What was your favorite cereal as a kid? Mine was Cream of Wheat and Rice Chex. How about you?

[debm55]

[Ritabert]

1. Raisin Bran

[debm55]

2. Thank you Ritabet.for sharing with us.

[CanonRay]

3. I still love Cream of Wheat

but my wife won't let me eat it...says it's too unhealthy. I eat Bran Flakes and put in my own raisins now.

[debm55]

8. Thank you very much, CannonRay. I still eat it. May I ask why it isn't healthy? Thank you, my friend.

[CanonRay]

38. Because it's highly processed wheat.

Apparently that's bad for me lol.

[debm55]

90. Thank you for answering .

[CrispyQ]

4. You'll laugh. GrapeNuts topped with coffee, cream, & sugar.

And I have no idea how this combo came about. Maybe a commercial back in the day? They used to publish all sorts of bizarre recipes, remember? I tried it again years later & it was just as yummy, but it gave me bad indigestion as an adult.

I loved most sugary cereal, though. Cocoa Puffs were a fav.

I love Chex mix but have never made it.

[debm55]

9. Thank you very much for sharing with us. CrispyQ enjoy your selection.

[3catwoman3]

79. My dad loved Grape Nuts. When I was a kid, he told me that each of the cereal nuggets was made from...

...the little individual juice sacs that make up sections of the sections of a grapefruit. I believed him for years.

[debm55]

82. HAHAHHAHAHAHa. Thank you 3catwoman3 Than is funny.

[3catwoman3]

85. I have no idea why the hell he made up that peculiar story. I do remember thinking, even when I believed...

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..him, that it sounded like an awful lot of work, and wondering why anyone would have thought to do that.

[debm55]

91. Yes , they think they are being funny, but kids are brighter then adults give them credit for.

[woodsprite]

5. Frosted mini wheats!

You used to be able to get 'stuffed' ones - blueberry or strawberry - they were my ultimate favorite! I haven't seen the stuffed ones for years.

[debm55]

10. Thank you very much, woodsprite. for sharing. I haven't the stuffed ones either.

[WmChris]

6. Biscuits & gravy

Technically not cereal but close enough for me.

[debm55]

11. That would be great on a cold snowy day. I hope you still enjoy and thank you for sharing, WmChris.

[underpants]

7. Cookie Crisp

The first time I saw it in a grocery store I thought GENIUS! Cookies and milk for breakfast!!!

[debm55]

12. Thank you very much for sharing with us, underpants.

[johnp3907]

13. Lucky Charms!

They’re magically delicious!

And Quisp! Remember Quisp?

[debm55]

16. Thank you very much for sharing with us, john3907, I didn't like the marshmallow thingies in it. Sorry But enjoy.

[Diamond_Dog]

24. I used to pick the marshmallows out. I think we only had it once or twice.

[debm55]

69. Funny but I did the same., Thank you Diamond_Dog.

[Shermann]

28. I picked up Chocolate Lucky Charms today.

It is similar to Count Chocula. Either will do nicely during a winter storm. If the power goes out, I may need to use up a lot of milk!

I'm not sure why people stock up on perishable milk when threatened with a power outage?

[debm55]

60. We filled up an insulated foam container with ice and put on the back porch. We'll but the milk and other things in it.

Right now it is only 11 degrees in Pittsburgh. So you could just put your perishables outside.

[JT45242]

35. I loved Qwisp...h

Hated when they stopped making it.

[debm55]

61. Thank you, JT45242, That's a bummer

[The Madcap]

115. Do you remember Quake?

They had that contest to choose between Quake and Quisp, and Quisp emerged victorious with Quake being banished.

Oh, those were the days of free and fair elections....

[JT45242]

120. Yep and the commercials too

Source: YouTube https://share.google/3Uqw7a56yfMJehamE

[CrispyQ]

105. Quisp vs Quake. For a short time, they were competitors, remember?

I liked Quisp & my cousin sided with Quake, but when my grandmother bought both, he liked Quisp better, too. I don't think Quake survived.

[Coventina]

14. OMG! Cream of Wheat was the bane of my existence!

My mom forced me to eat it at least once a week, and I dreaded it.



My favorites were (and still are) Froot Loops and Apple Jacks.

However, I don't eat them because they are soooooo bad for you!

