The 10 Worst Cereal Failures 

The fact that Nickelodeon's ACTUAL slime has more nutritional value than most things sold to kids is something that will bug me for the rest of my life.

Fun fact: one day when I was in the dentist's waiting room as a kid, I found a book that listed the Pac-Man cereal as one of the sugariest cereals of all time.

Apparently my world history teacher was part of a control group as a young jersey kid, and they were making a kool-aid cereal. he said something along the line of "this is fucking gross". Needless to say he was never part of a control group again, but the cereal never got dropped, so thanks Mr. [redacted]. Truly the hero we didn't know we needed in this world

At first, I thought the Critic was superimposed into the video and not actually collaborating with you! Oh my gosh, when I realized I cracked up! I love the video. There are so many crazy cereals, and lately they’ve been doing tons of limited edition flavours, but these ones feel like they were hoping they’d be mainstream…

I remember trying the 2020 SpongeBob cereal while babysitting during the late summer-early fall and I thought it was just Lucky Charms in SpongeBob form and I adored the original 2004 cereal. I guess SpongeBob cereals are just limited time and not terrible

A fun fact that I learned a few years back; apparently baby shampoo was added to the green slime recipe because people found it difficult to wash out of hair and clothes. It's still not toxic if ingested, but probably doesn't taste great.

I've tried the Dunkin Donuts cereal, and to be honest, it tasted alright. I kind of liked that the milk tasted like coffee afterwards since I usually add milk to my coffee in place of coffee creamer.

The banana frostings saving 15¢ on the box certainly dates the box even further 😂

I love how he calls bananas sport snacks like he’s living in lazy town

Honorable mention: Wendy's Frosty cereal. As someone who works at Wendy's, i was excited to try it. But it's literally just Coco Puffs with miniature marshmallows

The thing that makes me laugh hard about the sugary cereals is that we tend to overeat the healthy ones too. The bowl we usually eat them out of is for soup not cereal. The real portion we're supposed to eat is a single ice cream scoop cup and have fruit on the side. I learned this from my doctor.

I sometimes love crossovers because it’s like 2 worlds colliding and coming together to make a story or a share points and work as a team to get things done :)

Ahh, I remember the cupcake pebbles. Never tried them because my parents said “why would anyone want to eat cupcakes for breakfast” yet they’d still buy me the regular ones which weren’t any better. Good times 💕

Regarding some of the cereals that disappeared without a trace, I have actually found most of them in a discount bulk sale store called ollies. I remember seeing countless boxes of sour patch kids boxes sitting in a location in food where you could not miss them, no idea why they were there though

I had many boxes of the Dunkin’ cereal. And when he said it’s like coffee flavored Cocoa Puffs, that’s a dead-on explanation. It wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. It wasn’t overly sweet. If you like coffee & cereal separately, you’d probably like the Dunkin’ cereal.

I really love it when you and the Nostalgia Critic team up. Such fun!

Moral of the story: Cereal shouldn't have to rely on brand recognition alone to be successful, let alone in the long term. P.S. PhantomStrider, I enjoyed your collaboration with the Nostalgia Critic and hope I can see another collaboration with another person anytime soon.

Being a 90s kid, was lucky to have Boomerang air The Flintstones when I was growing up. Otherwise, I'd had no idea who Fred or Barney are. I definitely remember the Cupcakes Pebbles and while they weren't that bad, I was not ready for Fred and Barney to be replaced as the mascots. Those two are just too iconic to be let go like that

I remember buying and trying the Sour Patch Kids cereal when it came out. It tasted like Sour Patch Kids, but when you added milk they had this kind-of foul flavor to the milk, overall they tasted better by themselves. I can't remember if I finished the box or passed it off to one of my friends XD

25:54 His Expression went from Enthusiastic, To Regret, In Under 5 Seconds, Now that Shows that the Nickelodeon Slime Cereal was... Definitely gross, Why would Somebody want to Eat that!?

I bet a lot of these weren't "failures" but rather limited time cereals

I'm really enjoying the food-related countdowns, Phantom :)

❤🎉😊 it's really amazing that The Nostalgia Critic and PhantomStrider did a crossover on this. These guys really are awesome together ❤🎉😊

This was a great video and I adored the surprise team-up of Strider and Critic! Watching it made me go out and buy some sugary cereal myself, lol. I only remember a few of these cereals, most notably Pop Tarts. I tried the revival brand a few years back and it wasn't that good, I assume the original was better. I know the appeal of Slime cereal was the grossout factor rather than the taste. Had to be.

Y’know, I actually did eat the sour patch cereal. And saying that the cereal taste like Bittersweet in the most literal of sense might be an understatement. Also, this is the fourth time That the nostalgic critic have ever appeared in your crossovers strider.

