Ahh..... Mini-Wheats! Still enjoy them to this day along with Cherrios, Lucky Charms, Frosted Flakes, Corn Pops, Apple Jacks, Fruit Loops, Recess Puffs, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisps and Smorz...
It's funny how the cereal aisle is almost divided in half. One side is the fiber-laden healthy stuff, the other side is the sugary mascot-driven stuff little kids have meltdowns over if parents don't buy it.
I grew up on sugary stuff. Anything frosted or with marshmallows, I'm in. Plus the big bonus of the free prize inside.
Once, in my single digits, my grandmother came to visit. She brought her own box of Total. Out of curiosity, she let me try some. The look on my face was priceless.
Nana said, "Someday you'll be eating this too". Truer words were never spoken.
I enjoyed the sweet cereals of my youth, except one. In the 80's, for a brief time on the shelves was Smurfberry Crunch. This cereal was so disgustingly sweet you couldn't eat it.
Typical of the 80's. Any Saturday morning cartoon had its own cereal. Mr. T, Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears. What a racket. You watch the cartoons, eat the crappy cereal, buy the toys, they got you.