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Did you know that the cereal in your pantry could have an interesting story behind it? Many families begin the morning with a big bowl of their favorite cereal. Whether your pick is sugary sweet or plain grain, each has it’s own history. For example, Lucky Charms was created in 1962 and was actually based on the idea of combining classic Cheerios with Brach’s Circus Peanuts. I bet you didn’t know that little tidbit!
When I was a little girl I remember having a slight obsession with Lucky Charms cereal. I think every kid loved it just as much as I did and still do. My grandma would buy me the huge box from the store and I would spend all afternoon picking out the marshmallows. After I managed to sift through the entire box I would pour the plain cereal pieces back in. Then I would eat the heap of colorful marshmallows while watching Goosebumps on TV. No milk needed. All that was required was a cup and a spoon. It became an after school ritual at some point. I couldn’t even tell you how many times I did this.
Toodie is normally a Lucky Charms girl but has been picking the Reese’s Peanut Butter Puffs for breakfast each morning. They really are addicting and taste just like the candy!
Last week I used Lucky Charms to make a delicious gooey treat. You can find my “Magically Delicious Marshmallow Bar” recipe here! This recipe can be re-created with ANY of the General Mill’s retro cereals.
For a limited time you can find great savings on select Big G cereals at Target. Visit the General Mills website for more information and grab a coupon here. Join in on the chatter and tweet at @GeneralMills with the hashtag #CerealThrowback.
those are, in a word ,awesome. I love retro stuff. brings me back. sadly, WAY back. but still.
My kids love when I make bars from their favorite cereal. Love the retro boxes.
I'm a lucky Charms girl, but my husband is cinnamon toast crunch all the way. I remember that box very well!
My son's favorite cereal is Cinnamon Toast Crunch. It always has been! I'm more of a Cheerios girl myself. 🙂
I saw the Lucky Charms one in the store recently and bought a box just because of the retro design. I love stuff like that.
My kids grew up on these bars for special treats. I love the Lucky Charms as a cereal and bar. lol
Those throwback boxes are AWESOME – I bet they'd be a nice decorator piece (once they are empty of course). We love cereal in my house, and my son does the same thing with the Lucky Charms marshmallows – except I make him eat the cereal plain (no wasting lol)
I love all things General Mills, especially the Box Tops and they have some sort of health in them…
I only eat cereal with high fiber and low sodium content, which limits my options. But as a child I LOVED cinnamon toast crunch.
Aww…this makes me think of my own childhood! My sis and I loved getting up on Saturday morning to eat our cereal and watch cartoons.
Love the retro boxes. The Cinnamon Toast Crunch was my favorite as a kid.
I love these cereals from my childhood. The cool boxes take me back.
I used to love eating cereal as a kid. My daughter is not really into it yet but I'm sure she'll love it soon!
Guess I'd better head over to Target. We go through cereal like nobody's business here, especially with a teen in the house. 🙂
Tasting looking marshmallow bars! I trust the General Mills name for great tasting cereal.
I love that they are using the retro packaging for these cereals! I like them all but I think my favorite is Lucky Charms. My 3 year old loves his "marshmallow cereal" as well.
I practically lived on Cinnamon Toast Crunch in college! Love the retro packaging.
My kid would eat these no matter what the box looks like. I swear I can remember the Reese's box from when I was a kid.
I totally agree with what you said about the bottom of the Cinnamon Toast Crunch box – YUM! Some of these cereals were my favorite as a child. By the way, I loved the recipe to your Lucky Charms bars!
-Janel C.
I love the Reese Peanut Butter Puffs Cereal. I bet that would make some YUMMY bars 🙂
Love the retro boxes and now I want to eat all those cereals.
I love these retro boxes. Brings me back to my childhood. I still love most of those cereals today 🙂
My mom still has some of those bowls – my kids love using them at her house! 🙂
I love seeing all the retro packaging. I've eaten Cheerios since I was a baby. I still like to snack on them now!
The retro boxes look so cool. I love the packages and still enjoy a bowl of cheerios sometime.
I love those retro boxes. Thanks for sharing – I have to go buy some now!
Love the retro boxes and those bars look delicious! My kiddos are big fans o several of those cereals – they have their mommy and daddy's taste. 🙂
I love seeing the packaging like that. I made rice crispy treats recently but Love the idea of lucky charms ones … bet my kids would love me forever for that! Have to pick up stuff tomorrow when I go grocery shopping to get creative!
Love the retro boxes! I can't believe Cinnamon Toast Crunch is older than me- &I totally agree on getting the bowl at the bottom of the box with all the cinnamon sugar!
Cinnamon Toast Crunch is one of my favorite cereals of all time! I also really love Honey Nut Cheerios. We usually always have those two on hand. I love the retro boxes!
With a teething toddler in the house I am not sure WHAT i would do without cherrios. We are a fan here. We are addicted!!!
I love eating cereal and the Big G cereals are the best. My favorite is Honey Nut cheerios and the Regular cheerios that I put bananas in. I also love Lucky Charms. I love the marshmallows in them. My family loves eating these cereals.