It’s Halloween! That means candy bars, pumpkin beer and, of course, the only proper way to get the day started: General Mills’ Monster cereals! And while we dig into bowls of Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Boo Berry on an annual basis, it turns out there were several more vying for a spot on supermarket shelves.
As posted on the Facebook page Vintage Cereal Boxes, Mascots And Premiums From The 1960s-1980s by Fred Hauck – whose father contributed to the designs – “Happy Halloween all you Monster lovers! Here are some of the concepts from my dads studio that didn’t make the cut. They are obviously trying on some different flavor profiles and mascots with these.”
In the vintage photos (embedded via collectingcandy’s Instagram), we see just what these discarded Monster cereals were: Apple Mummy, Applespider, Ella Vanilla, Vanilla Gorilla, Doctor Orangelove, OranGenie, R-r-r-r Orange, Professor Nutty, and Anna Banana,...
As posted on the Facebook page Vintage Cereal Boxes, Mascots And Premiums From The 1960s-1980s by Fred Hauck – whose father contributed to the designs – “Happy Halloween all you Monster lovers! Here are some of the concepts from my dads studio that didn’t make the cut. They are obviously trying on some different flavor profiles and mascots with these.”
In the vintage photos (embedded via collectingcandy’s Instagram), we see just what these discarded Monster cereals were: Apple Mummy, Applespider, Ella Vanilla, Vanilla Gorilla, Doctor Orangelove, OranGenie, R-r-r-r Orange, Professor Nutty, and Anna Banana,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
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