And second, the best way to eat Lucky charms is without milk. You sort the cereal into piles, eat all the cat food, and then eat all the marbits. Mmm, sugar buzz. Alternately, you can hang on to a few kibbles to get the marbits out of your teeth once you’re done.

So I guess Lcuky Charms are My Cat-Approved.

Does anyone remember the limited time marshmallow Christmas tree, too much P.C. to try that these days?

It’s a grain compressed into amusing, eye-pleasing shapes, fortified with vitamins, and slopping over in corn syrup and preservatives. If that doesn’t sound like something you would pour into a non-tipping bowl and put on the floor, I don’t know what does…

I’m sure there’s a conspiracy here, somewhere.

Also, I’m extremely relieved to know that I’m not the only person alive who has always referred to the crunchy bits in Lucky Charms as ‘cat food.’ I can rest easy, now (okay, okay, where now = as soon as I finish catching up on several weeks of graphjam).

Ever.

In fact, they might have to close the blog now. The art form has probably reached its pinnacle.

The first boxes of Lucky Charms cereal contained marshmallows in the shapes of pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers. The lineup has changed occasionally over the years, beginning with the introduction of blue diamonds in 1975. Purple horseshoes joined the roster in 1984, followed by red balloons in 1989, rainbows in 1992, pots of gold in 1994, leprechaun hats in 1996, shooting stars in 1998, and an hourglass in 2008.[2]

Older marshmallows were phased out periodically. The first shapes to be phased out were the yellow moons and blue diamonds, as General Mills introduced their “Pot of Gold” marshmallow.