Countdown to Halloween 2023 Day 29: Boo Berry Box

The final Monster Cereal for this year is Boo Berry. Yes, I had to get the family size since that was the only size that the local Walmart's stocked this year. I will be starting in on that after I finish off the Franken Berry cereal, which should be the end of November or the start of December.

Front of Family Size Boo Berry Box

Countdown to Halloween 2023 Day 16: Monster Mash Remix Cereal Box

Carmelia Creeper takes center stage on the box of the Monster Mash Remix cereal. She is joined by her cousin, Franken Berry, along with Count Chocula, Boo Berry, Frute Brute and Yummy Mummy. I missed out on the Monster Mash cereal that was released in 2021 for their fiftieth anniversary. The berry flavored cereal was a litter better than Carmelia Creeper's caramel apple flavored cereal and disappeared a little faster. This might be another one that I may not pick up again next year. I'm currently in the middle of the Count Chocula box and still have Franken Berry and Boo Berry to go. Yes, it takes me a while to finish off five family size boxes of Monster Cereals.

You can listen to the Monster Mash Remix at official Monster Cereal site.

Front of Family Size Monster Mash Remix Box

Kaws Monsters Set

I might not have found all the monster cereals this year but I did manage to get a set of Kaws Monsters as an early Christmas present. The figurines arrived in the mail on Saturday from General Mills. I'm not planning to take them out of the plastic yet.

Kaws Monsters Franken Berry and Count Chocula

Kaws Monsters Boo Berry and Frute Brute

Countdown to Halloween 2022 Day 31: Kinder Joy Halloween Monsters

Happy Halloween and I hope everyone had fun with this year's Countdown to Halloween posts. Today's post is a look at some of the Halloween toys that Kinder Joy put out this year. I only got four just to see what I would get. I ended up with a ghost, a vampire and two zombies. The little monsters glow in the dark.

Kinder Joy Halloween Monsters 2022

Each Kinder Joy monster came with instructions on how to put them together plus where to go to download the app, which I haven't done:

Kinder Joy Halloween Monsters 2022 Instructions

Now a word about this year's Monster Cereals. Boo-Berry was the only one I found this year at the local Walmart's. I'm very disappointed that I couldn't find Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Fruit Brute (I really wanted the latter one). I also found and picked up a box of Halloween Fruity Pebbles and a box of Hocus Pocus 2 cereal. I think that the other three Monster Cereals are missing because the local Walmart's still have tons of the General Mills cereals with the retro toys in them. So far, I have only been eating the Halloween Fruity Pebbles.

Countdown to Halloween 2021 Day 16: Boo Berry 50th Anniversary Box

I picked up this Boo Berry 50th Anniversary box at the local Walmart's at the beginning of October. It's still unopened and will probably be the last Monster cereal that I eat this year. I have yet to find any of the Monster Mash cereal at any of the local stores.

Front of Boo-Berry 50th Anniversary Box

The back has the following text:

The monsters have a new mash!

Meet Boo, the ghost with the most!

Boo Berry is the backbone of the band...which is pretty remarkable for someone without a skeleton. When he is not busy keeping Franken Berry and Count Chocula from fighting over whose songs and whose cereals are the best, he's laying down wicked electric guitar solos on the new Monster Mash.

Monster Mash

Scan to hear the Mash and go behind the music!

monstermashcereal.com

Show off your fancy footwork!

Wave you ghost arms in the air

Swivel your hips

Then stop and go boo!

Back of Boo-Berry 50th Anniversary Box

Countdown to Halloween 2020 Day 30: Monster Cereals 2020

You didn't think I would let this year's Countdown to Halloween pass without doing a post on the monster cereals from General Mills did you? The local Walmart's didn't stock the family size until October 18 but I had to take a road trip to see the out of town dentist on October 16. I found the normal size boxes at the Dillons Marketplace and picked up all three. All three has the same monster party scene on the back that also includes other cereal mascots and a certain doughboy from General Mills. Of course, none of the cereal boxes has a toy prize hidden inside.

I finished off Count Chocula cereal and still have a little Franken Berry left. Neither have that strong and sweet chocolate or strawberry taste that I remember from my childhood days in the 1970s. I haven't even opened the Boo Berry box yet.

Here is front and back of the Boo Berry Monster Cereal 2020 box:

Here is the front and back of the Count Chocula Monster Cereal 2020 box:

 

Here is the front and back of the Franken Berry Monster Cereal 2020 box:

Note: My scanner cut off the side of the Franken Berry box for some reason.

Countdown to Halloween 2019 Day 26: The Addams Family and Monster Cereals

This year's monster cereals teams up with characters from The Addams Family animated movie that came out on October 5, 2019 (no, I haven't seen it yet since I can't bring my monster cereal boxes into the local theater). I found the family size boxes at the local Walmart Super Center on October 5th. Instead of a free toy included inside, they offer ten free pumpkin carving stencils to download at Monster Carving.

Here's the front of the Boo Berry box:

Here's the front of the Count Chocula's box:

Here's the front of the Franken Berry's box:

The back of each monster cereal box has the same Tricks & Treats puzzle. The text says "How frightfully fun! The Addams Family is trick-or-treating at the Monster's castle. But that's not the only trick you'll find in this scene. Can you find all 8 tricky mistakes? After you find them, look on the side of the box and treat yourself to free downloadable pumpkin carving stencils."

Another year of monster cereals that teases with my childhood memories. This time they offer free pumpkin carving stencils, which I will never use, instead of cheap toys. Glow in the dark figures of Boo Berry, Count Chocula, Boo Berry and the Addams Family would have been so much better and fun.

Countdown To Halloween 2016 Day 22: Cereal Monsters Vote 2016

You can now vote for your favorite cereal monsters at Monsters Vote 2016. Count Chocula is currently ahead, which makes sense since he is by far my favorite. Boo Berry is in second place and Franken Berry is in third place. This year the cereal monsters are back and the boxes reflect the political race. So far, Count Chocula is the only one I have picked up so far since I'm not too crazy about this year's theme.

Countdown to Halloween 2015 Day 27: Boo Berry Box

Boo Berry is the final of the three monster cereals released this year with the We're Alive theme. The front of the box shows him with a castle in the background but still no cereal shown:

The left side of the box also includes instructions on how to use the Blippar app:

The back of the box features the portrait game but with Boo Berry:

Christmas 2014 Haul: Monster Cereal Hot Wheels

In addition to the annual receiving of boring gray socks, multicolored boxer briefs and white t-shirts, I received two Monster Cereal Hot Wheels from 2013.

One is Boo Berry's Mig Rig:

The other one is Frute Brute's Smokin' Grille:

Here is what the backs looks like and this is actually the third wave of General Mills Hot Wheels made in 2013 but released in 2014. Shown are Frute Brute's Smokin' Grille, Cocoa Puffs' Texas Drive 'Em, Lucky Charms' Ford F-150, Boo Berry's Mig Rig, Count Chocula's '59 Chevy Delivery and Trix's Custom '62 Chevy (sorry for the blurry picture):

Countdown to Halloween 2014 Day 27: Boo Berry 2014 Box

Finally, here is the Boo Berry 2014 box that was illustrated by Jim Lee from DC Comics, er DC Entertainment.

Here is the front of the box:

This is the non-nutrition side:

Here is the back of the Boo Berry 2014 box featuring a one-page monster cereal comic:

Finally, here is the bottom with a creepy version of the ghost's head and arms (he looks like someone gave him a black eye):

Unfortunately, Yummy Mummy and Frute Brute did not return this year. Hopefully, all the monster cereals will return next year. If they do, then I have one request: please put a free toy surprise or mini comic book inside.