Mastodawn

Very very idle question (I'm on a break, idling): What were your favorite breakfast cereals, growing up? It's okay if they still are your favorites. It's okay if they were healthy or unhealthy. No judgment here.

I'm sure some of you did not eat breakfast cereal, and I would be interested in hearing that too.

I'll start. I always liked Rice Krispies and prob still do, though I haven't had them in ages. Oh, and I had a Cocoa Krispies phase -- loved how it made chocolate milk.

At some point my mother started buying only "healthy" cereals, and I developed a taste for Product 19 and Grapenuts. Never could get into Total; it tasted like wet newspapers to me. Oh, Special K was decent -- but I put sugar on it..

#Cereal #BreakfastCereal

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Skullvalanche Apr 20

@tc_morekindness as a child of the 80s I gotta say it was anything with marshmallows, which were forbidden in my house... so uh, mostly cocoa puffs or fruity pebbles.

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Tea 🍵 💙🎶🌻Apr 20

@skullvalanche Were fruity pebbles anything like Lucky Charms? And why were marshmallows forbidden?

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Skullvalanche Apr 20

@tc_morekindness No, I'd say fruity pebbles have more in common with Trix or Froot Loops.

Lucky charms are more like frosted Cheerios with freeze dried marshmallows thrown in. They were forbidden because the gelatin in them wasn't kosher. 😱

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Tea 🍵 💙🎶🌻Apr 20

@skullvalanche I was thinking it was something about the gelatin...not being vegan, maybe.

Oh, I just remembered Trix, I think. Weren't they round balls that were kind of airy, texture-wise, if I'm thinking of the right thing. Not the same flavor at all, but kind of the texture of cheetos. Airy/crunchy.

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Skullvalanche Apr 20

@tc_morekindness I'm pretty sure Kix, Cocoa Puffs, and Trix all had the same puffed corn ball base. 🤔

Much like Rice Krispies, Cocoa Krispies, and Fruity Krispies (do they still make those?)

The "pebbles" variants I'm guessing were also rice based? Different parent company.

Corn, rice, and wheat in various form factors... all with the same basic flavors: cocoa, fruity, honey, frosted, or plain. 🤔

Breakfast cereal is in need of innovation.

I think cinnamon-sugar and peanut butter were the last great innovations. 🤣

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Tea 🍵 💙🎶🌻

@skullvalanche I was just trying to think of which cinnamon-flavored cereal I used to eat, and I remembered Honey Grahams and Cinnamon Grahams. I loved them both for a while.