You should have been an Australian version of Patchy the Pirate. I wonder how that would go in the SpongeBob multiverse

I remember actually seeing Pokemon breakfast cereal sold in a local grocery store. And, this was the original one, with monsters from the first generation, including oddish, which is a grass-and-poison-type pokemon. Clearly, the producers of that cereal didn't put much thought into their product. I only bought a box for the novelty, and never ate any of the cereal.

1:22 "Marshmallow Sh*t" Ok... I have the Same Reaction the PhantomStrider, And NostalgiaCritic have!

Interesting to hear that the cereal industry is going downhill, here in Mexico the government banned any kind of characters in junk food packaging to tackle child obesity, so no more Tony the Tiger or cartoon branded cereals for us. Also i tried the Sour Patch cereal and honestly i was expecting something waaaay worse, but yeah i didn't finish the box.

I ate the Pac-Man cereal when I was about 3-4 years old, and I remember it tasting INSANELY sweet. Like imagine the flavor of Lucky Charms, but 4x as sweet. The taste is mostly unforgettable because I threw up rainbow colored barf just 10 minutes after eating a bowl of it. It was the Super Pac-Man version too, with the pac mashmallows that were double size.

I remembered cupcake pebbles. Even though the cereal is mainly a lot of sugar, close enough to some cereal options out there. I remembered when I was kid that my dad got us some, and I absolutely loved them and that they tasted like vanilla cupcake. I do prefer fruity pebbles more than the cupcake ones, but the cupcake pebbles were actually pretty good from my experience on them. I do wish that the cereal could make a comeback, but unfortunately I don’t eat much sugar as I used to, and usually stick to frosted mini wheats more often.

Pop Tarts Crunch and Cupcake Pebbles are delish. I'm surprised that there was no mention of the butchered version of Rice Krispies Treats (or the ones with the stale mini marshmallows) that killed the cereal because Kellogg's refused to admit that they made a mistake.

I remember my sister buying the Dunkin cereals and because we're New Englanders we were basically legally required to try them 😂 They were really good, but Caramel was definitely my favorite

I haven't watched Doug in forever, but I appreciate when you guys collab on stuff like this. I also have a vague recollection...of the commercial for Spongebob cereal. As for the coffee-flavored cereal, I'd rather just go to Dunkin' instead.

6:33 wait there’s Wendy’s frosty cereal

I remember when I got a box of sour patch cereal from Walmart just because it looked interesting, but when you actually try it with milk it's almost like the milk is spoiled because of the sourness the cereal adds. My grandparents got mad at me for not finishing the cereal.

As someone who’s admittedly a sugar (mostly chocolate) addict, I’ll admit I’ll gladly try most of these. EDIT:also, a few cereals still have the the Turing milk green is still a gimmick in some cereals, a good example is Captain Crunches Halloween Crunch.

I went on a tour of Nickelodeon Studios when I was a kid back in 1990. Part of the tour was seeing the kitchen where green slime was made, and we got to eat it! It was so good! The best vanilla flavor I've ever had!

21:26 thanks for putting Chris's video in this video! i love his channel so much!

Being British, I didn’t have “loud” and “sweet” cereals as much. I had kind of the generic ones like Coco Pops, Rice Crispies & Corn Flakes. I am curious to try the Dunkin Donuts cereal as I love coffee and it does look nice on the box. ☕️☕️☕️

It's awesome to see Doug and Strider in a collab again :)

Strider/Critic collabs are wholesome as heck. Also I remember eating the SpongeBob cereal way back in 2004 and remember loving the hell out of it.

1:35 I swer I can hear "Fruit Salad" from the Wiggles

3:35 That's why you always had a banana on your desk, when you reviewed foreign cartoons 🤣

I love how many cereals fall into the realm of "how much sugar can we put into this and still qualify it as breakfast". I actually haven't eaten cereal for breakfast in nearly 20 years because it'd frequently make me sick to eat that early in the morning, and the summer before first grade, I learned how to cook frozen breakfast sandwiches in the microwave I think my sisters may eat it for breakfast, but all three of us are actually more likely to pour a bowl of dry cereal to have as an afternoon snack

One cereal I remember that got discontinued was the Cinnabon cereal. My siblings and I really loved Cinnamon Mini Buns cereal, so when that stopped showing up at our local super market, we hoped this would taste just the same. It did not, the texture was all wrong and it tasted most of hazelnut. Fortunately an actual Cinnabon is something I always look forward to eating whenever I go to the mall. I still miss Cinnamon Mini Buns to this day and can still remember the taste. I really hope it comes back one day, or a cereal that captures its taste.

