you want some cereal i feel so good today i'm going to choose from the low fiber end of the
shelf some cereals tantalize the taste buds of both kids and adults alike and some well
not so much let's take a look at the 10 worst cereal failures in history breakfast cereals
with a surprise inside is diabetes nerd cereal all right food nerds reality check
everyone knows what nerds are the classic american candy is still widely accessible across the world
however many people are unaware that a nerd cereal was produced for a limited time in 1985.
the cereal box was separated into two halves each carrying a distinct nerd cereal flavor orange or
cherry and strawberry or grape for the two flavors available it's a tiny tangy crunchy sweetened
cereal according to the description to persuade customers to sample the cereal little packets
of nerd's candy were included as well as a mail offer for a two-sided nerds bowl with a nerd gate
it's for nerds okay when the nerd gate was lifted it allowed milk to pass from one side of the bowl
to the other while keeping the taste separate even though the two-sided dish was brilliant
nerd's cereal didn't last long on store shelves it was phased out in a hurry while the candy
continued to grow in popularity which side are you going to eat first was the question nerd cereal
asked us in the mid 80s there were apparently complaints that eating nerd cereal caused
vivid red orange bowel movements an extremely concerning but not life-threatening health issue
in the end that may have been the main reason this product was pulled from the shelves
cabbage patch kids cereal cabbage patch kids don't make you fat in the 1980s almost every
commercially broadcast item and or children's toy had a cereal tie-in being one of the most
popular dolls of the era the makers of cabbage patch kids eagerly jumped on the bandwagon
yet most cereals created from toys were just cheap knockoffs of other cereals or strange
shapes with hazy color schemes to remind one of the object at hand worse yet the sugar
content of these morning treats was generally so high that youngsters may as well have been
eating candy so cereals like cabbage patch kids appeared claiming the benefits of only three grams
of sugar per serving look at me i'm eating healthy that's about the same sugar content as a carrot
the makers thought it wise to avoid the ire of helicopter parents who might have been wary of
a cereal connected to popular toys but can you imagine what cereal tasted like with so few grams
of sugar instead they attracted the tears and disgust of kids all across america this nonsense
tasted precisely like the cardboard box it came in in reality the container was probably sweeter
and didn't taste like a bowl of mud goodbye and good riddance cabbage patch kids cereal fruity
one of general mills monster cereals was fruity yummy mummy these monster themed cereals were
initially produced in 1971 and included a variety of amusing and comical monsters all for the
enjoyment of both children and adults frankenberry and count chocula were the initial mascots but as
time went on a whole line of monsters were built up around these serial variations making cereals
based on monsters may seem foolish to people who are not alive during the monster mania of
the 1970s kids these days however there was a tremendous monster movie craze at the time this
meant that monster themed cereals were extremely popular and simple to market to both children and
adults kids would get a sugar rush just by seeing these boxes fruity yummy mummy was a spin-off of
the craze and it only lasted a short period on the market among general mills other monster serials
rainbow bright hey rainbow bright hello shakespeare rainbow bright and the star stealer
was released in 1985 and so did this serial the rainbow bright animated television series
was quite popular with kids this time product was marketed as a sweetened cereal with natural fruit
tastes that was enriched with nine important vitamins and minerals according to a rainbow
bright television commercial rainbow bright is a new cereal from the rainbow bright brand rainbow
brite is a sweet delicious rainbow a vivid color made up of fruit-flavored multi-colored nibbles
a brief tale about the universe of rainbow bright was included on the back of an early box
if you travel to the end of the rainbow to a land far far away you will discover a wonderful
kingdom known as rainbowland i welcome you all to cloud cuckooland where all the world's colors are
created rainbow bright who lives in rainbow land is a charming and brilliant young lady
rainbow bright is so enamored with the rainbow's colors that she utilizes them to make the world a
brighter and friendlier place for everybody murky dismal and lurky two evil animals that reside in a
realm called the pits despise everything colorful and joyous they want to kidnap rainbow bright
and steal all of her colors it sounded like quite an upbeat and wonderful television show
but unfortunately the cereal wasn't loved so much and was removed from store shelves
urkel family matters was must-see television for every youngster growing up in the 1990s
from 1989 until its final season in 1998 the sitcom was a cult classic it was so popular
that it's cast including the winslow family and of course steve urkel are still remembered today
in the early 1990s the craze around urkel and his catchphrase did i do that was at an all-time high
prompting serial producer ralston to cash in urkel o's debuted in the retail sector in 1991.