[debm55]

17. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Coventina. You are not going to like this but on my shopping for snow essential

I bought a box of Cream of Wheat. I really never had a sweet tooth.

[Coventina]

20. Lucky you! I have a horrible sweet tooth. That's why I'm pre-diabetic.

[debm55]

62. I am so sorry Coventina

[Coventina]

87. Aw, thanks Deb. I should have been more careful.

It runs in my family, but I thought I'd be immune.

[debm55]

92. So sorry. I never went to dentist until I was 18 and Penn State required it on the entrance. form. Parents thought it

was a waste of money. If my teeth didn't hurt, there was no sense of going.

[CrispyQ]

106. How many dentists built their retirement filling cavities of children?

I lived on sugar as a kid & still struggle with sugar cravings 60 years later. I love it & it's in everything! Probably cuz it tastes so damned good!

[pandr32]

15. I loved Shreddies.

It was made by Post in Canada.

[debm55]

18. Thank you pandr32. Is that like shredded weath. I loved Shredded Wheat with warm milk

[pandr32]

39. Sort of.

Shreddies is more like Chex, but with whole shredded wheat--crunchy little square shapes. Really good--no sugar added.

[debm55]

63. Thank you pandr32.

[applegrove]

19. Rice crispies was what mom wanted us to eat. On special

occasions we had that multipack of Keloggs cereals and we all wanted the fruit loops.

[debm55]

64. As a kid I liked all those small cereal boxes. I would pick the fruit loops too.

[applegrove]

65. Yup. With 4 of us kids the one fruit loops got picked

first. Then the raisin bran. Then I don't know but I would not be happy if I was the third or fourth kid to pick.

[TommieMommy]

21. Cream of wheat. I still enjoy it 😁

[debm55]

70. Me too!!!!!! I like the plain not any with flavoring. Thank you TommieMommy.

[Diamond_Dog]

22. I can't believe it now, but I used to love Cap'n Crunch!

It tore up the roof of your mouth, but it was soooo good!

My mother never once made any hot cereal for us like Cream of Wheat. I don’t know why. I never had oatmeal until I was in college.

[debm55]

71. I like it in the winter--warms the bones. I also had Cream of Rice, Mother's Oats, I made them myself. Easy to make.

Even easier now with the one serving packs that come in a box.

[hlthe2b]

23. Cheerios, Rice Crispies, and Chocolate Malt-o-Meal

Sometimes Cap'n Crunch...

Later on, Raisin Bran


I haven't eaten any of them in many years. Oatmeal, occasionally.

[debm55]

73. Thank you very much, hIthe2b. for your selections.

[CrispyQ]

108. Chocolate Malt-o-Meal...yum!

My mother would pour it in my bowl over a marshmallow & I'd wait until the marshmallow melted to pour my milk on top. It was soooooo good! When I switched to miniature marshmallows it was even better.

[hlthe2b]

110. Do they still sell it? I haven't looked in a long time, but I have seen regular Malt-o-Meal..

[CrispyQ]

119. IDK. I only buy oats & wheat germ in that aisle. -nt

[surrealAmerican]

25. Fruit Loops ...

... or Apple Jacks, or Kaboom, or Honeycombs.

After my mother decided these had too much sugar, we settled for Total.

[debm55]

74. HAHAHHAHHAh. Thank you very much, surrealAmerican.for your selections

[choie]

26. Cap'n Crunch!

[debm55]

75. Thank you very much, choie. for your selection of the Crunch.

[SheltieLover]

27. Sugar pops & Lucky Charms

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Loved cream of wheat, too.

[debm55]

76. Thank you very much, SheltieLover, for your selections.

[LisaM]

29. We had something called Hot Ralston.

It was good, and kind of grainy. I also liked Rice Krinkles, though I cringe now at the packaging, which featured an Asian-themed character in a rice paddy hat pushing a rickshaw. In fact, they often came with a little plastic rickshaw inside. They were a sweetened version of Rice Krispies, but they had a slightly different flavor from Frosted Flakes.

I also loved the little single sized boxes. We spent summers near Battle Creek and toured the Kellogg plant a couple of times (I don't recall doing this for Post) and at the end, you got a few free samples of the small boxes.

[debm55]

80. Thank you very much, LisaM . I remember Hot Ralston and Maypo also. Would love to visit a Factory and see how the cereal

is made.

