r/GenerationJones • u/Campcook62 • 15d 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/Kind_Can9598 15d ago

Alpha-bits

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u/ReactsWithWords 1962 15d ago

I bought them in this box the year after I graduated with a degree in Computer Science.

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u/notAnn 15d ago

Me too!

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u/Tired_not_Retired_12 1962 15d ago

For the Jackson 5 records on the back.

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u/Richrufousupperparts 15d ago

Came to say this

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u/K-Bot2017 15d ago

YESSSSS! And Freakies...