these were one of the greatest food creations of my childhood
with the introduction of the mini-box variety packs
came great excitement
along with
new reasons to battle with siblings
how to divide the number of boxes evenly
who gets to pick first
did i open it correctly on the perforated lines
kellogs, general mills, or post packs
who gets stuck with
the ‘old boring people’s cereal boxes’
such unparalleled joy
sprung from eating it right out of the side of the box
pouring your milk on this sugary delight
turning it into a personal bowl
i thought i could never be happier.
—
“do you know what breakfast cereal is made of?
it’s made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!”
-roald dahl
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
eekh…… ;(
LOVE, LOVE Dahl…..
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same!
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Yes feel it
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Variety is a good thing. Having a choice is even better. This took me back to my childhood home. Great post, Beth!
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Those little boxes were always a treat
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“Don’t eat breakfast cereals that change the color of your milk”. → Michael Pollan.
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and i loved that very thing about them as a child
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Oh …all the colours of a Milky Way
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Yes !)
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Yes Beth u are awesome in every way
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delightfully joyous story, Beth; which proves there is much happiness to be found in the everyday pleasures, like breakfast cereals; there are all American brands but we had their equivalents in Snack, Crackle, Pops, Weetbix and — wait, for it —- Farex, which I continued to eat long after I should have 🙂
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No judgment!)
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I think they are great and used to get them occasionally for my children. It made them happy too.
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No way to be unhappy when these are around
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I cut those coupons every week.
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Well worth it
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We don’t have all those varieties of sugar here, but I do remember those tussles with siblings when I was younger.
Love that Roald Dahl quote!
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The tussles are part of the whole experience)
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Indeed they are. 🙂
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Oh this is just wonderful
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Thanks!
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You’re welcome 😉
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Who knew cereal boxes could be so nostalgic!!!!! You echoed my childhood!
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Flashback!!
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Right????? 😂
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Hahahaha but cereal is made of what??
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who knew?)
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What a great memory you hold, Beth! My mom only bought the big boxes and mostly stuck to cheerio’s.
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we didn’t have them all the time, only once in a while, but i sure loved them
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A fun memory to begin my day. Thank you.
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glad you enjoyed it, rebecca
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I used to love those when I was a kid but mostly we had a big box of cornflakes. I really liked Sugar Puffs but I think I read somewhere that they were something like 90% sugar.
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probably the main ingredient in most all of them
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Old boring people’s cereal, LOL exactly!
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you know what i’m talking about –
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wait!! you poured milk INTO the box??? why did no one tell me this?
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if you laid it flat, there were perforated markings on it you could punch out and open it into a rectangular bowl in a box
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One of my favorite things when I was small was reading the backs of cereal boxes and I crunched away on what had been inside. Didn’t get the little boxes often, but they were cool too, just harder to read.
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i loved reading the big boxes and some even had games o them
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I loved those and felt the same excitement. They were so much fun…eating out of those tiny boxes. 🙂
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i loved everything about them
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LOL. Roald Dahl could make kids eat less sugar:)
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no, nothing would stop them )
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They were such a treat because they contained the cereals Mom would not buy otherwise. and now… these same variety packs come in bowl-like containers. So not the same…
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yes! and not the same is right )
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😀
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I didn’t do the milk-in-the-box thing very often. I preferred the big boxes, but only of Frosted Flakes. Ate them like popcorn, straight from the box, while watching tv.
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yes, out of the box was a great option for a dry snack too
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My brother and I felt the same way. We only got to eat out of the box when we were traveling, though, which was abysmally disappointing. I may never have recovered from that early existential crisis. “Why not, Mom?” “Because I said.”
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“because i said.” yep, so classic.
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Amazing, what lovely memories cereal can bring! I loved “Kellogg’s Smacks” the most. Oh, and they always came with a toy in the big boxes.
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the best!
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😋
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Ah, great memories. The only time mom ever bought them was for camping. Yup the good ol’ corn flakes never got picked…lol. We never got this kind of stuff cuz it was oatmeal all the way….oh camping was so fun–and tasty!
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made camping worth it )
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wow – I had forgot all about those. But like you, now that I think about it, I do have fond memories of eating those!
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so many
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Pity the fools don’t sell this anymore.
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omg – a terrible loss
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What a great walk down memory lane. It was better than popcorn at the drive-in movie theater.
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yes!
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oh my, reminisce…fun.
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))
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As a mom, I always ended up with a couple boxes no one wanted—oh the arguments!
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right! )
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We always poured the milk in the box. These were favorites for camping and for vacations. Fun memories!!!
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so fun!
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These seldom made their way into our household when I was a kid. My parents thought sugary cereals were the devil. 🤣
I love the quote. I used to have an annual Hobby Day in my class. It was simply my attempt to create a safe public speaking situation for my students. One year one of my students collected the pencil shavings from the pencil sharpener for his hobby. 🤣
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I love that so much! he should have met my kid who picked a crumb up off the floor for show and tell.
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😊
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Oh the memories you have triggered!!
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brings it all back, doesn’t it?
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Those mini-boxes are the best! It’s hard to find here in Sweden, but I come across them occasionally.
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They always make me smile
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I saw these in the break room at work and thought of you! I might not have noticed them, but because of your post, I did and it made me smile 😃
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that’s so funny –
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Oh, I remember. Love the quote!
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so exciting, weren’t they?
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Yes!!
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Great
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thank you
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Hahaha
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))
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A memory of a certain time. A great reminder of how happy we can be with simple things – thanks. (I was glad I only had one sibling to battle with, making the odds manageable for getting what I liked.)
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yes, that definitely lessens the ‘tussling’ factor )
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Those are my favorite childhood cereals .. yum 😋
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the best!
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They are still good start to the day
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Absolutely
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Yes hi beth
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Amazing!
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