Man I loved the TMNT cereal. Few years ago I started seeing cereal marshmallows sold at Big Lots and just started making my own.

I just discovered your channel a few days ago by accident. Absolutely love your content! Keep up the great work, mate 👍

I do remember seeing sour patch kids cereal and I was like WTF that looks extremely disgusting who in the right mind wants to eat some sour cereal with milk 🥛

Interesting how he went from being confused and unenthusiastic to being super eager to help out anyway

I miss Frosted Rice Krispies. Thing is we used to have cereal when watching Saturday morning cartoons. Since most channels don't have that, kids didn't get ushered into getting up in the morning to rush to watch their favorite shows. Watching Wacky Races and other cartoons from that generation aren't the same. The only thing that came close was watching South park episode "Handicar". You noticed all the adults were in their jammy jams and grabbed a bowl of cereal.

Honestly, I'm a big fan of the dunkin donuts cereals. I can taste caramel and mocha alongside the coffee flavor, and it's nice as an occasional thing to eat. I had no idea cereal was trending downward. It's kind of disheartening as a person who grew up on having cereal in the morning, even if I do have something else for breakfast these days. I'd like to think cereal could still be kept around, but instead of a breakfast item, maybe a dessert type thing? I've seen people use it as a topping for ice cream and frozen yogurt.

I can't imagine anyone eating a handful of Sour Patch Kids and thinking this needs to be a cereal How this get made?😳

I think I know one reason the Spongebob cereal didn't catch on for long. If you want a cereal with nautical marshmallows, you can get a big bag of Marshmallow Mateys, which is basically Malt-O-Meal's version of Lucky Charms. It is a lot cheaper that the SB cereal probably was, and it has a larger assortment of nautical marshmallow shapes. And it tastes at least as good as Lucky Charms.

8:36 BFDI reference

Coffee cereal sounds like a the ideal cheap college student meal, coffee and a quick meal in one

13:47 OK I cannot stop laughing. THEY ALLOWED THAT TO AIR???

Dude, they literally sell the Sour Patch Kids cereal at the Fry's sown the block from where I live! I wouldn't touch it myself tho. Just the thought of eating sour cereal really makes me feel a tad bit nauseous... 🤢

3:47 EDP cereal

Note about the banana frosties: they would have to face some major issuse to be able to put real bananas in the ceral.

As someone who loves cereal and as someone who works in a grocery store in the untied states in the cereal aisle I can speak on the Dunkin’ cereal. In like the year or so of carrying it like no one bought it, it never sold in that time I stocked it maybe a half dozen times

Sour patch cereal is hard to find? That's surprising. Peanutbuttergamer seemed to find it pretty easily!

Really love that you didn't have any fake rivalry in this, no taking pointless jabs at each other's countries or opinions. Very refreshing.

The crossover we never knew we needed.

23:08 That is the single most amazing description of taste I’ve ever heard!

It makes my day every time Strider uploads! And Nostalgia Critic guest starring?!?! Heck yeah!!!!

Man, I must be super weird because I thought the Sour Patch kids cereal tasted awesome. I could munch on that stuff straight out of the box. Can't believe I got so lucky getting to try it lmao, I miss the 2019 cereal boom

There was this one Christmas Captain Crunch cereal back in the 90s that made your milk into cake frosting and I remembered it being absolutely disgusting. It was so bad that it made my mom puke and I remember getting home from school that day finding that it was "mysteriously" gone.

1:16 MARSHALLOW WHAT?!

i remember most of these cereals as i grew up in the 80's and 90's, though i don't recall how any of them tasted very well, i believe the pop-tarts cereal was ok, not great, but not terrible. i obviously ate the TMNT cereal too, and i imagine if i used a time machine to get a hand of a fresh box today i probably wouldn't like it lol

This video made me feel older than I am- It also showed me how fast time has been passing

I'm glad you showed Stefan Saba trying the SpongeBob cereal, he's an awesome RU-vidr!

Ugh, I loved the Sour Patch Kids Cereal! I ate them dry. They were a great snack! Unfortunately, Post was releasing so many great tasting cereals at the same time, between Oreo O’s, Mega Stuf Oreo O’s (my favorite that was sadly discontinued), Golden Oreo O’s, Chips Ahoy!, Sour Patch Kids, Nutter Butter and others to where I couldn’t support them all at the same time. When they discontinued Mega Stuf Oreo O’s, I contacted Post directly and they confirmed it was discontinued, as was Sour Patch Kids. 😞 One cereal I really miss was Smurfs cereal from the 80s. I have never been able to find a suitable replacement and I distinctly remember the flavor. It was like Strawberry and Blue Raspberry flavored and it was sooo good.

