What was your favorite cereal when you were a kid?

@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Nov 16

Oh, that was on my top five list as well!

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

17 Nov 16

@TheHorse My second choice would probably be Coco Pops, but they not quite as inspiring.

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Aishalyn Alejo

@Aish_Alejo (48)

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19 Nov 16

@coffeebreakwhatever oh! we love the same cereals fruit loops until now :)

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (50188)

• United States

17 Nov 16

You silly Horse Trix are for kids

.....not sure if they still make them. I loved that commercial.

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Nov 16

Now I have to remember the joke that ends, "Silly Rabbi. Trids are for kicks!"

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Namita Tulsee

@akashandsavanah (44)

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19 Nov 16

They do!!

marguicha

@marguicha (222781)

• Chile

17 Nov 16

We did not have cereals in my country when I was a girl. Our breakfast was with bread, eggs, cheese, butter and or ham. Once in a while my mother made quaker oats and I loathed them.

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marguicha

@marguicha (222781)

• Chile

18 Nov 16

@TheHorse Maybe it´s because they aren´t good! I make and like quaker oat cookies. But that gooey thing my mom wanted me to eat was not edible.

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Nov 16

Kids are supposed to hate Quaker Oats, I think.

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29413)

• Eugene, Oregon

18 Nov 16

@TheHorse I have always liked oatmeal a lot and still do. I like to add some dried cranberries or golden raisins and a little brown sugar.

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@allknowing (135943)

• India

18 Nov 16

We had no choice. It was rice and more rice. (lol)

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vanny

@vandana7 (100223)

• India

19 Nov 16

@allknowing .. He has become anti Indians...we need to regroup and set him right.

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@allknowing (135943)

• India

19 Nov 16

@TheHorse Enough of those 'obnoxious; observations about Indians.

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Nov 16

Gee, you must live in India or Asia! Do they have obnoxious cartoonish characters trying to sell Sugar Bombs to children now?

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

17 Nov 16

Cinnamon life! I love the petrified marshmallows in Lucky Charms, but not the cereal, lol

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

19 Nov 16

@TheHorse and did they? lol

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Nov 16

When I was a kid, I checked to see if those petrified marshmallows glowed in the dark.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

18 Nov 16

Cheerios all the way @TheHorse .

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Nov 16

The humanity! No sugar coating or colors that don't occur in nature?

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Nov 16

@nanette64 Teeth? I remember teeth.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

19 Nov 16

@TheHorse Nopers! We were healthy kids with good teeth. LOL

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (166672)

• Boise, Idaho

17 Nov 16

I never ate those cereals you mention when I was a kid. I either had Cheerios or oatmeal. Or my grandmother fixed me toast in warm milk. I love Honey Nut Cheerios to this day. Oh, and Puffed Rice too.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (166672)

• Boise, Idaho

18 Nov 16

@TheHorse .....Never been to Trader Joe's.

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Nov 16

Honey Nut Cheerios is one of default cereals as well. The Trader Joe's version isn't quite as good as the regular stuff, but it's OK.

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Nov 16

@celticeagle It's actually a good "alternative" grocery store. Do they have them where you live?

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

18 Nov 16

We did not have cereals in Italy when I was a kid. Those big Kellogg's corn flakes boxes came later and they were the only available for many years.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471294)

• Switzerland

18 Nov 16

@TheHorse NO, not for the cereals, but I remember a horrible sweet thing that was called "Buondì Motta". It was a sort of croissant topped with granulated sugar that was proposed for the kids breakfast. I never wanted that thing. I have found a vintage photo.

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Nov 16

@LadyDuck Did the kids drink cappuccino too?

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Nov 16

You poor thing! No cartoonish characters on TV to lure you in to the various permutations of Sugar Bombs?

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

17 Nov 16

Kellogg's Puffa Puffa Rice - they had plastic turtles in the box :)

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

21 Nov 16

Plastic turtles? How did I miss this!?

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

21 Nov 16

@TheHorse Freebies in cereal packets come and go, these days you have to send in packet tops to claim stuff :( I haven't seen the cereal in decades.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (339464)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Nov 16

It's strange what subjects conversations can lead to. Very bizarre sometimes. I was never much of a one for cereals but I guess cornflakes and vitabrits/weetbix were good. Later I liked Just Right which was touted as healthy but actually has a whole heap of sugar in it. And the latest has been oatmeal microwaved with milk and a bit of sugar.

