Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Science Fiction Saturday: Lucky Charms Featuring Invisible Woman

I picked up a box of Lucky Charms featuring Susan Storm aka the Invisible Woman a week ago at the local Walmart's. This is another General Mills cereal promoting the upcoming Fantastic Four: First Steps movie. While I like the jumbo rainbows in the cereal, I'm not crazy about the artwork since Sue has no mouth or nose.

The back of the Lucky Charms box has the entire Fantastic Four, which includes Susan Storm aka the Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch, Reed Richards aka Mister Fantastic and Ben Grimm aka the Thing. Yes, the FantastiCar is also shown. There is also a hidden message and a decorder. It's a different message than the one found on the Honey Nut Cheerios Featuring Human Torch box.

The other two General Mills cereal boxes promoting the Fantastic Four: First Steps movie are Cinnamon Toast Crunch featuring Mister Fantastic and Reese's Puffs featuring the Thing. I won't be getting those boxes because I'm not a fan of those cereals and I don't want to be stuck eating them.

Friday, July 18, 2025

Fantastic Friday: Blue Raspberry PopTarts Featuring Fantastic Four

I actually found a box of the Blue Raspberry PopTarts promoting the Fantastic Four: First Steps movie a few weeks ago at the local Walmart's. I ate them last week and found the flavor is much stronger and sweeter than the Frosted Strawberry PopTarts. The front of the box features the Fantastic Four that includes Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch, Reed Richards aka Mister Fantastic, Ben Grimm aka the Thing and Susan Storm aka the Invisible Woman.

The back of the box features five of the eight different images on the PopTarts. I finally got one with the Invisible Woman on it. Unfortunately, the images were still blurry.

Warning: You may have problems with the blue dye used in the Blue Raspberry PopTarts several hours later (if you know what I mean, then you know). I had problems after the first two but not with the rest of the package.

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Honey Nut Cheerios Featuring Human Torch

General Mills promoted Fantastic Four: First Steps with several of their cereals. The Honey Nut Cheerios box has Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch. The artwork is a retro design but I would rather have images from the Marvel movie.

The back features the entire Fantastic Four that includes the Invisible Woman, the Thing, Reed Richards aka Mister Fantastic and the Human Torch. The FantastiCar is shown but no sign of H.E.R.B.I.E. the robot. There is also a hidden message with a decoder.


Friday, June 27, 2025

Fantastic Friday Featuring Fantastic Four Pop-Tarts

I actually found a floor display of Fantastic Four: First Steps Pop-Tarts at the local Dillons last Saturday. I picked up a box of eight frosted strawberry because I wanted to try that first. The front of the box features artwork of the Fantastic Four based on the movie along with a Pop-Tart featuring the group's logo.

The back of the box features five Pop-Tarts with different art that is supposed to be on them. There are supposed to be eight different designs, but I only found four in this box: H.E.R.B.I.E. the robot (twice), Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch (twice), Reed Richards aka Mister Fantastic (twice) and Ben Grimm aka the Thing (twice). I would have loved finding a Pop-Tart with Susan Storm aka the Invisible Woman on it.

The top flap of the box shows two Pop-Tarts with artwork. It also states that images were made with food coloring.

I was really disappointed with the images and the taste. Every Pop-Tart that I had featured blurry images. The strawberry flavor was very faint probably because the layer was so thin. I might try the blue raspberry ones just to see if I can get a Pop-Tart with the Invisible Woman on it. The other flavors are frosted s'mores and brown sugar cinnamon.

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Milk & Bone Presents Superman: A Friendship Unleashed #1

Did you know that if you buy a box of Milk & Bone dog treats that you can get a free comic book featuring Superman and Krypto? The small print calls it Milk & Bone Custom Comic (July 2025) but the cover suggests Milk & Bone Presents Superman: A Friendship Unleashed #1 (sounds better right?). Of course, it's basically a movie tie-in. Shame I don't have a dog anymore so the neighbor's dog will get them.

Cool ad for the Milk & Bone box featuring Krypto:

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 31 Bonus: McDonald's White Boo Bucket 2024

You know that it had to happen for I just couldn't help myself. I got another Halloween Happy Meal from McDonald's a few nights ago and got this White Boo Bucket. This is another fuzzy monster but doesn't have the horns that the blue one has. The first face looks kind of sad or low on energy.


