- Most of the cereals children love are packed with sugar, but that's what makes them so delicious.
- Some of these brands are almost equivalent to having dessert for breakfast.
- From Fruit Loops to Trix, here are your favorite childhood cereals, ranked by sugar content.
Recently, the SpoonHQ team ranked some classic childhood cereal by taste and calorie count. But have you ever wondered why these cereals taste so good? The reason is simple: sugar. You probably experienced at least once in your childhood your mom not letting you have your favorite flavor because there was just “too much sugar.”
The truth is, some of these brands are almost like having dessert for breakfast. Here are ten of your favorite childhood cereals ranked from lowest to highest by sugar content.
10. Rice Krispies: 3 grams per serving
Rice Krispies have only 3 grams of sugar per 33-gram serving. This makes sugar only 9 percent of the total serving, which is something to snap, crackle and pop about. Maybe mom let you have this cereal every once in a while. With such a low sugar content, you can feel free to add marshmallow and tons of other add-ins and make your own Rice Krispie treats, like these five epic recipes.
9. Lucky Charms: 11 grams per serving
They’re magically delicious…and 31.4 percent sugar (or 11 grams per serving). You watched the commercials jealously, wishing you were one of those kids chasing the leprechaun around. Then, when you grew up and Mom couldn’t tell you what to do, you started eating Lucky Charms for every meal. Maybe you even baked them into sugar cookies, like this recipe here.
8. Cinnamon Toast Crunch: 10 grams per serving
Before there were Cinnamon Toast Crunch milkshakes and shots made with Fireball, there was the cereal. With 10 grams of sugar that made up 32.3 percent of the serving, you probably weren’t allowed to munch on this with your Saturday morning cartoons. But that’s all right, because the possibilities now are endless. Sorry Mom, but you’re craving those crazy squares.
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