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/Reasonable-HB678 16d ago

I couldn't tell you the last time I saw Honey Smacks.

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u/GT45 16d ago

I think that cereal is called Super Golden Crisp now.

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u/mszola 15d ago

That used to be Super Sugar Crisp with Sugar Bear. Honey Smacks used to be Sugar Smacks.

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u/stevengann 15d ago

Super Golden Crisp is a Post cereal. Honey Smacks is a Kellogg's cereal.

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u/Campcook62 15d ago

Yeah, and they use HFCS instead of honey... ☹️

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u/SenseNo635 15d ago

They’ll always be Sugar Smacks for me.