Cocoa Puffs (which, I must confess, are a personal favorite — I’ve always had a soft spot for foodstuffs that let me eat chocolate for breakfast) first hit cereal bowls everywhere in 1958 ...

Don’t let the bowtie fool you. The bird is fucking crazy.Cereal Philanderer is a weekly feature in which Jason Sheehan talks about cereal more than he probably should.Cereal du Jour: Cocoa Puffs ...

The Sonny the Cuckoo Bird mascot, who claims to be “cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs,” has been a part of the brand since 1962.