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Nostalgic Breakfast Cereals We Wish Would Return

Nostalgic Breakfast Cereals We Wish Would Return

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Vanilly Crunch

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Pink Panther Flakes

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Fruit Brute

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Moonstones

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Donkey Kong Crunch

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Strawberry Honeycomb

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Pac-Man

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Smurf Berry Crunch

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C3POs

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Ghostbusters Cereal

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Nerds

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Rainbow Brite Cereal

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Spiderman Cereal

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Yummy Mummy

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Smurf Magic Berries

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Morning Funnies

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Dunkin' Donuts Cereal

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cereal

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Batman Cereal

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Breakfast with Barbie

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Bill & Ted's Excellent Cereal

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Cinnamon Mini-Buns

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The Addams Family Cereal

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WWF Superstars

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Reptar Crunch

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Homer's Cinnamon Donut Cereal

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Bart's Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch

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Monopoly Cereal

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FiberPlus Berry Yogurt Crunch

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Cupcake Pebbles

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Sesame Street C is for Cereal

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Vanilly Crunch
Pink Panther Flakes
Fruit Brute
Moonstones
Donkey Kong Crunch
Strawberry Honeycomb
Pac-Man
Smurf Berry Crunch
C3POs
Ghostbusters Cereal
Nerds
Rainbow Brite Cereal
Spiderman Cereal
Yummy Mummy
Smurf Magic Berries
Morning Funnies
Dunkin' Donuts Cereal
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cereal
Batman Cereal
Breakfast with Barbie
Bill & Ted's Excellent Cereal
Cinnamon Mini-Buns
The Addams Family Cereal
WWF Superstars
Reptar Crunch
Homer's Cinnamon Donut Cereal
Bart's Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch
Monopoly Cereal
FiberPlus Berry Yogurt Crunch
Cupcake Pebbles
Sesame Street C is for Cereal

Cereal has been one of the most popular breakfast options in the United States since the end of World War II when cereal manufacturers began marketing products to children. By the early 2000s, cereal was so popular, that Americans bought more than 2.7 million boxes a year. The formulas may have changed significantly since its inception. What was once a health food morphed into a highly processed, sugar-laden product, but with tastes changing, options have shifted again to health and the once beloved treats of our childhood have gone missing. We know they weren't that good for us, but these are nostalgic breakfast cereals we wish would return.

24/7 Tempo compiled a list of nostalgic breakfast cereals we wish would return. While it is not a complete archive of discontinued flavors, it includes many cereals released in conjunction with a popular movie or cartoon and disappeared when the hype died down. Also listed are cereals that have since been reformulated to appeal to changing tastes or, interestingly, to address parental concerns over the color of their children's stool.

We contacted customer relations representatives to confirm when each cereal was removed from the market. For cereals without an exact end year, we listed the decade. (Here are 40 popular discontinued snack foods we really miss.)

Here are nostalgic breakfast cereals we wish would return:
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