Is this new?

Homer2 · 10-09-2014, 09:23 PM

I saw Count Chocula and Franken Berry cereal at the grocery store tonight. It was not in the regular aisle, but out in the promo section. Have I missed this for the last 40 years? Has it always been sold?

jewel25 · 10-09-2014, 09:26 PM

yeah it has been around for sometime. My friend who is in her 40's said she use to eat it as a kid

Homer2 · 10-09-2014, 09:28 PM

I wonder if the US had it long before us.. I am a bit of a grocery store fan, love food, and spend a lot of time browsing. Canada often doesn't even get food the US gets.

joeybsyc · 10-09-2014, 09:28 PM

I believe only one is available year round... Count Chocula. When I was a kid (I'm 39) There were 3 versions all available all the time... Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and Boo Berry. (Chocolate, Raspberry, and Blueberry flavored) I think they bring out the discontinued 2 for a limited time around Halloween now.

kevinw · 10-09-2014, 09:31 PM

well, we eat coca pebbles in this house!

Homer2 · 10-09-2014, 09:32 PM

Im 52... I remember them well as a kid . . . .I must go back and get them both. Its bugging me I didn't

joeybsyc · 10-09-2014, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Homer2

Im 52... I remember them well as a kid . . . .I must go back and get them both. Its bugging me I didn't

Haha... you're making me want some too!

Homer2 · 10-09-2014, 09:47 PM

Glad to help.. the sad part is that I read the nutritional value info - and it wasn't bad really. Wasn't good for anyone, but was barely on the bad side.

2010SLVRBULIT · 10-09-2014, 09:49 PM

halloween release..

Homer2 · 10-09-2014, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 2010SLVRBULIT

halloween release..

is that like a happy ending?

rebelyell22 · 10-09-2014, 10:34 PM

Its been around for a longggg time

AZCamaroFan · 10-09-2014, 10:35 PM

they've been around since the 70s in the U.S.
wikipedia says 1971.
i don't understand you say you remember them, but in your first post you said 'is this new?'

Scalded Dog · 10-10-2014, 08:05 AM

I can't believe they are back.

I'd heard that both had been finished off.... you know, by a cereal killer.

Homer2 · 10-10-2014, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by AZCamaroFan

they've been around since the 70s in the U.S.
wikipedia says 1971.
i don't understand you say you remember them, but in your first post you said 'is this new?'

I understand. I have not seen them for years, and there they were. I was thinking they had been re-introduced. Yes, we ate them when I was a kid - going to have to say mid-70's. Asking if they are new was because we get different food up here than in the US, and perhaps they have always been out down south...

10-09-2014, 09:23 PM	#1
Homer2 Drives: 50th Anni.. coming home 11/01 Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Toronto. Ontario Posts: 1,640	Is this new? I saw Count Chocula and Franken Berry cereal at the grocery store tonight. It was not in the regular aisle, but out in the promo section. Have I missed this for the last 40 years? Has it always been sold?

10-09-2014, 09:26 PM	#2
jewel25 Mother of PWA Babies Drives: 2011 RJT 2LT/RS Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Central Pennsylvania Posts: 37,115 View My Garage	yeah it has been around for sometime. My friend who is in her 40's said she use to eat it as a kid __________________ Jewel & PMC's Build Thread

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joeybsyc Drives: 2010 Aqua Blue Metallic 2SS Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: PA Posts: 2,010 View My Garage	I believe only one is available year round... Count Chocula. When I was a kid (I'm 39) There were 3 versions all available all the time... Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and Boo Berry. (Chocolate, Raspberry, and Blueberry flavored) I think they bring out the discontinued 2 for a limited time around Halloween now. __________________

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rebelyell22 Drives: 2011 SIM 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Tupelo, MS Posts: 5,902	Its been around for a longggg time __________________ 2011 2SS/RS built 8/24/10

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kevinw Drives: 2013 Black 2 LT vert Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: kansas city Posts: 1,764	well, we eat coca pebbles in this house!

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Homer2 Drives: 50th Anni.. coming home 11/01 Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Toronto. Ontario Posts: 1,640	Im 52... I remember them well as a kid . . . .I must go back and get them both. Its bugging me I didn't

10-09-2014, 09:47 PM	#8
Homer2 Drives: 50th Anni.. coming home 11/01 Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Toronto. Ontario Posts: 1,640	Glad to help.. the sad part is that I read the nutritional value info - and it wasn't bad really. Wasn't good for anyone, but was barely on the bad side.

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2010SLVRBULIT Drives: G5(LLT) & C6(LS3) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: MARS Posts: 7,524 View My Garage	halloween release..

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AZCamaroFan Camaro6 2016-2018 Drives: sometimes Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phoenix Posts: 18,469	they've been around since the 70s in the U.S. wikipedia says 1971. i don't understand you say you remember them, but in your first post you said 'is this new?'

10-10-2014, 08:05 AM	#13
Scalded Dog Drives: 2011 1LT Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Crestline, CA Posts: 3,029	I can't believe they are back. I'd heard that both had been finished off.... you know, by a cereal killer.