the strawberry and banana-flavored rounds akin to fruit loops in the cereal were colored red
and yellow urkel was the inspiration for not just the cereal's name but also its branding packaging
and advertising activities pictures of urkel were posted all over the box nine distinct renditions
of the well-known figure were distributed across the front sides and back of one box of this
strange cereal all over the place advertisements for urcolos may still be found on youtube with
white reprising his family matters persona for the commercials the most memorable urkel o's box
was one from 1992 that provided a chance to win a vacation to washington dc urkel was shown in
the box as uncle sam clad in red white and blue and hitting a marching band drum with the phrase
urkel for president on it each box included an urkel campaign badge and an entry form for the
grand prize trip despite the long run of family matters urkel fever never extended to the cereal
and urkel o's were discontinued less than a year after its introduction the cereal's taste was most
likely a factor in its lack of popularity many people believed urkel os tasted strange and fake
and they only bought it for the box freakies they like freaky freaky all night long ralston's
freakies was a sweetened breakfast cereal that was distributed in the united states
the cereal a crunchy light brown taurus-shaped melange was ralston's first big foray into the
sweetened ready-to-eat cereal industry and it was promoted by a cast of seven characters known as
the freakies the wells rich green advertising firm located in new york city were the ones to create
the artwork the cereal was introduced in 1972 in 1973 a chocolate variant named coco freakies
was released and in 1975 to 1976 a fruit version called fruit freaky saw the light of day here i
come oh here i come the mascots were a group of seven monsters each with their own color scheme
and design the third television advertisement we are the freakies included each character naming
and describing themselves in song in addition to the characteristics detailed on boxes and
demonstrated in all of their marketing materials the majority of the characters were inspired by
folks who worked at the advertising agency boss moss for example was inspired by creative director
charlie moss the walking disaster was quickly phased out in 1976 undeterred ralston's introduced
a new freaky serial in 1986 depicting the creatures as extraterrestrials from another world
grumble and boss moss stayed the same but most of the other characters were altered completely
this new version was only successful for a brief period before vanishing for good banana wackies
i'm a banana i'm a banana long forgotten since general mills produced banana wacky cereal in
1965. the cereal boxes merely said wackies but the television advertising called it banana wackies
this nonsense tasted like wallpaper it's no wonder nobody's ever heard of it banana wacky's was also
an advertiser for the weekly television show happy the clown to encourage sales of the bland cereal
happy would recite the banana wacky's jingle and tell kids that a bowl of banana wacky cereal
is the finest way to start the day according to numerous people who say they enjoyed banana
wackies in their childhood it was made out of oat cereal with sweet banana flavor pieces
do you have any idea what breakfast cereal is made of apparently some thought they were delicious and
had a distinct banana flavor others to put it bluntly found them revolting post alpha bits
a direct rival were developed in 1958 and are still available today despite happy the clown's
best efforts wackies barely lasted about a year before general mills decided to cut their losses
jayward productions which also developed the cap'n crunch tv advertising from the 1960s and 1970s
as well as the iconic rocky and bullwinkle show produced their commercials king vitaman the king
the king is here quaker oats king vitaman was an american brand of breakfast cereal once widely
distributed across america the cereal was first released in 1968 and its mascot changed multiple
times since its inception the crazed royal nut job that originally appeared on this cereal box
was absolutely terrifying for adults and kids alike in the 1970s the creepy old king
most likely haunted a few children's nightmares although king vitaman is still alive in kicking
the artwork on the box has happily changed king vitamin cereal had a high vitamin in
iron content as well as a low sugar level it contained only 6 grams of sugar per serving it's
paltry compared to the 13 grams or more hidden in other popular morning cereals like cap'n crunch
and lucky charms the cereal's early television commercials were animated by jayward productions
the same company that brought you rocky and bullwinkle rocky bullwinkle shall we the ads
featured king vitamin and his two knights sir laugh it up and sir cravenlay along with the
blue baron and the not so bright knight the mascots battled laughable opponents yet the
cereal has all but vanished since its introduction in 1968 the brand was phased out in 2019 however
much to everyone's surprise king vitaman cereal can still be found though manufacturing has been
significantly curtailed in recent years outlet stores the internet and even a yard sale are your
best chances for locating a box of king vitamin in 2022 the cereal has a richer history than its
vitamin and mineral content dating back to the forest vowel change from vitamin to vitamin as
the fda prohibits non-vitamins from using the term grins and smiles and giggles and laughs
grins and smiles and giggles and laughs cereal by ralston was another product that never quite hit
it off there was a commercial for the cereal that featured cecil the grumpy cereal making machine
and robot who would spit out delicious boxes of this goofy cereal once you made him laugh we're
not sure who the brains behind this seemingly impossible product and marketing campaign were but
they deserve an award for making people want the cereal even more out of pure confusion grins and
smiles and giggles and laughs cereal is full of sweet crunchy smiley face shaped bits and is named
after its four cartoon characters who strive to make cecil the robot laugh and generate the cereal
itself welcome to your future this cereal believe it or not is one of numerous creepy happy face
cereals including kaboom morning funnies cabbage patch kids and the teenage mutant ninja turtles
available only in canada there have been enough face shaped meals out there to sustain hannibal
lecter for breakfast lunch and dinner over the years it seems like not too many people missed
this particular cereal though even with such a memorable name and strange marketing campaign
crunchy logs coconut crunch in every bite what a strange and unappetizing name for a food item
it's hard to imagine starting your morning off with a bowl of cereal called crunchy logs but
many people did just so in the 1970s created by the kellogg's company in 1978 crunchy logs came
in two distinct flavors chocolate and strawberry the cereals actually tasted quite good according
to many online reviews and nostalgic cereal blogs but the name and the look was a turn off
the presentation was a bad distraction that really seems to have taken away from how appetizing they
might have been those look really bad cory with the friendly looking mascot named bixby beaver
it was clear these logs were meant to represent pieces of wood a beaver would use to build their
dams however cereal companies have always seemed to struggle with recreating small details and
defining features in their products especially back in the 1970s so it turns out these supposed
piles of sweet wooden logs looked more like giant bowls of animal drawings luckily most people who
enjoyed their wooden logs never questioned the strange look and name of their favorite breakfast
cereal if this cereal was still around today things would probably be much different though
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