I remember waking up on a Saturday morning as a kid, licking my lips for the delicious taste of cereal. The magical flow as it would pour into the bowl. The splashing of the cold milk as it would drown the cereal in a perfect celebration. Oh and the many surprises that awaited within the box waiting to be played with.
Oh how I miss them times.
I know exactly what you mean. That was part of the "Wonder Years" for me.
Some of my all time favorites(in no particular order since I was at the mercy of what my mother purchase and what I had a taste for at the time)
Cocoa Pebbles (Loved that it turned the milk into chocolate milk)
Corn Puffs
Super Sugar Crisp or Smacks (Same thing)
Kelloggs Corn Flakes (Had to be Kelloggs and you could never go wrong with the one but you had to eat it quick because it would go soggy quick)
Capt Crunch
Crunch Berries (I would pour into a bowl and only eat the berries)
Trix (Not bad from time to time)
Honeycombs (Not be favorite because it was a bland taste but hey it had sugar!)
Rice Krispys (I don't know why I loved this one because it was bland to but I think it was the snap crackle and pop that did it.
Apple Jacks (Loved them)
Boo Berry (One of the monster cereals)
Lucky Charms (mmm...marshmellows!)
Fruit Loops
Quisp (Now I'm telling my age. Don't think its made anymore)
Wheaties (Not really but hey I was an athlete as a kid. It was required)
Basically though regardless of the brand, if my mom bought it, I ate it.
In fact when I moved out at age 23, the only thing I really ate for the first year was cereal and milk as that was all I could afford.