Legit I tried the Sour Patch cereal. My local 99 Cents Store had plenty of stock so I went for it. Boy oh boy. It was much better without milk, but once you added the milk it was just disgusting

yay another strider/critic collab. i love when you guys do videos together lol

10:39 Um, the fuck did you say? MILK, creeps you out?

I remember the 2004 spongebob cereal had a great gimmick and I loved eating them. The taste was average but one of the more nostalgic ones for me!

This just made me remember how much I miss King Vitamin cereal. We barely got sugary cereals as kids, and I'm very thankful for that. I think we got the Nintendo one once and mostly just ate the Mario kind, because we weren't familiar with Zelda. We did like the 80s Dunkin Donuts cereal, though.

Here in France we have a cereal very similar to Pop-Tarts Crunch, called Trésor. It's very similar to PTC, except with chocolate flavor.

I love both your's and Nostalgia Critic's videos.

9:10 Canada actually has a law where cereal based around cartoon characters or movies are basically banned. The only exceptions was if it was like Cheerios tying in with a movie release or Fruity Pebbles which has returned to store shelves in January 2022

I love these food videos! They're so informative and I love how you treat every option with respect

My mother often refused to buy fad based cereals for my sisters and me because of how they almost without fail ended up just sitting in the cabinet for weeks. The odd thing is that despite my sisters and I only eating just one or two bowls of a fad based cereal before never touching it again still thought in our minds that it was really good. LOL

”nya nya” Changed my life. 0:01 was so beautiful. I cried so hard. Including 0:01 was too nice. Thank you!

I actually remember having the Nintendo cereal. From my dim memories, the Mario and Zelda cereals basically tasted like the old version of Trix. Vaguely fruity in a stale sort of way.

I love Dunkin' Donuts cereal. I don't usually drink coffee, but I enjoy sweets very much. Funny how Amelia Bedelia had the right idea of making "cereal with coffee".

Some of these cereal concepts remind me of a joke from IT Crowd: Jen: "Moss, what did you have for breakfast?" Moss: "Smarties Cereal" Jen: "Oh my god...I didn't know Smarties even made a cereal!" Moss: "They don't, it's just Smarties in a bowl with milk"

I love this colab, love both channels

There was one limited run cereal I remember from when I was about seven or eight years old that I really wish was permanent. My mom and I both loved it. It was a Winnie the Pooh cereal shaped like the honey pots, and it had a honey flavoring. But like, you could actually taste the honey; not like Honey Nut Cheerios where there’s just like a mild hint. It was so good and I was so disappointed that it was a limited run thing. Also Strider, please make a list of best Canadian cartoons!

Always a joy when you do a crossover with Nostalgia Critic. Great vid!

I grew up with the Flintstones, and I am inclined to agree with you about younger people not really being into the original cartoon today. It should be stated though that the show was originally written for adults on prime time (its original sponsor was Winston Cigarettes),. By the fifth season or so (after Pebbles and Bamm Bamm were added to the show), it became more juvenile and was moved to Saturday morning TV. I still like the cartoon when I catch it, and really liked the DC comics reboot by Mark Russell which was a limited series and did a really good job of updating the series (like renaming Fred and Barney's lodge, Loyal Order of Water Buffalos, Veterans of the Paleolithic Wars).

We had a competition here in aus back in the mid nineties where if you bought a box of Rice Bubbles (Rice Krispies), and the milk turned green you were a winner. It was for Biker Mice from Mars. Also I don't know why Strider says his favourite is "Weet-a-bix" (English wheat biscuit cereal) when he is obviously Australian and even holds up a box of "Weet-Bix" (Aus version but very different. He might as well say Vita-Brits are the same...gosh!) Also he is a nutter to put 'apple sauce' on it haha.

I want you to do top ten worst item failures, like one called the “air curler”!

Hey man, I'm loving the banned/discontinued/controversial food topics you've been doing. It's always fun seeing things from the past that I've heard of or never heard of. Also loving the collaborations with Nostalgia Critic! Hopefully you'll continue to do more of these topics, as well as more collaborations with Nostalgia Critic.

Those birthday cake pebbles were really good man.

I still find Nerds candy everywhere in my local area (UK). I frequently find the strawberry and grape pack, the cherry and watermelon pack and the rainbow box in various places.

Tom and Jerry is a timeless classic and will always be

I've eaten the SpongeBob cereal when I was a kid. It just tasted like a bootleg Lucky Charms. It wasn't bad, though.

1:13 *_"THATS THE FRUITY MARSHMALLOW SH*T"_* I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣

Oh man I LOVED cupcake pebbles, I was absolutely addicted to them.