[yellowdogintexas]

158. Ralston was my absolute favorite!!! Do they even make it anymore!!!

Rice Krinkles were good, weren't they. They were always the first to disappear from the Post variety pack.

So who else remembers the cartoon show in which the brand characters were the "stars" in the cartoons. I think it was in the late 1950s; it was cute though.

[Coldwater]

30. Cap'N Crunch

was my favorite, but my parents mostly bought Apple Jacks, Corn Flakes, Corn Chex, and Cheerios

[debm55]

93. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Coldwater.

[Jilly_in_VA]

31. I hated cereal

Still do, as a matter of fact. I will eat oatmeal on occasion; the occasion has to be if I'm sick, and it has to be maple and brown sugar. That's it.

[debm55]

94. Thank you for sharing with us. Jilly_in_VA.

[LogDog75]

32. Trix

Colorful cereal but the flavor doesn't match the colors. All the colors had the same flavor. It was just in our minds we thought they tasted like the colors they represented.

[3catwoman3]

81. An experiment was once done with flavorless black coloring added to milk...

...and people reported that it tasted "inky." Ah, the power of the mind.

[debm55]

95. I never knew that. Thank you LogDog75 and remember "Trix are for kids"

[ems50]

33. Favorite cereal

I want my Maypo

[debm55]

84. Thank you very much ems50. I liked the maple flavor. "I want my Maypo. " PS-Welcome to DU

[JT45242]

34. Count chocula and Qwisp

Qwisp was discontinued.

[debm55]

96. Sorry, JT45242. ,But you still had Count Chocula.

[sinkingfeeling]

36. Kix, Sugar Pops, and Rice Krinkles.

[debm55]

151. Thank you , very much, sinkingfeeling.

[BlueTsunami2018]

37. Lucky Charms, Cap'n Crunch, Honeycombs

Fruity Pebbles, Boo Berry, Trix , Fruit Loops….

Hard to pick a favorite.

[debm55]

146. Thank you very much for sharing your selections with us, BlueTsunami2018

[AltairIV]

40. Rice Krinkles

I believe they were made by Post. Long since gone

[debm55]

148. Thank you very much, AltairlV for sharing with us. Snap, Crackle and Pop

[returnee]

41. Cream of wheat also, debm! n/t

[debm55]

150. Thank you very much, returnee. I liked Cream of Rice too. But have not been able to find.

[Rhiagel]

42. Kaboom and Cap'N Crunch Peanut Butter

[debm55]

66. Thank you Rhiagel for your two selections,

[LessAspin]

43. Quisp & Quake

🔒 the 🧵

[debm55]

68. Thank you very much for your two selections.,LessAspin

[msongs]

44. wheaties with bananas and milk after it got all soggy. wheaties used to dominate shelves now ya have to go

searching to find them, at least here in hawaii

[debm55]

67. I remember Wheaties. Used to eat them in the summer. Thank you very much.msongs.

[NNadir]

45. Probably Life. As an adult I loved Grape Nuts, but for many years I boycotted it because Post Cereals because...

...it, and Kraft were acquired by Phillip Morris, the company that I held responsible for killing my father. (He started smoking when he was eight, Phillip Morris unfiltered, and these killed him slowly over the next five decades. I still remember in my childhood him coming down the stairs hacking and hacking.)

In 2007, Post was spun off, and I suspended my boycott after a few years thereafter.

Today, my favorites are Kellogg's special K with Vanilla and Almonds, and Life cereal, in a return to my youth.

I should go out and buy some Grape Nuts. This thread reminded me how much I loved it. I loved it because it contained no sugar.

[debm55]

50. Thank you very much NNadir. And may the memories of your father be a blessing to you.

[chouchou]

46. Grape-Nut Flakes and Raisin Bran.

[debm55]

49. Thank you very much, chouchou

[AllaN01Bear]

47. capt. crunch and lucky charms.

[debm55]

48. Thank you very much, Bear.

[Emile]

51. I too liked Cream of Wheat, and Sugar Frosted Flakes.

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[debm55]

152. Oh , Tony the Tiger. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Emile

[gay texan]

52. Apple Jacks!!! n/t

[debm55]

154. Thank you very much, gay texan. for sharing.

[Sneederbunk]

53. Frosted Flakes with table sugar added.

[debm55]

155. HAHAHAHAHA. Thank you Sneederbunk. You added more sugar?

[LessAspin]

54. Rice Krispies

Rice Krispies is my favorite now.

