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Pink Panther Flakes
From: Post
Introduced in 1973


Post Cereals co-sponsored The Pink Panther Show, a Saturday morning kid's show, in 1972. This cereal was created as tie-in for that program.

The cereal consisted of bright, bubblegum-pink, sugar-coated corn flakes.

Most people remember Pink Panther Flakes as being extraordinarily sweet-tasting. The "pink" didn't add a distinct new flavor, so the taste could be compared to ordinary Sugar Frosted Flakes with more sugar.

One interesting feature of this cereal was that it's pink coloring ran off of the flakes and into the milk almost immediately after the flakes got wet.

A 1973 television ad staring the Pink Panther featured the following jingle, sung in-part to the Pink Panther theme song by Henry Mancini:

Pink Panther Flakes are pink
As sweet as you can (inaudible) the color of pink
Pink Panther Flakes are pink
As sweet as you can (inaudible) the color of pink
Tickle me pink!

Hey Pink Panther! We love Pink Panther Flakes
So pink, so sweet and they're new
We love their one, two, three, four, five, six, seven...
Eight different vitamins
Just as much as we love you



The back of the very first box offered this description of the cereal:

"Have breakfast with the Pink Panther! Pink Panther Flakes are pre-sweetened, pink frosted corn flakes. They're fun to eat, good tasting and fortified with 8 essential vitamins. Try 'em. You'll love 'em..."


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    Comments About This Cereal
    What do you think of Pink Panther Flakes?

    Overall Average Rating = 5 (out of 5)

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    By Eddie C

    Cereal Rating (out of 5):

    'Pink Panther Flakes are pink & sweet... As you can tell the color of pink... Tickles me pink!' Other premiums were a pink invisible ink pen & revealing marker and a notepad of Panther paper that dissolved in water. Neat thing was how only the Panther's eye would remain floating! Always wondered if that was planned or a happy accident.

    Comment submitted: 9/7/2018 (#23446)



    Official Member: Team BreakfastBy SpaceBarron (Team Breakfast Member)

    Cereal Rating (out of 5):

    Still in my all time top 10 favorites! The Pink Panther will always be COOL.

    Comment submitted: 8/18/2018 (#23379)



    Official Member: Team BreakfastBy joliv109 (Team Breakfast Member)

    Cereal Rating (out of 5):

    Why did they ever discontinue this cereal!? They should bring it back for one day!

    Comment submitted: 11/6/2017 (#22405)



    By Pamela

    Cereal Rating (out of 5):

    Bring Pink Panther Flakes BACK! :( I miss it so much!

    Comment submitted: 11/6/2017 (#22404)



    Official Member: Team BreakfastBy 1950sunlimited (Team Breakfast Member)

    Cereal Rating (out of 5):

    Pink Panther Flakes are Pink / and sweet as you Pink Panther, color of pink / tickle me pink! / Hey Pink Panther! We love Pink Panther Flakes / So pink, so sweet and they're new / We love their one, two, three, four, five, six, seven... Eight different vitamins / Just as much as we love you!

    Comment submitted: 9/30/2017 (#22287)



    By JefferyK

    Cereal Rating (out of 5):

    I LOVED this cereal! It turned the milk pink! And I have vivid memories of playing with the RPX car advertised on the back cover.

    Comment submitted: 5/20/2015 (#19040)



    Official Member: Team BreakfastBy loyaltubist (Team Breakfast Member)

    Cereal Rating (out of 5):

    This wasn't strawberry flavored. It was simply pink colored frosted flakes. I loved them. But I also like pink.

    Comment submitted: 3/26/2015 (#18799)



    By KixRulez

    Cereal Rating (out of 5):

    RE: Yhe inaudible part of the jingle - It always drove me nuts as a kid because it didn't make sense, but listening it to again I hear this: "Pink Panther flakes / are pink / and sweet as you / Pink Pan / the color of pink / tickles me pink." Still doesn't make sense, but I think I got it at least!

    Comment submitted: 6/17/2014 (#17198)



    Official Member: Team BreakfastBy Rochellesc (Team Breakfast Member)

    Cereal Rating (out of 5):

    Loved the show, the cereal, the theme song, but most if all, the awesome prizes inside! The one I remember most is the little zip car. Too bad we know today that most sweetened cereals are on par with candy fortified with vitamins. :(. The last quarter of the 20th century was a great time to be a kid!

    Comment submitted: 3/24/2014 (#16453)



    Official Member: Team BreakfastBy Acoldstream (Team Breakfast Member)

    Cereal Rating (out of 5):

    This was my all time favorite cereal EVER. It had such a great taste and it did not taste like today's Frosted Flakes, it was da bomb! The color did come off quickly and it was HEAVEN!

    Comment submitted: 1/2/2014 (#15623)



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