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Christmas Crunch, from the Cap’n to me!

Christmas Crunch, from the Cap'n TO ME! Here's my review of the beast, a hands-on expose featuring a sealed box of Cap'n Crunch's holiday foray from 1988, a look at the glorious Christmas Crunch commercial, and a whole lotta rambling. Do they still make this stuff? I've looked everywhere this year...no luck. Research dictates that it was available as late as last year (they had a tie-in Pokemon promotion), but for whatever reason, the stuff just seems to have vanished. I guess what I'm saying is -- if you're lucky enough to find Christmas Crunch...buy me a box.

Posted by Matt on 12/12/2003. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 60 comments

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Chestnuts roasted by Dude McGuy @ 12/15/2003 3:22 AM

Hey guys! Long time no post!

Anyway, I’m here to tell you about the time my brother and I went to my Grandma’s house just two days before Christmas. And what should we find but two boxes of Christmas Crunch for us to open that day. But these were the ones that came with a box that included a gift that was supposed to be from Cap’n Crunch himself. It was nothing more than stickers that you could peel off as an advent calendar, Christmas-Colored Rain-Blo Gumballs, and some coupons for more Christmas Crunch and Rain-Blo Gumballs. But my brother and I loved it, and so we started peeling off all of the stickers up until the appropriate date and putting them on the various wrapped gifts. Once we were done with that, I was bored and resorted to nagging my grandmother to let me open at least one gift. And even though she was Grandma and she spoiled the Hell out of me, she didn’t go for it.

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 12/15/2003 12:16 PM

I’ve seen Christmas Crunch at area Meijer stores (like Walmart but regional to the midwest). I keep getting tempted to buy a box every time I go there and relive fond memories of tearing up the inside of my mouth on those jagged rocks.

Chestnuts roasted by muddymoose @ 12/15/2003 3:16 PM

I work at an Albertsons in the SE and we have plenty of Christmas Crunch, although the "Crunch Berries" are no longer the traditional spheres, but festive holiday shapes. Unfortunately these shapes have pointy edges, which only add to the cereal’s innate mouth destroying power.

Chestnuts roasted by Eel Monger @ 12/16/2003 11:30 PM

Is that Rod Roddy from The Price is Right doing to voiceover?

Chestnuts roasted by Laurie @ 12/17/2003 2:18 AM

Hey- I don’t know where you guys are located. But here in Massachusetts, it’s available in December…

Chestnuts roasted by Joe @ 12/18/2003 1:30 PM

How is it that Cap’n Crunch is a "Catholic pirate" as you describe him? I’ve always assumed he was a Royal Navy officer.

Chestnuts roasted by William @ 07/07/2004 3:21 PM

I work at the plant (and on the press) that printed the boxes for christmas crunch. I forgot all about that version of the crunch. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Chestnuts roasted by alexx @ 02/26/2009 8:38 PM

You didn’t say anything about the packet of white frosting included in the box to squirt over the cereal! It was unreal!!!!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Boo Berry @ 05/30/2011 12:52 PM

I know this is late but they defiantly still make this. But now it has Christmas tree shapes and stuff instead of just the reg shapes.

Chestnuts roasted by Anonymous @ 07/16/2011 9:16 PM

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