What I Miss Most About Cereals From The 60s...
By Hate2Iron
@Hate2Iron (15724)
Canada
April 1, 2019 2:10pm CST
I was thinking about being a kid this morning while pouring cheerios and bran flakes into my bowl! No one worried much about sugar when we were kids, and a bowl of Trix, Apple Jacks, or Sugar Crisp was pretty common around our breakfast table!! But I think that it was the toy that was buried deep inside the box that got me the most excited! My favorite was the submarine that required baking soda to make it work... that's pretty much all I remember but there were lots and lots of toys available once upon a time...
It's too bad that they had to discontinue those toys... :( I don't know if it was the extra cost involved or a law suit regarding a choking child that brought it all to an end! But now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure that the toys were always very well packaged, so I'm beginning to lean toward the cost involved which is pretty pathetic when you look at the cost of these cereals at the moment.
My one thought on the matter however, would be to put the toys into healthy cereals as an enticement for the kids!
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Apr 19
Oh, yes the free toys and goodies. Stuff you sent for with box tops. Remember the "records" on the back of boxes?
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
2 Apr 19
Breakfast was soooo much fun in the "olden days" ;)
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
1 Apr 19
When I was about eight years old, we toured the Kellogg factory in Battle Creek, Michigan. Each member of the family was allowed to choose a six pack (or was it an eight-pack) of single-serving cereal boxes. My siblings and I all opted for the sugar cereal package.
On our drive back home (through a blizzard) we snacked on those cereals. I've never been able to eat Apple Jacks or Cocoa Crispies Frosted Flakes or any other sugar cereal since. I guess I overdosed and it has turned me off of sugar cereals ever since.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
2 Apr 19
My grandmother took us on a tour when I was a little older than you and we were given a 6 pack on the way out as well! Sadly it did nothing to curb by sweet tooth! ;)
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@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
2 Apr 19
@Hate2Iron You were probably smart enough not to eat them all within a 12 hour period of time. 
@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
2 Apr 19
I remember everything but not the flour and staples with giveaways!! Box tops... yes to those too!!
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
2 Apr 19
Oh, I never told my kids that we grew up on the stuff. In our house they started out with a healthy cereal but were allowed to sprinkle something sweet on top! It was my little secret lol...
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
2 Apr 19
@Hate2Iron
I love cereal for breakfast even now as a Senior Citizen. I remember the toys.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
2 Apr 19
I think that cereal companies should put stuff in for our age!! lol... that would certainly make me get excited again!
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
2 Apr 19
It cost less than half a cent ?? but we loved them!!
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
2 Apr 19
it probably is the choke hazard..i don't what's wrong with kids now..it never occured to me growing up to eat toys or chew on lead paint..
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
2 Apr 19
I think that it all comes down to the bottom line... sadly. It takes away from their profit!
@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
2 Apr 19
I still can't believe how many carts that I see in the supermarket full of the sugary stuff...
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