The second face looks a lot happier.

The third face looks pretty shocked that someone is reaching in for treats.

The front of the insert has various stickers including spider, ghost, pumpkin, demon wings and mittens.

The back of the insert features another black and white image that you can color plus a how many can you find game.


Monday, October 21, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 21: McDonald's Boo Buckets 2024

McDonald's Boo Buckets are back for 2024 with the Happy Meals for a limited time. They started October 15th. There are four of them again and the theme is fuzzy monsters. The colors are blue, white, orange and green. They include the sticker inserts instead of lids.

I wasn't planning on getting any of the Boo Buckets this year. However, my sister and I got a craving for cheeseburger Happy Meals with fries and Cokes. We both ended up with the Blue Boo Bucket. It has three different faces.



The front of the insert has eighteen stickers that can be used to dress up the Blue Boo Bucket. There is a witch's hat, a witch's broom, a ghost, a spider, a spider's web and even a Blue Boo Bucket with the stickers on it.

The back of the insert is a black and white drawing with how many can your find game. One can probably also color the drawing.

This is the fourth Boo Bucket that I have gotten in the last few years. I'm glad that I got a blue one this year. I already have an orange, green and purple Boo Buckets from previous years. I don't plan on collecting all four Boo Buckets for 2024.

Monday, October 14, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 14: Boo Berry 2024 Box

Meow Berry the ghost cat is the frightful friend of Boo Berry this year and gets a marshmallow too. Her and Carmelia Creeper's pet snake, Scratch, are both females. I should be starting on the family size box this week and probably finish it off by Halloween.


 

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 13: Franken Berry 2024 Box

Franken Berry is joined by his frightful friend, Bennie the bat, this year on his cereal box. Bennie gets a marshmallow too. I still have one bowl left from the family size box. The flavor seems stronger to me this year.


Saturday, October 12, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 12: Count Chocula 2024 Box

The local Walmart's actually stocked this year's Monster Cereals back in September. They had a whole pallet of them but I only picked up the main three since I wasn't a big fan of Carmelia Creeper last year. I started with Count Chocula this year and finished the family size box the first week of October. He is joined this year by his frightful friend, Igor the spider. Yeah, he gets a marshmallow too, which looks more like a broken sunburst than a spider.

The side panel features the marshmallows and Igor:

The backs of all the Monster Cereals are the same this year and is title "Monsters Have Pets, Too!" It shows the monsters and their frightful friends in their castle. There are two "games" with the first being picture not-so-perfect and match the pets to their rightful rooms.



Thursday, October 10, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 10: Strawberry Fanta Featuring Lydia

I could have saved this for next week's Women Wednesday post but I wanted to post it today so I wouldn't forget. I found a case of Strawberry Fanta featuring Lydia at the local Dollar General last month. She is once again played by Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The same image of her are on all sides of the box and the can. I enjoyed the strawberry flavor much better than the Haunted Apple Fanta and a little bit better than the Orange Fanta. I still have two cans to finish.



Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 9: Orange Fanta Featuring Astrid

Yes, it's another Women Wednesday Halloween post with Jenna Ortega. She plays Astrid in the new Beetlejuice Beetlejuice movie. I found a case of the orange Fanta at the local Dollar General store a week after I found the Haunted Apple. All the sides of the box has the same image but in different sizes. The can has the same image too. I actually enjoyed the Orange Fanta much more than the Haunted Apple and I have three cans left to drink.



Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 8: Haunted Apple Fanta Featuring Beetlejuice

I actually found a case of the Haunted Apple Fanta Featuring Beetlejuice last month at the local Dollar General. I really just wanted a single can or bottle to try it to if I liked it. The Haunted Apple flavor wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. I spent three weeks trying to finish that case. The box has the same picture of Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice on each side but in different sizes. They really need to mix up the pictures a little on the boxes. I saved one can from the twelve and I accidently stepped on it before I got a chance to take a picture of it. I have seen Beetlejuice several times, but I have yet to see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. I hope you didn't read this post out loud.



