Oatmeal Swirlers

by General Mills

1988 – 1995 GONE FOREVER

Yes — Oatmeal Swirlers was discontinued in 1995 after 7 years on shelves, and it has not come back.

Instant oatmeal with a packet of fruit gel you swirled in yourself — breakfast as finger painting. Drawing a smiley face in your oatmeal was the entire point.

🧾 One more thingIt fought a brief, glorious ‘fun oatmeal’ war against Quaker’s Dinosaur Eggs. Only the dinosaurs survived.

Filed under: Cereal · the ’80s

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