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To wonder who is buying chocolate cereal

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Blueyseviltwin · 21/04/2025 18:56

Who om each is buying Lion bar and Oreo cereal? See also lucky charms, nesquick and coco pops
These aren't breakfast foods (or any sort of food). I literally cannot imagine anyone thinking it is a reasonable way of feeding children?

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Namechange1345677 · 21/04/2025 18:56

Me! For me!

Hoppinggreen · 21/04/2025 18:57

I used to love Coco pops and bought them until recently
They changed them though so I no longer do

Iloveyoubut · 21/04/2025 18:57

Who do you think is buying it OP? What’s your thoughts?

Octavia64 · 21/04/2025 18:57

My daughter

BendingSpoons · 21/04/2025 18:57

I quite like chocolate cereal for dessert sometimes. (At dinner time, not breakfast). Pretty sure lots are eating them fairly regularly for breakfast.

Chocolatecustardcreamsrule · 21/04/2025 18:58

I also buy this for myself…. The Reese’s one is good too. Straight from the box as a snack.

LeedsZebra90 · 21/04/2025 18:58

My kids get chocolate wheetos for a treat in the school holidays.

WtafIsThat · 21/04/2025 18:58

Oh bore off.

Bloody love coco pops.

Coffeeishot · 21/04/2025 18:58

I imagine lots of people buy it maybe for kids or teenagers and the pp😀 but you know that you just fancied poking people.

TennesseeStella · 21/04/2025 18:59

👋 I'm 45 and I love Coco Pops!

LeaveTaking · 21/04/2025 18:59

Heathens.

My DH likes a bit of crunchy but for pudding. Evening pudding, not breakfast pudding.

Acc0untant · 21/04/2025 18:59

I buy lion bar cereal and coco pops. For me. Since when was cereal just for children?

You must lead a sheltered life if you can't imagine anyone thinking they're a) breakfast foods and b) reasonable for children.

dudsville · 21/04/2025 18:59

I stopped having these cereals by around age 16. Then, from about 30, for a few years we started buying a box to have on holiday. No idea where the idea came from to do that! We've since stopped. The thought now messages my teeth hurt.

Deerrobin · 21/04/2025 19:00

I did when pregnant, one of the very few things I could keep down in the early weeks.

But come on, you absolutely can ‘imagine’ people buying them, you just want to stick the boot in.

Coffeeishot · 21/04/2025 19:00

I also used to buy the kids chocolate cereal in the holidays.

chipsandpeas · 21/04/2025 19:00

theres a oreo cereal......need to try that

RacingDriver · 21/04/2025 19:00

I am! Most of the chocolate flavoured ones have no more sugar in them than the non-chocolate versions apart from maybe plain cornflakes or shredded wheat. If you are ok with cereal generally then these really aren’t any worse and are fortified with vitamins and minerals. They’ll also be healthier than pastries, waffles etc.

I have a fussy child who has coco pops and a banana and this gets them fed in the mornings without a battle so they go to school happy and able to concentrate.

FilthyforFirth · 21/04/2025 19:01

Me. My children get special breakfast for their birthday and Christmas. Yes it is sometimes, shock, horror, chocolate cereal. Call social services now.

Ridingthegravytrain · 21/04/2025 19:01

Kids have coco pops as a treat at weekend. I sometimes have crunchy nut as a dessert. Yum

ThejoyofNC · 21/04/2025 19:01

Me, because they're bloody delicious. The chocolatey milk after is delightful.

I'm a great believer in everything in moderation.

Smartiepants79 · 21/04/2025 19:01

We do. My teens and their dad all enjoy it. Maybe only a couple of times a week in the end but they’ll live!
Both kids active and healthy weights. Perfect teeth. Not that big a deal as part of a balanced diet. They both eat very well overall.

NaranjaSilla · 21/04/2025 19:02

I buy Cocoa Shreddies/ variations of Cocoa Pops/Cocoa Hoops for my child’s breakfast (and not just for a treat/weekend) Soz 🤷‍♀️. I also eat them.

WtafIsThat · 21/04/2025 19:02

chipsandpeas · 21/04/2025 19:00

theres a oreo cereal......need to try that

Costco sell it in packs of 4!

Earlier I bought me and the DC a Costco pizza (if you go, you’ll know the ones I mean). Report me to social care why not.

ChompinCrocodiles · 21/04/2025 19:03

Haven't tried the others but coco pops are beloved by all 3 dc and me. So we add to those sales figures 🙌

Summertimeblahness · 21/04/2025 19:03

Clutches pearls and whispers….. It’s the common people op, that’s who…. Easter Envy

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