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Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 09:42 PM Dec 2018

Do you remember a favorite cereal that they no longer produce?

Do you think they would taste the same to you now as they did then?

I miss Puffa Puffa Rice something fierce. It's been over 45 years, but I still think I remember the flavor and crackle like it was yesterday.

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Then there's Buc Wheats. This was my father's favorite cereal at the time. Why this is no longer a thing is a mystery to me.




And this one was absolutely craven. I'd pay good money to bring this cereal back for one month.




If you could resurrect one favorite cereal from your past, which would it be?

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Do you remember a favorite cereal that they no longer produce? (Original Post) Mr. Ected Dec 2018 OP
Wow, a 7 cent coupon inside the Buc Wheats box! Ohiogal Dec 2018 #1
Crispy Critters likesmountains 52 Dec 2018 #2
OMG yes! consider_this Dec 2018 #5
That ad is forever burned into my brain... Ohiogal Dec 2018 #10
Yes... consider_this Dec 2018 #11
oH - you posted a video, i didn't even notice - LOL consider_this Dec 2018 #13
Rice Krinkles. sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #3
Also a favorite! Mr. Ected Dec 2018 #14
Krumbles. Sneederbunk Dec 2018 #4
Quisp. They reintroduced it a few years ago NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #6
That's the first one I thought of also FoxNewsSucks Dec 2018 #28
Roman Meal RainCaster Dec 2018 #7
Stax cereal Ohiogal Dec 2018 #8
QUISP! consider_this Dec 2018 #9
I loved that cereal Generic Brad Dec 2018 #15
And Quake! AJT Dec 2018 #27
Team Flakes! 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2018 #12
You beat me to it. The best flake cereal since all the others instantly turn soggy FSogol Dec 2018 #21
I remember these! It was one of the first so called 'healthy' flake type of cereals I liked...nt SWBTATTReg Dec 2018 #25
Used to love Sugar Pops now known as Corn Pops Va Lefty Dec 2018 #16
Do they still make Alpha-bits? Adsos Letter Dec 2018 #17
I Remember Count Chocula and Franken Berry smb Dec 2018 #18
Count Chocula and Franken Berry both come back every Halloween. FSogol Dec 2018 #22
I used to miss count chocula. onecaliberal Dec 2018 #33
Post Fortified Oat Flakes Freddie Dec 2018 #19
YES!!! THIS!! RobinA Dec 2018 #29
BucWheats were my favorite after school snack for years. House of Roberts Dec 2018 #20
Sugar Corn Pops---"Shot with sugar, through and through!" nt Atticus Dec 2018 #23
Loved sugar pops. Dessert for breakfast Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #32
"Sugar Pops are tops!" Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #42
Sugar Jets woody44 Dec 2018 #24
Bigg Mixx Jake Stern Dec 2018 #26
Actually, RICE CRISPIES. pangaia Dec 2018 #30
Captain crunch still in production but tastes diff than I remember Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #31
Post Sugar Crisp. Chipper Chat Dec 2018 #34
Wheateena and KT2000 Dec 2018 #35
I always fell for the gimmicks... Xolodno Dec 2018 #36
... jpak Dec 2018 #37
I LOVED Buc Wheats! Aristus Dec 2018 #38
Moonstones Cereal - I remember being fascinated by it when I was a kid TlalocW Dec 2018 #39
King Vitamin! pnwest Dec 2018 #40
Do they still make Maypo? I had that every morning before school in the early grades Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #41
Post Toasties blue neen Dec 2018 #43
Rice Krinkles. It had a very racist box, though. Laffy Kat Dec 2018 #44
Sir Grapefellow and Grins & Smiles & Giggles & Laughs Efilroft Sul Dec 2018 #45

Ohiogal

(31,969 posts)
1. Wow, a 7 cent coupon inside the Buc Wheats box!
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 09:47 PM
Dec 2018

I haven't thought of those in years. I remember I liked them, though.

consider_this

(2,203 posts)
5. OMG yes!
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 09:51 PM
Dec 2018

I totally forgot about it, but as soon as you mentioned it i know the exact taste and nice firm texture ANIMALS!!!

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
14. Also a favorite!
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:07 PM
Dec 2018

Just the right amount of sweetening. Or maybe way too much. I have no way of ever knowing which one.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,429 posts)
28. That's the first one I thought of also
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 11:21 PM
Dec 2018



I was really pissed off when they dumped Quisp and kept Quake. Quisp was clearly the better cereal.

consider_this

(2,203 posts)
9. QUISP!
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 09:58 PM
Dec 2018

Well I loved it as a kid. would prob overload on the sugar nowadays.

Wait - looks like you can still get it some places???

50 Shades Of Blue

(9,973 posts)
12. Team Flakes!
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:06 PM
Dec 2018


No way would they taste the same now - NONE of the cereals I eat now are the same as they used to be. Some are completely different, like Special K.

FSogol

(45,473 posts)
21. You beat me to it. The best flake cereal since all the others instantly turn soggy
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:48 PM
Dec 2018

in milk. Team Flakes were thicker and didn't absorb milk like the other tissue paper-type flakes.

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
17. Do they still make Alpha-bits?
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:30 PM
Dec 2018

I loved that stuff when I was a kid.

EDIT: never mind, looks like they still make it.

smb

(3,471 posts)
18. I Remember Count Chocula and Franken Berry
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:32 PM
Dec 2018

Going off on a tangent, there's a webcomic called Breakfast of the Gods that is essentially a Watchmen-like story played out by classic cereal mascots.

FSogol

(45,473 posts)
22. Count Chocula and Franken Berry both come back every Halloween.
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:49 PM
Dec 2018

PS. Did you forget Boo Berry?

Freddie

(9,259 posts)
19. Post Fortified Oat Flakes
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 10:40 PM
Dec 2018

Soooo good and healthy too. Had a unique malt-y taste. My mom liked it too so we never had to beg for it. Was hoping they’d bring it back during the oat bran fad but no. People have written and begged Post to bring it back.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
30. Actually, RICE CRISPIES.
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 11:35 PM
Dec 2018

It is the same name on the box but it sure as hell ain't the same stuff inside the box.



Demovictory9

(32,445 posts)
31. Captain crunch still in production but tastes diff than I remember
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 11:39 PM
Dec 2018

Was my favorite cereal as a kid (1970s). Tried it 40 years later. It was different

Xolodno

(6,390 posts)
36. I always fell for the gimmicks...
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 12:23 AM
Dec 2018

C-3POs, Smurfberry Crunch, etc. But the two I always liked...and are still around Honeycomb, Corn Pops and of course...anything granola.

TlalocW

(15,380 posts)
39. Moonstones Cereal - I remember being fascinated by it when I was a kid
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 01:29 AM
Dec 2018

Only on shelves from 1976-1977



Also I regret never having these from the late 80s considering how big a Muppet fan I am. Cröonchy Stars.



TlalocW

Rhiannon12866

(205,161 posts)
41. Do they still make Maypo? I had that every morning before school in the early grades
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 02:12 AM
Dec 2018

And I also remember this commercial!

Laffy Kat

(16,376 posts)
44. Rice Krinkles. It had a very racist box, though.
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 04:19 AM
Dec 2018

The cereal was good, basically frosted Rice Krispies, but better tasting. I won't show the box because it's offensive.

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