratched my head, and said "that's not the rurallib I know"

[GoCubsGo]

51. Rice Krinkles.

They were essentially frosted Rice Krispies, but unfortunately, they had a very racist mascot. Cap'n Crunch was a close second, followed by Life, which I still really like.

I am surprised by all of the love for Kaboom. I thought it was nasty--all that food dye, which was the dominant flavor of this cereal.

[ailsagirl]

52. Sugar Frosted Flakes

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Trix
Alpha Bits

yikes...lots of sugar!!

Also Cream of Oats, Cheerios, and Corn Flakes

[megahertz]

53. For awhile I grabbed anything with a cereal box record on the back. Those things were awesome.

[cwydro]

54. Anyone remember Quisp?

Or did I dream that?

[megahertz]

56. Quisp was yummy.

[cwydro]

57. Omg!

Can't believe anyone remembers that!

Blast from the past!

[DonRedwood]

79. Yum!

Though I think it tasted exactly like King Vitamin.... Just a different shape.

[JTFrog]

106. Quisp has come back to Earth!

http://www.quakeroats.com/products/cold-cereals/quisp.aspx

[Xipe Totec]

55. Atole

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atole

[A HERETIC I AM]

59. Well, when I was young, we had it tough. I used to have to eat a handfull of cold gravel.....

then lick road clean wi' tongue. Go down mill, work 27 hours for tuppence a week and when we got home, our dad would kill us and dance about on our graves singin' hallelujah.

[DFW]

60. Life ("He likes it! Hey Mikey!") but only because I never knew about Ethereal Cereal

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

61. My favorite was actually

Special K... Of course that was back when we thought nothing of putting 3-4 tea-spoonfuls of sugar in a bowl of cereal. I loved that "sugar milk" when the cereal was gone.

The thought of it now almost makes me gag.

[yesphan]

62. Loved em.

[IrishEyes]

63. Applejacks

That was always my favorite cereal.

[LeftInTX]

65. My mom indulged us with every sweet cereal that we wanted

Grew up in the 60s when there seemed to be a new variety every week. When I was in high school, my house was the place to go for the munchies. The amount of cereals we had was crazy.

My poor kids got Cheerios and sometimes Honey Nut Cheerios.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

66. Corn Flakes

Deep fried around chicken

[Simongren]

67. Well, It's a little embarrassing ...

My favorite cereal was Rice Krinkles

http://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=314

[yellowdogintexas]

71. I loved Rice Krinkles and the silly cartoon show too nt

[yellowdogintexas]

72. Cold:Sugar Rice Krinkles until LIFE came out. Hot: Ralston

Ralston was the best hot cereal ever and I have not seen it for years.

Now I am a huge fan of oatmeal, either the 10 minute old fashioned kind or steel cut oats (which I cook in the microwave with cut up apple no sugar added)

I also like cream of wheat, cream of rice and hot grapenuts but I do not like grits as a breakfast food. I prefer them as a cheesy buttery calorie laden casserole.

My preferred cold cereals: Life (still) and all the varieties of Chex, plus shredded wheat.

[radical noodle]

127. You can still buy Ralston

They have it at Vermont Country Store online

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/store/jump/productDetail/Food/Food/Breakfast/Ralston_Wheat_Hot_Cereal_Set_of_3_Bags/H4148


Three bags for <gasp!> $15.90. I wonder what it cost when you were a kid?

[geardaddy]

73. I remember Buck Wheats!

My fave was and still is this:

[geardaddy]

74. Growing up in Minneapolis, we got a lot of General Mills stuff

Does anyone remember these?

[Danmel]

76. Quisp

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[Unca Jim]

77. Lest we forget...

Better, because it's mined!

[Wolf Frankula]

134. Inorganic food is best for you

Mined food is always better.

Wolf

[longship]

80. Easy! Cream of Wheat!

Not the instant kind. Cooked with milk, not with water. Served hot with a pat of real butter and sprinkled with brown sugar.

OMG! Is that delish!

Honorable mention: Grape Nuts.

[alfredo]

81. Corn flakes and shredded wheat.

Corn puffs were fun too.

There were some Grape nuts in the house, but that was for the more masochistic. They were the original Colon blow

[No Vested Interest]

83. Nabisco Shredded Wheat - the large ones, not the minis and not frosted.

With warm milk to break them down.

[Jamaal510]

84. My favorite cereal was Trix until

they did away with the fruit shapes and brought back the puffs. Trix doesn't taste the same as it used to.

[trusty elf]

85. Banana Wackies

[Nitram]

86. Shredded Wheat.

[zonkers]

87. Captain Crunch.

[LiberalLovinLug]

88. Yes Captain Crunch

But it has to be prepared properly first. That is, you put the cereal in then cover in milk and then let it sit for about a minute or two, which is difficult to do as a sugar addicted kid, to get it to that perfect texture. Not soggy but soft, sticky, and still a little crunchy.

[zonkers]

89. Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes.

[northoftheborder]

90. Corn flakes, Wheaties, and Shredded Wheat

I hated all cooked cereals such as oatmeal, and I still do. I managed to eat Purina, I remember. Now the only hot cereal I will eat is grits.

[Locrian]

93. we had pretty much every sugar cereal the was!

ohhh, but it has "natural" fruit flavors!!

