So it is with that expertise that I created this list of the top 20 cereals of the last 40 years. Sadly some of these cereals have been discontinued so if you never had the chance to try C3PO's cereal, you are just out of luck.
20. Cap'n Crunch
During winter quarter of my sophomore year of college, I ate only with the Cap'n for 3 meals a day in the DHH cafeteria. This was 1996 before "All Berries" existed so I had to manually pick out the yellow pieces so I could only eat the crunch berries. True story.
19. Cocoa Puffs
While not the best chocoloatey cereal of all time, the Puff has a great crunch and does make me coo-coo. Sadly the remaining milk in the bowl is too chocoloatey for it to rank any higher.
18. Kaboom
I will admit that some cereals appearing on this list get a boost from sheer nostalgia and number 18 is a perfect example of this. A fond recollection of Saturday morning cartoons fueled with cereal makes me smile and I would like to think that Kaboom was part of that. When I was too little to lift the gallon of milk, my mom would pour a glass of milk for me and leave it in the refrigerator on Friday night. Then I would have milk for my cereal in the morning.
17. Crispix
Not all great cereals are on the bottom shelf in the grocery store, where they draw the attention of kids. Sometimes you have to look up and there you will find Crispix. Yes I will add two spoonfuls of sugar, but that is my own cross to bear. To make this list, Crispix doesn't need the multiple flavors like Chex from General Mills. It is everything you need all in one box.
16. Cookie Crisp
I love chocolate chip cookies. I love cereal. So when you bring these two things together it is a marriage made in heaven. Add in the fact that back in the mid 1980's Ralston also included baseball cards in boxes of Cookie Crisp and you have a winner.
Stay tuned for part two in which I will reveal the next five best cereals of the last 40 years as we work our way toward the top 10....