| Count
Chocula was
the guy that started it all! The first in
the Monster Cereal line and (according to
most opinions) the best. |
| Count
Chocula first hit
store shelves in 1971 and is the easiest
of the Monster Cereals to find today. |
| Frankenberry
followed soon after Count
Chocula in 1971
and that's when the trouble began. The
two were always arguing over who had the
better tasting cereal. |
| The first time that I had
ever seen or heard of Monster Cereals
was in 1971 when I was 4 years old. |
| I was visiting with my
Grandparents and I have an Uncle who was
only 10 years old at the time. |
| He was eating breakfast
(before school) and I heard him say
"Wow, I didn't know that Count
Chocula had
little Chocolate
marshmallows in it." |
| My head did a double take and
I asked for a bowl and I've been hooked
ever since. |
| Being a HUGE fan of Monsters,
this cereal was like a dream come true
for me. |
| I had another Uncle who once
asked, "Do you really like this
cereal or do you just buy it because they
have Monsters on the box?" |
| well, I'm now in my 30s and I
can honestly answer that question by
saying YES, I do like the taste of the
cereals BUT the Monsters on the box are
indeed an added plus. |
| Could I pick a favorite among
these cereals? No, not really because
sometimes I'm in the mood for Chocolate
sweetened cereal with Chocolate
flavored marshmallows and sometimes I'm
in the mood for Strawberry
sweetened cereal with Strawberry
flavored marshmallows. |
| There was once a Monster
magazine that was more like a newspaper
than a magazine called "The Monster Times."
|
| In 1971 (soon after the
release of Frankenberry
and Count Chocula)
the Monster Times ran an article about
the two cereals. I have this issue
someplace (I'll have to look for it) the
only thing that I can remember was that
they said something along the lines of... |
| "We live in a day and
age where kids eat Monsters, rather than
the other way around." |
| If you'd like to see Count
Chocula (or any
of the Monster Cereals) in your local
grocery store, contact "General
Mills"
and demand your Monsters! |