Top Three Thursday – Kid Cereal

I made a lovely joke at school that the fun part of being an adult was finally getting to eat the kid cereals mom didn’t allow. This prompted a heck of a discussion I would love to hear you all weigh in on. Introducing today’s T3: Top 3 Worst Kid Cereals!

Honorable Mention:

One of the most disappointing cereals childhood had to offer. Unlike the others we are about to see, this one had promise. How could a chocolate chip cookie be so sad? The chocolate was miniscule and somehow always on top, not within. They were bone dry so having them soak in milk was useless. It was just sadness on a spoon.

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Somewhere between honey nut cheerios and cornpops came this confusing cereal. Was it maple? Honey? And why were they so slick all the time? They weren’t too terrible, but it didn’t leave you asking for more either. And you definitely weren’t getting any after your parents witnessed the sugar roller coaster it sent you on! Over 70% sugar, WHAAAAAT? Thanks Sugar Bear (the mascot guys).

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Kid tested my left foot! Probably the same kids who enjoyed their soggy grape nuts and probiotic. (Sidebar: I thought Yokults were delicious…). Anywho, this cereal was gross. Do y’all remember the box that had these cereal beads literally in a corn husk? The only thing I want wrapped in corn husks in the morning are tamales, not your nasty cereal of child approved lies!

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This cereal had no flavor, was waxy to the mouth, and I have on good authority smelled like those purple gluesticks in school. What was the marketed flavor here? Fruit? Didn’t they used to come in fruit shapes? I distinctly recall a banana. I also remember feeling anger for this rabbit having to chase down the bratty kids that he so kindly bestowed his cereal upon only to be shunned from its further consumption. Give it back to the rabbit because this cereal is gross. Those must have been the same kids that approved the Kix.