July 10, 2025 • 5 mins
What’s the greatest cereal of all time—and why does it feel like a deeply personal question?In this laugh-packed episode of The Ben and Skin Show, hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dive spoon-first into one of the most nostalgic and passionately debated topics in breakfast history: the top 10 cereals of all time. Fueled by the bizarre announcement of Bacon Toast Crunch (yes, really), the crew reacts to a viral list from a site called TheTropicalFruit.com—and things get hilariously unhinged.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
It's time.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Yeah, let's go sell this on a website the best
cereals of all time?
Speaker 3 (00:15):
I'll you what is that eye candy or what? Okay,
I have to see I have to see what it is.
Here's our top ten.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
And the reason they're doing this is because the news
that been broke yesterday to the Metroplex that there's gonna
be bacon toast crunch, because they're cinnamon toast crunch. But
now they're doing it with bacon.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
That's the kicker. Everyone write down which you think will
be number one?
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Now?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
This is according to just ourselves or what?
Speaker 4 (00:40):
No, what you think will be the number one on
this poll of it's the ten old time greatest series.
Speaker 5 (00:44):
Now is this just somebody's opinion who wrote it? Or
is this based on sales?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Now?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
It's the guy who wrote this article.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
His name is Matthew Nicklaw, and the website is called
the Tropicalfruit dot Com. They actually have some interesting things
on that website.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Believe it or not. It sounds dumb.
Speaker 6 (00:59):
What is it?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
A website for tropical fruit?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Pop culture dog?
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Okay, pop culture dogs like spots.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Mackenzie.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
You know, if stories are wild, If stories are wild,
they're the tab, is that's bananas, or if they have
like juicy videos or top stories, is like the limelight.
So they've organized their stories on their website by tropical fruits.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Poor it is the peach tree.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
I guess. So you should probably submit that to them.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Number ten Big controversies. It's still in the break room
frosted flakes.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
Hell, I wrote that down number one. I wouldn't be
shocked if that was number one. No, not the fake
frost flakes. Somebody lived in there. They have eaten. But man,
in my prime, at my fattest, at my fattest and
at my dad's fattest.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
We were both big frosted flakes. Guys. I think it's
my old time favorite seria.
Speaker 6 (01:53):
So good.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
Yeah, I would go in there, I fill up that
bowl and I'd go in there with a pre crunch
get break them up in an even smaller piece.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
With my spoon. Oh god, that was so good. Whose
straight diabetes in a bowl?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Right?
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:04):
It's plan to me though they're frosted, but there's generic.
There's no fruit too.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
I don't need fruit when I'm sugared up.
Speaker 6 (02:12):
Okay, I agree. I never really was a frosted flake
kid me neither. My little brother was though, and he's
always been. Even though he's six years younger than me,
he's always been six years older than me.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
Number nine fruit loops, That's what I had is number one.
Whether we're going to have that number one?
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Are you still in the game, Christine or your number? Okay?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Number eight catch me lucky times Okay.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
So these are all my favorite cereals, and they're at
the bottom of the list.
Speaker 5 (02:38):
I love lucky charms. I enjoyed Lucky Farm or Lucky Charms,
but it got soggy so fast you had to get
to it pretty quick.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Seven.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
One of the best scams that this country has ever committed,
running out there that wheaties is healthy.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
I mean, I just would not eat wheaties because it
doesn't have sugar on it. So give me wheaties with
sugar on it. It's called frosted flake and it's bad ass.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
I think it's the difference frosted flakes and wheaties, the
difference between a donut and a bagel. It's like shred Yeah,
it's like a bread and take all the sweet off that.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Well, they frosted many weeds.
Speaker 5 (03:15):
Well that's different texture though, big, but on the inside
of shredded wheat.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
Six capt and crunch with crunch Beerry. Love it, love it,
love it, love it. It's a great cereal and he's
a hell of a captain.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
It is the top three reason the roof of my
mouth has been.
