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JackSabbath

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82. Circus Fun!

Fri Mar 1, 2024, 09:36 PM

Mar 1

It had every color you could think of, including black pieces. It literally looked like a clown puked in your bowl. Don't really remember what it tasted like but I was doing a lot of acid at the time so

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Name a cereal that you loved that is no longer made and wish it was because you loved it. [View all] debm55 Feb 29 OP

Team Flakes. They were thicker than corn flakes and didn't turn into tissue paper when touched by milk. FSogol Feb 29 #1

I agree, I hate the taste of milked down flakes. It's like eating a bowl of milk, TY debm55 Feb 29 #2

I liked Team too. elleng Feb 29 #54

Can't remember the name, but they were chocolate Rice Krispies (though not made by Kellogg's, as I recall) ificandream Feb 29 #3

Oh I remember them, but not the name. It made the milk taste like chocolate. Love it. Ty. Does anyone remember the name? debm55 Feb 29 #4

Cocoa Krispies? Freddie Feb 29 #6

Yes, thanky you , Freddie. debm55 Feb 29 #10

Pretty sure Cocoa Krispies still being sold.... So are Cocoa Puffs hlthe2b Feb 29 #21

They Are ProfessorGAC Mar 1 #73

Thanks. ificandream Feb 29 #25

I hated the sugar and cocoa puffs. I don't know why, but they were always the last box left in the assortment pack. Ty debm55 Feb 29 #48

Crispy Critters consider_this Feb 29 #5

Thank you consider_this. I vaguely remember them. debm55 Feb 29 #11

Post Fortified Oat Flakes Freddie Feb 29 #7

That's my choice, too. Diamond_Dog Feb 29 #9

That is a shame that they didn't come back. Ty debm55 Feb 29 #19

Ty Freddie, I wonder why they didn't being it back? debm55 Feb 29 #12

Sugar Smacks happybird Feb 29 #8

Thank you happybird. I remember the Sugar Snacks. I liked them too. debm55 Feb 29 #13

Sometimes if I make a cup of coffee juuuust right happybird Feb 29 #29

Oh, I remember them. Glorfindel Feb 29 #52

Sometimes the ad is better then the product. Ty Glorifindel. debm55 Mar 1 #65

I Still Miss Them EddieOnTheMesa Feb 29 #14

TY EddieOnTheMesa. And welcome to DU. debm55 Feb 29 #17

Loved this! Different Drummer Feb 29 #15

YES, Crispy Critters. Ty Different Drummer. debm55 Feb 29 #16

Shredded wheat (large pieces) northoftheborder Feb 29 #18

northoftheborder. that is so right. I loved those big bisquits and would shred them up in my milk. They were especially debm55 Feb 29 #20

Agree with you, Thank you northoftheborder. debm55 Feb 29 #47

They still sell them KewlKat Feb 29 #51

They're also part of some recipes. Spoon size won't work. LeftInTX Mar 1 #70

When I moved through the sugary cereal phase to more healthy: PRODUCT 19 hlthe2b Feb 29 #22

Ty hithe2b. I remember Product 19. My husband used to eat. We know eat granola.. I wonder why Product 19 got taken off debm55 Feb 29 #23

Haven't been to the cereal aisle in years! Didn't know it was DC'd. I liked it. LeftInTX Mar 1 #71

Can't remember the name. It was like rice krispie but Emile Feb 29 #24

Puffed rice? debm55 Feb 29 #36

I haven't been able to find Puffed Rice for several years. rzemanfl Mar 1 #78

Thank you, rzemanfl. I remember that. Do you remember people making balls from them and giving them out for Halloween? debm55 Mar 1 #79

I very vaguely remember that. We had a strategy. We would all hit different blocks then change costurmes rzemanfl Mar 1 #80

The old Cocoa Pebbles. Elessar Zappa Feb 29 #26

I liked the cereal making the milk taste like chocolate. Yum. ty debm55 Feb 29 #46

Do they still make Wheat Chex? DBoon Feb 29 #27

I buy Rice Chex. I think I saw the Wheat chex in the area. debm55 Feb 29 #45

Krumbles Sneederbunk Feb 29 #28

It is made under a different name now, but was better when it was Sugar Crisp because Sugar Bear. Tactical Peek Feb 29 #30