[NightWatcher]

95. Cinnamon Toast Crunch kicked ass

[senseandsensibility]

96. Cap'n Crunch had the advantage of being sickeningly sweet

as well as sticking in your teeth. So of course I loved it

[paleotn]

98. Cherrios or Rice Crispies...

...in my "Jethro Bodine" cereal bowl.

[kacekwl]

102. Coco Crispys

[Doc_Technical]

103. Post Rice Krinkles

http://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=314

[Adsos Letter]

105. Alpha Bits.

And Crispy Critters.

[sharp_stick]

110. Honeycomb and full size Shredded Wheat

I usually either poured boiling water on the shredded wheat, drained it and covered it in milk and sugar. This made it nice and soft and sweet.

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[dakdirty]

111. Banana frosted flakes

http://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=415

[bullsnarfle]

112. Cap'n Crunch peanut butter cereal.

On Saturday mornings I could sit in front of the t.v. watching cartoons and eat a whole boxful, one fistful at a time right out of the box, never even take the milk out of the fridge, haha.

[volstork]

113. Holy CRAP!

Puffa Puffa Rice was my very favorite!
My dad and I would eat it every AM.

[Mr. Ected]

123. I have finally met a kindred spirit

Absolutely no one that I know has the vaguest clue what Puffa Puffa Rice means.

[volstork]

124. I'm 50 y/o

And I STILL miss it! There's no substitute; i tried regular puffed rice. Bitterly disappointed...

[Politicub]

114. Captain Crunch and Frosted Flakes

I was a health nut.

[CrispyQ]

116. Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.

I liked Cocoa Krispies, too. Now, I eat oatmeal, with a little bit of butter & pepper & cream.

[megahertz]

119. Golden Grahams for awhile. They had a catchy jingle too.

"Crispy crunchy graham cereal, family breakfast tree-ee-eat..."

I was able to sing along, lo these many years later.

[senseandsensibility]

147. Lol

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Thanks for the memory. Those were good. Do they still make them?

[Motley13]

120. cornbread squished in buttermilk

[trof]

133. You are ddefinitely from the south.

[Motley13]

137. yeah, your avatar looks famiiar

I just moved farther south

[Motley13]

138. How southern are you? This is the test

cornbread, made with sugar or not?

[trof]

139. Not, but a confession:

Lately I like about 1/4 C. of honey in the batter.

[Motley13]

140. hmmm, how about the oil?

bacon fat or what?

I just went to the store & got buttermilk, I am in the mood for cornbread, sans sugar, made with bacon grease in cast iron skillet.

I will not squish it in my buttermilk, my taste has matured, somewhat.

[trof]

141. It was sure bacon grease when granny and momma made it.

Now I've also (sometimes) gussied it up with canned creamed corn, minced jalapeno, and cheddar.
I know, I'm ashamed of myself.

[Motley13]

142. Yum

[NNadir]

121. When very small, Kellogg's Corn Flakes, Later Life Cereal, Finally, Grape Nuts.

I had to stop eating Grape Nuts when Post Cereals was owned by Phillip Morris, since my father died from Lung Cancer from smoking Phillip Morris cigarettes.

I understand that Post has been spun off from Phillip Morris, so I recently started eating it again, although there are some generic knock offs that are quite good.

[Wilsonator]

125. Porridge!

With lashings of syrup and butter. Can't beat it.

[radical noodle]

128. Rice Krispies and Frosted Flakes were/are my favorites

But when I was a kid I generally picked the cereal with the best prize inside.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

129. Captain Crunch w/ Crunchberries

[Wolf Frankula]

135. Rice Chex or Wheat Chex for me.

As a small child Weetabix.

Does anybody else remember this from grade school? "Puff Puff Cocoa Puff! Pick your butt and eat the stuff! Wooh! Wooh!"

Wolf

[BootinUp]

143. Trix are for kids!

[trof]

144. Sunday night supper was usually "breakfast food".

B'ham, AL in the 40s.
We always had a BIG Sunday 'dinner'.
Sunday night supper was light, "breakfast food'.
That's what we called cereal back then.
I remember Rice Krispies and Quaker Puffed Rice "SHOT FROM GUNS!"
With milk and LOTS of sugar.
And drinking the sugar laden milk from the bowl after I'd finished the cereal.

[AgadorSparticus]

146. APPLE JACKS! I ate so much if this stuff in 4th grade, I got sick of it.

Never touched it again.

I also really liked captain crunch and sugar snaps (the one with the frog on the box).

In college, I would just eat handfuls of honey Oh's or cinnamon nut crunch.

Now, nothing. I am on a low salt, low sugar, low carb, low everything diet. Lol

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

148. Sugar Pops

[True Dough]

149. Relevant enough to this thread...

The best cereals of all time, ranked

http://www.vox.com/2016/9/26/13012468/best-cereals-ever-ranking


SPOILER: Coming in at #1...
































Quisp! It was before my time. Never even tasted it!

[Mr. Ected]

152. This is GREAT! Can't believe that my 2 admittedly-obscure favorites are both Top 20 material!

This one didn't make the list...but came to mind recently as a former fave....

[CJohnson_LS]

151. Frosted flakes

I still eat the stuff every now and then, but not as often as I did when I was younger. Now, as an adult, I prefer plain corn flakes, with some sugar added to the milk.