Count chocula cereal

Count Chocula Cereal. (Re-release package, vintage style box, 2013)

I FOUND THEM. Had to drive to the freakin’ Bronx in nonstop traffic on a Friday night, BUT I FOUND THEM.

I love cereal. I think it is my favorite food. The best is Fruity Pebbles, by Post. I loved this box so much, I put it up in my room when I was a little kid. I know, I was mental. I remember when Purple Rain was out, there was a Fruity Pebbles commercial with Barney on a Purple Bike and outfit. pimping out the new grape flavor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opU8MDNadiQ&feature=PlayList&p=3C6C097332A573FC&index=10 Today we are going to view some specifically 80's breakfast cereals and then…

Even cereal mascots go through puberty.

Growing up in the 1970s was a magical time for me. There were no computers, cell phones or even VCRs to distract from real play time. It was during this disco decade that I discovered the fiendish delight of Universal Studios’ Classic Monsters. Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy, and the rest of those amazing horror […]

silly count doing the "Shocker"

Are you classically sweet or boringly bland?

This is the story all about how Count Choc got flipped, turned upside down. See Count Chocula evolve from simple monster to marketing machine over the course of eight cereal boxes from the '90s.

There are few things more representative of Halloween than the General Mills monster cereals, which return to supermarket shelves every September and only stick around through the big day. It’s their limited nature that makes them so special, though one could argue that the likes of Boo Berry, Franken Berry and Count Chocula would be ...

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