As a kid , what was your favorite cereal? I can't remember the cereal but it came with a "toy" toward the bottom of the

[debm55]

box. Have a wonderful day.

[True Dough]

1. Was this the toy, deb?

[debm55]

5. No my favorite was a plastic guy with a parachute. You could unwrap the parachute and throw up in the air and the

parachute would bring him down. In the city, we had a high porch and would throw him off. Easy bake oven has a microwave. that's interesting. Thanks for posting True Dough.

[True Dough]

6. I remember those plastic or rubber parachutist

Had a number of those as a kid (would seem odd to play with them as an adult). Also recall having to climb trees fairly regularly to rescue that toy from being caught in branches after tossing it into the air.

[debm55]

9. At a point I knew the toy was at the bottom. So I would reach in and just take the toy. My favorite was Rice Chex--no

toy.Had to get from neighbor's yard as houses were very close in the mill town.

[Earl_from_PA]

25. If you open the box

From the bottom, the toy would on "top".

[debm55]

26. Then the others in the house would know. Siblings ate the cereal, thinking they would find it. But I already was playing

with it.

[Shermann]

2. Quisp

I think you can still buy it. It wouldn't be the same, nothing ever is.

[debm55]

12. Thank you Shermann. I remember Quisp. I liked. I didn't know that they still made them.

[da svenster]

36. i don't know if it's still being sold, but was until pretty recently

one of our local(ish) grocery stores here in madison carried it until a year or two ago. it does not appear to be available anymore.

[FalloutShelter]

3. For me it was Frosted Flakes.

*shudder*

The allure of Tony the Tiger.

[debm55]

13. I had a Tony the Tiger stuffie. I won at some carnival. Still remember Frosted Flakes.Nice and sweet. Thank you ,

FalloutShelter.

[if..fish..had..wings]

4. Corn Flakes

I was very ordinary as a child

[debm55]

14. Thank you if..fish...had..wings . They were good. Stopped eating when they change to a more modern rooster.

[Joinfortmill]

7. Fosted flakes.

[debm55]

15. Thank you Joinfortmill. Another fan of Tony the Tiger.

[flor-de-jasmim]

8. I'd say Frosted Flakes, but my mom gave us Cheerios and Shredded Wheat.

[debm55]

16. Mom knows best flor-de-jasmim. I liked shredded wheat. It was especially good with warm milk

[RoadRunner]

10. Shredded wheat

I grew up on a farm & shredded wheat looked like little bales of hay. We thought it was funny us eating the same thing as the cows.

[debm55]

24. I Thank you RoadRunner. I remember and ate large ones and the bite size. Bite size wasn't as good as the original. Serve

With warm or cold milk.

[MuseRider]

11. Maypo

I loved a hot cereal in the morning and maple was one of my favorite flavors. My Mom would get it for me if it was on sale, it must have been more expensive than our little budget, but it was always a treat for me. That wonderful mapley warm goodness was perfect.

[debm55]

23. Thank you MuseRider. I remember Maypo especially during the winter months. And the ad with the kid with the big cowboy

hat.

[Polly Hennessey]

17. Shredded wheat and then Cream of Wheat and then Cheerios.

[debm55]

22. Thank you Polly Hennessey. Cream of Wheat, I ate this morning. Add to it Shredded wheat.

[justaprogressive]

18. The cereal that's shot from guns!

to the strains of The 1812 Overture:

or Sugar Smacks!

[debm55]

21. Thank you very much justaprogressive. Excellent. As are your choices.

[samnsara]

19. i cant remember even eating cereal as a kid...my dad

..loved frosted Flakes so thats what we had but i didnt enjoy them..too soggy. As a young adult who didnt have to worry about gaining weight i loved Captain Crunch and as I got older it was Shredded wheat with fruit and cream or Grapenuts with yogurt and fresh fruit. Now in my Sr years Im doing low carb and i miss cereal for breakfast.

[debm55]

20. Thank you very much samnsara. Stay healthy, friend.

[bottomofthehill]

27. Klondike Pete's crunchy nuggets

They were basically a knock off of super sugar crisps but less expensive.

[debm55]

30. Thank you very much bottomofthehill.

[catbyte]

28. Cocoa Krispies

I've always been a sucker for chocolate. I'll still buy a box once or twice a year, lol.

