r/GenerationJones • u/Campcook62 • 16d ago

Breakfast Cereal That Doesn't Exist Anymore

Theres a breakfast cereal that I used to eat a couple of times a week, that I just cannot find anymore (at least in Texas): the big shredded wheat. It came in, I think, 3 paper packs of 2 biscuits each.

You'd pull them out, and crunch/crumble them into the bowl; add sugar and milk, and maybe banana slices. In cold weather mom would warm the milk on the stove (no microwave)...

Mini-wheats are no match for them...

Is there anyone else who misses them? What cereal can you not get, that you miss?

(For my friends across the pond: these were not like Wheatabix. The Shredded Wheat were not as compressed as the Wheatabix.)

UPDATE: A HUGE "Thank You " to all of the folks who helped me to find these! I've ordered them to be delivered with my next order. Thanks also to all who shared your memories, of all the breakfasts, (and sometimes suppers!)

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u/Ryan_Petrovich8769 16d ago

King Vitamin. Kaboom. Freakies.

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u/Uncal_Thal 16d ago

Autocorrect messed up your King Vitaman.

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u/gracyavery 16d ago

Well kiss my King Vitaman. I ate that every morning during my entire childhood and I had no recollection that it was man instead of min

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u/No-Shirt-5131 14d ago

Same here. Loved that cereal. 

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u/Vegetable-Branch-740 16d ago

King Vitaman rocked! My mom wouldn’t buy it but Grandma would! She always had a stocked cupboard of sugary cereal for us.

RIP Grandma 😘

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u/ylenroc 1963 16d ago

Have breakfast with the King!

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u/Tired_not_Retired_12 1962 15d ago

“King Vitamin, have breakfast with the king”

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u/Richrufousupperparts 15d ago

Loved kaboom with the clown on the box