Speaker 6 (03:32):
Exactly what I was going to say. I don't know
how you eat it without destroying the.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Roof of your mouth.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
I don't mind the pain.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
It's impossible. Number five, get out of my house.
Speaker 7 (03:43):
Honeycomb, Honey combs big yeah, yeah, yeah, it's just small
no no, no, Yeah, it's an overhyped cereal. I think
that's not the one with sugar bear.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Is it. Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:56):
My dad, my dad loves that cereal.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Uh for cinnamon Life Life Life, but cinnamon like Life.
It's basically frosted flakes, but with cinnamon.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
I don't think we ever got it in our household
because we thought a cereal called Life was stupid. Why
would you name it that? We're like not interested. That's
a dumb name for a cereal. Yeah, I never eat it.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Who's still in with their number one? Yes, Christina? Only one? Okay?
Number three?
Speaker 2 (04:23):
We number four yeah, Cinnamon Life okay, yeah, three, Fruity pebbles.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Man, you're still alive.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
I'm still it gets so soggy. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
The other day I saw some punk kid, some influencer
told him to get off my lawn. Yeah, he was
eating vanilla ice cream and dump fruity pebbles all over
it and ate it like that and it looked amazing. Okay,
it is good because they have fruity pebbles as toppings
and a lot of those yogurt and ice cream.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Yeah, that's dope.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Number two Cocoa Crispies.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Cocoa crisp Is that the one with a bear on it.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Or No, it's like rice Crispy treats, but their cocoa.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Why wouldn't it just be cocoa puffs.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
Well, they're way different. I mean the rye, I know,
cocoa puff smashes this. I agree, That's what I agree.
Is that the frog on that one, I don't think
it's a real cereal.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Wait, honey Smacks is frog. Honey smacks Yehney smacks. Christie
is a smack crack on pop.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
So that's rice Crispies, but it's chocko yeah, which means
this is going to be just Rice Krispies.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Number one is going to be cheerios. Give me cheerios.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
I was thinking she was gonna get cheerios or honey
nut cheerios, but that she'd be wrong.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
It's cinnamon Toe's crunch number one of the reason.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Good job.
Speaker 5 (05:30):
Here's the pizza delivery guy from the beginning of the story.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Wow, well done.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
All right there is food News. What an incredible performance
by Kevin
It's time.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Yeah, let's go sell this on a website the best
cereals of all time?
Speaker 3 (00:15):
I'll you what is that eye candy or what? Okay,
I have to see I have to see what it is.
Here's our top ten.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
And the reason they're doing this is because the news
that been broke yesterday to the Metroplex that there's gonna
be bacon toast crunch, because they're cinnamon toast crunch. But
now they're doing it with bacon.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
That's the kicker. Everyone write down which you think will
be number one?
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Now?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
This is according to just ourselves or what?
Speaker 4 (00:40):
No, what you think will be the number one on
this poll of it's the ten old time greatest series.
Speaker 5 (00:44):
Now is this just somebody's opinion who wrote it? Or
is this based on sales?
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Now?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
It's the guy who wrote this article.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
His name is Matthew Nicklaw, and the website is called
the Tropicalfruit dot Com. They actually have some interesting things
on that website.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Believe it or not. It sounds dumb.
Speaker 6 (00:59):
What is it?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
A website for tropical fruit?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Pop culture dog?
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Okay, pop culture dogs like spots.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Mackenzie.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
You know, if stories are wild, If stories are wild,
they're the tab, is that's bananas, or if they have
like juicy videos or top stories, is like the limelight.
So they've organized their stories on their website by tropical fruits.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Poor it is the peach tree.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
I guess. So you should probably submit that to them.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Number ten Big controversies. It's still in the break room
frosted flakes.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
Hell, I wrote that down number one. I wouldn't be
shocked if that was number one. No, not the fake
frost flakes. Somebody lived in there. They have eaten. But man,
in my prime, at my fattest, at my fattest and
at my dad's fattest.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
We were both big frosted flakes. Guys. I think it's
my old time favorite seria.
