Ghosts of Childhood Cereals Past

[thehefner]

So Mike and I went to Superfresh to buy some ingredients for a quiche, when my eyes wandered to a stack of cereals... and I saw... something. I said, "Mike, do you see what I see? Please tell me I'm not hallucinating. Is that.. are those... what I think they are...?" The effect was like that pull-back-while-zoom-in technique used in Jaws and FOTR, whooooom.

They were boxes... and boxes... of Frankenberry and Boo Berry. Let me repeat that. Frankenberry. And Boo Berry.

Neither of have had Frankenberry in the past ten years, but my God, we hadn't even SEEN a box of Boo Berry in, like, fifteen. Sweet, sweet Jebus. Of course had to buy it. And taste it. Now... does anybody remember these cereals?

Try to imagine this, if you can. Frankenberry is like a cereal made ENTIRELY OUT OF CRUNCHBERRIES. WITH MARSHMELLOWS. Ohhhhhhh my Gohhhhohohhhddd. My heart is still pounding. This shit is worse than speed laced with crack. And God help me, Michelle, my co-star, put an idea in my head. "Hey, you know what'd be really good? If you made rice krispy treats with this stuff."

With that concoction... we could rule the world. Or at the very least destroy it. Either way, we'll be hyper.

Oh, and the quiche rocked too, by the way. (Liked how I kinda brought it full circle right there, eh?)

Comments

[frumple.livejournal.com]

I saw them in the market as well and had to smile. I LOVED Frankenberry as a kid.. and Boo Berry (didn't quite like Count Chocula as much).

Hey here is a question for those out there. There was a fourth of the "monster cerials." This one had a werewolf as it's "cover." Does anyone remember the name of said cerial?

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Fruit (or possibly "Froot") Brute (or possibly "Broot").

[surrealname.livejournal.com]

oh man, froot broot,

don't forget tootie fruity mummy yummy.

[fiveseconddelay.livejournal.com]

Actually got a hankerin for it about six months ago, went out and bought a box, and was strangely disappointed. I believe they changed the recipe as it didn't taste like I remember it.

And before you say "well, your just getting grumpy old man taste buds", I REMEMBER IT BEING SWEETER. I mean I was expecting a sugar-coated-choco-bombs type reaction and it was just kind of corny tasting.

Fruity pebbles, on the other hand, have never let me down. Especially that last inch of powdery goodness.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Which one, Frankenberry or Boo Berry? BB was mellower, but Frankenberry was, to me, sweeter than twofold Fruity Pebbles.