Vintage Cereal Box Gallery
Good morning, serious eaters! Here's a good way to start the day—and the week. A crazy gallery of old-school cereal boxes. I think my faves here are King Vitaman and Tutti Frutti Flavored Twinkles. They remind me of the days when I'd eat nothing but Fruity Pebbles when it came to cereal. (I can't believe my mom let me get away with that.) What was your cereal of choice as a kid—or even today?
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21 Comments:
Where are the Pink Panther Flakes????? My brother and I would kill a whole box anytime my mom went out and left us home alone... LOL.
chiff0nade at 7:59AM on 06/30/08
king vitaman! have breakfast with the king!
wpw, i can't believe how quickly that popped into my head as soon as i saw the box.
these days if i have cereal it's my own homemade granola or the old fashioned kinid of oatmeal.
cybercita at 8:22AM on 06/30/08
What was really best about these sugar frosted bomb cereals (although I'm too young to remember these) was the prizes in the boxes--I noticed that on some of these covers. I recall getting a pickle in the shape of a whistle for a joint Burger King and cereal promo once, plus matchbox cars, candy, and so forth.
HeartofGlass at 8:56AM on 06/30/08
Some of these really look like Wacky Packages to me, particularly Kaboom and Twinkles
Joe DiStefano at 9:05AM on 06/30/08
Yummmm. Quisp!!! Love the cereal and love the box.
FoodBoy at 9:09AM on 06/30/08
Haha Sugar Jets: Truth in Advertising!
I'm with you on the Fruity Pebbles. I probably could still kill a bowl if left to my own devices...
modysoul at 9:35AM on 06/30/08
My grandparents used to buy us Circus Fun. It was the only cereal I'd ever seen that came in a black box.
LadyMarmalade at 9:40AM on 06/30/08
Raisin Bran has always been a favorite of mine. As a child and as an adult.
Honey combs, cinnamon toast crunch, apple jacks were always great.
latisha1903 at 9:42AM on 06/30/08
Boo Berry or Frankenberry.
today,tomorrow,forever.
in dubious batter at 9:46AM on 06/30/08
I used to eat Cocoa Pebbles. I loved them! But as I've gotten older and less tolerant of sugery cereals, I haven't had them for breakfast in years.
I do, however, use them in my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. I gives the cookies an extra chocolate crisp kick. Yum!
pmagnus at 9:46AM on 06/30/08
Does anyone else remember the big "rivalry" between Quisp and Quake? I remember the big contest they had between the two two figure out which one was more popular. I just read that the ads were created by Jay Ward of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame.
pmagnus at 9:51AM on 06/30/08
I do remember the rivalry between Quisp and Quake. I believe Quisp won. For a prize, Quisp got his own pet, a space kangaroo, which came with its own cereal, Quangeroo. It didn't last long.
LadyMarmalade at 10:07AM on 06/30/08
Quisp totally ruled over Quake. Although Cap'n Crunch was my first love. My brother and I sent away for these oddly-shaped Cap'n Crunch bowls. His was red, mine was blue, and nothing in the world could induce me to ever, EVER, eat from that red bowl. Cooties, you know. Li'l brother would typically eat about 4 bowls of cereal a day, without milk. He tried everything on the market, but I don't think he's eaten cereal since college. Reached his quota, I guess!
mwheeler at 10:40AM on 06/30/08
Oh sweet, sweet Quisp. How I loved thee. Several years back I'd order it online six boxes at a tiem and have it shipped...I wonder if I can still do that.
Kaboom was ALWAYS a fave, as was The King.
You can't beat breakfast with the king.
missbhavens at 10:54AM on 06/30/08
I used to imagine that King Vitaman and Mother Nature from the Imperial Margarine commercials were involved in a passionate, tempestuous affair.
LadyMarmalade at 10:57AM on 06/30/08
YIKES! King Vitaman looks like the scary Uncle you keep your kids away from.
chicagophil at 11:54AM on 06/30/08
King Vitaman RULED!!! What a flashback!
jonfoxx at 2:07PM on 06/30/08
King Vitaman was great- somehow the name didn't sound like a sugar-bomb cereal so it was on the 'approved' list!
nwbywayofla at 3:08PM on 06/30/08
i highly recommend picking up a copy of Krazy Kid's Food by Dan Goodsell. it's one of those journal sized Taschen titles and filled with one fantastic image after another.
youthlarge at 5:54PM on 06/30/08
Dude--check out the stash--a royal racing coach, a coloring book, and a nursery rhyme game can all be yours if you just get to the bottom of the boxes fast enough!
HeartofGlass at 9:58AM on 07/01/08
I forgot all about Apple Jacks! loved em as a kid, but my fave was and is Grape Nuts. hot or cold its rocks ;)
huneybumper at 9:00PM on 07/01/08