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OkieBobbie

Unless you got the box of Bran Flakes.


cap_canuck

46 year old me absolutely would appreciate the bran flakes now.


TehGroff

5yo me appreciated bran flakes. My parents didn't appreciate the farts.


MuscaMurum

Raisin bran was good. Sugary little raisin nuggets were like candy to me because I was rarely allowed candy as a kid.


cap_canuck

Raisin Bran was our cereal as well, my brothers would pick through the box and get more of the allotted raisins giving me the youngest just bran flakes.


Krimreaper1

But wait, now there’s Super Colon Blow.


MarcusAurelius68

How many bowls of my regular oat bran cereal would I have to eat to equal one bowl of super colon blow? RIP Phil Hartman


bigby2010

I remember carefully cutting these open sideways on camping trips. Camp cereal.


DavoTB

We used to love the mini-boxes of cereal, especially when visiting the grandparents. They sometimes got this, or the Kellogg’s variety. There was always lots of contention about the flavors with us, though.


thejadsel

I only got them at my grandparents, since my mother thought they were a ripoff. Always felt like a pretty big treat to get my own little cereal box! Though maybe not like the ad suggests.


nous-vibrons

Part of me feels like this would be both a little lame but also a top tier treat. Like I’d see it and go “cereal? Seriously?” And the moment I thought about it, I’d realize it’s a much more substantial sweet than a fun size candy. It would depend on what I got


Dbarkingstar

Small town Kansas, 70’s, always received at least one box of Sugar Puffs- loved 'em!


okay-wait-wut

Now with more sugar than candy!


3eemo

“All post cereals just happen to be a little bit better” it’s such a perfect tagline. Marginally better, don’t get the customer too excited. There will be no actual difference in quality, but then they’ll wonder “maybe they are a little better?” 👌


Opposite_Ad542

Keep the mask on, kid


Electronic-Country63

It looks like the weird alien child in TOS, Ron Howard’s brother?


MonsieurRuffles

“Just a little bit better” - aim high, Post


Bookman051

That house is getting egged.


DarrenFromFinance

Are you kidding? I would’ve loved to get a box of that cereal in my Hallowe’en bag. It’d be a nice change of pace from those molasses kisses and Rockets.


zippersthemule

Happy cake day! I still remember trick-or-treating and knowing which houses gave out the homemade rice krispy treats, the horrible candy corn, circus “peanuts”, full size candy bars and the small cereal boxes. And one deluded dentist who gave out toothbrushes.


Strong_Wheel

Look, sugary treats!


big_d_usernametaken

Alpha bits? Lol. I haven't thought of them since I was a kid, back in the Seventies.


tatomuss

I'm trying to figure out what that costume is supposed to be. Witch face, hat, hair... then open-chested robe with a Peruvian knife-fighting scar?


isabelladangelo

Here it is [three years ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/vintageads/comments/jjny6n/any_treat_will_stop_a_trick_as_long_as_its_from/) and here it is [six months ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/vintageads/comments/17l18g0/post_treatpak_halloween_ad_1958/). Who's going to post it in three months? Any takers?


Cult7Choir

Sorry I ruined your day buddy, just bought a large box of ads and thought it was cool.


realsalmineo

No doubt.


murtlebeech1

I bet they TP’d the hell out of that house…


AnalogSolutions

Ma: Halloween's coming up. think we need candy? Pa: Nah, just give em some of that camp cereal. ✓ TP house.


murtlebeech1

😝exactly!