Top Picks: Must-Try Breakfast Cereals for the Spooktacular 2023 Fall Halloween Season

It's fall time in Southwest Florida! The season of Halloween, and pretending to enjoy pumpkin spice lattes even if you secretly think they taste like your grandmother's potpourri bowl. But there's something else about fall that brings out the kid in all of us—the deliciously delightful world of Halloween and fall-themed breakfast cereals. I couldn't wait to head over to my local Cape Coral, Florida Walmart, to see what they had in stock for the kid inside of me.

Yes, it's time to dive headfirst into the sugary, spooky, and sometimes downright absurd world of fall-themed cereals. First up on the seasonal cereal carousel is Post Halloween Fruity PEBBLES. What's more festive than colorful cereal bits that turn your milk into a whirlpool of Halloween magic?

Next, there's Kellogg's Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin cereal. If you can't appreciate the irony of a bald kid and his dog obsessing over pumpkins, then you've lost your sense of humor. With every bite, you can practically hear the "wa-wa-wa" of the Peanuts gang, reminding you that life is full of little surprises, like the fact that this cereal tastes like vanilla instead of pumpkins.

But what's a fall-themed cereal adventure without some maritime mischief? Cap'n Crunch Halloween Family Size Cereal lets you sail the high seas of breakfast, with the good Cap'n leading the way, and his mischievous Crunch Berries decked out in spooktacular disguises. It's like your cereal bowl has turned into green milk sunken treasure chest filled with sugary doubloons.

Now, for those who like their breakfast cereals with a side of the macabre, General Mills Carmella Creeper Zombie Monster Breakfast Cereal is a must-try. It's like a breakfast horror movie. You'll feel like you're running from zombies while munching on crunchy marshmallows. Eating this cereal is an adventure in itself, with each spoonful making you wonder if you'll survive until the end of the bowl. Because of diabetes. Ya know...

As you enjoy these fall-themed cereals, it's impossible not to feel like a kid again. They awaken a sense of nostalgia that transports you to a time when Halloween was about more than just raiding the candy stash, but about the thrill of costumes, spooky stories, and pumpkin carving. And now, it's also about savoring breakfast like a champion.

Here is this year's best offerings...

You know what's scary? When all the Pebbles are sold out in the breakfast cereal isle. Thankfully I scored a box of the latest Halloween Fruity Pebbles. Yum.

There he is! I can see him rising from the store shelf! It's the great Pumpkin cereal! However, it tastes like vanilla. Not pumpkin... Not peanuts either. Weird.

Follow your nose to some fruity Halloween fun! But be prepared to be scared. These Froot Loops are Spooky!

Tony the Tiger has gone Pumpkin Spice! This cereal will have you screaming "They're GRRREAT!"

My Dad needed to have a cereal to eat this fall. Hey, it's good for his heart. Plus it won't get him overly excited.

By far my favorite cereal. All the kids love Cap'n Crunch! Mix it up with some Halloween fun and you've got yourself a winner.

I normally pass up the bland elves know as Snap, Crackle and Pop. But there is something about the Halloween Rice Krispies that I can't seem to pass up. Very Spooky.

She is new to the monster crew! Meet Carmella Creeper and her caramel Apple Flavored Sweetened Cereal with Monster Marshmallows! I'm in love.

How good is this monster cereal? It's Berry good.

I can't get enough of this  chocolate-flavored frosted cereal with frightfully-fun marshmallows. I'll eat an entire box before the sun rises, It's the haunting curse of Count Chocula.

Who doesn't love that Strawberry-flavored frosted cereal with frightfully-fun marshmallows? Classic Halloween fun!!

Can't decide which monster cereal to choose? No worries! Monster Mash has all of your favorites all in one!!

We are always after his Lucky Charms! Will he seek revenge on all the children who steal his sweet marshmallow cereal?  If by revenge you mean diabetes in your 40's?  Then... Yes.