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Nov 16

I've never heard of those early ones! I adjusted to my parents torturing me with "cream of wheat" and "oatmeal" by putting lots of milk and brown sugar on both (I actually liked them).

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (339464)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Nov 16

@TheHorse Well, I was in Australia and I'm older than you.

Vince was never allowed Vita-brits (or maybe it was Weetbix) because whichever one it was was made by Sanitorium which his parents believed were a 7th Day Adventist mob and they were staunch Catholics.

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Reine25

@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

17 Nov 16

way back, didn't eat any cereal :)

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Nov 16

How did you survive mornings?

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Reine25

@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

18 Nov 16

@TheHorse Pinoy way...it may sound not okay but we had it before, coffee and rice :)

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Mike

@Mike197602 (15505)

• United Kingdom

17 Nov 16

Even as a kid I wasn't a cereal person. We had sugar puffs, rice krispies, cornflakes, and weetabix. I suppose weetabix was my favourite....but I liked porridge too

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Nov 16

Is porridge British for oatmeal? And what is gruel anyway? "Never before has a boy wanted more..."

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Mike

@Mike197602 (15505)

• United Kingdom

18 Nov 16

@TheHorse Had to check but yes porridge is oatmeal

Just for your information porridge is also used to refer to a term in prison in the UK

Gruel is an old term which sort of means porridge but gruel is less thick than porridge and can also have other ingredients. I had to look a few things up and this post reminded me to have my own attempt at pottage sometime

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fishtiger58

@fishtiger58 (29820)

• Momence, Illinois

18 Nov 16

Yup there are still Trix on the market. Do you remember Staxx I love those. Shaped much like a honeycomb made of wheat and very thin and crispy. But once you added milk sog city.

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Nov 16

I don't remember Staxx. But I remember...was it Honeycomb? And I remember all of the Chex. Wheat Chex were pretty cool. But they all were sag city if you didn't pour your milk in first and add bits of cereal between bites.

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fishtiger58

@fishtiger58 (29820)

• Momence, Illinois

18 Nov 16

@TheHorse I love Staxx, but I guess they weren't around very long. All the chex cereals are still around but yes another soggy cereal. I prefer mine crisp

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Manisha

@ms1864 (6885)

• Bangalore, India

18 Nov 16

There was a cereal called Smacks that i loved when i was a kid...it is not available where i live now since cereals are not a popular form of food.

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Nov 16

Was it Sugar Smacks? Or just Smacks?

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Manisha

@ms1864 (6885)

• Bangalore, India

20 Nov 16

i think it was just Smacks....with a frog cartoon on its box.

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Michelle

@infatuatedbby (94914)

• United States

18 Nov 16

Trix is still available! My favorite was the crisp cookies or something like that Now mines are the Trader Joe's pecan frosted flake like cereal lol!!

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Michelle

@infatuatedbby (94914)

• United States

18 Nov 16

@TheHorse It is pretty good. It's pecan clusters sort of like frosted flakes.

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

21 Nov 16

@infatuatedbby Doesn't sound too bad!

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Nov 16

I've never tried that one, though I do shop at Trader Joe's.

fufurinha

@fufurinha (11930)

• Portugal

18 Nov 16

I like chocolate cereals - chocapic.

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fufurinha

@fufurinha (11930)

• Portugal

22 Nov 16

@TheHorse really?

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

22 Nov 16

@fufurinha No. But I didn't seek them out. Heh.

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Nov 16

The humanity! If I wanted hot chocolate, or chocolate milk, I made them. Chocolate flavored cereals were traumatizing to me.

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S George

@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

18 Nov 16

Rice is using as our natural food than any other cereals

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Nov 16

Did they market sugar coated products to kids?

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@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Oct 17

@shshiju In India, it would largely be sugar-coated rice cereals?

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S George

@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

20 Nov 16

@TheHorse Yes. sugar coated one easily attracts kids.

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paigea

@paigea (36317)

• Canada

18 Nov 16

We mostly had Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies , Shredded Wheat, Puffed Wheat and Cheerios. I guess my favourite was Cheerios. Later I do think we had Frosted Flakes and Cap'n Crunch. I liked those but they were rare.

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