AIBU to be horrified by this?! (Lighthearted)

[MadScientist10]

My British husband and MIL insist that adding sugar to cereals (rice crispies/shredders/corn flakes) is a thing that everyone does. I have never heard of this before and although I’ve lived in several different places no one I know has ever done this!! AIBU to think if you’d like a sweet version of corn flakes you’d just go ahead and buy Frosties????

I used to in the 80s. Was totally normal. There would always be a big jar of sugar on the table to pour all over your already sugary cereal. My grandma used to make porridge and then stir in a generous helping of condensed milk, which make it really thick and sugary like syrup.

I don't let DS do it though, and don't know anyone who still piles on the sugar.

I've always put sugar on my cereal (70s child). I tried to give it up, but cereal is just ghastly without it. I'm used to the crunch. I have reduced it to about half a teaspoon though, instead of the generous dessertspoonful I would have used as a child.

I never let on to the kids that sugar on cereal was a thing, so that they didn't get used to it (blatant hypocrisy, I know). However, DP blithely went ahead and introduced them to HIS family practice of pouring condensed milk over it instead. Neither of them will now eat cereal without 'Daddy's cream'. I could cheerfully throttle him.

I did as a kid to rice crispies or corn flakes which I also had full fat (blue) with them too!

These days I don't really eat cereal and don't have blue milk in the house. If I were to though I'd have to get blue milk and I'd still want a tiny sprinkle of sugar [blue]

I had some Frosties recently when I was staying in a b&b and I'm not joking my teeth hurt because they were so sweet!

I will declare though that the best ever cereal ever to be created was frosted shreddies! Oh my goodness they were lovely.

I would put sugar on cornflakes and weetabix etc but not on muesli or the like.

One of our regular B&B guests was an American who would drench his cornflakes in orange juice instead of milk.

I have a sweet tooth and as a child I added sugar to cereals. As a child, also, I had to have lots of fillings.
Reading the packaging, the majority of breakfast cereal products already contain sugar, so there is no need to add more.
I still eat sweet things, but try to not add to the existing sugar - so bran flakes without sugar but I might put a handful of raisins in.

Used to be normal in the 70's/80's. Wouldn't dream of it now. My mum even bought us Glucose powder to use instead for extra energy!! but then where I lived some kids had sugar sandwiches for tea or packed lunch.

My granny ( and mum) thought it was good for you - gave you energy. Her favourite remedy for illness was a lump of butter rolled in sugar.

Corona as in the Mexican beer?!

Ah yes, had totally forgotten about this. did this in my childhood (in 80s), remember that it was a point of discussion when breakfasting elsewhere whether you should put the sugar on before or after the milk (after obviously!)

I grew up with sugar on cereals unless they were sugar-coated and don't like cereals without (which is why I don't eat cereals now - sweetener isn't the same), but my little nephews have never had sugar on their cereals and I don't give it to them when they come to stay with me. I really fancy porridge with golden syrup right now...... (I don't eat that now either...)

I put sugar in cornflakes, shreddies, rice krispies, weetabix. I wouldn't (obviously!) on anything sweet like crunchy nut, frosted cornflakes, anything like that

I had my rice krispies the other day without sugar....not the same :(

Don't add sugar to wetabix but do add honey to porridge.

Depends on the cereal but yes, I tend to find most sweet already, but I certainly did this as a child.

Corona was pop from the milkman, @MadScientist10.

If you read the ingredients in cereals, most have added sugar, unlike years ago.

When we ran out of sugar my mum used to put golden syrup on my rice crispies. Oh I loved it when we ran out of sugar.

We used to do this growing up bit I don't do it any more and have never done it for the DC.

O don't actually have sugar or sweetener on the house.

I add sugar to corn flakes and rice crispies

MadScientist No - Corona was a brand of fizzy drink in the UK. Haha imagine if there was a beer van, epic!

Completely normal when I was growing up - as was having two heaped spoonfuls of sugar in every hot drink Wouldn't ever do it now though - my taste buds have adjusted over the years.
My Dad would only ever eat Weetabix with butter spread on them - they're lovely (as long as it IS butter, not some horrible spread) and I like them as a snack occasionally - so does DD - and DGD. It's a family thing...

@Hoobledoop I wanted to make sure just in case beer vans still existed

My dad likes cheddar cheese on fruit cake!

Our fizzy drinks delivery service was called Maine I think, not Corona. He came separately to the milkman. We were allowed full sugar fizzy drinks, but always had skimmed milk... Fat was the bad guy back then!

@soundofsilence remind me is condensed milk the sweet one or is that the evaporated milk?

MadScientist10 The sweet one.

British born and never put sugar on cereal.

Added sugar all my life until I had a kid. Never thought I'd get used to 'plain' Shreddies.