Besides breakfast I'll have them as a late night snack too.

[debm55]

59. Snap, Crackle and Pop. Thank you LessAspin for sharing.

[LoisB]

55. Raisin Bran.

[debm55]

58. Thank you very much, LoisB

[Bluestocking]

56. Apple Jacks

Although I had some recently and it seemed different than 50 years ago

[debm55]

57. Thank you very much, Bluestocking.for sharing.

[Chipper Chat]

72. Post's Sugar Crisp.

It never tasted the same when it morphed into Golden Crisp
.

[debm55]

147. Thank you very much, Chipper Chat.for sharing with us.

[Permanut]

77. Wheaties!

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And my slightly older Sister, who preferred Wheat Chex would line up the cereal boxes between us so she wouldn't have to look at me.

[debm55]

156. HAHAHAHAHHA. That's funny. Thank you very much, Permanut.

[doc03]

78. Coco Wheats. nt

[debm55]

149. Thank you very much, doc03 for sharing with us.

[3catwoman3]

83. I liked Kix. And oatmeal with butter and brown sugar.

Also good old Cheerios.

Whatever cereal I may eat, I like just enough milk to slightly moisten the cereal. Definitely not so much that the cereal is floating in the milk - gets way too soggy.

[debm55]

100. And then you have to add more cereal or dring the milk. Thank you 3catwoman3 for sharing with us.

[3catwoman3]

112. Drinking the milk, with all the little cereal bits floating in it, was not an option.

I like my milk "straight, no chaser," so to speak - icy cold and in a glass or a mug.

[DBoon]

86. I liked Wheat Chex

Anyone remember the Chex Press, the fake newspaper on the back of Wheat Chex boxes?

[debm55]

98. Sorry, DBoon, I only ate Rice Chex and don't remember it being on there.

[pansypoo53219]

88. many. top 10. well, king vitamin was here + gone. 50% sugar. capt crunch, apple jacks, frosted mini wheats.f

ruity pebbles. 3 box tops + i still have a fred/warhol T. corn meal mush, cream of rice. sugar pops! prefer generic. CORN POPS!!! crispex. raisin bran. enough sugar + time grape-nuts.

[debm55]

99. Wow you had a large list of different cereals. Thank you very much for sharing with us. pansypoo53219

[electric_blue68]

89. Maybe Rice Krispies, Cherios, and Wheat Chex...

And Fruit Loops for a little while...unless we had it at a cousin's when we stayed overnight.

Way later as an adult (and I'm glad we have them 1x week atvour alp) I had Cream of Wheat, and Cream of Rice. They also have Farina.

Although I made mine so thick I'd eat them w a spoon.

Also for decades several brands of Granola. Including what I called "dessert granola" 😄 is a chocolate granola from Trader J's.

[debm55]

97. Thank you very much, electric_blue68. I remember your selections. Forgot all about Farina.

[Duncanpup]

101. Cream of wheat and blueberries this morning.

[debm55]

102. I love Cream of wheat, That will warm you up. Duncanpup. Enjoy it.

[Goonch]

103. ;-{)1950's Commercial Cheerios with FREE Dentyne Gum!

[debm55]

107. Thank you very much. Goonch. for sharing that with us. I don't think I ever got the Dentyne, Most cereals had junk toys

hidden in the middle of bottom of the box.

[C_U_L8R]

104. Sugar Pops!

OMG. Lil nuggets of love.

Wanted to like Capn Crunch more but it would always rip up the roof of your mouth.
Didn’t stop us from munching the Crunch though.

[debm55]

145. Thank you very much for sharing C_U_L8R.

[markodochartaigh]

109. We had oatmeal.

It came in 25 lb bags. If we complained we were told that the workers who built the pyramids ate oatmeal and "the pharaoh's daughter" brought oats to Ireland. Finally, in my late teens we had Malt-Ómeal. It came in small boxes and so the portions were smaller. At that age I was always hungry and I was happy to have a great big bowl of oatmeal again.

[debm55]

144. Great post, markodoshartaigh. Thank you for sharing.

[Eugene]

111. Cheerios, Fruit Loops

[debm55]

143. Thank you very much for sharing. Eugene. I liked Fruit Loops as a child because it made the milk colorful and flavored.

