Kaboom (breakfast cereal) facts for kids

Kaboom was a fun and colorful breakfast cereal made by General Mills. It was packed with extra vitamins to help kids grow strong! This cereal had a cool circus theme. Each box was filled with oat cereal pieces shaped like smiling clown faces. It also had yummy marshmallows shaped like bears, lions, elephants, and stars. The cereal's friendly mascot was a smiling circus clown. Kaboom first appeared in 1969.

A box of Kaboom breakfast cereal.

Kaboom cereal was very popular in the 1970s and 1980s. It was available for many years until General Mills stopped making it in 2010.

Where Did Kaboom Cereal Appear?

Kaboom cereal was so memorable that it showed up in different places!

• The cereal was mentioned in the 1985 novel White Noise by Don DeLillo.
• In the 2003 movie Kill Bill: Volume 1, a box of Kaboom cereal was part of a scene.
• A box of Kaboom was also a main focus in the music video for the song "Cherub" by the band Butthole Surfers.
• The cereal was mentioned in the "Game of Tones" episode of the cartoon show Futurama.
• In an episode of Mary Tyler Moore called "Just Friends," the character Ted Baxter said Kaboom was one of his favorite cereals.
• Kaboom cereal was also talked about in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 during the opening part.