Let's Dish: What Was Your Favorite Cereal as a Child?

March 9, 2009

In a special ad campaign that gears towards a consumers need for comfort, General Mills has brought back its old cereal box designs. Target shoppers may have noticed that Cheerios, Honey Nut Cheerios, Cocoa Puffs, Lucky Charms, and Trix are sporting retro boxes taken directly from the company's archives.

The promotion has made me nostalgic and I can't help but think of the cereal I enjoyed as a child. While I consumed Cheerios on a regular basis, my absolute favorite was Lucky Charms. How about you reader? What cereal did you devour as a child? Do you still eat it today?

77 Comments

milosmommy 4 years 9 weeks

Cocoa Puffs and eating the whole Shredded Wheat biscuit with my grandpa.

moonbebe 4 years 9 weeks

Oh!!! and how could I forget Corn Pops and Sugar Smacks... and Cookie Crisp and Count Chocula! :DI could live on cereal. LOL

moonbebe 4 years 9 weeks

Oh!!! and how could I forget Corn Pops and Sugar Smacks... and Cookie Crisp and Count Chocula! :D I could live on cereal. LOL

moonbebe 4 years 9 weeks

I noticed the boxes at Target... I love the new old look!My favs as a kid were Lucky Charms, Cheerios, Fruit Loops, Apple Jacks and Honeycomb. And yes, I still eat ALL of these when I get on a cereal for dinner kick (Lucky Charms are my favorite). I did find an organic "Cheerios" that I eat now the majority of the time - and I find no difference in the taste except the organic ones are somewhat crunchier.Oh, and remember Corn Bran (the commercials always had the scarecrow in the cabinet when the mom would reach for the cereal... weird!) Anyway - I loved that cereal as well. :)

moonbebe 4 years 9 weeks

I noticed the boxes at Target... I love the new old look! My favs as a kid were Lucky Charms, Cheerios, Fruit Loops, Apple Jacks and Honeycomb. And yes, I still eat ALL of these when I get on a cereal for dinner kick (Lucky Charms are my favorite). I did find an organic "Cheerios" that I eat now the majority of the time - and I find no difference in the taste except the organic ones are somewhat crunchier. Oh, and remember Corn Bran (the commercials always had the scarecrow in the cabinet when the mom would reach for the cereal... weird!) Anyway - I loved that cereal as well. :)

ikimashokie 4 years 10 weeks

I always liked "old people" cereals. Basic, Rasin Nut Bran, anything with fruit, nuts, and perhaps granola. It was expensive, so my dad wouldn't let me get it all that often, so I settled for Oh's, or PB/regular Capt. Crunch. One day I tried grape nuts... Yuck.

digibron 4 years 10 weeks

I've never been a big cereal eater, I've always preferred toast.

mek123 4 years 10 weeks

Frosted Flakes and Trix. My son knows if he asks for either of those he has to share!

emalove 4 years 10 weeks

It has always been Cheerios, even now I still love it!! Sometimes I eat them for dinner! We weren't allowed to eat much junk food when I was a kid, and there were definitely no sugary cereals in our house. That's probably why I hate them as an adult.

suziryder 4 years 10 weeks

We hardly ever had sugared cereals, so the standards were Cheerios, Chex, Grape-Nuts, plain Rice Krispies, things like that... I used to love Oh's!, and Lucky Charms of course were my all-time favorite, but a very rare treat. I also loved the Rice Krispie Treats cereal, back when that existed... so yummy and addicting.

eowynnie 4 years 10 weeks

Quaker Oats "Oh's" and Captain Crunch with Crunchberries!

partysugar 4 years 10 weeks

OMG, how could I forget about frosted flakes?!

aimeeb 4 years 10 weeks

Oh and Fruit Loops. :)

aimeeb 4 years 10 weeks

Oh and Fruit Loops. :)

aimeeb 4 years 10 weeks

Fruit pebbles...until they got soggy. Ha.

gigill 4 years 10 weeks

Loved Lucky Charms and whenever I went to the States I'd get Smores cereal! So sugary and yummy.Oh yeah, I'm a huge fan of mini-wheats to this day.

gigill 4 years 10 weeks

Loved Lucky Charms and whenever I went to the States I'd get Smores cereal! So sugary and yummy. Oh yeah, I'm a huge fan of mini-wheats to this day.

kittykat83 4 years 10 weeks

Trix! Or Frosted Flakes. I'd still eat FF on a rare occasion, but I can't really imagine eating Trix anymore.

smileyface 4 years 10 weeks

I didn't really eat cereal as a child because I didn't like to drink milk. I'm lactose intolerant and I basically just hate the taste of milk. If I did eat cereal it was usually something sweet that I could eat dry like Frosted Flakes or Apple Jacks. I've just started eating cereal on a regular basis with soy milk and I'm in my 20s!

pink pirate 4 years 10 weeks

The ones I still love are Corn Pops and Peanut Butter Crunch. BUT for a brief glowing moment in my childhood, there was Pop-Tarts Cereal - they were square shaped and crunchy, in either brown sugar/cinnamon or strawberry flavor. So good but they didn't last!

marie-lee 4 years 10 weeks

The cereals mentioned aren't available here and weren't when I was a kid either. My favorite growing up was Cerola Apricot Toasted Muesli which is no longer available...rather boring but it was the fanciest cereal we were allowed to have as kids. We didn't each much junk and this was the closest we got to unhealthy cereal.