Quaker Oats introduced Quisp, a sugar cereal that had a flavor similar to the iconic Cap’n Crunch, in 1965, and it was on the market nationwide until the late 1970s and then again in 2012. Quisp cereal was introduced with a sister cereal called Quake, which also had a fairly short life on the market,…
If you loved the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, you probably always wanted to try one of the Wonka bars that the movie was centered around. These candy bars were of mythical status in the movie and everyone want to get a golden ticket out of one of the candy bars they bought so…
These small and spherical candies known as Satellite Wafers are really unique and not that many people know about them in the US. They are very popular in the UK and in Belgium and they got their start when the space race was first attracting a lot of national attention in many countries. Science Fiction…
Oh’s cereal hit American grocery shelves in 1980, a latecomer to the breakfast cereal competition when compared to some of the iconic cereals that debuted a half-century earlier. And Oh’s! in their original conception didn’t last particularly long, either. Quaker Oats first manufactured Oh!s in “Crunchy Graham” and “Honey Nut” varieties. In 1988, they were…
Fruity Pebbles is a colorful, crispy rice cereal originally marketed with fruit flavors including orange, lemon and tangerine. The Post cereal company introduced Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles at the same, and they were the first cereals to be created based on a television series. The show that inspired these popular cereals was none other…
If you love chewy little fruit candies that are bite-sized you probably always grab a box of DOTS candy at the store. This is one of the most addictive and delicious fruity candy treats on the market today and many people will tell you that they have loved this candy since childhood. DOTS are a…
Lucky Charms breakfast cereal is a headliner in the General Mills product lineup. The sweet, toasted oats cereal mixed with iconic colorful marshmallow shapes made their way to American tables in 1964. The breakfast cereal was created after General Mills issued a challenge to its team: Make a unique new cereal using the same manufacturing…
Cocoa Pebbles is a sweet, crispy rice breakfast cereal with artificial and real cocoa flavoring. Add milk, and you soon have a bowl of crunchy cereal swimming in tasty chocolate milk to start your day. Cocoa Pebbles and its partner breakfast cereal Fruity Pebbles were the first to be created around existing cartoon characters, specifically…
Red Hots has been around for many years and it is more commonly used for decorating baked goods these days than it is for snacking. There are not many candies that can cross over into both of these categories but Red Hots can be enjoyed for both kinds of eating. These shiny little red candies…
Kellogg’s Corn Flakes has been a staple of the kitchen pantry going all the way back to the early 1900s. While some might think Corn Flakes cereal lacks the pizazz of some flashier, sweeter varieties designed to appeal to children, its history more than makes up for any thought that Corn Flakes might be bland….