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Monster Cereal Fun Facts and Commercials

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Oct 29, 2008
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I love Boo Berry cereal. I don’t know what it is exactly, but I just find that laid-back droopy eyed blue breakfast ghost and his delicious cereal so damn appealing. So enamored am I that every Halloween I stock my cabinets full of the Monster Cereals (usually 5 or 6 boxes) and by December it’s all gone. I eat it for snacks, breakfast…anytime.

While having a bowl for dinner this evening, I thought to myself, “I really like this cereal. I should find out more about it.” So I got on the internet and compiled some fun fact I thought my fellow Monster Cereal fans might enjoy.

The five flavors of Monster Cereal

  • Count Chocula = Frosted Chocolate flavored cereal with marshmallows.

  • Franken Berry = Frosted Strawberry flavored cereal with marshmallows.

  • Boo Berry = Frosted Blue Berry flavored cereal with marshmallows.

  • Fruit Brute or Fruti Brute (newer name) = Frosted Fruit flavored cereal with lime flavored marshmallows.

  • Yummy Mummy = Frosted Fruit flavored cereal with vanilla flavored marshmallows.


Monster Cereal Fun Facts

  • Franken Berry and Count Chocula were introduced by General Mills in 1971, Boo Berry came along 2 years later and in 1974 Fruit Brute was released.

  • The first images of Count Chocula were drawn by artist George Karn.

  • Fruit Brute was first Monster Cereal to be discontinued. They stopped making it in 1983.

  • In 1988, General Mills came up with a new fruity cereal and created a brand new spokesmonster, Yummy Mummy. His reign of fruity terror came to end in 1993. Technically, GM never considered Yummy Mummy a part of the Monster Cereal line, but of course we know better.

  • According to a 1988 television ad promoting the cereal, Yummy Mummy was first discovered in a catacomb when Count Chocula and Franken Berry fell through the side of a pyramid they were climbing.

  • Although Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy cereals have never been revived (as of the writing of this post) their spokesmonster images still can be found on Monster Cereal merchandise. A rarity in the cereal world.

  • The Fruit Brute cereal box is quite the collector’s item and is said to be the most sought-after vintage cereal box on the market. It even made appearances in two Quentin Tarantino films (Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs).

  • Contrary to popular belief, Franken Berry and Boo Berry have not been discontinued. They are just not as popular as Count Chocula, so they get a more sporadic nationwide release. Best time to look for them? Halloween, of course.

  • Count Chocula was briefly discontinued to consumer concern over its sugar level. It has since been re-released in a more “healthy” form. It now has 9 fewer calories per cup.

  • The initial run of Franken Berry contained a dye that did not break down in the body and caused the consumer’s stool to come out a disturbing pink. This phenomenon came to be called…wait for it…Franken Berry Stool. A new dye was quickly implemented.

  • If Boo Berry sounds familiar, it is because it is an actor imitating the famed actor Peter Lorre (who bears a resemblance to Boo Berry). The voice of Count Chocula is modeled after Bela Lugosi and had been voiced by the great Larry Kenney (father of Reno 911’s Kerry Kenney-Silver). Franken Berry was voiced by Bob McFadden and was an imitation of Boris Karloff, the well-known voice of Frankenstein.

  • The Monster Cereal ads were created by the Dancer, Fitzgerald, and Sample ad agency.

  • Count Chocula’s original catchphrase was “I vant to eat your cereal”.


Of course, one of the things that really sell the Monster Cereal is the awesome commercials. Here are a few of my favorites:

Franken Berry vs. Count Chocula


The first appearance of Boo Berry


Monster Cereal Halloween (live-action)


Monster Baseball with Star Trek Movie Premium


What, you are still here? You need more Monster Cereal action? I suggest you stop by and read the awesome Breakfast of the Gods Comic Series by Brendan Douglas Jones. It’s amazing.


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