What do you call Lucky Charms without magically delicious marshmallows? Apha-bits cereal, of course. Post Foods introduced Marshmallow Alpa-bits in 1990. The cereal slowly disappeared in 2004 to never be seen again. You can buy only Lucky Charms without the cereal.
Baby Shark is a popular YouTube video has accumulated 3 billion views and counting. The cereal business needs to jump-start their sluggish sales and why not net the latest internet sensation Baby Shark from PINKFONG. Kellogg’s is cashing in on the popularity of this little ditty. The cereal is exclusive to Walmart and Sam’s Club. How apropos for shark week! Great marketing! Too bad it comes out on August 17th at Sam’s Club and mid-September at Walmart.
Nothing like drinking beer on Saturday morning after a hangover from the previous day of partying or a long week of work. It’s magically ridiculous as the can says.
Throughout the years, cereal companies have made many claims. Corn Flakes was branded as a masturbation deterrent when first created. Well, it did not stop eaters from doing the dirty deed. Post’s Grape-Nuts cereal one would think there are either grapes or nuts inside the box. It has only four ingredients: whole grain wheat flour, malted barley flour, salt, and dried yeast.
Usually churros are carnival food. Lately, they are appearing everything. It’s only natural that General Mill’s Cinnamon Toast Crunch would incorporate churros as an offshoot of their popular cereal brand. Cinnamon Toast Crunch Churros are great with milk but also yummy as a stand-alone snack.
There was a time when the toy was secondary when buying cereal. The folks of Funko see the world a bit more differently. The cereal is secondary. They are releasing what seems to be a steady flow of pop culture merchandised sugar laced themed cereals. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is feted for the occasion with Clark W. Griswold and Cousin Eddie cereals designed uniquely to each character. The boxes are exclusive to FYE.
Funko the makers of those cute bobblehead figurines are now making cereal. It’s funny, their customer base millennials do not gravitate to cereal as a breakfast choice.
Millennials surveyed say that cereal was an inconvenient breakfast choice because they had to clean up after eating it.
Look out world, here comes FunkO’s! The makers of Pop figurines are bringing fun back into cereal.
You heard of cereal with peanut butter flavor. How about peanut butter with cereal? Now you can buy peanut butter with such flavors as fruity crisps, cocoa puffed rice and cinnamon crisps. The Peanut Principle!, a New York, company wants you to think outside the box and put cereal in a jar with peanut butter. It’s like having two meals at the same time. Cereal with a sandwich.
At one time Honey Smacks were called Sugar Smacks and for a good reason. Throughout the years Honey Smacks has been voted the worst cereal because of the high content of sugar. A whopping 55.6% average of sugar is found in each box. A one-cup serving of Honey Smacks packs more sugar than a Hostess Twinkie.