Monday, October 07, 2024

Countdown to Halloween 2024 Day 7: Mtn Dew Voodew 2024

I actually started seeing cans and bottles of Mtn Dew Voodew 2024 at the end of September. I bought a bottle of the regular and a bottle of the zero sugar at the local Walmart's. I didn't buy a case of it this year since none of the local stores have them yet, which is odd. The mystery flavor still tasted more like Laffy Taffy to me but it tastes like that every year. Supposedly, the flavor this is year may be Strawberry Starburst. I could see that since Starbursts always tasted like Laffy Taffy to me.



Monday, June 24, 2024

Coke x Marvel Wolverine Digital Phone Wallpaper

I posted about the Marvel Nick Fury Coke Can 2024 almost a month ago. I received an email reminder from Coca-Cola about the AR experience and the instant win game. To be honest, I forgot all about it so I decided to play the instant win game. I won this Coke x Marvel Wolverine digital phone wallpaper. Naturally, I wasn't on my phone when I played but on my desktop. So here it is if anyone wants to use it and are on their phone.


Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Marvel Nick Fury Coke Can 2024

This Marvel Nick Fury Coke can was given to me by my sister. I'm not even trying to collect the series this year. She likes Coke and I don't. Besides I'm a little miffed that you have to scan the image to unlock extra content. After several tries, I gave up because the page just doesn't load on my phone. It's more frustrating than fun.

Friday, March 22, 2024

McDonald's Multiversus Happy Meal #3

Yesterday, I picked up another McDonald's Multiversus Happy Meal with cheeseburger, fries and a Coke. This time I got the #3 tin featuring Wonder Woman and Bugs Bunny.



I'm not really sure which side of the puzzle is the front but I'm putting the side with Bugs Bunny, Superman, Taz and Wonder Woman as the front for this post.

I'm claiming this side of the puzzle with Shaggy, Garnet from Steven Universe, Jake the Dog from Adventure Time and Batman as the back:


Thursday, March 14, 2024

McDonald's Multiversus Happy Meal #2

I was planning to post something else today but I found out that the McDonald's Multiverses Happy Meal came out yesterday. I decided to get one with a cheeseburger, fries and a Coke today for lunch. The front of the box features a large image of Bugs Bunny with Wonder Woman and a smaller image of Velma with Batman.

The back of the McDonald's Multiversus Happy Meal box features a look at the tins and a puzzle. Among the characters featured on the tins are Batman, Finn from Adventure Time, Taz, Harley Quinn and Superman. The characters on the puzzle are Superman, Finn, Steven Universe and Velma.

I got puzzle #2, which is in a tin that is in a tin box. The front of the box has Finn and Batman. What an odd pair especially since I have only seen maybe one episode of Adventure Time. The back of the tin box (not shown) has the copyright and trademark information in English and Spanish.

The front of the McDonald's Multiversus Happy Meal #2 tin features Batman. I really like the shiny gold background.

I'm glad that Finn is on the back of the tin so I don't have to look at him.

The McDonald's Multiverse Happy Meal #2 two-sided puzzle has six pieces and measures about 4 3/4" by 3". The front features Superman, Velma, Finn and Steven Universe. The puzzle only has six large pieces.

The back of the puzzle features Garnet from Steven Universe, Wonder Woman, Jake the Dog from Adventure Time and Taz. I actually had to look up Garnet because I have never seen an episode of the Steven Universe cartoon series.

The tin and the puzzle was a nice change from Marvel's Funko Pops. Will I get another McDonald's Multiversal Happy Meal? Probably because I would like to see who Harley Quinn and Wonder Woman team up with. I won't be able to scan the "Choose Your Duo" but I am looking to playing the Multiversus online game that will be launching May 28, 2024.

Sunday, November 19, 2023

McDonald's Ms. Marvel Mini Figurine

Last Tuesday found me getting another Disney 100 Happy Meal from the local McDonald's. I got the usual cheeseburger, fries and Coke. I also got Stitch and Ms. Marvel mini figurines. The Stitch figurine will probably go to my sister since she loves the little alien. My favorite of the two, of course, is Ms. Marvel. The mini figurine stands at 2 1/4" tall including the clear base. She has both arms raised and her left is all purple to indicate that she is using her powers.