Oct. 16, 2025

Monster Cereals: Breakfast of Ghouls

Monster Cereals: Breakfast of Ghouls
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A spooky look at the classic monster cereals that have been haunting breakfast tables for decades, from chocolate vampires to berry ghosts, strawberry monsters to fruit-loving werewolves and mummies.

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Calarogus Shark Media. Greetings trivia fans. I'm Mark Allison, and

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today we're diving into the spooky world of monster cereals,

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those ghoulish breakfast treats that have been haunting our cereal

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aisles for decades. Question one, What is the name of

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the chocolate flavored monster cereal featuring a friendly vampire character?

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First introduced in nineteen seventy one? Question two? Which berry

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flavored ghost is the mascot for Booberry cereal, making his

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debut in nineteen seventy three. Question three? What strawberry flavored

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monster cereal? Features a Frankenstein like character and was one

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of the original monster ceials? Question four? What was the

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name of the werewolf mascot for the short lived fruit

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flavored cereal that was discontinued in the nineteen eighties but

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brought back in twenty thirteen. Question five? Which mummy themed

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monster cereal with a fruit flavor? Was introduced in nineteen

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eighty eight, discontinued and then revived for limited releases. We'll

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be right back with these frightfully delicious answers. Welcome back,

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trivia fans. Let's reveal today's answers. Question one. What chocolate

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monster serial features a vampire? Answer Count Chocula. Created by

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General Mills, Count Chocola was one of the first two

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monster cereals, debuting alongside Frank and Barry. The cereal features

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chocolate flavored pieces with marshmallows, and the Count has become

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an icon of Halloween breakfast nostalgia. Question two, which ghost

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mascot represents Booberry? Answer Booberry, the ghost himself. This blueberry

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flavored ceial was the third monster seial introduced by General Mills.

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Booberry's voice was originally inspired by actor Peter Lore, giving

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him a distinctive spooky character. Question three, what strawberry serial

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features of Frankenstein character? Answer franken Berry. This pink strawberry

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flavored cereal launched alongside Count Chocula in nineteen seventy one.

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The mascot is a pink monster with a goofy personality,

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and the cereal initially caused a harmless condition where it

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turned children's stool pink, leading to a formula change. Question four,

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what werewolf mascot represented a fruit cereal? Answer Fruit Brute.

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This serial featured a werewolf mascot and had a lime slate.

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Cherry flavor. Initially, it was discontinued in nineteen eighty two,

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but brought back for limited releases starting in twenty thirteen,

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much to the delight of nostalgic fans. Question five, Which

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mummy themed cereal was introduced in nineteen eighty eight. Answer

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Fruity Yummy Mummy. This orange cream flavored cereal featured a

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mummy mascot and was marketed alongside the other Monster cereals,

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like Fruit Brute. It was discontinued, but has been brought

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back for limited seasonal releases in recent years. That concludes

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today's five Daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, See you tomorrow.