[MIButterfly]

113. Rice Krispies

A few years ago, I tried it for the first time since childhood and uh, no. It wasn't nearly as good as I remembered. Now I like Special K and Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

[debm55]

142. Thank you very much for sharing, MIButterfly. A lot of times things taste better as a kid.

[The Madcap]

114. Cap'n Crunch w/ Crunchberries

Followed closely by Quisp and Lucky Charms.

The worst??? Count Chocula and Grape Nuts.

[debm55]

118. Thank you very much ,The Madcap for best and worst.

[Delarage]

116. Cream of Wheat

and Cap'n Crunch. It may be strange, but I like my cream of wheat kind of lumpy.

[debm55]

141. HAHHAHAHAH. Thank you , Delagare for sharing. I liked the lumps in it to.

[ExtraGriz]

117. Captain Crunch and Shredded Wheat....

with cinnamon toast and Tang...

[debm55]

140. Thank you very much for sharing with us.ExtraGriz. I loved Shredded Wheat.

[justaprogressive]

121. Cheerios & Shredded Wheat

sometimes Raisin Bran...

[debm55]

139. Oh I loved shredded wheat with the big biscuits. Thank you for sharing, justaprogrogressive.

[ProfessorGAC]

122. Hot - Cream Of Wheat. Cold - And I'm Not Kidding...

...Grape Nuts.

[Delarage]

125. I like Grape Nuts

Cold (after they soak for a bit) or sometimes I actually heat them up a little. Good stuff!

[debm55]

136. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Delarage.

[yellowdogintexas]

159. Heated Grape Nuts are very good! I used to cook them in milk and they were awesome.

Back then of course it was a saucepan but now it would be in the microwave.

[debm55]

137. Thank you very much for sharing with us, ProfessorGAC.

[debm55]

138. Thank you very much, ProfessorGAC.for sharing with us.

[Ziggysmom]

123. Rice Krispies, especially if we made them into Risk Krispie treats.

Nom nom nom

[debm55]

135. HAHAHhahhahah. YES. Thank you very much, Ziggysmom for sharing.

[PufPuf23]

124. Raisin bran or Wheaties were favorite cold cereals as a kid.

With whole milk and honey and, if no honey, preferred brown to white sugar.

Never cared much for hot cereals.

Now (mid 70s) never eat cold cereal but only eat cut oats, not the fast variety. Like with 1/2 and 1/2 plus honey and blueberries best, eat 2 or 3 mornings a week.

[debm55]

134. Thank you very much for sharing with us, PufPuf23.

[AmBlue]

126. Sugar Smacks!

Am I the only one who liked this one?

[debm55]

133. HAHAHAH. Thank you AmBlue for sharing. It sure looks that way.

[paleotn]

127. Cheerios and good old Corn Flakes.

That's also when I discovered you can make just about anything taste good with the right amount of sugar.

[debm55]

132. HhHAHA Thank you, paleotn. for sharing.

[gopiscrap]

128. Alphabets

I used to find the letters to spell bad words plus I liked how they taste

[debm55]

131. HAHAHHHHAHAHHAHHA. Thank you so much, gopiscrap . I am laughing so hard. Good one.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

129. Coco puffs

Cap’n Crunch berries. And later Reese’s puffs and boo berry

[debm55]

130. Wow, Thank you for your selections, I_UndergroundPanter. for sharing with us.

[OLDMDDEM]

153. Cheerios. Still have them for breakfast.

[debm55]

157. Thank you very much for sharing with us, OLDMDDEM. I used to eat Cheerios with my son when he was little.

[yellowdogintexas]

160. My favorite cold cereal as a kid was Cheerios or cornflakes. Hot was Ralston

I also loved Oatmeal, Cream of Wheat and Cream of Rice. My mom cooked the Old fashioned oats which take 10 minutes to cook and probably did not use quick cooking Cream of Wheat either. I am on Team Thick for my hot cereals too.

Nowadays I still love oatmeal but it's steel cut instead of milled. It does OK in the microwave if you cook it so it won't overflow. I use a flat dish about 2 inches deep and I don't have to worry.

I would cook Ralston again if I could find it.

After seeing posts about Farina I had to look it up since I had always wondered what it was. Turns out it is actually the generic form of Cream of Wheat !

Cold cereals I like the Chex cereals and shredded wheat.

[debm55]

161. Thank you very much, yellowdogintexas. for your informative post.