General Mills monster-themed breakfast cereals
| Count Chocula | |
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 A box of Count Chocula breakfast cereal |
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| chocolate-flavored corn cereal bits and marshmallows |
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| Mascot: | Cartoon vampire; The name is a pun on the vampire Count Dracula Voiced by Larry Kenney impersonating Bela Lugosi |
| Introduced: | 1971 |
| Availability: | Still in production seasonally |
| Tagline: | I want to eat your cereal! (1971–2008) |
| Notes: | [1] |
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Bowl of Count Chocula |
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| Franken Berry | |
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 A box of Frankenberry breakfast cereal |
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| strawberry-flavored corn cereal bits and marshmallows |
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| Mascot: | Cartoon variant of Frankenstein's monster Voiced by Bob McFadden impersonating Boris Karloff |
| Introduced: | 1971 |
| Availability: | Still in production seasonally |
| Notes: | [2] |
| Boo Berry | |
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 A box of Boo Berry breakfast cereal |
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| blueberry-flavored corn cereal bits and marshmallows |
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| Mascot: | Blue cartoon ghost Voiced by Paul Frees impersonating Peter Lorre |
| Introduced: | 1973 |
| Availability: | Still in production seasonally |
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Bowl of Boo Berry |
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| Fruit Brute | |
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 A box of Fruit Brute breakfast cereal |
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| Frosted fruit-flavored cereal with lime-flavored marshmallows |
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| Mascot: | Cartoon Werewolf |
| Introduced: | 1975 |
| Availability: | Discontinued (1984) |
| Notes: | [3] |
| Fruity Yummy Mummy | |
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 A box of Fruity Yummy Mummy breakfast cereal |
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| Frosted fruit-flavored cereal with vanilla-flavored marshmallows |
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| Mascot: | Cartoon Mummy |
| Introduced: | 1987 |
| Availability: | Discontinued (1993) |
| Tagline: | Fruity Yummy Mummy makes your tummy feel yummy! Heh, heh, heh! (1988–1990) |
General Mills monster-themed breakfast cereals (officially referred to collectively as the Monster Cereals) are five current and formerly distributed breakfast cereal brands in North America. The series includes Count Chocula, Franken Berry, and Boo Berry, and the discontinued Fruit Brute and Fruity Yummy Mummy.
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History[edit]
In October 1971, the first two cereals in the line were introduced, Count Chocula (originally called "Dr. Count Chocula") and the strawberry-flavored Franken Berry. In February 1972, Franken Berry cereal included dye that turned some children's feces pink due to an inability to break down the heavily dyed breakfast food, a symptom sometimes referred to as "Frankenberry Stool."[4][5][6] Boo Berry, reputedly the first blueberry-flavored cereal,[7] was released in 1973, and Fruit Brute the following year. Fruit Brute was discontinued by 1983 and replaced in 1988 by Fruity Yummy Mummy, which also had a short life as it was discontinued in 1993.[8]
Since 2010, Frankenberry, Boo Berry, and Count Chocula cereals are manufactured and sold only for a few months during the fall/Halloween season in October. These cereals are not made and sold the rest of the year.[9][10] As of late 2010, information such as nutrition data and historical factoids can still be found on the official General Mills website at all times of the year.[7]
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References[edit]
- ^ "TV ACRES: Advertising Mascots - Count Chocula". Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "TV ACRES: Advertising Mascots - Frankenberry". Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "TV ACRES: Advertising Mascots - Fruit Brute". Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ Payne, JV. 1972. Benign red pigmentation of stool resulting from food coloring in a new breakfast cereal (the Franken Berry stool). Pediatrics. 49(2):293–4.
- ^ Enid Gilbert-Barness; Diane E. Debich-Spicer (2005). Handbook of pediatric autopsy pathology. Humana Press. p. 288. ISBN 978-1-59259-673-7. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ Niemietz, Brian (October 31, 2009). "It's berry scary: This monster mash pretty yummy". New York Post.
- ^ a b "General Mills—Monsters". Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "Yummy Mummy Cereal". Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ General Mills representative Kendall J. Powell at General Mills Inc. 1370 Orchard Road Montgomery, IL on June 15, 2011
- ^ "Hello Franken Berry, it’s nice to see you again.". Retrieved 22 October 2012.
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