Hungry for some sugary sweet, slightly creepy fun? Check out The Imaginary World's incredible archive of cereal boxes from the '50s, '60s and '70s. Cheerios, Corn Flakes, Grape Nuts and all the other classics are there, but we're more interested in their lesser-known, long-extinct brethren -- Sir Grapefellow, Orange Kombos, Moon Stones and the like.
At left, one of our favorites: the unfortunately named Fruity Freakies. Mouth-watering as it sounds, it's not too hard to see why this one didn't stand the test of time.
Click here for more of our favorite retro cereal finds
Crazy Cow: A quirky, clever cereal name in the '70s... a little too close to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (aka Mad Cow Disease) epidemic by the '80s.
King Vitaman: We'll ignore the whole "vitaman/vitaWOman" issue, and just focus on The King. Call us crazy, but this is not the guy we want feeding us breakfast.
Puffa Puffa Rice: Come on, a flaming volcano is clearly the most effective and logical way to market a breakfast cereal.For more kooky cereals, check out Asylum's gallery of the 20 craziest breakfast cereals ever made. Then test yourself with AOL Food's cereal identification quiz and your knowledge of morning grains past at mental_floss' mouthwatering morning cereal quiz.

















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Monday 05 January
By shai shai
yello
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Thursday 08 January
By lu
I ate King Vitaman growing up, it was my favorite cereal... but I was a weird kid and didn't like super sugary cereals
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Saturday 10 January
By Debbie Mendez
Oh my god!! Dejavu!! I loved King Vitamin cereal. Another favorite was a small, gold box called Concentrate. Tiny, tiny flakes, not sugary, but so good!! I still have my Fruity freakies iron on patch too!
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Sunday 18 January
By HipCat
I LOVED King Vitamin. Don't go hatin' on him. ;)
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Sunday 18 January
By Kristin
Omg i dont know any of these ceral. lol but i do know that cherios are awesome
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Monday 19 January
By Kelso
King Vitamin is still good. You can buy it at Marc's but i think it's just an Ohio Store.
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Monday 19 January
By thelowegang
what about Quisp? Endorsed by space aliens.
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Wednesday 13 May
By Evil-Mykall
Check out "The God Blesser" on youtube for an entertaining, and strange retro tribute.
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