This thread should've been made a while ago. But after seeing @bimmy-lee express his love and admiration of the count, fruit brute, boo berry, and frankenberry, I knew it was time to right a wrong.
Feel free to discuss favorite cereals, whether they're from your childhood, or relatively new to store shelves.
As for me, I can't pick just 1 as my favorite. Of course, the already mentioned count and his friends are amazing to the taste buds, but I also love CT crunch, Golden graham's, fruit loops, honeycomb, captain crunch( PB gets the honorable mention), sugar smacks are just SOME of my favorites.
As for childhood favorites... sprinkle Spangles, adams family movie cereal, slammin' sammy flakes, kix, fruity pebbles, rice Krispy treats the cereal, Kelloggs mini buns, and French toast crunch.
Then there were the commercials. Who else remembers the hype when Trix introduced ACTUAL fruit shapes in the cereal? Wow what a rush. Tony the tiger was essential for commercials, and those danged cookie crisp criminals. How about that poor guys lucky charms? Ahh..the good times. Coming home from school and making a giant mixing bowl size of cereal and watching some TV was where it was at.
Wow, FINALLY!!! This is indeed a welcome topic. So many faves. Where to start? My mom didn’t allow much junky cereal, mostly as an occasional treat, so I ate a lot of Raisin Bran, Cracklin Oat Bran, Grape Nuts and Special K Apple Cinnamon Crunch at home. The special treat cereals were usually Apple Jacks, Super Golden Crisp (which had a special side effect, if you know, you know), CTC, the E.T. Chocolate and peanut butter cereal, Cap’n Crunch PB or all berries, and the Batman cereal.
My grandma’s place was the cereal SPOT though. She always had Lucky Charms, Fruity Pebbles, the monster cereals, and my personal trash fave: Ka-BOOM, which was a bag cereal with a clown on the front. It was kind of like Trix, but also had marshmallows. Chronic.
One time my mom brought home a family size box of Rice Krispie TREAT cereal. It blew my mind to the point that I ate almost the entire box. She was so mad at me, but not as mad as when I had to come home from school a few hours later because I barfed it all up in the middle of class. I got real dizzy and sweaty, tried to hold it down; but nope. Sprayed it everywhere as I ran out of class and all down the hallway. Good times.
What a coincidence, I just happened to switch back to cereal for my breakfasts a couple months ago, and I like to try out different flavors.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch absolutely reigns supreme though, and it's the only one I've returned to multiple times (I've also tried Chocolate Toast Crunch, which I thought would be a surefire slam dunk, and while it is good, I actually think I prefer the classic variant).
Wendy's Frosty Cereal is a surprising runner up. Kinda like Coca Puffs, but with (flavored?) marshmallows, it's amazing. Also lived a childhood dream of mine & finally tried Reese's Puffs, which while good, didn't quite hit the mark for me.
Fruit Loops & Frosted Mini Wheats are familiar treats to fall back on in a pinch, too.
Currently going through a box of Golden Grahams, and while they certainly are good (I like the bit of sweetness they impart upon the milk), they remind me a bit too much of (the superior) Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and I start to think I'd rather be eating the latter.
Long before the days of cell phones and TVs in every room, my brother and I used to sit across the table from each other and alternate sides of the cereal box to gaze at while eating. The back of the box had all the activities and good stuff, but I also like to zone out looking at the front while wishing I could shrink down to the size of Snap, Crackle and Pop and just dive into a pool sized bowl of cereal. The ingredients panel was ripe for comedy too. “Potassium? More like BUTTassium, amirite???” Classic.
@RR529 - Wendy’s Frosty cereal? Mind blown. My life will not be complete until I try this. I’m not huge on chocolate cereals, but I still neeeed this now that I know it exists. Hot take alert: I’ve always thought CTC is better as a dry snack than as a bowl of cereal. All the flavor dust washes off in the milk, and I never drank the milk after because I’ve never really liked milk except as a vital ingredient in cereal. I always tipped my spoon to let excess milk run off. This take usually angers people as I’d say CTC is generally considered the greatest of all cereals by the most people. At least in my cereal discussions.
Think I'm stopping at the store tomorrow to fill up on some classics. I'll have to somewhat disagree with not drinking CTC milk. That, coco pebbles, and anytime a Halloween special cereal turns the milk green, I'm all in. Liquid gold at that point. Makes me want to delete this thread at the mere mention of pouring out CTC milk. Blech.
Nowadays I mostly go back and forth between two different types of raisin bran, the one with just bran and the crunchy one. A way to kinda sorta be more healthy (and to remember to eat fruit regularly).
But my favorites are probably Golden Grahams and French Toast/Strawberry Toast Crunch.
I'm basic as I only eat honey nut cheerios and raisin bran crunch, but as a kid Corn Pops (and toaster strudel) and on occasion frosted flakes were my morning garbage of choice. Somewhere around my early 20's I got to the point that I can't stomach all that sugar.
aside from the two types I mentioned earlier I usually have miso soup and a salad, or an omelet with sausage of some sort or a bagel and yogurt. Still love pancakes, french toast and waffles though.
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Ah, Corn Pops, love them. Sort of plain, just a hint of sweetness. The kind of cereal that gets better with every spoonful.
@NintendoByNature - I know I’m in the minority with this CTC take. Trust me, I know. I’ve started roadhouse style brawls over this. It really has nothing to do with the cereal itself. I just think cow milk is gross. Necessary, but gross. I wanted as little in my mouth as possible. We’re full time nut milks in my house, and I looove coconut milk, so maybe I need to try it again as an adult making my own milk choices and slam a bowl of cinnamon sugar coconut milk. Should I do it?
@bimmy-lee I'll 3rd corn pops. Complete oversight on my part. And it's ok, you're just a different type of cereal consumer. But, as I've gotten older I've subbed either almond milk or coconut milk with cereal since the real stuff upsets the stomach. Do keep me posted on your next non cow milk cereal excursion 😃
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