applejacks

Fruity breakfast rings

Applejacks is a breakfast cereal made of apple- and cinnamon-flavored rings, marketed to children since the 1960s.

The name plays on applejack, an American brandy distilled from hard cider.

I grew up eating Applejacks every morning before school.

cereal

breakfast

Day's first eating

bowl · milk · spoon · crunch · morning · snack · kids · sugary · sweetened · corn

texture

crunchy

Breaking with sound

airy · puffed · light · crispy · firm · crunchy · crackling · toasted

sweet

sugar

Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener

syrup · honey · flavored · coated · glazed · saccharine · dessert · treat · indulgent · confectionery

nostalgia

childhood

Life's earliest phase

  • memoriesStored past experiences
  • 90sFinal twentieth-century decade
  • 80sDecade before the nineties

Saturday · cartoons · commercials · jingle · lunchbox · retro · vintage · throwback · youth · reminisce

Opposites
cereal type

applejacksoatmeal

Boiled grain breakfast

shredded wheat · Grape-Nuts · All-Bran · muesli · bran flakes

cereal temperature/preparation

applejacksoatmeal

Boiled grain breakfast

porridge · grits · congee

beverage type

applejacksapple juice

Pressed pomaceous beverage

apple cider · water · milk · soft drinks

Family

applejack

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G