[Shermann]

29. My once-a-year chocolate cereal is Count Chocula! nt

[debm55]

31. Thank you catbyte. And if there was any milk left over, it became chocolate milk.

[Dorothy V]

32. Then and now, Rice Krispies and Puffed Wheat.

Only toy I ever got from a box of cereal was a white plastic bunny from a box of Trix.

[debm55]

33. Thank you Dorothy Y I like the Rice Krispies. Hey , I never got a white plastic bunny in my Trix.

[red dog 1]

34. As a kid I liked Cheerios & Maypo

(When I got older, I liked a cereal called "Kellogg's Concentrate" which came in a small box)

[debm55]

35. Thank you very much red dog 1 . I saw a later version of the Maypo kid.

[red dog 1]

37. "I want my Maypo!"

[JMCKUSICK]

45. I found an Eddie Murray rookie baseball card in a

Box of life? Cereal in 1978?. He ended up my favorite player and I actually got to meet him when I was driving a cab in Minneapolis MN and I took him to the HHH Metrodome for a game when he played for the Cleveland Indians in around 1995 or so when they were in town to play the Twins.
Another small miracle that made my life more complete.

[da svenster]

38. when did the stop putting toys in cereal boxes?

i haven't seen a cereal prize in decades. maybe i just don't look close enough.

heck, some boxes had 16rpm plastic records on the back.

i think my favorite growing up was either king vitamin (no longer available, and the last time i saw them was > 30 years ago... was traumatized by the taste when i nostalgia bought a box) or captain crunch (peanut butter - still occasionally buy it but it is too sweet).

favorite toy? i remember these little microscopes. don't remember the cereal but it was kinda cool. it was a crap microscope but kinda qool. (a quick duckduckgo search says it was wheaties... we didn't eat a lot of wheaties growing up so it may not have been them).

[Shermann]

39. Cereal box toys declined in the 2000's

I reckon we're better off without those millions of cheap plastic toys.

[da svenster]

40. this is true...

but nostalgia isn't rational.

the prizes were (mostly) crap but i oh so looked forward to digging to the bottom of the box to get my latest toy.

[sakabatou]

41. Reese's Puffs

[Archae]

42. Lucky Charms, when they were sweeter.

They just don't taste like I remember any more.

[applegrove]

43. My mom would only allow rice crispies except for the

odd occasion where she would get a set of those tiny assorted cereal boxes. We all wanted the Fruit Loops but there was only one serving. I like Captain Crunch but it was too sweet for my mom to feed her kids. I had a great aunt who I admired. She never married. When she was ninety she admitted to having a box of Captain Crunch in her kitchen she would indulge in at times. It was so funny because she was so smart and active and signed up for group activities all over the city (i once ran into her at the Community College). She was so sophisticated and even she fell for the sway of the Captain Crunch.

[nuxvomica]

44. When I was a kid it was Cocoa Krispies

But I tried some several years ago and they weren't the same. I also liked Sugar Smacks and had a strange belief that they were also used as electrical components because of one that was eternally stuck in one of the motor vents on a big green metal oscillating table fan that we only brought out in the summer. I had a craving for them recently and scoured the cereal aisle, discovering they are now called "Golden Crisps". I made the connection because they still have a bear mascot.

[Morbius]

46. When I was a kid...

My parents had a large family and money was of course tight, so my mother made us eat puffed wheat cereal. It came in plastic bags and no amount of sugar made it tolerable. This was in the late 60's / early 70's. When things improved a little bit I was always the one who eschewed the sweet cereals in favor of Corn Flakes, Cheerios, Rice Krispies, Total and Wheaties. The only cereal my father would eat was Raisin Bran, so that tended to be available.

After I grew up I became quite fond of Frosted Mini Wheats. I can snack on them all night.

As I recall a lot of different brands had a toy in the box. My mother would be furious at whoever made a mess of the cereal box digging down to the bottom to get the piece of plastic trash!

[Luciferous]

47. Cinnamon toast crunch. Sometimes

I still have it as a dessert 🙂

[House of Roberts]

48. Buc Wheats.

They were great until they stopped using a real maple syrup glaze on them, replacing it with a honey glaze that just didn't taste as good.