It's hard to imagine a world where a child would have to be talked into eating their breakfast cereal. With colorful shapes, marshmallows, flavors, and mascots, it's a wonder that the cereal box toy ever came to be in the first place. And yet, here it remains, all these years later (103 to be exact,) as one of my favorite 'small things' in life. Yes, tearing open that box of Apple Jacks in 1992 to reveal my shiny Super Mario Land Maze still shines as one of the highlights of my childhood. I quite literally cried when it became wedged between the seats of our family's mini van, effectively lost forever.
After all, what could be more awesome, as a child, than pouring a heaping bowl of your favorite breakfast cereal and watching in wonderment as a tiny trinket plops out? The nostalgia of cereal box prizes and toys has been discussed here many times before. While the 'kids meal' toy notion still goes strong, that of physical toys and trinkets in modern cereal seems to have been replaced by animated mascots and 'send away' or sweepstakes promotions. So you can imagine how ecstatic I was to learn that my favorite animated characters, the Minions, were to bring cereal box toys back with a special General Mills promotion!
And, let me let you in on a little secret, only Walmart has specially marked Family Size boxes of the 7 General Mills cereal varieties containing an exclusive 7th collectible Connect And Collect Minion! It's a great thing some of my favorite cereals, Reese's Puffs, Lucky Charms, and Golden Grahams happen to be on that list- because those Family Size boxes contain up to a whopping 20.5 ounces of cereal (that's over a pound of Lucky Charms, for example!) While you can collect the core 6 Minion Connect and Collect toys, you'll only find that elusive 7th Minion toy on specially marked Family Size boxes of General Mills cereal, at Walmart, so be sure to hurry on in and grab your boxes before the Minions carry them all away!
I'll admit, Minions and cereal are some of my favorite things, so I walked out of my Walmart with 11 boxes of specially marked cereal- that's enough to feed an army, ya'll! I was certain I'd have to force feed myself a bowl with every meal, or host a Summer cereal spritzer (hey, that's not a bad idea) just to discover which Minions cereal box toys I'd actually brought home, but was delighted to discover I could in fact use the boxes as a stockpile. In every box of specially marked Minions toy cereal boxes the toys were individually wrapped and contained outside the actual cereal bag.
I'm not ashamed to admit, shortly after this discovery I slid the bottom of each and every box open and plopped my Minions toy onto the dining table. I am sad to report I have not found the elusive Prehistoric 7th Minion yet, but I did wind up with a set of 6 and some duplicates (not a bad start, I'd say!) So, while the hunt for #The7thMinion continues, I've found myself getting a little creative with my cereal stockpile. For instance, I've come to enjoy my Golden Grahams in what I call my 'Bello-Berry-Banana Breakfast,' served with fresh blueberries and banana slices, alongside a glass of orange juice.
Of course the excitement of the upcoming Minions film, July 10th, and the collectible Minions cereal box toys had also inspired me to create something whimsical and nostalgic of my own. Every proper cereal fan knows one doesn't have to have milk to enjoy their favorite cereal. In fact, more often than not, I munch on my cereal straight from the box, so this 1 In A Minion Munch was the perfect gift idea for some of my fellow Minion fans- and it just so happens I had a few extra Collect and Connect Minions to gift with it!
Using some black and silver pipe cleaners and extra large googly eyes I made Minion goggles, though you could also draw the eyes and goggles directly onto your cellophane/snack baggie as well. Be careful if you use a chocolate for your colored snack mix portion, as it will tend to melt in the bag if handled too much and leave the end product looking a little muddy. It took some experimenting on my part, but nobody's perfect- and I certainly am not, so you can see I experienced a little of this melting making our Minion baggies.
What Daughter Says: Now that I'm an adult I can finally play with the toy while I eat my cereal, and there's no shame in that!
We love the minions. My kids are super excited for this movie.
ReplyDeleteThe Minions are some of my favorite characters to ever come out of a movie. I'm so glad they got their own. Those toys are awesome!
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness, I am in love with the Minion munch and those gift boxes! Those are so cute!
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought I was a bit overboard buying 7 boxes of the cereal right as I saw them! ha! Glad to know I'm not the only one crazy excited about these Minion toys in the cereal. My kids are over the moon. And we will be going back to get a few more boxes, because we haven't gotten all the minions yet. Though, we did get the elusive 7th minion! :)
I've seen so many people get that 7th Minion! Unfortunately, I could only find Lucky Charms in the family size at my Walmart, so I have wondered if that's my issue. You better believe the hunt is still on!
DeleteThese are the cutest little Minion treats I have seen! That packaging is ADORABLE!
ReplyDeleteThis has got to be the cutest bag of Minion treats ever! My kids would love to enjoy some Minion munch! I miss toys in cereal boxes...it was always such a blast getting that little plastic or stuffed treasure.
ReplyDeleteCute snack idea. My kids love the Minions. I had to buy the cereal to get the Minion toy out of the box.
ReplyDeleteWe are so excited for this movie! It will be Addie's first movie in the theater!
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be a fantastic movie. I am going to take my friends little girls to see it. I will have to pick up a few boxes of this cereal.
ReplyDeleteWe are looking forward to watching this movie! I’m sure my kids would love those toys!
ReplyDeleteI actually picked up some Cinnamon Toast Crunch yesterday with a minion inside.... curious to see which one we get!
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, my daughter is so scared of the minions, especially the purple ones. lol. But I love them and I cannot wait to get me some of these toys!
ReplyDeleteThis is a super cool and fun post! I love the photos! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYour daughter is right you can play with your food. Those minions are adorable. I have yet to see the movie but in the summer about all I eat is cereal. To me its the perfect dinner :)
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