I liked Sugar bear. Ty Tactical Peek debm55 Feb 29 #44

FREAKIES!! masmdu Feb 29 #31

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Ty masmdu. debm55 Feb 29 #43

Also, Gurber bannan rice flakes....made for babies but I still love it! masmdu Feb 29 #32

Thank you masmdu. I still eat Cream of Wheat. debm55 Feb 29 #42

Macadamia Nut Crunch CanonRay Feb 29 #33

That sound good. TY CanonRay. debm55 Feb 29 #41

Buc Wheats. Aristus Feb 29 #34

Where they the things that looked like wagon wheels? debm55 Feb 29 #40

No. They were flake-shaped. Aristus Feb 29 #49

I used to love their commercials "Come to the Honeycomb Hideout" nt yellowdogintexas Feb 29 #55

Ty you yellowdogintexas. I like the product but did not like the product. debm55 Mar 1 #66

Post Alpha Bits. Cereal shaped like letters. Sibelius Fan Feb 29 #35

I remember them. Yes, they had the same taste as Cheerios-bland. However, you could spell out words as you ate them. debm55 Feb 29 #39

Crackling Oat Bran. At least I sure can't, find it raccoon Feb 29 #37

That's a shame. Sorry, racoon. debm55 Feb 29 #38

Found at Safeway Pucks mom Mar 1 #84

I remember liking area51 Feb 29 #50

Holy SH*T! justaprogressive Mar 1 #60

Were they a regional thing? As I don't recall them. TY area51. debm55 Mar 1 #67

Hot Ralston (when I was a kid I called it "red oats") yellowdogintexas Feb 29 #53

This is the one I was going to say before you beat me to it. GoodRaisin Mar 1 #59

Interestingly, Grapenuts cooked in milk and eaten warm is amazing yellowdogintexas Mar 3 #85

Thank you yellowdogintexas. I don't recall the Hot Ralston, but i do remember the Cream of White, Cream of Rice and debm55 Mar 1 #68

Rice is a cereal, right? Aussie105 Feb 29 #56

TY Aussie 105 We used to eat cooked left over over rice with milk for breakfast. Sometimes added raisins. It was on debm55 Mar 1 #69

We used to crumble up graham crackers and put milk on them. rsdsharp Mar 1 #77

Sugar Crisp Chipper Chat Mar 1 #57

Agree with up. Thank you Chipper Chat debm55 Mar 1 #64

None, as I grew up eating muesli, or, more rarely, Weetabix, if I ate cereal Celerity Mar 1 #58

Thank you , Celerity, That looks delicious.. debm55 Mar 1 #63

A real outlier! Quisp (short-lived) was my favoite corn cereal justaprogressive Mar 1 #61

Ty justaprogressive. The quisp look like little satellites debm55 Mar 1 #62

There used to be a cereal that came in a small gold box, and I think it was called "Kellogg's Concentrate" red dog 1 Mar 1 #72

I dpn't remember it, maybe it was regional TY red dog 1 debm55 Mar 1 #74

I don't think so red dog 1 Mar 1 #75

Quisp BlueKota Mar 1 #76

Thank you BlueKota. debm55 Mar 3 #88

Kashi 7-Grain Puffs. ::sob:: I do try to make my own but it's not the same... n/t TygrBright Mar 1 #81

Thank you, TygrBright. I lliked Kashi Granola. Haven't been able to find. debm55 Mar 3 #89

Circus Fun! JackSabbath Mar 1 #82

Thank you JackSabbath. Doesn't seem very appetizing. debm55 Mar 3 #90

Filboid Studge dembotoz Mar 1 #83

Ty, demobotoz. I never heard of it. And by the name of the cereal, I'm glad I didn't. debm55 Mar 3 #91

short story by saki about a breakfast cereal dembotoz Mar 4 #94

Clackers LudwigPastorius Mar 3 #86

Ty LudwigPastorios. We didn't have them here either. debm55 Mar 3 #92

Product 19 edbermac Mar 3 #87

Thank you edbermac, I wonder why they were phased out? debm55 Mar 3 #93