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11 Cereals from the '80s That Deserve a Comeback
May 16, 2025
There was a time when cereal boxes doubled as entertainment and mascots with full-on personalities. In the 1980s, breakfast aisles were packed with wild flavors and tie-ins to everything from video games to movies. Here are some cereals from that golden era that we’d happily welcome back.
Dunkin' Donuts Cereal
Dunkin’ Donuts Cereal gave us bite-sized donut rings in chocolate and powdered sugar flavors. It was as if the donuts themselves had turned into cereal. Some of them were even shaped like tiny donuts that represented the brand’s coffee shop roots. The branding nailed it, but it didn’t age well in the health-conscious ‘90s. Still, we wouldn’t mind a comeback tour.
Smurf-Berry Crunch
This cereal was bursting with color. The berry-flavored pieces turned milk blue, which delighted kids who were already enchanted by the animated Smurfs. Even the packaging came straight out of Smurf Village.
C-3PO’s Cereal
A tie-in with Star Wars was always going to land, and C-3PO’s Cereal did just that. This honey-flavored, figure-eight-shaped cereal gave fans a way to keep the saga going over breakfast. The real fun, though, was in the extras: collectible cards, gold foil packaging, and the droid charm.
Mr. T Cereal
Bold like its namesake, Mr. T Cereal made no attempt to blend in. The corn-and-oat blend, shaped like “T,” had a sweet crunch similar to Cap’n Crunch. But it was the powerful branding, complete with confident catchphrases and Saturday cartoon energy, that turned a standard cereal into a morning ritual for young fans of The A-Team.
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