Speaker 6 (01:53):
So good.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
Yeah, I would go in there, I fill up that
bowl and I'd go in there with a pre crunch
get break them up in an even smaller piece.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
With my spoon. Oh god, that was so good. Whose
straight diabetes in a bowl?
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Right?
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:04):
It's plan to me though they're frosted, but there's generic.
There's no fruit too.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
I don't need fruit when I'm sugared up.
Speaker 6 (02:12):
Okay, I agree. I never really was a frosted flake
kid me neither. My little brother was though, and he's
always been. Even though he's six years younger than me,
he's always been six years older than me.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
Number nine fruit loops, That's what I had is number one.
Whether we're going to have that number one?
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Are you still in the game, Christine or your number? Okay?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Number eight catch me lucky times Okay.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
So these are all my favorite cereals, and they're at
the bottom of the list.
Speaker 5 (02:38):
I love lucky charms. I enjoyed Lucky Farm or Lucky Charms,
but it got soggy so fast you had to get
to it pretty quick.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Seven.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
One of the best scams that this country has ever committed,
running out there that wheaties is healthy.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
I mean, I just would not eat wheaties because it
doesn't have sugar on it. So give me wheaties with
sugar on it. It's called frosted flake and it's bad ass.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
I think it's the difference frosted flakes and wheaties, the
difference between a donut and a bagel. It's like shred Yeah,
it's like a bread and take all the sweet off that.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Well, they frosted many weeds.
Speaker 5 (03:15):
Well that's different texture though, big, but on the inside
of shredded wheat.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
Six capt and crunch with crunch Beerry. Love it, love it,
love it, love it. It's a great cereal and he's
a hell of a captain.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
It is the top three reason the roof of my
mouth has been.
Speaker 6 (03:32):
Exactly what I was going to say. I don't know
how you eat it without destroying the.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Roof of your mouth.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
I don't mind the pain.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
It's impossible. Number five, get out of my house.
Speaker 7 (03:43):
Honeycomb, Honey combs big yeah, yeah, yeah, it's just small
no no, no, Yeah, it's an overhyped cereal. I think
that's not the one with sugar bear.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Is it. Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:56):
My dad, my dad loves that cereal.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Uh for cinnamon Life Life Life, but cinnamon like Life.
It's basically frosted flakes, but with cinnamon.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
I don't think we ever got it in our household
because we thought a cereal called Life was stupid. Why
would you name it that? We're like not interested. That's
a dumb name for a cereal. Yeah, I never eat it.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
Who's still in with their number one? Yes, Christina? Only one? Okay?
Number three?
Speaker 2 (04:23):
We number four yeah, Cinnamon Life okay, yeah, three, Fruity pebbles.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Man, you're still alive.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
I'm still it gets so soggy. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
The other day I saw some punk kid, some influencer
told him to get off my lawn. Yeah, he was
eating vanilla ice cream and dump fruity pebbles all over
it and ate it like that and it looked amazing. Okay,
it is good because they have fruity pebbles as toppings
and a lot of those yogurt and ice cream.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Yeah, that's dope.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Number two Cocoa Crispies.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Cocoa crisp Is that the one with a bear on it.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Or No, it's like rice Crispy treats, but their cocoa.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Why wouldn't it just be cocoa puffs.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
Well, they're way different. I mean the rye, I know,
cocoa puff smashes this. I agree, That's what I agree.
Is that the frog on that one, I don't think
it's a real cereal.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
Wait, honey Smacks is frog. Honey smacks Yehney smacks. Christie
is a smack crack on pop.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
So that's rice Crispies, but it's chocko yeah, which means
this is going to be just Rice Krispies.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
Number one is going to be cheerios. Give me cheerios.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
I was thinking she was gonna get cheerios or honey
nut cheerios, but that she'd be wrong.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
It's cinnamon Toe's crunch number one of the reason.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Good job.
Speaker 5 (05:30):
Here's the pizza delivery guy from the beginning of the story.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Wow, well done.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
All right there is food News. What an incredible performance
by Kevin
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